If Thursday’s popsicle roundup didn’t cool you down enough, Epicurious shares a Pineapple ginger agua fresca we are dying to try over copious amounts of crushed ice.

More amazing summer vegetable dish magic from Aliye and the Beachgreens blog: corn and zucchini saute with garlic infused olive oil.

We’re fans of the FDA war-era food posters, and their message can be so relevant in todays times. See a massive archive of them online here, at the beans are bullets exhibition by Cory Bernat, at good potato. Some gorgeous images we’d love to hang on our walls!

The most fabulous wedding ever? Maybe so, at Design*Sponge. It’s definitely one we would have liked to crash!

Swedish indoor/outdoor rugs. Yes, please. Via Remodelista.

If you were too busy distracted by Don Draper and crew to notice who designed Sterling’s desk, CasaSugar can tell you how to get the look: Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Loving the new office, by the way!

Eat your anime with manga farming, Tokyo artist Koshi Kawachi’s newest work. It’s our favorite category of cuisine: adorably delicious!

Thanks to Greta at Picnics in the Park, planning a pulled together party in mere hours is totally doable (and fabulous)!

Crate & Barrel’s Marimekko Sale ends this weekend. Take 20% off select patters through August 1.

Enjoy free shipping on all West Elm bedding through August 2 and take 20% off all window panels and hardware through August 23 in stores and online.

For a limited time, Pottery Barn is offering up to 20% off their best-selling bedding collections in stores and online.

Shop the final days of the July sale at Kate’s Paperie to receive up to 90% off while supplies last.

Stop by Design Within Reach now to grab an additional 20% off all already reduced bathroom and outdoor clearance items while supplies last. If you’re near Seattle, enjoy 60-75% off at DWR Kirkland’s floor sample sale.

Get organizing with The Container Store’s Organized Home Sale ending August 1. Last weekend to snag a $25 Store More giftcard at one of their home organizing demonstrations!

If you haven’t already, I highly suggest you visit Mila’s Daydreams, the adorable blog where uber-creative mom Adele Enersen crafts whimsical dreamscapes around her daughter Mila as she sleeps. What a great way to record an infant’s first year! Over at Young House Love, the Youngsters have been recording their daughter Clara’s growth through colorful weekly updates with numbered onesies in their Flickr stream. I love clicking through and seeing her progress – those first months are so fleeting! They grow up so fast and these inspiring documentaries are motivators for me to put effort into creatively recording my little one’s first years, whenever he or she decides to arrive in the distant future. What do you think, readers? Have any crafty techniques to share? – Sarah C.

I’m not a wallpaper hater. In fact, in the right space and in the right pattern, I actually kind of love it. That said, I’m still on the fence about the idea of wallpapering a ceiling. While the image of former Country Living editor Nancy Soriano’s living room is beautiful, I can’t help but wonder how hard it is to strip wallpaper from a ceiling when you’re ready for a change, not to mention hanging it in the first place. Ouch! In the end though, I guess my objections are more from a practicality standpoint than design. Given the right pattern in the right room (and a different husband who wouldn’t look at me like I’d gone bonkers), I’d probably give it a go, so long as someone else did the hanging. What do you think about the trend? Love it? Hate it? Already been there, done that and have pictures to share? — Sarah L.

image from Countryliving.com

I have a feeling that having the brocade desktop file from the Container Store would change my life. I could finally put away all my files, organize my home office and stop my husband from nagging about my piles of clutter that I leave everywhere. A little peace of mind for $20 – not bad! If you’re feeling extra ambitious, a matching garbage can, pencil holder , and letter tray can be ordered separately. — Katie D.

Last week Angela shared her success with Ikea’s popsicle molds — a steal of a deal at $2 each. Between that and the unending heat wave we’ve been having on the east coast, I’ve been craving popsicles somethin’ fierce and this weekend is shaping up to be the perfect time to whip up a batch or nine. Some dedicated research has turned up enough of recipes to keep my molds moving in healthy rotation and many of these can be thrown together in a snap. Have a favorite formula? For the love of summer, share in comments! – Sarah C.

The Kitchn has summer simplified with this two-ingredient recipe for watermelon pops, but those who care to up the ante to adult might enjoy these boozy Campari citrus pops in orange or grapefruit.

For tea lovers, Seattle’s Fairmont Olympic Hotel makes a mean orange pekoe tea popsicle with simple syrup and orange juice.

Delish.com serves up 13 low-fat frozen dessert recipes, six of which are popsicles. While I’d like to try them all, I’ve got my eye on the banana pudding pop, raspberry chocolate chip frozen yogurt pop and the mocha ice pop, for my frozen coffee fix, naturally.

Put a spin on Megan B’s Greek yogurt ice cream with these Rhubarb and Raspberry Yogurt Pops from La Tartine Gourmande. The recipe calls for shot glasses and an oven, but the outcome looks worth the preparation!

Lick to your health with a hardworking formula. Blisstree shares a DIY Detox pop recipe or combine cherry, pomegranate and carrot juice for an anti-aging pop courtesy of The Doctors.

Planet Green encourages us to reduce waste by making homemade popsicles with this roundup of funky popsicle recipes from Self Magazine’s June issue. Chunky Pineapple-Chile pop, anyone?

Two things I learned about this recipe: One, I’ve gone 28 years without knowing my sister hates dates. And figs. Even if they’re stuffed with mascarpone, which I know for a fact she loves. Two, this is one of those recipes that definitely tastes much better than it looks. That said, the dates are tasty enough and easy enough that this would be great to try for a baby or wedding shower. The dates can be stuffed ahead of time and refrigerated, then dusted with the unsweetened cocoa right before serving. It’d look great to arrange each date on an antique or hotel-silver teaspoon — or as great as a lumpy, cocoa-dusted date is going to look, anyway. Fresh mint would be a nice garnish. Enjoy! — Sarah L. Visit Food & Wine for the stuffed dates recipe!

Planning a weekly dinner menu is something that I always intend to do but hardly ever comes to fruition. Using these printable menu planners from Alma Loveland (via How About Orange) could help me plan my grocery list a little better (and all that cilantro that wilts when I forget about it could finally see a dinner plate). Here’s how it works: print out your favorite menu and frame it under glass, then use a dry erase marker. Printable and reusable! — Katie D.

I’m a huge fan of the urban art of Knitta Please, a group dedicated to knitting up colorful, cozy adornments for things like bike racks, street lamps and much larger outdoor “furniture” like the giant supports holding up the monorail in Seattle. I checked in recently just to see what was new, and I noticed that now you can bring a little bit of cozy to your own functional device with these clever iPod covers. They feature printed designs of the knitted handiwork of Knitta Please founder Magda Sayeg. Buy them here for $40. — Mary T.

Now, you know we love Etsy around these parts. But occasionally you do come across the rather odd item. So I was excited to find Supermarket. It’s a similar online marketplace for handmade items, but the difference is, no one can sell until approved. There may be differences of opinion between what I find cool and what the Supermarket team finds cool, but so far, I haven’t noticed one. I went gaga for the Merkeled Pot Rack, $325, a freeform approach to kitchen organization made from recycled steel powder coated in red and blue. And this Lucy the Wiener Dog toy, $26, is so charming and colorful. And check out this nutty and sculptural Blaue Blume Sweets and Desserts Stand, $249. I can already tell I’m going to be spending a lot of time here… — Mary T.