Our Edible Chocolate Fashions Are Back!

(Chocolate Dresses)

Yes, Virginia... this is an edible chocolate dress...
and oh so vintage modern.  It's the bees knees.

Here's a sneak preview of the chocolate fashions to come.  
Holy Bat Girl!  Her costume's made of chocolate.

(New York Chocolate Show)

Can you smell it?  Dark Chocolate, 

White Chocolate, Milk, Semi-Sweet.. Truffles.  

Do you believe it... it's almost that time again... circle it on your calendar ...February 14.  I already have.  Valentine's Day is a month to the very day away.  Can you believe it?  Please don't tell me your Christmas stockings are still hanging on the chimney. 

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 What are you waiting for?  Take them down and replace them with cupids and paper hearts.  How do you like these heart chocolates?

Heart Shaped Truffle Assortment - 9 Chocolate Truffles for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day


To say our iCafe Woman Moderne D.I.V.A.S. (Dynamic, Industrious, Victorious, Artistic and Strong)... love Valentine's Day is like saying the sky is blue.  

(Microsoft)

We're a happy bunch around here, but we're especially happy around chocolate.  

This is the time when romantics and those who need an excuse to scoff down chocolate--indulge in and gift that luscious treat to their Amor, or themselves.  You know the song... Love the one you're with.  Since you're always with yourself... go on... have a raspberry chocolate truffle.  Yum!

Godiva Dark Chocolate Truffles Gift Box (12pcs)

"For a man's heart determines his speech.  A good man's speech reveals the rich treasures within..."  Matthew 12:34

(One of my favorite chocolate mid-century modern homes designed by Joseph Eichler in the 1960s.)

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Miracles and Blessings, thanks for stopping by again.  Kiki here... with today's yummy text-webisode:  Our Edible Chocolate Fashions Are Back!  Our edible chocolate fashions come to you from the New York Chocolate Show.   

We're doing things a bit different this time around. 
 
Edible Chocolate Fictional Characters 

Say Hello... Medusa!

(Medusa)

Edible Chocolate Super Heroes... 

Meet Xena Warrior Princess

(Xena)


You Can Take Chocolate to the Beach!

Let's go to our fictional beach in this chocolate inspired swim bikini top, skirt and chocolate wrap.  

(Edible Chocolate-Inspired Swim Wear) 

Let's boogie the night away in the ultimate party dress.  This ruffled, ruched mini and carved clutch are ready to go out on the town.

Can You Hold My Purse?  

You won't hesitate to say yes to holding this chocolate bag with white chocolate mouse and topped with a raspberry.


You can even make this yourself.  Just click on the link for the recipe.  Chocolate bag with white chocolate mouse

Chocolate Clutch Designed by Chocolatier Jacques Torres
 and was Featured on Martha Stewart!  It looks even richer and shinier in person. 

Martha Stewart's Chocolate Clutch

See for yourself.  CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO WATCH THE SEGMENT
http://www.marthastewart.com/251248/jacques-torres#ooid=Bsb3NlMjpEjVZX2bb3zmyM8c9vxgMbuN


Gayle's Chocolates

We're back at Gayle's Chocolates, learning how to make her incredible edible chocolate stilletos that really look like the stilletos Sex in the City's Carrie Bradshaw wore.  

(Actress Anna Sohpia Robb starring as Young Carrie Bradshaw in the Carrie Diaries and Sarah Jessica Parker as 30-Something Carrie) 

More than a few of Gayle's Chocolates look like Manoloe Blahniks.
You can also learn how to make these.  Click on the link for instructions to make the shoes below.  Edible Chocolate Shoes

Fellas, we know you like chocolate too.  

We love this stylish men's Oxford.

Since we're all about Modern Vintage, of course we had to end our Edible Chocolate Virtual Fashion Show with a tribute to our favorite Lucy and Ethel episode in the chocolate factory.

LUCY® Doll and ETHEL® Doll Giftset

(fle-icks and fle-thoughts)

What's your favorite chocolate story?  iCafe Woman Moderne Wants to Know.  Drop us a comment.

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(Bunny Pancakes from iheartnaptime)


Hey, wait... don't click away...you're at the right place.  Love the cute bunny pancakes... they're a reward for my nine-year-old daughter, Celeste, for opening my eyes to the fun you can have with today's digital paper dolls.  (Even adults) 

Nevertheless, I haven't completely said goodbye to yesterday's dear friends from my 1970s childhood.  They remain tucked away in the fond memories of the little girl inside of me.

