Psssst, your roots are showing
Traditional family trees may be great for tracing your family’s history back several generations, but this handmade custom family tree print from the Cozy Blue shop on Etsy is anything but your traditional family tree. Mainly because it only features your little...
You can totally judge me by a book’s cover.
You can’t throw a rock without hitting a Twilight t-shirt, but now you can finally use 100% cotton to demonstrate your devotion to the greats of the literary world. Salinger. Hemingway. Rand. Bradbury. We’re talking total street cred with the indie crowd,...
Happy Father’s Day to all the cool dads of the world
Happy Fathers Day, cool dads. Hope you get everything you want today including some time to yourself and the big sloppy kid kisses to accompany the crayon-drawn card with the backwards D. As for you cool moms, if you still need a little something something to turn...
Last minute Father’s Day gift ideas. (It’s not that you procrastinated, you’re just…busy.)
Need a couple of last-minute Father’s Day ideas to make tomorrow just a wee bit more special? We’ve got a few ideas that won’t cost you 8 zillion dollars in overnight shipping – or even a trip to the store. 1. Designer Evie S is offering...
Gentlemen, start your Roku
If you still haven’t found the perfect Father’s Day gift (hello? Have you even been to our Father’s Day gift guide yet?) we still have a few ideas up our sleeves that you can get in time to serve up with bagels in bed on June 21.If you’ve...
A great gift for the Dad who doesn’t have to ask “What’s NPR?”
When I saw that NPR had put out a collection of radio stories called NPR Driveway Moments for Dads, I wanted to kiss the radio in gratitude for helping me in my quest for a perfect Father’s Day gift. Not only is my husband an enormous NPR fan, he also has a...
The urban daddy diaper bag. Really, just let him have this one.
Whenever I buy a diaper bag I try to make it as gender-neutral as possible so my husband feels comfortable using it as well. It never occurred to me to just get him his own so that I could have my cute and girlie diaper bag all to myself. Fortunately he’s...
Presenting the Cool Mom Picks Father’s Day Gift Guide
If you’re one of our beloved newsletter subscribers, you got a first peek at our Father’s Day Gift Guide yesterday. And now we’re excited that all our readers get a look at the awesome gifts, gadgets and goodies that we’ve personally selected...
The key to an awesome Father’s Day
While every dad loves the homemade cards and pictures, we always adore services that help turn your child’s doodles into something even more special – maybe even something he can carry with him every day? Mia van Beek of Formia Design offers one-of-a-kind...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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