Enter the Ninja

Enter the Ninja

by | Random Coolness

Sometimes you just see something and there’s absolutely no reason for you to buy it except for the fact that it’s so freaking cute you just can’t pass it up. (Good thing I don’t find Coach bags so freaking cute, right?)The handmade leather key...
Girls just want to draw fun

Girls just want to draw fun

by | Books for Kids

My daughters draw the cutest things: Stick-figure women in triangle dresses, bulgy-eyed cats and larger-than-life flowers. Nothing could improve on what they dream up which is why I love artist Carla Sonheim’s new coloring book simply called, girls. Instead of...
I’m a little bit country

I’m a little bit country

by | Kid Style

We first found Dame Star Baby back in 2007 (check out our gushing gusher of a review here) and fell instantly in love with their amazing Martin Guitar tee with an appliqué made of an intricately handstitched collage of fabrics. Well a quick poke around their shop...
Chic diaper bags priced so you can afford the diapers too

Chic diaper bags priced so you can afford the diapers too

by | Baby

Who was the evil mastermind that convinced moms they needed to schlep around gigantic, ugly quilted diaper bags in order to carry baby essentials? Personally I like bags like this Everyday Bag from Christy Studio, which is stylish enough to swap out the diapers for a...
Into the wild blue yonder

Into the wild blue yonder

by | Kid Style

Since my husband is a pilot, you can probably guess the amount of plane toys and clothes we’ve got strewn about our house. But we have yet to see anything like the Margalo Aviator Cap from Soil. Modeled after a classic pilot’s cap and even featuring a set...
Revved up like a deuce

Revved up like a deuce

by | Art + Decor

An occupational hazard of writing for Cool Mom Picks is spending waaaay too much money buying all the cool stuff you’re writing about. One glance at this original 1970s Olds print and my 8-year-old was declaring he had to have it.It’s not surprising...
If these walls could read

If these walls could read

by | Art + Decor

Ever been tempted to rip the pages out of your kids’ books and hang them on the wall?  Is that only me?  Oops. I’m tempted by every single framable children’s book illustration by illustrator Adam Record of Fall Down Tree, a man so cool and...