by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
You’d think that with all the girlie cards and personalized notes out there that boys would just let their sisters write all their thank-yous for them. Yeah, well not in my house.Okay, so my son is only 12 months, but for those of you with big boys, check out...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
I’m the first to espouse the powers of the night light in helping make bedtime (and those nighttime wakings) easier. But then there’s the ones you have to remember to turn off so they don’t burn out. Oh, and the ones that are more like a spotlight...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
My six-year-old and I are at odds when it comes to decorating her room. She wants to paint it bubblegum pink, while I’m fearful of being reminded of Pepto (shudder). Fortunately, a compromise is on the horizon — in the form of the creative new Blik wall...
by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech
We lost $10,000.Or to put it another way, that $10,000 should have been ours – if only the moment of spectacular toddler hilarity captured on videotape had actually been captured on videotape. After which of course we would send it off to America’s...
by Cool Mom Team | Living
As my daughter prepares for preschool in the fall, am just now learning that bake sale goodies are not taken lightly there. I am going to have to get my act together if I want to compete with some of the works of frosting-topped art I’ve recently seen at PTA...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
Okay mamas, it’s officially T minus one month until tax day. Even with my own invented envelope system, I still find myself swimming in a sea of receipts and records when it comes time to file my tax return. So when I heard the organizational gurus from...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
I’ve always thought that the best ABC posters for kids aren’t the ones that simply familiarize them with the letters, but inspire imagination around the images themselves. We’ve found that very thing in Paula Prass’s lovely Alphabet Girl...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults
When a newly-pregnant woman asks me for advice (okay, it’s not like it happens all the time, but it does happen), I have but one gem to share: Don’t tell anyone what you’re thinking of naming the baby. It doesn’t matter if you’re thinking...
by Cool Mom Team | Storage + Organization
Even though my ever-supportive editors, Liz and Kristen, would never call me on it, I’m definitely off my game as I adjust to life with three kids. [Ed note: You’re doing great, Julie!] I have difficulty remembering to take my daily vitamin, let alone...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
As the mom of two little ones these days, I’m probably not going to go overboard with the Easter baskets. But the fantastic Easter tags from Tattered Tags, a paper shop owned by designer Brooke Campbell, almost make me want to. These vintage-style, hand cut...
by Cool Mom Team | Living
We love when readers tip us off on their own great picks around the web. So when two readers wrote us gushing about Mayfair Lane, we most definitely had to check it out.After one peek at owner/designer Susan Hirsch Russell’s products, then you’ll get why...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
We’ve been fans of Stubby Pencil Studio since we were turned onto the Portland company’s high-quality CIY for kids. That’s, um, Color It Yourself. And now we’re pleased to learn that the company has gone eco. (Of course; they’re in...
