Happy 5th Birthday, Cool Mom Picks! (And prizes!)

Happy 5th Birthday, Cool Mom Picks! (And prizes!)

KRISTEN: Back in early 2006, a few months after I started blogging, I thought it might be fun to start another blog that highlighted the cool, handmade goodies I found so many online moms making and selling to help keep their households afloat. It’ll be cheeky!...

Talking parenting with Katie Couric

Yesterday, Cool Mom Picks editor-in-chief and publisher Liz Gumbinner joined NurtureShock co-author Ashley Merryman to talk with Katie Couric about some of today’s hot parenting topics on Katie’s excellent CBS News webshow, @katiecouric. If you...
Happy 2011 cool moms!

Happy 2011 cool moms!

2011. Is it even possible? It just sounds so…future-y!From Kristen, Liz, and everyone at Cool Mom Picks, we wish you and your family a peaceful, beautiful, happy, healthy new year. We hope it’s filled with all the joy, all the success, all the nights of...
Happy happy and merry merry.

Happy happy and merry merry.

From the bottom of our hearts, we wish all you cool moms, cool dads, cool aunties + grandmothers, and all of your beautiful families, a very merry Christmas. -Kristen, Liz, and everyone at Cool Mom Picks. [poster via salt & paper shop. download yours free!]
Subscribing: So fabulous it’s scary

Subscribing: So fabulous it’s scary

Yeah, we know. It’s the week before Halloween, and pretty much everything is “so fabulous it’s scary.” Still, subscribing to the Cool Mom Picks newsletter truly is a treat. And there’s no trick– we promise. So what’s coming to...
Cool Mom Picks loves InStyle!

Cool Mom Picks loves InStyle!

Well what a nice surprise to discover that the November 2010 issue of InStyle includes Cool Mom Picks in their big Best of the Web feature! We are so beyond thrilled that one of our all-time favorite magazines mentions us us as one of four favorite blogs in the kids...
Cool Mom Picks has a new baby in the family!

Cool Mom Picks has a new baby in the family!

Huge congrats to publisher/co-founder Kristen, whose beautiful, still unnamed baby girl was born in the wee hours of the morning. At home. On her guest bed. Thanks to an Atlanta fireman named Kelly. Mom and baby #4 are doing beautifully, Mom is laughing about not...
Subscribing: It’s like an inbox full of awesome

Subscribing: It’s like an inbox full of awesome

If you’re reading this, you are fabulous, and we love you, and we want to bring further awesomeness to your inbox a couple of times a month, plus chances to win fantastic prizes. All you have to do is subscribe to Cool Mom Picks before Thursday (hurry!) and here...

Cool Mom Picks loves the Today Show!

If you missed Cool Mom Picks editor Liz Gumbinner on the Today Show this morning, fear not: We’ve got the clip right here. Catch Liz chatting with Meredith Viera (who was wearing seriously killer shoes!) and sharing some of our favorite back to school picks from...