A baby monitor for your iPhone? Sure. What the heck.

by Mir | Cool Tech

I remember that time we went to visit my folks for the holidays, and in the midst of packing the presents and the pack-n-play, I somehow forgot the baby monitor. Well, I was sure I’d hear the baby when she woke up. But by the time I went to check on her I...

Dear Santa, Call me back!

by Mir | Cool Tech

If there’s one thing I love about the holiday season, it’s that delightful little perk of being able to tell the kids they have to behave or Santa won’t bring them anything for Christmas. (Holiday blackmail: Just another service I offer as a...

When good things happen to good people

by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech

Remember that awesome $5k Intel tech makeover we got to help give away this fall? And you helped vote for the winners? And you were kind of hoping it was you but realized that the people who won were so deserving that you felt perfectly great about it? Right! That...

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas table

by Cool Mom Team | Living

I’ve been a fan of white serving pieces ever since my mother taught me that the food should be the star of the dishes, and not the dishes themselves. (Of course that presumes that I am capable of creating star-like food to begin with. Thank goodness for...

Calendar girl

by Julie | Cards + Stationery

I’m a minimalist where it comes to calendars.  I know some moms live and die by their beloved organizers, but give me a compact monthly view calendar at my fingertips and I’m set.The 18-month Mouse Pad calendar from Ann Kelle Designs is perfect for...

So that’s what all those blank walls in the nursery are for

by Rita | Art + Decor

If you’re a sleek-lines-and-minimal-fluff sort of a mom, you’ll want to check out Nashville artist Michalle Sessions’ gorgeously simplistic prints for your progeny’s room via her shop, LJ Ink.  From the red-sock-wearing giraffe and monkey...

Little labels that make a big impression

by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery

I may buy great gifts, but I’m severely gift-wrap challenged; my presents usually get hidden toward the back of the pile so that you can’t see my incompetence. But, this year, these bold little labels from Turtle Papers will help my gifts look more...

1,2,3,4 Tell me that you love (my napkins) more

by Danielle | Kitchen + Dining

I have this dream. In this dream, my house is always organized, dog hair is contained on the actual dog, cushions are kept on the couch, and I frequently host elegant cocktail parties attended just by adults who speak about current events in hushed tones.This dream...

Don’t leave the hospital without your Brella

by Julie | Cards + Stationery

I may not be a fan of matchy-matchy outfits, but coordinated stationery ensembles are the sort of matching that I can appreciate, as long as they’re done well.  No pastel teddy bears or scary clowns, please.Brella Baby has hit the mark with their new Brella...

A Method to your holiday madness. Literally.

by Cool Mom Team | Living

I’m the person who walks by a candle shop or perfume store and starts sneezing uncontrollably. So just imagine how well I do trying to find a nice subtle holiday scent that doesn’t make me run for a box of tissues. Leave it to our favorite light green...

If you don’t know Jack. . .

by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery

I love receiving a birthday card in the mail, but when it’s my time to send them out, I usually resort to a hastily typed email. Forgive me, but taking three kids anywhere near a rack of greeting cards is just asking for a headache. I have fewer excuses now that...

Custom Christmas ornaments, delivered on doves’ wings

by Mir | Living

It’s not that I don’t go “awwww” just a little bit over the beautiful hand-cut  ceramic dove ornament with a customizable message from Paloma’s Nest–it’s that mentally I’m sometimes still about nine or ten and...