by Liz Gumbinner | Living, Storage + Organization, Tips + Tricks
As a small-space apartment dweller, I’m always thinking about ways to declutter. Not that I always achieve it, but I try! A lot of the trick, as I’ve learned, is about getting stuff off the floor that we just assume goes…on the floor. So we all know...
by Liz Gumbinner | Art + Decor, Doing Good
We all fell in love with artist Karen Hallion’s “She Series” empowered heroines poster last year, which featured some of our favorite fictional badass ladies (plus Eliza Hamilton). This week, she announced a brand new limited-edition poster in the...
by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion, For the Menfolk, Kid Fashion
If you have a teen, surely you know of their great hopes and dreams to storm Area 51 this coming September. The meme has taken hold, and I’m afraid I’m going to wake up one morning with a note from my kids saying, Gone to see them aliens. Took some money....
by Liz Gumbinner | Art + Decor, DIY, Toys + Playthings
If your kids got as excited as ours did following all of the cool space-themed events this weekend, you can check out our roundup of our favorite space themed toys and kids’ gifts to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. But if you’re...
by Liz Gumbinner | DIY, Doing Good, Thinking : Parent
Artist Dano Wall is blowing up the internet with his 3-D printed Harriet Tubman $20 bill stamp. It’s designed to fit perfectly where  her portrait was slated to replace Andrew Jackson’s portrait in 2020, as decided in part by popular vote – and...
by Caroline Siegrist | Art + Decor, Toys + Playthings
As a parent who’s trying to motivate my young son to be kind and behave well without the promise of copious amounts of sugar, I was so pleased to find these truly wonderful Be Kind stickers at Star Salts Etsy shop. CMP is an rstyle affiliate They caught my eye...
by Kate Etue | Doing Good
We’ve been huge supporters of the incredible makers over at Etsy for years. In fact, they started right around when we did, which was a great overlap with our mission to support indie makers, and particularly, women-run companies. Our readers know we’ve...
by Kate Etue | Tips + Tricks
Recently, we’ve seen more and more doctors recommending sleep logs and sleep journals for those of us who regularly wake during the night, or have trouble falling asleep in the first place. It makes sense. Especially for parents. One of our problems, which KJ...
by Caroline Siegrist | Art + Decor
I was so sad to find out that one of my favorite poets, the bestselling and Pulitzer prize winning Mary Oliver, passed away earlier today. Her poetry collections were some of my all-time favorites:Â Wild Geese helped me slow down and appreciate the natural world;Â Dog...
by Liz Gumbinner | Valentine's Day
Each year, we love putting together Valentine’s Day gift ideas, but I admittedly have had a love/hate relationship with Valentine’s Day throughout my life. Love the opportunity to tell people in my life I love them, hate the pressure, love helping my kids...
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