Something in the work of Miguel Palma is reminiscent of boys toys and puts me in a playful mood.

Courtesy of Miguel Palma and inc-livros

1. Great X-mas gifts selection at Few and Far – 2. Sneak peek at Marie-Chantal Spring 2012 Collection for boys and girls – 3. Great Bedding range by Affinita Moderne – 4. Amazine fashion by Danish Designer Nikoline Liv Andersen (Thanks to Paolo Rinaldi) – 5.  I want it all! Sweet William

Last I week I was walking on Redchurch Street when I met a fun little person. It’s been a while since I published kids in the streets, maybe because I was turned down too many times lately by parents who didn’t want their kids on internet (a decision that I respect).

It’s indeed all lovely stuff, available at All lovely stuff and SCP

Shell Thomas is an Australian designer based in London who graduated from London Metropolitan University in 2010 with a degree in Furniture Design. Eddie, her fabulous cardboard rocking horse  was featured on Pirouette last year (see it here). For this christmas holidays Shell added a bear family to her deer laser-cut birch plywood decorations. Look at the small, delicate and poetic work here.

1. Wallpaper by Hibou Home – 2. Colorful underwear by Germaine des Pres – 3. Photos by Melanie Rodriguez in the freshly released and beautiful December issue of Doolittle Magazine – 4. Hair jewelry by Mathilde de Turckheim Retif - 5. Oil portraits by Nell Kidd (contact portraitsnellkidd@gmail.com  to commission a portrait of your child)

Lou Rota was working as a TV producer on science and natural history documentaries and, in her spare time, she was customising vintage and salvaged objects, from plates to chairs, with her own distinctive modern take on the traditional art of decoupage. That’s how she started her business, now well established, sold at Liberty of London, notonthehighstreet.com, Caravan, Anthropologie (anthropologie.com and anthropologie.eu) and Fleux in Paris. Lou’s distinctive tableware can now also be purchased direct from her newly launched website www.lourota.com.

It’s been a decade since the first Pop-up Stores opened in Paris, London and Berlin. The clever concept has spread all over the world and flourished over the years, giving brands the occasion to meet new customers without huge investments and giving customers a chance to shop in a more interactive and fun way.

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If you are in New York this month, visit the “Goat Milk Kidware Organic Pop-up Store“ (photo above), 524 Hudson Street (open till December 4, 10am-7pm).

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If you are in Berlin, visit PlayLOVEPop, “the first traveling Pop-up boutique” featuring Atsuyo et Akiko, Esp no.1, Kicokids, Wovenplay, an exhibit by Anna Palma and much more. Until December 23, Rykestrasse 50, Prenzlauer Berg – Berlin.

Today we were sorting out the book shelves to give some books to younger friends, but we could not we could not let that one go. An absolute favourite.

“Laurent tout seul”, The story of a little rabbit growing up and exploring the outside world alone. Text and ilustrations by Anais Vaugelade. L’Ecole des Loisirs. 

I watched two movies from Pirouettte interviews recently and I really liked them : The boy with the stripes pyjamas (Thanks Jenny Dalton) and Last train home (Thanks Lisa Wong). Today it’s my turn to recommend a movie : The Tree (Julie Bertuccelli, 2010). I watched it last night and I woke up with the images stuck in my head. The little Morgana Davies is very inspiring and the tree’s magic reminds a bit of Tim Walker with its octopus shape and little colorful lights.