Here Comes The Snowmen!

With the freezing cold blasting up North and blanketing the grounds with fluffy white snow this couldn't be a better time to celebrate the kawaii side of winter flurries than a parade of the cutest snowmen around...

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Cute Alert: Puppy Peeing on Keyboard!

File that under: Awwwwwwwwww!!!!!

Brazilian Manger Scene

The population of the Brazilian city of Criciuma, in Santa Catarina, wakes up to find an unique Nativity set display in one of their main squares.

How cute is that?

Where In The World Is Pumpkin Man?

Many apologies for my recent disappearance from the blog but I've been occupied with unrelated issues and haven't had the time to tend to my little Pumpkin baby. To write on the blog also requires inspiration and I haven't had much of that lately and to post stuff just to do it - without real passion - I'd rather not. Worry not because I am not going through any personal crisis or anything like that - no suicidal tendencies here, thank God - just chilling...and rolling with my homies. I will be returning slowly to posting very soon, OK? Hugs & kisses!! PM

Pikachu Times two

Ooh, that's a creepy-cute real-life Pikachu! I think I want one too!!

Walking Dog Balloons

I just love these Walking Dog Balloons! They are such a cool and exciting idea and will be a hit with both kids and adults - sure to bring a smile to the face! They come in three heart warming varieties – an adorable pug, a darling dachshund and a remarkable retriever. A virtual pet for every household that definitely doesn't need feeding and is extremely well house trained! The magic of the Dog Balloons is their ability to walk. They have been balanced perfectly so that when filled with helium they float just above the ground with their little feet dangling to the floor. When you gently walk with them, pulling the lead, their little legs and feet appear to walk giving a super fun, realistic K9 look. The balloons will come out to you flat - all you need to do is take them to a shop that sells Helium gas and they will fill them up for a small fee - Party shops, florists, toy shops - you get the idea. Each balloon can be refilled up to a maximum of 3 times. They are £5.95 each and available here.

Penguin Drink Coolers

What better way to keep cool than by calling on the help of the coolest creatures known to man, the penguins.This troop of penguins have liquid insides, so you can put them in the freezer and when you need them they will be nice and cold. All you need to do is let them go for a swim in your drink and they will help to keep it nice and cool for longer. The great thing about using penguins to cool your drink is that once they have melted, they can be frozen and reused, rather than diluting you drink like boring old ice does.

Available at DrinkStuff for £4.99 for a set of 12 darling penguins.

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Happy Birthday Felipe!!

My adorable Italian nephew Felipe celebrates his 3rd birthday today and I had to send him my happy birthday wishes too! His party is being held today at his grand parent's country home in Asolo, right outside of Rome, where Felipe resides with my sis & hubby. Wish I could have been there to squeeze those rosy cheeks but as I have to earn a living I couldn't attend this time. Sending all my love across the ocean to Felipito and the folks!

Cool Threadless T-Shirts

I just can't get enough of these GREAT Threadless T-shirts!! Besides being simply awesome they are also very affordable at US$15.00 for guys tees and US$17.00 for the girl's, as 50+ bucks for a graphic tee is soooo not cool. There are dozens and dozens styles to choose from and I picked a few that are right up my alley, shown above.

Available at Threadless

More Kawaii-licious Vintage Postcards

I just can't get enough of this delicious vintage postcard images I keep digging online. I want them all and I want them now! I just adore the darling Topo Gigio (images 3-4), that was a childhood favorite of mine. I still have a few of his dolls somewhere inside my storage boxes and a couple of original 45s at my mom's place in Brazil. There were a few Topo Gigio recordings in Portuguese, though he was Italian "by birth" and I even vaguely remember one of his movies that I saw as a tyke. Love it!!

Cute Alert: Mocha The Hamster Eats Broccoli!

Mocha is on cute baby hamster who is having a ball eating his first broccoli stalk. He convulses in joy as he chows down that yummy little floret. I bet this will cheer up your day!


Via OMG Blog

Kawaii-licious Vintage Postcards

These vintage postcards are just too much! I simply love this kind of "stop-motion" photography and the subject matter (cute little dolls!) is deliciously nostalgic. When I was a kid I was (still am) crazy for stop-motion films and I list 1969's "Mad Monster Party" as one of my all-time favorites. Tim Burton resurrected the genre with "The Nightmare Before Christmas" that I have watched a gazillion times and have been collected related memorabilia since it first came out in 1993. The 3-D version was actually amazing and gave me a chance to watch it again on the big screen a couple of years ago.

Cute Alert: Hera - Feels So Good

Icelandic singer/songwriter HERA has been living in New Zealand for about 10 years while cultivating and carving out a very successful career in her native land on the opposite side of the world. In this adorable video Hera sings "Feels So Good" and as she told me herself in an e-mail "All things that feel so good but may be slightly wrong ;)". She is covered in puppy dogs and with this delicious Sphinx named Brian and that's enough reason to love her already! To know more about Hera visit her My Space page or go to Herasings.com.

Dog Torture

You have to agree that whenever you see a dog-dressed-in-human-like-clothing you get that "How cuuuuuute..." blending into a "How saaaaaaaaad..." feeling. Paris Hilton comes to mind as one of those top offenders, torturing her poor Tinklebell into wearing little dog shoes with some matching pink outfit. I guarantee that dogs hate wearing shoes. I'll forgive owners that do it to save their pooch's tender paws from the hazards of city living (broken glass, snow salt, etc) but otherwise dogs don't care about fashion too much. My beloved Booboo was dressed once for Halloween but I could tell that he hated it all the way through, specially his antenna head gear.

I took the images above at the Palm Beach Pet Parade last week, hosted by no one other than Snoopy himself. Snoopy was only a hit with the human attendees as the canine kind did not spare him from many barks and growls, as they looked terrified by that 5'9" giant dog costume.