A poster that’s fabulous from A to Z

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

I have a thing for great alphabet posters, as you frequent Cool Mom Picks readers probably know by now. I suppose there’s no greater joy to a writer than watching her child find a love for letters and words, and surrounding those babies with them early...

Oh Sweden, stop making me want to go there.

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes

I spent my entire morning browsing the modern Swedish design shop for kids, barnvanligt, and not even the beautiful spring day was been able to tear me away. While the organic cotton robot pillows (below) sucked me in, I think what I need most in the world right now...

D is for Duuuuuude

by Delilah S. Dawson | Baby, Books for Kids

There’s some sort of unspoken rule that a baby can’t be born until someone has purchased the little dude or dudette an ABC book. But let’s say you know some hipster, emo, goth, inked, or punk parents. Calming pastels and fuzzy bunnies are going to...

Alphabeasties, not just for the next generation of Type Nerds

by Christina Refford | Books for Kids

I run with a tough crowd of Type Nerds, the kind who can spend an hour discussing the joys of Helvetica, the horrors of Comic Sans, and play an iPhone game called “Cheese or Font” (yes, this really is a game).  But even for those of us who can’t...

A few of my favorite things, now in flashcard form

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids

More than 100 awesome baby gifts abound in our new Baby Shower Gift Guide, but if that isn’t enough for you, then you might want to add the new My Favorite Things Flash Cards to your wish list.Petit Collage creator Lorena Siminovich’s gorgeous designs are...

Oh, mon coeur! Ocechou does adorable right

by Christina Refford | Art + Decor

As much as I like modern design, I still want to see a heavy dose of adorable in a baby’s room. Thankfully, Switzerland’s Nicole of Ocechou does adorable right–not by using the same old licensed characters or doe-eyed puppies, but with sweet,...

Artwork for Sid (or Nancy) the Science Kid

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

Attention science geeks: The nursery art of your dreams is here. Etsy printmaker Shannon Blank has turned the periodic table into alphabet prints that can be assembled to spell out your child’s name. In fact, I don’t think you even have to be a science...

Three cheers for custom pennants!

by Betsy | Art + Decor

I used to love the show Happy Days–remember Arnold’s and all the sports pennants hanging all over the walls? (You do remember Happy Days, right? I can’t be that old.) I guess that’s why I loved these personalized felt pennants from Kristine...

Oh, the places we’ve never been. And the prints to match.

by Carrie | Art + Decor

In my want-to-but-can’t traveling state, I can easily identify with Jennifer Hill’s Places I Have Never Been collection where she takes a city she’s never been and develops a pattern for it, using the pattern in fun prints, calendars, and cards. Now...

It’s a mod mod mod mod alphabet

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

Just when I thought nothing else could be done with the alphabet, I discover the swanky alphabet prints from Paperfingers and my mind is instantly changed.Each print features a letter and corresponding word along with a fantastic graphic representation, making for a...