Desktop bookshelves – Hold the tools and the glue

Desktop bookshelves – Hold the tools and the glue

The piles of books and catalogs on our desks around here have gotten completely out of control, and with another official reader in our house, I only foresee more clutter in our future. So that’s why I’m digging these desktop bookshelves from Ecolok. These...
Baby gifts with your own personal touch

Baby gifts with your own personal touch

Picking out a baby gift for my brand new niece, Isabella, was incredibly easy when I discovered makaboo–or difficult depending how you look at it. [don’t miss a great offer, and giveaway after the jump!] Easy, because the shop has a great selection of...
Cool Mom Picks loves Babycenter!

Cool Mom Picks loves Babycenter!

We were so happy to hear that Babycenter was planning to relaunch their popular blog Momformation with truly awesome bloggers. So you can imagine we were even happier that they invited us to be contributors! Visit us every Thursday each week for, you guessed it, cool...
Behold the mysterious STEPONBOX

Behold the mysterious STEPONBOX

Talk about truth in advertising: The STEPONBOX is a storage box that also functions as a stool. That you can step on. And a ton more.Available in four Jetsons-esque color combinations, the STEPONBOX is crafted of Polypropylene and Thermoplastic Elastomeric, which in...
Dear diary

Dear diary

Childhood diaries are always depicted as the tool of brooding, angry, angst-filled goth girls; more Heathers than Clueless. Personally, my own first journal was filled with a lot lighter fare. And a whole lot of bad rhyming poetry and original song lyrics....
Collage on the quick at Photovisi

Collage on the quick at Photovisi

It was a mystery. Suddenly, they were popping up all over Facebook. And now I know where everyone created those adorable collages of their kids. The website is called Photovisi, but I think of it as “Photocollages for Dummies”– definitely including...
It’s not junk if you display it with love

It’s not junk if you display it with love

When I look around my house I find strange groupings of stuff everywhere. A bin of outgrown Crocs. A shoebox packed with old family pictures. Some coffee table books that never quite made it to the coffee table. Little did I know that these were all just charming,...