by Christina Refford | Toys + Playthings
We’ve been gushing about Ted Lasso for a while on Cool Mom Picks, and now I get to gush about the new Ted Lasso Little People Collector set from Fisher-Price, featuring six of the most iconic characters from the AFC Richmond locker room. Here’s where I...
by Liz Gumbinner | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Beauty + Cosmetics, Living
We first started this site with the mission of discovering cool things — particularly from small businesses and women-run companies — and share them with you all. While we’ve become popular for our gift guides to suit every budget, our tech tips, our...
by Kristen Chase | Random Coolness
If you’re like me, there have been a lot of days, especially as of late, where it’s been hard to rally yourself, between the news, the pandemic, and just being a mom. Well, our longtime friend, author, and mom of 4 Jill Krause took her practice of hanging...
by Liz Gumbinner | Mother's Day Gifts
Mother’s Day gifts don’t have to be extravagant or expensive to be wonderful — something I’m very appreciative of considering the price of everything from groceries, to gas, to how many kids are we putting through college? In fact, my favorite...
by Caroline Siegrist | Mother's Day Gifts, Books for Adults
This year, I’ve been on the hunt for Mother’s Day gift books, because even the mom who has everything can always use an inspiring, uplifting, sentimental, or just thoughtful new book. Consider that a Mother’s Day gift book can be for any mom who...
by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion, Doing Good, Gifts for Grads
There’s a lot of inspirational quote jewelry out here. And it’s lovely — but this is definitely not that. Instead, Presently has created a truly meaningful collection of bracelets, each engraved with mantras derived from actual cognitive behavioral...
by Christina Refford | Doing Good, Easter Gifts, Style + Beauty
This spring, we hope to see sunflowers everywhere, and that includes sunflower earrings. Especially when they’re giving back to Ukraine like the ones we’ve just found. Indie jewelry designer, mom and art director Farah Brigante of Naaz Design Co has...
by Christina Refford | Valentine's Day, Food + Recipes
As we are recognizing Black History Month right along with Valentine’s Day, in February, I’ve found some wonderful Black chocolatiers who are making history in their own right: with entrepreneurship that helps create more racial and economic justice...
by Liz Gumbinner | Valentine's Day
When looking around for practical Valentine’s Day gifts for her — well, we weren’t super impressed. Most women don’t want a vacuum (here honey, clean up after me!) or a gift card for an oil change (seriously, we were pitched that once) and yet...
by Caroline Siegrist | Toys + Playthings
I’ve been really encouraged by Barbie’s new Inspiring Women Series, which celebrates women trailblazers throughout history. And I was especially excited to see that they’ve chosen Ida B. Wells as their next historic figure to expose to a new...
