The wit, wisdom, and expensive stationery of Simon Doonan

by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery

Dempsey & Carroll makes the kind of fancypants stationery that you drool over in high end department stores — that is, if you’re the type who drools over fancypants stationery at all. Yes, I am that type. It’s the kind of stuff you want on hand...

The power of restaurant placemats now at your dinner table

by Cool Mom Team | Kitchen + Dining

I’ve long thought about how to channel the power of the restaurant paper placemats in my own home so that we can all enjoy a pleasant meal. In other words, one in which the kids are occupied while I’m busy cutting their food into a billion pieces. Well the...

Decorating for the hard to commit crowd

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

By the time my husband and I agree on a paint color, I’m pretty sure we’ll be ready to move out of this house. So instead of waiting until we find the perfect shade of green for our bedroom, I’m taking the bull by the horns and investing in a few...

If an amazing storybook married a computer this would be their love child

by Betsy | Cool Tech

I know a lot of parents aren’t into letting their kids play on the computer when they’re younger, but I have to confess I believe using computers is an incredibly effective way to teach children everything from colors to calculus. For better, or worse, our...

Out of milk? Write it in fur.

by Cool Mom Team | Living

What’s cooler than a write-and-erase message board? Well, a lot of things. But for something that’s cooler and just as useful, check out the most outrageous message board we’ve ever seen. This Dedo message board from Portuguese artist Goncalo Campo...

Bright and beautiful kids’ art, hold the usual characters

by Mir | Art + Decor

As so many of you know by now, in Cool Mom Picks land, Etsy is always the place to look for the nursery decor that won’t make you say, “That looks just like that print I saw at the store….” And on Etsy, we’re loving Hsin Ping Pan’s...

One less thing for me to nag my kids about. I like that.

by Mir | Kitchen + Dining

Those of you with little ones probably cannot imagine the day when your tween despairingly announces that her glasses make her look like “a total dork,” but I’m here to tell you that it happens. And suddenly your kid is big enough to wear contact...

Party like it’s 1959

by Liz Gumbinner | Cards + Stationery

I think I’ve discovered party favor central. And much to my delight, it’s not in a mall or a half-abandoned shopping center, which is where those party favor stores seem to be in New York. In fact, this little party supply shop is not even in New York....

Home decor for a steel

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

At the NY Gift Show last week, there were so many fabulous things I couldn’t wait to run back and tell you all about. (These blisters? All for you, dahlings.) One of the very first booths I stumbled into featured the simply wonderful home and garden decor from...

Lunch punch to the school lunch rescue!

by Cool Mom Team | Kitchen + Dining

It’s only a week into school around here in the deep south, and already I hear a lot of my mom friends complaining that they’ve exhausted their lunchmaking tricks. Well, thanks to the new lunch punch styles, there’s no need to throw in the towel just...

Method and Cleanwell sitting in a tree

by Cool Mom Team | Storage + Organization

If I could think of the perfect merger, two companies I love so much that I want them to get together, do things behind closed doors, and then make product babies together, it would probably be Method and Cleanwell. Well guess what? We are so delighted to get to share...

Save the Gulf, one beautiful piece of art at a time

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

Just a couple of weeks ago, our editor-in-chief Liz and I were one of 2400 attendees at the BlogHer conference in New York City. And aside from the awesome sessions and fantastic parties, we had the opportunity to be a part of the Voices of the Year gala and art...