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 out their new DUMBO Brooklyn space, getting inspired by the creativity that radiates from every corner (even accounting), and eating some damn fine sticky rice. We'll get our own photo essay up soon, but in the meanwhile, check out the article on The Storque.

You might even learn some stuff you didn't know about us. Like...our site's original name? Shh, don't tell anyone.

[photo by vanessa : liz and kristen in the twinmaker]

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