by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
When I was pregnant, I spent roughly 400 thousand hours, give or take, looking for the right birth announcements. Nothing seemed to be…me. Not the pink bows, not the pink gingham, not the pink polka dots. And certainly notall thoseducks. Why, Rattle-N-Roll, why...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
There is no law that says that A has to be for Apple and B has to be for Banana. Especially if you’re one of those edumacated households with perhaps a mathematician or a chemical engineer at the dinner table. In this case, you’re going to want to check...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults
When a recent trip left me pondering The Complete Works of Shakespeare versus How to Fix The Kitchen Sink as potential beach reads, I realized I had a problem. The shelves in my home library are overflowing with nonfiction and kids’ books, but the fictional...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
I have a confession: I’m a complete and total insect-loving mama. I was raised to appreciate the little buggers with wall-to-wall ant farms in my childhood bedroom and fish tanks full of snails in the backyard. Of course this explains why I practically lept from...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
We all know that pregnancy doesn’t mean you suddenly crave little ducks and teddy bears on everything you own. So then why is it so hard to find a cardthat doesn’t look like it got lost at the pastel animal farm? That’s why I’m smitten with...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
I cannot tell you exactly why I still have my Junior Prom corsage stuffed away in a shoebox between old report cards and notes my best friend passed me in French class, but I do. I mean, I didn’t even like the guy and he cheaped out on the champagne. But...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
There were a few precious pieces of furniture we sacrificed after having kids, but our gorgeous coffee table? No way. Since the prospect of rings on my beloved table makes me shiver, I’m always on the lookout for cool coasters. These beautiful blossom coasters...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
I’ve never been much of a pastel gal myself, so it wouldn’t have crossed my mind to decorate the nursery in baby pinks and soft blues. But now that I’ve discovered the work of illustrator Brandon Reese I might have to rethink my position.His...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
There’s something about the sweet, icy, fresh from the freezer goodness of a popsicle that signifies summer. Well that, and mosquitos. But I much prefer to think about popsicles (as my bathing suit size would indicate). These orange popsicle party invitations...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
The poor little cocktail umbrella. It begins its life the adored centerpiece of your favorite frozen beverage, only to be brought home from its tiki bar paradise and crammed into a nighttable drawer. Fear not, cocktail umbrella fans. They now have renewed value thanks...
by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Adults
In my experience, there are two kinds of grandparents. Those who start every conversation with, “did I tell you the one about ________?” And before you even get to answer, they’re regaling you with every minute detail (again) about The Time I Met...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults
If you’ve ever stood slack-jawed in the children’s section of Borders, entirely overwhelmed by the selection, you’re not alone. Board book or hardcover? Pat the Bunny or Hop on Pop? It’s maddening. But a book on books–that’s the...
