We think that books make the most perfect gifts any time of year, and Mother's Day is no exception. So for those literary mamas in your life, here are are suggestions of a few terrific Mother's Day gifts. Bonus: There's less lead time on…
Editor's note: Due to a few technical difficulties, the store will be running by end of May for individual purchases . I always love finding more choices for safe, non-toxic baby products for my family, which is exactly why I was so exci…
I've recently gotten to better know Stacey Mayesh , a bona fide stylist to the stars. And a really nice one at that. You've no doubt seen her work if you've read Vogue , Marie Claire , I nStyle, Lucky ...and she's styled the likes of cel…
I admit that I'm not much of a floral person when it comes to clothes--a bit of a challenge considering I've got three girls to dress in a season where flowers are the hottest thing next to neon. However, when I caught a peek at this ado…
Anyone who's familiar with the uber popular blog The Bloggess , by Jenny Lawson, won't be surprised in the least that her new memoir Let's Pretend this Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir ) is spit-bourbon-out-your-nose funny. You won't…
When we first discovered AHA Life a while back, it was a bit like a high end flash sale site with a new, extremely well-curated item popping up every 24 hours. Unfortunately, the prices were a bit in the "well, a girl can dream, right?" …
If your Mother's Day gift includes a card that says "Dear Mom, I <3 u 4evr" (and she knows what that means) then we've got you covered with lots of fun picks in the coming weeks on Cool Mom Tech . Meanwhile, here are some of our favor…
Not every mom is a flowery, sappy Mothers Day card mom. There are a few of us who can appreciate something with just a little more sass, a little more sense of humor. For them, I've tracked down these ten cards that had me smirking, smil…
With all of the amazing choices for Mother's Day jewelry out there, it can be difficult to pick just one. Well of course you don't have to pick just one, but with this beautiful custom necklace, you can be sure you'll get some serious ba…
We adore you, our Cool Mom Picks readers! (You know that already, we hope.) But to be sure you're extra especially happy, we've created a super short, simple survey about our site to help us make it even better for you. As busy moms ours…
Some of our favorite tech picks this week that we think you'll like too. 1. In honor of Earth Day, save power and money with these super cool eco-friendly smart phone chargers. 2. If the Dowager Countess of Downton Abbey went mobile, we'…
This may be our favorite time of year chez Cool Mom Picks--the time we track down the coolest Mother's Day gifts for all those deserving moms in your life. In other words, time for our seventh annual (wow) Mother's Day Gift Guide ! It's …
We imagine that it's every jewelry-loving woman's dream to have a special piece custom designed just for her by an amazing designer. So when we were approached by designer Emily Maynard of Elva Fields for just that, we jumped at the chan…
We've been fans of Minted going way back to when we first discovered their gorgeous stationery and support of the indie designers who create them. We can't tell you the number of notes we get from readers (okay, a lot) thanking us for in…
This spring, we're all about getting re-energized, and so are these top picks that you might have missed from the last week. 1. Finally, a quick, easy way to get your photos organized. Your hard drive will thank you. 2. Give your regular…
We get a lot of requests for books for kids about to welcome a new sibling into the family. Some of the better known titles are pretty sappy, which isn't such a bad thing, but I never really liked the stories about how perfect it is to h…
For some reason, every pregnant friend in my life is having a boy these days. So I'm even more attuned to the limited choice there is in terms of motifs on their clothing. While we've worked pretty hard to track down cool boys' clothes t…
We may be beauty and fashion fanatics to some degree, but chasing after kids and working full-time means that we have less time than we like to spend on taking care of ourselves. Why do you think we're such fans of online shopping? The o…
As the old saying goes: Once you go Bento you never go back. Okay, that's not it at all. But it's exactly how I feel every morning that I pack my kids' lunches. After discovering the perfect reusable, food-safe containers , those plastic…
Last year I raved about the wonderfully creative My Haggadah, Made it Myself . This interactive coloring book meets journal meets interactive Passover Haggadah is a joy for kids about four and up, and this year, it's been updated with pr…
If there's a spring and summer kids clothing collection that I anxiously await, Cool Mom Picks fave ses petites mains is at the top of my list. There's just something about the gorgeous, dresses and separates that are handmade here in th…
Okay, so clearly at Cool Mom Picks we're all 14 year-old boys at heart because we love April Fool's, and we always love calling out some of the greatest April Fool's jokes spreading across the web every year. Here, a few favorites of 201…
In case you might have missed them, here are some of our favorite Cool Mom Tech picks from the last week. 1. Picnik who? When it comes to free photo editing, we're all about PicMonkey now. 2. Accio Harry Potter on our e-readers! It's lik…
We're not surprised that prettier disposable diapers are the hot new trend, with the growing popularity of designer diapers like the Huggies jeans diapers and Cynthia Rowley Pampers we featured here on Cool Mom Picks. So we couldn't help…
