If you check out the Cool Mom Picks indie shop at great.ly, you'll find a whole category of cool kids' room decor , and now we have a new artist we're adding to the fold that I think is just wonderful. Rosy Designs is run by a Vancouver …
My son would drink juice all day long if I'd let him. I obviously don't, because wow, there's a lot of sugar in juice, but I know he wants something tastier than water all day long. So this week we've been trying out the Define fruit-inf…
Of course we are all guilty in today's society of overpraising our children; everyone gets a trophy right? Yeah, not in my world. However, there is nothing wrong with a little extra parental encouragement. So, as I am starting to assembl…
We are so blown away by some of the creative birth announcement photo ideas we've seen on Pinterest and beyond lately. Is it a new trend or just something that's now in the hands of more regular photographers than the pros? Either way...…
I find it's always a good idea to have a few nice hostess gifts stashed away in the hall closet in case of last-minute dinner party invitations or weekend plans. I do this with kids' birthday presents too, and it makes life so much easie…
We've all found that one dirty, stinky water bottle lost at the bottom of a kid's backpack after a week of non-use, right? (At least I hope I'm not the only one.) Well, I've found Bottle Bright , an incredible solution from an incredible…
I don't have much space on my kitchen walls these days (I blame it on that folder that comes home on the last day of school filled with more art than my kids could have possibly created in only one year). But if I did, I know exactly wha…
3 a.m. was scariest when I couldn't tell if my child's diarrhea or ear ache were serious or just things to wait and see about. And one of the hardest parts of being a new mom was calling the pediatrician and ending up feeling like I'd ov…
Sometimes a quote just speaks to you, and these decidedly non-cheesy, very cool inspirational quotes (geez, that phrase really is getting a bad name) come courtesy of illustrator and hand-letterer Noel Shively . I'm trying to figure out …
I've learned that when kids are afraid of the dark, a nightlight can be their best friend. And have you ever seen a friendlier, cuter lamp than this Little Cloud Lamp ? This adorable night light might be just what I need to get my scared…
We're anticipating a new baby girl in our family soon (!!) and I'm having so much fun procrastinating from real life--er, balancing my bank account--by searching the Internet for pretty custom nursery art for her room. This sweet bamboo …
When you have a kid losing a tooth, whether it's the first or the fifteenth, you know how special it can be. Maybe that's why I've always had a thing for tooth fairy pillows , and the lovely, affordable handmade ones from AppleWhite on E…
I'm a sucker for cool serving dishes, and right now I'm loving these handmade ceramic bowls from Marina Marinski at her Etsy shop, Marinksi Handmades . Marina's engraved illustrations are whimsical and seriously cool. Don't they kind of …
When you think tea, you think Mr. T, right? Smooth, powerful, totally in control of a rainy afternoon next to the sleeping cat, B.A. Baracus pities the fool who doesn't enjoy a nice cuppa. This Mr. Tea Tea Set for One from Squackdoodle o…
As I approach 35, I realize that I need to face the facts: I am a full-on grown-up. But as I look around our house, I realize that some of our decor and family habits don't reflect this fact. Knowing that I want to be the family with the…
We always have so much fun discovering new artists, and one of our recent finds is Cheeky Monkey Home . Her handmade pillows are the kinds that just require one to make a whole room. And they're made with such exquisite detail, they're t…
I'm currently trying to stage a ban on plastic (probably not ideal for our health) and paper (definitely not ideal for the environment) cups from our household. So when I saw the newest launch from Lifefactory -- durable drinking glasses…
Over the summer months, we love any excuse to host a party--July 4th, birthday parties, backyard barbecues. And the more we do it, the better we get at finding the right places to find the right stuff to make it easy. So we're so excited…
For a while we've been fans of the creative wall decals and wallpaper from Pop & Lolli made just for kids' rooms --and so have our readers. So much so, they're always getting requests for more designs, more styles, more colors. So weren'…
When I was growing up, my grandmother had a lovely little poster on her bathroom wall reminding us of all kinds of old fashioned bathroom manners. My favorite was the reminder not to "keep the bath an hour or more when other folks are wa…
I remember getting that last big piece of furniture for my house--years after moving in, of course--and thinking, "Finally, this is it!" It took no time to realize that a house truly comes together in the small, pretty details--at least …
They aren't as sly as a fox, as wise as an owl, or as puffy as a hedgehog, but the unassuming sloth is poised to be the next big thing for kids, as Liz and I noticed as we toured Toy Fair earlier this year. These slow-moving, surprisingl…
New parents, we know you couldn't be more proud. You've waited months--years, maybe--for your new baby to be here and you are so ready to share him or her (or him and her) with the world. We get it. So, in honor of the sunniest months, w…
My kids are rollers. I can't count how many times I've gone to check on them while they sleep, only to find them on the floor. I've considered getting a bed rail but they think they're so babyish. And when you're a big four-year-old, is …