by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
Last night, I was privileged to attend a taping of the Daily Show, thanks to the wonderful folks at One.org. Yes, I was sitting about 15 feet from Bono. Feel free to be jealous–I was jealous of myself! Bono spoke in such an impassioned way about the real, viable...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
Last year we were overjoyed to learn that Small Business Saturday is now “a thing.” Not that it hasn’t been a thing around Cool Mom Picks for the last five years or so. And not just on Saturdays either. Even so, it’s a great excuse to get out...
by Stephanie Mayers | Doing Good
It’s the perfect spirit of the holidays come to life: Give a little, get a little, and well, a collectible holiday keepsake doesn’t hurt either. I just discovered the Heart 2011 Designer Ornament Collection from HSN, a partnership with a ton of...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Doing Good
If you like your bath products indie and laced with nutritive honey, then we’ve found a new line that’ll make you a bee-liever. Heh. Beecology has such a lovely array of bath and beauty products that I wanted to try one of everything. From shampoo and...
by Eva Glettner | Doing Good
Always Saturday makes me happy. While this is technically a “kids” band, the beats are appropriate for big people, too. I’m thinking of their CD as a dance party waiting to happen, and I just want to be a part. After all, any band that evokes the...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Doing Good
There’s a lot of pink out there in October, and that’s a great thing. We applaud any effort to fight breast cancer by spreading awareness or raising donations for research and support. Still, if pink’s not your color, we’d like to introduce you...
by Stephanie Mayers | Doing Good
As I have mentioned here before, I have a real sweet spot for nursery art prints. While my daughter’s room may be the size of your suburban walk in closet, I will always keep an eye out for another something special to squeeze onto her tiny walls. Especially...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
I have a big, big heart for teachers and all they do. Not just because my own mother is one, but because I can directly point to moments that educators shaped my life in profound ways. Like Linda Taylor who helped me fall in love with history in fifth grade. Dee...
by Lexi Petronis | Doing Good
Moms are a busy lot. And when we’re not tending to scrapes, taking kids to library story hour, and finding random tater tots on our person, some of us are doing stuff like– oh, changing the world through charitable initiatives and smart business ideas. You...
by Stephanie Mayers | Doing Good
Designer Elizabeth Bohannan has an inspired mission: to help young women in Uganda achieve their higher learning goals. And she’s doing it through beautiful sandals. Yes, sandals. Sseko Designs (sey-ko) was created to provide women with jobs during the 9-month...
by Stephanie Slate | Doing Good
I’d always kind of held the opinion that if I’d seen one wall decal, I’d seen them all. That is, until Pop & Lolli wall decals came my way. And then I pretty much decided that I didn’t need to see any others. Ever again. These gorgeous (and...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
I always love those artist and free thinking types who commit to something like wearing a different dress every day for a year, or cooking a different vegetable every day. And now there’s one more–UK mom and artist Lisa Stevens who’s creating a...
