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A Dream is a wish your heart makes....

Apologies for not posting in a very long time, again I can only blame work! I have been off on holiday this week, not that I have been anywhere, the weather has not been the best, infact we have just had a months worth of rain fall in 24 hours!! Not fun!! I did get chance to go through to Manchester for the day to catch up with my friends Dave and Vince, during this I got my first chance to go to a Sushi bar, which I haven't had chance to do before, due to my Dave's fish hatred. I really enjoyed it, but did find that I was mesmerised by the multiple pretty dished whizzing around!! My favourite was the Salmon Nigri, yum!! Being off this week, has made me yearn for my hoilday, where I am actually going away somewhere, I have even been sad and added an app to my phone that counts down to my plans, lol!! I can now say, it is 10 weeks until Dave and I go to Salzburg! Cannot wait!! Also if you have seen my countdown clock, my 30th Birthday Disney trip has been booked!! Yay!! We have changed hotels, and will now be staying on the Admirals floor of the Newport Bay Club (It has a private reception area, and is with the private suites and has views of Lake Disney!) So excited, Dave has treated me to my part of the stay, and he actually said he's looking forward to having a swim, so at least I know he's looking forward to something. Mum has bought me the Birthday Disney Vinylmation to take with us, and have some fun photo opportunities! I can't wait!! 37 weeks, although i'd like to leave the 30 bit behind :( My friend Judy is still in Japan, and having an amazing time. I received a parcel from her the other day, which was fab!! She used different postcards to write her letter, (something we have all stolen from our friend Anita). I have used these to make myself a rather nice picture :) I love the ice sculpture of Mickey Mouse!! Amazing!! Included in my pile of goodies, were some adorable chocolate snowmen, a beautiful compact mirror, covered in a beautiful rabbit fabric, and the cutest Owl charm which was from her trip to Taiwan. I was a very lucky girl :) In August, my two friends Vince and Mather are going out there, and will meet up with Judy, I am incredibly jealous, and wish I had thousands of pounds spare, so that I could also stalk them!! Instead I have opted to live my dreams through them until I get to go, by bombarding their facebook wall with interesting places I have heard about, like the Cup Noodle Museum!! A whole museum dedicated to Cup Noodles, how could you not go, lol!! http://www.cupnoodles-museum.jp/english/index.html One place that I read about courtesy of a blog I follow, http://www.askingfortrouble.org/crafts/ which features very cute illustrations and characters by Marceline Smith. I love her blog as it is very informative, and I love when she illustrates her "what I wore" section. She also has a fantastic online shop, and I have just purchased the Cakeify pen. The mystery place that I read about was the Takoyaki Museum, which Vince doubted existed until he googled it!! Takoyaki is fried or grilled Octopus, cooked in batter, into a ball shape in a special pan, with takoyaki sauce. It is a famous takeaway dish in the Osaka region, and yes they too have a museum dedicated to it!! Which by the looks of it, also sells rather cute themed souveneirs! Sigh, I want to go to Japan, trouble is I think I would bankrupt myself in the first few seconds, cute stuff overload!!! Lol!! P.S. I don't like how blogger is putting the photos in :(

Disney Withdrawal ....

I am having some serious Disney Withdrawal symptons at the moment, I wish I could have a lottery win so that I could run away to Disneyland Paris, book a castle suite, yes a suite and stay there for at least 3 weeks, stuffing my face with Mickey waffles and Nutella, sigh.

Alas this is not going to happen anytime soon, so I have to continue saving, and know that in 1 years time I will be heading their to celebrate/mourn the fact that I am 30... shudder.
So until this time, I will have to make do with saving, and looking at all the lovely Disney things out there, ( hampers the saving, some what when I purchase, oops).Wednesday was a prime example, I had to stay overnight at the Metro Centre, for a meeting the next day. I arrived there at 6p, after leaving Barrow on the train at 1:30pm :( Tired, hungry, and with a loss of bearings, I just wanted to get to my hotel, but then I saw the Disney Store shining like a beacon at me, so I had to go in and have a look. I really didn't intend to spend, BUT they had the Disney nerds range in, only a few bits, but they had it. Now I must admit Mickey and Minnie scare me abit in this style, I think it's the teeth....

They did have the best keyring I have seen in a long time though... Stitch Nerd! I nearly squeaked out loud when I noticed him hanging their! So cute, and not at all scary, well of course I had to buy!

How could anyone be able to resist him, look at his little geeky shirt, aww!!
Luckily I was too tired to veture any further into the shopping centre, lol!
So as I mentioned to keep me going I've been looking at quite a few things, and these are the ones that have stoof out.

I really want to hunt these little princess trinket boxes down, they have the most happy faces, and the corresponding jewellery inside is such a cute idea.

This Disney rement set will be very suitable for me next year, and have less calories, lol!

A range i've been looking at for a while is the Pook a Looz range. When I was in New York, I noticed some of these plushies in a toystore, but I was so overwhelmed, well by pretty much everything I didn't pay them much attention, which I could kick myself over. Oh well, one day I may get the chance, but for now annoyingly the range isn't available in the uk, grr!! When it is I want the following -

Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow is utterly yum, nut if you can't snuggle him at night, i'll take this as am alternative.

Stich, enough said!

I did manage to order some charms from Japan, the Chip one for me, and the Sorcerer Mickey for my mum.

I know I don't need a bag, but this is a cute bag ;)
Then lastly, I am very happy with my phone, but now after seeing this case, I really want an iphone 4s, lol!! Fickle I know, ha ha!!

