by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
Even after we compile our favorite baby shower gifts of the year in our Ultimate Baby Shower Gift Guide, it’s so fun spending the rest of the next year looking for cool new ones. The kind that make you go wow. Which is just what I did when I stumbled onto these...
by Betsy | Random Coolness
I had no idea how much I’ve been taking the fact that there are not one, but two IKEAs within driving distance of me for granted. Poor, poor Heather, the creative talent behind Skinny laMinx, who was so despondent over the fact that none existed in her homeland...
by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
Growth charts aren’t exactly one of those items that has overtaken the design world just yet. Mostly your options are semi-cheesy printed paper wallhangings, or what we use at my house — a pencil mark on a door frame. Klassy, I know!So I was blown away by...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Art + Decor
Sit. Speak. Shake. Breathe flame. Okay, now make the room more attractive. Go on. Good boy! You get a biscuit!Okay, so maybe it has nothing to do with the movie, and maybe it can’t sit up and beg, but I saw this duck’s egg blue and ivory dragon cushion by...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Art + Decor
If bobblehead dolls have taught us anything, it’s that adults can now play with toys in public. Hence my complete lack of shame in adoring the simple yet amazing hand-painted peg dolls from mooshoopork on Etsy. Especially the sassy pirates. And girl pirates...
by Cool Mom Team | Party Ideas
We’re always on the lookout for cool party favors that do not include small plastic toys that last all of four minutes, or sugar-infested treats that seem to last four hours.So if you’ve got a party coming up, stuff those goody bags with these cool fortune...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Art + Decor
I know, I know. When you get down to it, most boys are just drawn to things with wheels and pointy teeth. In a world devoid of gender-specific toys, they would still manage to nibble a piece of cheese into the shape of a gun. But what about moms who want something...
by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
Back when I used to pack my own lunches for work, I can’t tell you the number of times I lost or tossed (oops!) perfectly good silverware. And now that I’m in charge of my daughter’s noontime meals, I’m afraid the apple doesn’t fall far...
by Christina Refford | Party Ideas
The story of Alice in Wonderland involves a tea party, funny little cakes, a menagerie of characters and lots of adventure. In other words, all the ingredients for a kid-friendly birthday party, as my daughter has recently discovered for herself. When she inevitably...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Art + Decor
There’s a fine line between too cute and too dark, a special gray area where only the hippest fear to tread. Artist Emily Martin of TheBlackApple is there, jitterbugging in her tiny red slippers.There’s something for everyone in this fabulous hodgepodge of...