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IKEA has done it once again. For their annual fundraiser ' Soft Toys For Education ', the Swedish furniture giant took some adorable monster drawings by children and turned them into real-life, touchable plush toys.  Since their first charity effort of this kind in 2003, the Ikea Foundation has donated more than $90 million to worldwide children's causes to date. The young designers behind these colorful creations, definitely put all of their imagination and heart into the original drawings. The 10 winning entries, have been brought to life by IKEA's toy designers, with much love to detail. From each plush toy sold, Ikea will donate 1 Euro to Children's education projects via UNICEF and Save The Children .   all images  ©   IKEA

As a creative person, I like all things original and colorful. That is also the case for my home! I like it to have a positive vibe and warm atmosphere, when I arrive at mi casa after a long day at work. At the end of last year Wovenground.net stopped my belief that I never win anything. Hm, maybe a decade ago I won a few CD's at a radio quiz but that is about it, oh and Robyn at Jimmy Fallon tickets in NYC - that was cool! But back to the story.. so I followed the fancy Rug website on Twitter and won a gift voucher! I was allowed to choose my favorite WovenGround rug. Hint: It is on one of these photos. It arrived super quick and I was amazed by the quality. The best carpet I have ever owned! But this dear readers, is just one reason why I want to recommend this site. See for yourself. If you like a welcoming, cozy home - it is for you too! (all images © Wovenground.net )

This Lady has got some skills! No, we are not talking about a fancy new way to apply an average lipstick - we are talking about some serious ' Lip Art' . Professional Make-Up artist Laura Jenkinson is based in London and it makes her happy, to make you happy by creating those colorful and funny images. Laura is using her own face as the canvas and is investing a lot of time, to portray the chosen motifs as accurate as possible. She has found her niche in the highly competitive field of make-up art and her instagram account has gathered more than 160.000 fans already. Go there now to see more of her work. (lip art and photos © Laura Jenkinson )