Happy Halloween cool parents!

Happy Halloween cool parents!

Happy Halloween, mamas! For those of us who like Halloween every day, we present to you a completely random assortment of cool, creepy, spider themed items we uncovered on Etsy.The hand felted wool hat from Maybel57 (above) has a little cluster of spiders gracefully...
Chill, groceries. Chill.

Chill, groceries. Chill.

I love that the eco-bag revolution has taken over to the degree that even the nasty, old supermarket in my neighborhood is trying to encourage the use of reusable grocery bags. But one thing I’ve realized is that those cute canvas totes don’t do a lot in...
Etsy and Cool Mom Picks, sitting in a tree…

Etsy and Cool Mom Picks, sitting in a tree…

It’s no secret that at Cool Mom Picks we love Etsy. Love, adore, want to marry. But what we recently found out is that Etsy loves Cool Mom Picks and as you can imagine, we couldn’t be more excited!Kristen and Liz recently spent a lovely afternoon checking...
Sesame Street Couture

Sesame Street Couture

I admit that my daughter had one licensed Sesame Street shirt she got as a gift. I cringed every time she asked to wear it, not because I don’t like Sesame Street (who doesn’t like Sesame Street?) but because this one looked like it was designed by a blind...
A jewelry idea that just sort of popped out

A jewelry idea that just sort of popped out

You can always tell a great jewelry artist when you want to wear pretty much everything she makes. And that’s just how I’d describe the innovative stainless steel pop-out jewelry from Houston artist Melissa Borrell. Just like those old cool plastic toys in...
Baby’s first cookbook

Baby’s first cookbook

I confess; I made my own baby food. But just so we’re clear, I was less a domestic goddess and more a garden-variety control freak. I spent late nights cooking and chopping and freezing, and honestly, I took no joy in it whatsoever. Boring.But that’s only...
Fields Organics Toy Cleaner – Better than denial

Fields Organics Toy Cleaner – Better than denial

Back when my kids were teething toddlers, their friends would come over, drool on their toys and leave me with a pile of stuff covered in germs. If I had Fields Organics Toy Cleaner back then, I could’ve given those toys a quick spray-and-wipe, but instead I...
For more pleasant dreams, try buckwheat.

For more pleasant dreams, try buckwheat.

Who ever knew that something like the perfect toddler pillow could be so instrumental in getting my daughter to sleep in her own bed? But that’s just what happened with the buckwheat toddler pillow from the lovely mom-run Honeydumplings and I’m giving...