Summer is quickly drawing to a close but that doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy these last few weeks.

Throw a party, brew some absolutely perfect ice tea and invite a few friends over to enjoy the outdoors.

And for the iced tea part of the equation be sure to check out this iced tea brewing stack designed to brew the perfect tea and then quick chill it for rapid enjoyment.

Learn more about or buy the iced tea brewing pitcher

Let them eat cake…or at least some petit fours, that’s french for tiny cakes (or something like that).

These signature quality petit fours come in a set of 16 cakes of six different flavors: vanilla-orange, lemon, raspberry, hazelnut praline, apricot, and chocolate.

A perfect gift idea for a friend that loves to entertain or buy some for your own get together and impress your next party’s guests.

Learn more about or buy the petit fours collection today.

Ever want to swap songs of your iPod with a friend?

Well now you can with the iPod to iPod music transfer connector.

Just connect one iPod to another and in just 5 seconds a 3 minute song can be transferred from one to the other. Included in the connector is a rechargeable battery that can support one and a half hours of transferring songs.

That’s right, you can get Barack complete with bendy elbows and knees plus a single extended finger for proving points (no, not the middle one).

Joe Biden action figure coming soon…ok not really, hopefully Obama is enough for ya…

Be the first to have the Obama action figure

Standard soap bars can get boring so sweeten up your home a bit with soapsicles.

These popsicles of soap come in four different flavors (scents?) including, from left to right, Chocolate/Vanilla, Rainbow, Pink Lemonade and Pink Cupcake.

Pick up a soapsicle for yourself and maybe a few for a friend too.

There are lots of weird alarm clocks out there (see this, this or this).

But the carpet alarm clock from Yanko Design might just take the cake.

When the alarm starts in the morning, its not going to stop until you stand on the carpet. This’ll force you to get out of bed in order to stop the alarm. not quite the most relaxing way to wake, but it’ll work.

Sadly, the carpet alarm clock isn’t yet available for sale, but we’ll keep you posted.

Spruce up your computer with a funky new keyboard and mouse set that’s made out of wood.

At just $20 the set is actually cheaper than most other keyboard/mouse combos. Not sure if these are truly made from wood or just plastic made to look like wood, but either way they’re super cool.

Learn more/buy the wood keyboard/mouse set

Looking for a gift idea for someone that loves to bring soup to work?

This Campbell’s soup thermos is fun, functional and pretty darn cool.

The screw top serves as a cup for easy eating and makes it easy to sip your soup in style.

Update: Looks like the Campbell’s thermos is out of stock at Urban Outfitters…sadness. Check out this funky Stanley thermos instead.

Here’s a perfect addition to the breakfast table, the Calf and Half creamer pitcher shows just how far a little design can go.

The Calf and Half is an ordinary creamer pitcher just with an udderly amazing design twist.

$19.99 PerpetualKid.

Well here’s the solution to bigger movies, a portable iPod video enlarger that includes a 8 1/2″ screen which is 2 3/4 times larger than the screen on the iPod.

The enlarger also comes with an A/V port so you can output the videos to your TV if needed, for even bigger pictures.