17 feminist gifts that honor our activist women friends after a long, hard year
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...
Introducing our 2018 Holiday Gift Guide! Whoo!
It’s true! Our 2018 Holiday Gift Guide is here! Can you believe it’s our 13th annual holiday gift guide? We’re a teenager! This year, we’ve scoured the web to find literally hundreds of gifts for everyone on your list. And when we say everyone, we...
A few adorable, modern Christmas pajamas for kids for a picture-perfect Christmas morning
Since this is my son’s first Christmas in proper pajamas and not a sleep sack, I’ve been inordinately excited to pick out some cute modern Christmas pajamas for him. While I love a good flannel plaid in holiday hues — hey, nothing wrong with the...
We found wonderfully diverse dollhouse dolls: Multicultural, multiracial, differently-abled and more.
If a dollhouse is on your kids’ holiday wish lists, don’t forget to include some dollhouse dolls so that they can get right to the business of playing (while you clean up wrapping paper). But unlike dollhouses which come in lots of different styles, from...
The best teacher gift ideas from people who know: actual teachers.
We are always on the lookout for the best teacher gift ideas every year, and it may in fact be one of the top gift questions we get from readers every year about this time. (Then again in May.) And hey, I get it; if there are any people on my holiday shopping list...
Small Business Saturday Deals: The shops we’d support even if they were full price
The #shopsmall movement is one we’ve been supporting even before there was an unofficial Small Business Saturday followed by a very official Small Business Saturday (now kindly supported by American Express). Lots of our favorite indie businesses, small shops,...
All the best 2018 Black Friday deals and discount codes online: From the big guys to the awesome indies
If you’re looking for the very best 2018 Black Friday shopping deals and discounts around the web, we’ve got you covered! And by best, we mean…best. Like, no junky stuff, no “buy one, get one for 6% off.” Just the best deals for the online...
5 gifts to help kids develop valuable skills: Top holiday toys from Lakeshore Learning | Sponsored Message
This is a sponsored message from Lakeshore Learning Kids love toys — all kinds of toys — and parents love those toys when they get kids excited about learning and building skills they need through play. In fact, learning through play is how kids learn...
12 fantastic Hanukkah gifts for kids that are cool, not corny
Hanukkah comes early this year — December 2! — so it’s time to start gathering up ideas for cool Hanukkah gifts for kids. While of course every toy, game, accessory or gift can be wrapped up for Hanukkah, I love that we’ve been able to track...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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