(1970s Malibu Francie - Etsy.com)

(1960s Paper Dolls)

I send you miracles and blessings from our cafe owner, Kiki Kearse... I'm Celia Webb ...host of today's iCafe Woman Moderne's text-webisode:  Digital Paper Dolls--They Do Exist.  No Paper or Scissors Needed.

I'll admit it, I'm as technologically advance as the next D.I.V.A. (Dynamic, Industrious, Victorious, Artistic)  I have the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad... anything that begins with "i"... I've got it.  My home and office are wireless.  My car has a built-in navigational system and I have a home monitoring system that lets me feed my dog from 3,000 miles away.  

But I wanted just one place technology didn't touch.  Was that too much to ask?  At least that's what I thought, until my daughter dared me to test out today's digital paper dolls. 

(Aga Ranges)

Are you still with me... or did I lose you at the bunny pancakes? You're not the only one.  I couldn't get to a store, to a box of Krusteaz Pancake mix and to my griddle fast enough.  

No worries, I know from the best authority that Kiki has a text-webisode devoted to pancakes on the horizon.  Just click on the Bunny Pancakes link for a quick access to the tutorial/recipe from iheartnaptime.net


BACK TO THE DIGITAL PAPER DOLLS QUEST

Let's pay homage first to the paper dolls that gave me plenty hours of fun.   All I needed was a batch of paper doll books, a good pair of scissors and plenty of floor or bed space. 

However, I didn't just cut out paper dolls and their fashions.  I also added pictures from magazines and department store catalogs.  Sears was my favorite.   It didn't take long for the world I knew to disappear.

(Sears 1972 Christmas Wish Book) 

A few hours later, my paper people transformed into Desiree, Joselyn and Nina and their exciting lives in Paris, New York and San Francisco as a foreign correspondent, model and flight attendant. 

 (Sears 1972 Wish Book)

Or they had families and were stay-at-home moms who wrote children's books or worked outside of the home and designed skyscrapers.  Either way, their lives were off-the-charts because I created them.  I was their happy scientist.

1973 MALIBU BARBIE PAPER DOLLS

(Malibu Francie - Etsy.com)

Barbie was my absolute favorite paper doll book.  I had this one... Malibu Francie, one of Barbie's best friends, circa 1973.

Sad, but true... our chaotic digital world had already claimed my beloved Francie.  I found these on Etsy.com.  Apparently, today's crafty divas, bloggers and artists alike... enjoy using them to create their artistic and literary masterpieces.  You don't get anymore modern vintage than that.

According to etsy.com

This high quality paper doll digital sheets (300dpi) are wonderful to cut. Scanned from the originals, they are quality digital ephemera. Malibu Francie paper doll has 4 coat outfits, 7 short/capri outfits, 5 short/mini dresses, 5 maxi/long dresses, 2 pants/stocking suits, a pair of boots and a handbag. 

Fashionable Francie perfect for your artful blog, creative digital work, or mixed media projects.. and scrapbooking of course!These colorful paper doll images of are ready for digital download.

Here's Malibu Barbie...

(Etsy.com)

I also had the Brady Bunch paper doll books.

BRADY BUNCH PAPER DOLLS

(Etsy.com)


DIGITAL PAPER DOLLS NO SCISSORS NEEDED!

Here are four, I had difficulty clicking off.  Two are apps.

1. Toca Tailor Fairy Tales by Toca Boca.  It's a free app for iPhone and iPad.  Geek Wire recently named it App of the Week.  Not only can children play dress-up, it also appeal to adults by interacting with their photos.

You can create your doll's clothing using any photo you saved on your device.  Or you can take a photo in real time and use it as the fabric for the clothing.  You can turn your rattan coffee table into a sweater or a framed oil painting into pants.

After you've created your doll, you can take a photo of it and put it in whatever-real-world setting you like.  Press a button and the doll is superimposed into your device's camera.  Kids to designers can have a blast with these digital paper dolls.

2.  Girls Can Be Anything Paper Dolls App - designed by Mom, Aliza Shera and her four-year-old daughter Noa.  This age-appropriate paper doll app was inspired by the creator's four-year-old daughter and designed for the iPod, iPad and iPhone.   It's available through iTunes for .99.  It boasts family friendly images, outfits, fun sounds and pleasant music with hundreds of combinations.

 

3. Girls So Cool Digital Paper Dolls

It has dress-up, make-over games, adventure and cooking games.
The above is Beyonce's Beauty Secrets Game.

4. Paper Doll Heaven

This one was my favorite and very addicting.  There were photos of women and men of all skin colors, ages and walks of life.  I was blown away by the diversity.  

They all prove one thing:  you don't have to be a kid to enjoy playing dress-up, even if it's in front of a screen.