Here's to 2013, if I have any money left, lol!!!

Happy New Year!!

Due to the amount of time I spend at work, I get to say Happy New Year Twice, so Happy 2012 everyone and Happy Year of the Dragon!!
On Monday the Year of the Dragon began, for me it started a few weeks earlier due to my friend Judy, who is currently living in Japan, sending me this gorgeous postcard. I loved it so much I immediately framed it and made it into my new piece of art work!

Once receiving this I couldn't resist having a look to see what Kawaii there was out there to celebrate the new year.

San X have done a range of Rilakkuma plushies, personally I love the one holding the litteh dragon. These can be found on ebay, but they are a bit pricey, which is a shame!
Tokidoki released a new banner design on their website. I have always liked Tokidokis designs, and I would happily buy a product with this design on!

Of course Hello Kitty is also joining in the New Year celebrations, amongst all the available products I like this phone charm. Kitty looks so cute dressed as a Dragon.

As I mentioned earlier my friend Judy is in Japan, and she has been celebrating the New Year with a visit to a shrine, you can read about her experiences at Judyjoyfuljourneys.blogspot.com, link at the bottom of my blog. Of course i'm jealous of Judy, especially when I saw what the train company gave all their passengers -

Too Cute!!
Now as it is year of the Dragon, I think it is only fair to mention, in my opinion the cutest Dragon around..... Toothless!!!

I would happily spend a fortune on Toothless merchandise, unfortunately there isn't much about. My friend from work trawled Universal studios trying to find some Toothless merchandise, with no luck. Perhaps if I was talented like the following people I could make my own Toothless.
Sararoseey has made this gorgeous Polymer Clay ornament,and has managed to capture the characters cuteness perfectly!

Zombiesandunicorns has made this super cute Amigurumi Toothless, I really need to crack on with my crocheting and try to nail this!!

So all thats really left for me to say is Gung Hei Fat Choi!!!!

Happy Christmas!!!!

Well today is Christmas Day and is the first full day off I've had in about 10 days!! The joys of retail!! So I have been too busy since pretty much November to post, but late as it is, I thought I'd drop in to say Happy Christmas, and to post some super cute Christmas cupcake pics, as I have been tasting quite a few this month :D Enjoy!!



And maybe some other Christmas treats!! ...


Lastly a Picture of Mums Puppy Ellie, enjoying the Doggy Christmas Biscuit I bought her!

Happy Christmas everyone!!

Love Momiji!!!

Most people will have heard of and seen the highly cute and collectible Momiji dolls!! I discovered them, pretty much when they first came out and my Mum and Nana bought me some, and I have been collecting them ever since!!
To give you a bit more back history, I will take the words, direct from the creators mouths, so to speak -
"The Momiji story began just over 6 years ago. Back in 2005 we created our first collection of 12 Momiji dolls…life before that date now seems to be a bit of a hazy memory and since then our days (and occasionally our nights) have become devoted to these little dolls.Momiji HQ is a little office in Henley in Arden. It's a small village in Warwickshire, England, famous for its legendary ice cream. Maybe one day it will be famous for Momiji too. From our tiny office we’ve become truly global. We've got designers creating lovely stuff all over the place (United Kingdom, Austria, Malaysia, Australia, Chile, Thailand, Germany, Canada, Slovenia to name but a few...)
Momiji is inspired by friendship and little kindnesses. It's about filling life with memories and messages"
I love the fact that these cute little Japanese figures are made in a small English village.
As mentioned aboved, there are many different collections, with different designs in each, and they are effectively limited edition, as they are only released for a short period of time.

Momiji have also branched out into accessories as well, I already own the compact mirror, hairclips, pens, notebook, umbrella..... lol, I own quite alot!!
So as you can see I am already a huge Momiji fan, so imagine my excitement at their latest collection, they have joined forces with Sanrio and have produced a Hello Kitty collection!!! Squeal!!

I've already sat my Mum in front of the website, saying "Christmas!" repeatedly, I think she got the message. Again they have also produced some accessories, I've already treated myself to this uber cute zip pouch -

but theres also all these to get as well!!

So I'm off to write my letter to Santa, if you want to see more Momiji check out the site, http://lovemomiji.com/. They also have a blog http://lovemomiji.com/momiji-blog/1

Wear your Poppy with Pride!!

Rememberence Day has always been an important date, remembering what our brave service men and women went through, to ensure that we have the freedom today that we have. However with todays conflicts, The Royal British Legion and the Poppy Appeal still have alot of work to do. Wearing your Poppy with Pride, and giving a donation, helps this valued cause, help so many people.
If you have the money, you can purchase some really nice pieces, for example Buckleys of London have made this lovely brooch.

This bracelet is also a lovely piece -

If your funds can't stretch that far, then I have been making some felt versions, this large brooch is £4, with £2 being donated to the Poppy Appeal.

A smaller version for £2, with £1 going to the Poppy Appeal.

If anyone is interested in placing an order, please leave a comment on here or email me at socuteitmakesyousqueal@hotmail.co.uk

Then of course you can just go to your nearest Poppy seller, and make a small donation & wear the paper poppy, whatever you decide to do, just make sure you wear one with Pride. It may not be the cutest piece of jewellery you'll buy this year, but it's a piece that will do alot of good!!!

For further details on this great cause, please visit the website - http://www.poppy.org.uk