by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
When we got our first look at the Mummysam Shop, we knew right away to file this selection of softies under decor as well as playthings. Why? Well just look at them.Artist and former painter Samantha Cotterill turned her talents towards softies after having children...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
Take a look around the web for graduation party invitations and you’re pretty much stuck with variations on three design themes: 1. Diplomas 2. Hats 3. Tassels.Sure enough there’s a selection of all of the above at Tiny Prints, but we were happy to also...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
I figure if I’m going to take the time and trouble to print my favorite photos, I sure as heck won’t be putting them in some album off the drugstore rack. But the gorgeous books from Enji Beck? Most certainly worthy of my precious 4×6’s.Handmade...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
Every time I see a friend’s nursery with decals on the wall, I think rats, that’s what I should have done. Especially since at not quite three, my oldest daughter is already expressing rather strong preferences about what may and may not be displayed in...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults
There is one book that the editors of CMP have been waiting for more eagerly than any other: Sleep is For the Weak: The Best of the Mommybloggers. Because it will be awesome. Because you won’t be able to put it down. Because you will laugh your arse off then...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults
There’s not a lot of fun involved in breastfeeding in the beginning, as I can attest as a two-time, soon to be three-time nurser. Unless you enjoy the feeling of your boobs about to explode. But moms Shannon Payette Seip and Adrienne Hedger certainly found the...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
For new moms, it’s not as though the baby can just whip out a drawing or pick some flowers on her own for Mother’s Day. Someone has to help. And that someone is too often faced with syrupy greeting cards plastered with cartoon characters proclaiming you...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults
It seemed like the great anticipation of meeting your baby was quickly dashed by the fact that he really doesn’t do anything but sleep, eat, and poop. Or, if you’re my babies, just eat and poop — apparently sleep was optional. While I was sobbing...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
My daughter takes after me in many ways – her messy hair, her penchant for arguing, and her love for getting out the stationery and writing a thank you note for a gift. I’m succeeding as a mother on one point at least. The oversized story/art notepads from...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
I’ve always had a thing for Lewis Carrol but most of the Alice prints that would be cute for a little girl’s room have a 19th century feel that doesn’t jibe with my modern decor. Then I came across the Tea With White Rabbits print from artist (and...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
I was That Person who spent like six hours online creating my Simpsons avatar. (Yeah, so I’m a 14 year old boy at heart. Gotta problem with that?) Needless to say I got completely sucked into playing around on the Pose Prints website, which lets you do that very...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
Personalized gifts are always a huge hit at baby showers but the problem is, so many of them are kinda lame. (Sorry, fans of personalized picture frames with little dots at the end of every curliecue letter in the name. But lame.) Not so the sweet handmade letter...
