We are looking for any excuse possible to buy a set of these incredibly fun playshapes wooden building toys spotted over at swiss miss. Perhaps a Shelterrific daycare could justify the expense?

Wonder Thunder: we’ve mentioned our love of them before. Now Apartment Therapy is giving us a tour of their Seattle home and studio, and it’s all kinds of awesome.

Serious Eats puts corn in a place we’ve never seen it: in a spicy lil’ pasta along with prosciutto and burrata cheese. Yes, please.

Vegan roadtrippin’ just got infinitely more convenient, thanks to this list at the Huffington Post, bringing light to accidentally vegan foods at 7-eleven.

Someone’s having a birthday at Picnics in the Park. And we’re the one’s getting the gifts — a fabulous, limited edition linoleum block print of a vintage trailer. You’ve got till midnight tonight to win!

Miss out on Jonathan Adler’s Helix Rug at the summer sale? Well, it’s sold out, sadly, but CasaSugar shares it’s secret source for a steal of a stand-in.

Build yourself a beautiful modern planting table using only an electric drill, countersink drill bit, and a hand saw! Via the LA Times LA at Home blog.

If you can’t take a dip in a pool to cool down this weekend, how about dippin’ your chip into this minty pea dip at 30 Bucks a Week?

We’ve been OBSESSED with gallery walls since Sarah L’s recent post about Fred. Now we’ve got the ultimate gallery wall roundup, thanks to Design*Sponge.