One-inch round pins extend these “strangely expressive” Emotibles characters to apparel and accessories.

These bright accessories for iPod earbuds feature the faces of the Emotibles, emoticon characters that use typographical symbols to express different moods — Starry-Eyed, Smitten or Zippy, to name a few. “Emotibles iPod Earbud Charms bring color and whimsy to those ubiquitous white earphones, letting tween/teen consumers express themselves using a language they invented — emoticons,” Kate Hall at Emotibles.com told TDmonthly. Launch date: January 2007.