When we discovered French site Tiny-Us last year, we were taken with their mission to sell paper dolls and other printables as a fundraiser for a local school for children with disabilities. And now I'm just as taken with their new 2012 …
The next in our series of New Year's resolution help: Better financial management for the new year. (What? Not just us, right?) Here, just a few of our favorite simple tips and resources to help you get off to a good start in 2012. - Liz…
All week long we'll be offering our tips and ideas to help you tackle your (and our) New Year's resolutions. Whether you're a staunch believer in resolutions or not, we hope our cool picks will help motivate you as we hope they do for us…
I pretty much live in boots all winter long. Which means my drawers are also home to a healthy stock of stocking and leggings . The problems with stockings and boots though, is that I often still need to wear socks over them to keep my t…
If you like to spend your New Year's day, oh...say, shopping in your PJs then you're in luck. Livie + Luca, one of our favorite sources for cool baby and kids shoes is having their annual 50% off sale. And it requires neither fancy cloth…
We wish you what we wish for ourselves in 2012: peace, happiness, a little more down time with the kids, and a lot of fun. Thanks for spending another incredible year with us. Have a beautiful New Year, cool parents! -Liz, Kristen + the …
As we come to the end of 2011, we all feel like we have much to be thankful for -- good friends and family, incredible colleagues (sniff, we love you CMP'ers!) and amazing readers like you who have supported us for another fantastic year…
Finding beautiful girls' clothes may be one of our favorite jobs at Cool Mom Picks. This year there were no shortage of great picks from small indie designers; and even some bigger brands we like got into the action. Tutu Du Monde Liz: T…
We found so many cool boys' clothes this year, it may be the first year we've given boys' clothes their own category! Enjoy some of these awesome editors' picks, putting to rest the notion that only girls get the good shopping. Red 21 Bo…
One of the most favorite parts of what we do here at Cool Mom Picks is giving away prizes, and a couple of weeks ago, we got to give away five big ones to five lucky Cool Mom Picks subscribers! A huge congrats to Leslie T., Amy M., Molly…
One thing we parents all have in common is the need to feed our kids. Here, our favorite foods, snacks, tableware, cookbooks, all to help make mealtimes a little easier and a little more fun. Green Toys dishes Kristen : I have a huge thi…
We're such suckers for modern kids' furniture, and this year there were some amazing new pieces. Here, our editors favorites of 2011 that we'd gladly furnish our own kids' rooms with. So-Ro Cradle Liz: Simply one of the most beautiful mo…
Boy, baby clothes have come a long way from when your choices were pink onesies, blue onesies, or yellow onesies for "surprise" babies. Here, just a few of our favorite fabulous baby clothes picks of the year. Lucky babies. Fore!! Axel +…
One of the fun things about planning for a baby is planning how to decorate the nursery. Then, planning on how to transition it from a baby room to a kids' room . Allow us to present some of the coolest art and decor ideas from 2011. Cre…
We like to think waiting for the Cool Mom Picks newsletter each month is a little like watching the ball drop on New Year's Eve, minus the champagne and glitter. (Although you can feel free to supply your own.) But our subscribers do get…
If you haven't realized by now, babies come with stuff. Here, our top 10 of the coolest baby gear that we discovered in 2011. Some of it will be the newest new mama essential , some of it...well, a gal can dream sometimes. Bugaboo Donkey…
Picking our favorite of all the coolest kids' music of 2011 is a little like picking among our children--so many incredible artists creating so many great albums, that even parents like them too. Here, Christina's top ten kids' albums of…
We all have a certain fondness for our kids' books category . Finding wonderful books for kids is one of our favorite thing to do for all of you. Here, some of the very best books for kids that we reviewed in 2011. Shel Silverstein: Ever…
Enjoy these, our Editor's top picks of 2011 for toys for babies, tots, and big kids too--all of which we think will keep kids happy for more than a few minutes. That's pretty rare these days. And not a battery compartment in sight! Littl…
Each year, we love coming through our past year of archives to bring you some of our editors' top picks. Today, we're excited to feature our favorite accessories from the coolest baubles to the handbags we're coveting . The Cambridge Sat…
From Liz, Kristen, and our entire Cool Mom Picks team, we wish you a very Merry Christmas! We'll be back to tomorrow with our Editors' Picks of the Year. But today, we eat! Merry everything, happy always! {The lovely letterpress card by …
Here, just some of the great resources, websites, recipes and roundups we've found for the holiday season. You've still got a whole day of wrapping left! -The most beautiful printable gift tags -12 festive gift wrap ideas -6 easy holiday…
Forget investing in a new LBD; if you have any hopes of getting out this New Year's Eve and want to update your look, I'd invest in the accessory of the year: funky, sexy stockings. If you're not familiar with the Austrian label Wolford …
All week long we've been giving away all sorts of awesome goodies as a thanks to our wonderful subscribers, and tomorrow is our very last one. And it's good one. Promise. If you're already a subscriber, then just watch your inbox tomorro…
