The Best Children’s Biographies About Incredible Women…Written by Women | Editors Top 10 of the Year

by Cool Mom Team | Editors Best of the Year, Books for Adults, Books for Kids

Welcome to our annual editors top 10 of the year! Through the rest of the year, we’ll be sharing 10 of our favorite things (no offense, Oprah) of this past year and we hope you love them too. Of course we love everything we’ve shared, but these things are...

The 6 big eyewear trends for 2019 and how you can wear them with style

by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion

I’m looking at the hot new eyewear trends for the coming year, and I’m so excited! My sunglasses definitely need an update — one of the downsides of rarely losing my glasses, is that everything I own now is looking kind of dated or is kind of beat...

Last-minute holiday shopping help: We’ve got you covered, parents! | Spawned Ep 136

by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast

Every year, we do an entire show dedicated to help you with your last-minute holiday shopping. Lucky for you, we’ve got an entire holiday gift guide full of awesome gift ideas, many of which are from handmade artists, indie artisans, and small businesses. So, on...

Yip Yips stockings! Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Yip yip yip.

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY

We’ve seen Seuss stockings. We’ve seen Mermaid stockings but I don’t know if I’ve ever laughed as hard at a stocking as I did when Kristen shared these knit Yip Yips Muppet stockings with me. With the help of a free knitting or crochet pattern...

17 feminist gifts that honor our activist women friends after a long, hard year

by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Adults, Style + Beauty

While our 2018 Holiday Gift Guide is up and running with hundreds of gift ideas, there are still a few very specific types of people on our lists that you might be shopping for. In my case, I’m thinking of all the incredible, engaged, active, activist women who...

Some of our favorite Secret Santa gift ideas for the whole family

by Kristen Chase | Uncategorized

One way I always bring all of my family together over the holidays is with a Secret Santa gifting tradition. Truth be told, it’s the most affordable (and let’s be honest, fun) way to exchange gifts with a large family over the holidays. I generally try to...

Polished Prints tees are empowering, positive, and giving us all the good vibes.

by Kate Etue | Fashion

“Mom tees” are everywhere lately. But the trend seems to have capitalized on complaining about motherhood, and I’m starting to push back a little on what that says to our kids. They range from variations of need wine/need sleep/need a husband who...

Our favorite multi-denominational kids’ holiday tees for a happy Hanukkah, merry Christmas, and joyous everything

by Liz Gumbinner | Kids

Leave it to Free to Be Kids to create a collection of positive multi-denominational holiday tees for kids and babies that I couldn’t wait to run here to share with you all. We’ve joked before about the dearth of cool, clever Hanukkah tees and gifts for...

Get well soon Ruth Bader Ginsburg! We need you!

by Liz Gumbinner | Toys + Playthings

I just received a news alert that our strong, feisty, beloved SCOTUS Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, fell and fractured three ribs last night. It’s happened before (she evidently “did not skip a beat” during that time, according to the court because,...

Ever wanted to see your face in sequins? Here’s your chance.

by Liz Gumbinner | Art + Decor

We’re always looking for personalized gifts you just don’t see everywhere, and this year, the personalized flip sequin pillows from The Mermaid Pillow Co definitely makes my list of It Gifts.  As if my kids weren’t already crazy enough for the...