This is so amazing and beautiful it just about put me into a trance. It was shot by John Rawlinson and the song is by Barcelona. Let’s fly there and see it for ourselves, who’s with me?

Okay, show of hands, who doesn’t think penguins are crazy adorable? No? No one huh? What if said penguins also were I dunno maybe personalized and had cute little props and were carefully handmade by an equally lovely former classmate of mine? Even cuter I think! My lovely friend Akiyo of My Dear Darling makes very cute detailed little penguins, I plan on gifting one to my niece for her upcoming bday. In the meantime there’s a nifty GIVEAWAY going on over at the My Dear Darling blogspot, enter now for your chance to win your very own mini penguin!

You may commence drooling. See more at Apartment Therapy.

I’m really loving these adorable handmade creatures from Stitchface. How cute are these? They range between $24- $30 a creature, but how can you resist their faces??

McDonald’s recently asked the creative group UXUS Design to redo the children’s play area in all their European restaurants. The theme for the project revolved around “what i eat, what i do”. The resulting “McVillage” has 3 freestanding cottages, a farm, kitchen, and market. I absolutely love this great alternative to ball pits and slides. And they are so beautiful and whimsical, not at all what I would expect from MCDonald’s. Found this via design sponge, read more about the project at UXUS web site.