All things sweet and dessert-y are everywhere these days — from cake-vertisements to crazy jewelry, check out this week’s design trend: CONFECTIONS!

Meringue rings
Wedding cake dress
Incredible eclairs
The Lost cake
Prison Break cake
The Nikon cake
Sweets Flickr collection
Designing food
Helvetica cake (is that called a Helveticake?)

Agates, rocks and gems are springing up like… well, spring. In lighting (like these Brenda Houston lamps!), furnishings, fashion and art — agates are rockin’ a stylish future:

-Agate Platters
-Agate Sculpture
-Agate Print
-Agate Bookends
-Agate Rings
-Agate Vase
-Agate Necklaces
-Agate Lighting