by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
If you spent less time picking out baby names than trying to find a birth announcement that’s unique, fabulous, quirky, and perfectly free of gingham and teddy bears, you are very much in luck. We found some of the coolest, most inventive, and occasionally...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
I’d love to decorate my walls in big black and white framed photos of my kids. But until I start taking super fantastic pictures, I fear that’s not the best idea. Instead I’m turning to Fat Kat Design. Granted they’re not framed photos, but...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
Nothing says “welcome baby” like a personalized gift. But aside from all the economically unfeasible keepsakes out there, I’ve only found a few options that 1) I can afford and 2) won’t end up shoved in the back of a closet...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
I have some friends who do this insane July 4 party every year as if heads of state were showing up. The food is awesome, the drinks plentiful, and the local parade passes right by their home, guaranteeing a perfect day, humidity not withstanding. If this sounds...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
Here is how I recall my daughter’s first year of life, seven years later: Birth. . . blur. . .neediness. . .blur. . .crawling everywhere. . . .blur. . . The big memories are there, but the details have become blurry over time. It’s the photos...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
We’ve had a thing for funky coat hooks around here lately, it seems. (See also: Elephant hook, j hook, and rock star monkey hook). And now there’s another one that’s just meant to love. In fact, it’s all about love; it’s the LOVE double...
by Cool Mom Team | Family Travel
As a wife of a pilot who takes advantage of the perks and does a fair bit of traveling alone with two kids, I’m always on the lookout for travel helpers that make the experience a bit more tolerable. First tip: A bag of jellybeans. Second tip: Mom Kathy...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
How can we resist falling instantly, madly in love with a card company called Pretty Bitter? We can’t. And we didn’t. Which is why you’re reading about them today. We’ve already told you about their awesome Man Notes. But the fabulously cynical...
by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
Since moving my fair-skinned family to Georgia last year, I’ve really had a baptism by fire(ball) when it comes to sun protection. Oh, sure, we took precautions in the sun up north, but the sun here is fiercer, hotter, and completely relentless. And is there...
