If you start your morning with a cup of tea or coffee, this post is for you! Following our first selection of creative coffee and tea mugs, here’s a list of some fresh ideas of what you could hold in your hands while sipping your favorite drink. Not only can these creative cups make your morning at least somewhat nicer, but they are always a great gift idea for a friend.

It’s nice to have something that makes you smile as early in the day as your first coffee cup. A Brooklyn-based team of designers (and coffee lovers) called Yumi Yumi, created a line of cups with goofy creatures on the bottom, which slowly emerge as you sip your drink. As of now, so-called Creature Cups include Octopus, Crocodile, Sea Otter, Spider, Shark and Lobster, but there’s also one with a skull.

Dutch illustrator Esther Horchner brought life back to a plain porcelain tea set by hand-painting girls inside cups and teapots. The girls are swimming, chilling, and getting comfortable in the interiors.

Mugs aren’t just plain ceramic objects that hold our beverages – they’ve already become something meaningful with sentimental value. In this collection not only you’ll see the most creative coffee and tea mugs, but also some which help protect your private mug from sharing, so if you are looking for a cool cup – this list is a good place to start.