These are just too cute.

Basically all you do is blow up balloons and dip them in melted chocolate a few times (to get a thick coating), let them sit on wax paper until hardened, and then pop the balloons and use the chocolate shells to serve ice cream, candy...whatever.

Easy, right?

There's just one little problem: when it comes to balloon-blowing-up, I am about as competent as a can of tuna fish.

I mean...it's ridiculous.

But also adorable.

As in: I adore.

And I think that, despite appearances, it'd go with just about everything in your wardrobe.

I'm off to style a shoot for Figue Magazine (Japanese fashion mag) down at What Goes Around Comes Around (makers of the fabulous blouse I wore to the AOL Stylelist event during Fashion Week).

OK, we're going to have to agree to ignore two things in order to proceed here.

1. The photo quality. I am, as we know, quite klutzy, and fancy camera + restaurant surrounded by water on three sides seemed like a poor pairing. And for some reason my little point-and-shoot was having issues with both flash and focus.

2. My sunburn.