The terms "urban" and "modern" are tossed around with increasingly less meaning these days, but quilter Amy Ahlstrom puts those adjectives to good use. Her colorful quilted cityscapes evoke neon signs, skylines and Chinatown.
Is there ANYTHING that hasn't been made into plush toys? based on the following, I would say no:
first off, we have a line of stuffed viruses, bacteria and other microscopic friends from giantmicrobes.com:
Artist Patricia Waller makes some of the most outrageous crafts you'll ever see! from conjoined twin teddy bears to dead animals and grisly accidents, these are not for weak stomachs- so look at your own risk!
click HERE if you dare!
Filmmaker and crafter Holly Klein produced this super cute animated video, Maggie and Mildred. All of the backgrounds and characters were cross stitched by hand, then scanned into a computer and animated.
view it HERE
from the same genuises who brought you "I can has cheezburger" and FAILblog, it's a new site called MUST HAVE CUTE!!
MUST....HAVE....
The Octonauts is an impossibly cute series of childrens' books by designers Meomi, who also designed the mascots for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, among other things.
Get a cup to catch your teeth when they fall out, then follow the links.
Meomi site
Octonauts site
Cheryl Sleboda made this adorable squid quilt that LIGHTS UP with LED "soft circuitry"!
Article with links to a tutorial & the lighting kit HERE
I have posted here before about my ambivalence toward Hello Kitty...but you can't deny how cool it would be to roll up in a PINK HELLO KITTY TANK while firing your PINK HELLO KITTY GUN. I know what I want for next Christmas!
See these and more HERE
And now, in the shameless self-promotion department:
my etsy store is now open for your shopping pleasure! Handmade kawaii ornaments, felt and plush figures, pillows; stained glass and more. Drop by and have a look!
SHOW ME THE CUTE!
Felt food is all the rage in Japan lately, especially desserts. These make great toys and pincushions! 
See lots more HERE
If you want to make some yourself, I reccommend this book:
available on AMAZON
A pair of simple kitty dolls I made for my nieces for Christmas. 
This pattern and lots more are found in the translated Japanese book, "CUTE DOLLS" by Aranzi Aranzo. Even the pattern book is drawn in a super cute, almost comic book-like style, with little animal characters narrating the directions.
This and more great books available from their site here,also available on Amazon.
it's called HAPPY KITTY BUNNY PONY, and it's full of vintage American cuteness.
Available from Amazon
SUPERBUZZY is one-stop shopping for real Japanese fabrics, craft books & supplies! HAI!
http://www.superbuzzy.com/
Apparently so! Here's a brilliant idea I wish I'd thought of: Skelanimals! So cute. so simple. so goth. so all over Target, Hot topic and everywhere else. Good for them!
http://skelanimals.com/
This is a fun, easy project! Buy this fabric panel that has book pictures printed on it, and quilt it together. The directions are even printed right on the fabric. Neat!
available from the eQuilter website
Italian graphic artist Tokidoki (Japanese for "sometimes") designs cute characters with a Japanese influence. Loads of great merch on his site:
http://www.tokidoki.it/
I have always found this slightly disturbing...Japanese toy company San-X has a line of toys called Nyan Nyan Nyanko (roughly "Mew Mew Kittens"). It consists of adorable kittens- in FOOD. Kittens in sushi. Kittens in desserts. Kittens in burgers. But they look...HAPPY. Do they WANT to be eaten? Are they made of food? Is this cute? Is it sad? Is it both? AAA!!! Don't worry little kitties, I won't eat you! :(
http://www.thosehappydays.com/nyako/nykeychains.htm
"KAWAII" is Japanese for "cute". And nobody does cute like the Japanese!
Case in point: my all-time favorite character, Hamutaro. (known in the USA as Hamtaro)
http://www.hamtaro.com/home.html
As cute as the animated version is, the original children's books by Ritsuko Kawai are even better! (What would you expect from someone whose NAME is almost "kawaii"!)done in a soft, textured pastel style, I have yet to see anything cuter. A few have been translated into English, and are available on Amazon.
