Getting the Pretty Back – Reason #112 why I’m still a huge Molly Ringwald fan

by Betsy | Books for Adults

My relationship with Molly Ringwald spans several decades (oh God, that’s scary). From the minute she stepped into detention in The Breakfast Club to the birthday cake-eating moment on the dining room table with the cutest boy ever in Sixteen Candles, I was...

Baby mobiles are so 2009

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor, Baby

I admit that baby mobiles never did much more for my kids than keep them entertained with their robotic songs and spinning cutesy stuffed animals. But moms-to-be hoping to get a modern bit of nursery decor out of the deal should be begging for a beautiful dream ring...

Where it’s always cool o’clock

by Delilah S. Dawson | Art + Decor

There’s a curious trend right now, a vicious but lovely circle in which interior design for adults takes inspiration from art for children, which was in turn inspired by interior design for adults. To put it succinctly, as we mentioned recently, design is going...

Yep, they can hear you now

by Mir | Cool Tech

I gave up on my Bluetooth headset for my mobile phone a while back; I was always forgetting to charge it, and on the rare occasions when I didn’t, I had trouble getting it to stay in my ear, and the sound quality was terrible.So despite all the hype about...

Little Red Writing Hood

by Delilah S. Dawson | Art + Decor

There’s a fine line between too cute and too dark, a special gray area where only the hippest fear to tread. Artist Emily Martin of TheBlackApple is there, jitterbugging in her tiny red slippers.There’s something for everyone in this fabulous hodgepodge of...

When your baby cares enough to send the very best

by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery

My husband has Mother’s Day pretty easy these days since my kids are now old enough to make me a card all by themselves. But giving a card from a little baby– aside from the little foot print signature that most parents are not brave enough to...

The fairest of the wall

by Delilah S. Dawson | Art + Decor

Mirror, mirror on the wall…move over. We need the wall space, because there’s a new princess in town. And something tells me she’s not going to be running away from a wicked witch any time soon, because she looks pretty self-reliant, despite her...

Custom hearts for the one you heart

by Liz Gumbinner | Cards + Stationery

I think I’m in love. The object of my affection: The selection of decorative artwork embellished with handcut paper hearts from the brand new Etsy shop Paper Cut Works. Ania Alyson, Seattle artist by way of Poland, creates artsy, anatomically-inspired hearts out...

Mother’s Day is about making your mom cry, right? In a good way?

by Carrie | Cool Tech

If you are lucky enough to not only be a mom, but still have a mom around to guide you through your turbulent mothering moments (or in my mom’s case, laugh at me), then you probably have witnessed the power that the perfect picture of your children has over her....

For Mother’s Day, a gift that’s for more than your own mom

by Delilah S. Dawson | Living

You know that feeling when you pick up an object and can feel that it was made far away, somewhere different and exotic? It seems more real somehow, like it has a story. These shimmering lavender sachets from CMP favorite Raven + Lily have that aura of mystery, and...

Talk about Pop Art

by Betsy | Cards + Stationery

I’m a huge fan of Robert Subuda and Matthew Reinhart’s pop up children’s books. My son’s copies from the Encyclopedia Prehistorica series show the wear and tear of well-read books. So why am I not surprised that I am awestruck by their...

Prints Made Easy

by Barbara | Art + Decor

It was somewhere in my mid-twenties that I vowed to never again buy a cheesy reproduction; adults collected art, not dog-eared posters. Of course, it didn’t occur to me that most work I would consider “art,” would probably be far too dear for my...