The kids’ table will be the place to be this Thanksgiving with these 11 great ideas to make it more fun
We’ve come a long way since the “kids’ table” of my youth, when a rickety card table in the kitchen corner was where all of us little ones were banished for Thanksgiving dinner. Now, there are so many ways to make the Thanksgiving kids’...
10 scary Halloween decorations that you can DIY… if you dare
Now that my kids are a little older—and a little braver—we can finally bump up the fear factor when it comes to decorating our home for Halloween. That means that the smiling cartoon ghosts and friendly pumpkin faces are about to be replaced with decorations that are...
The best of the 2015 Martha Stewart American Made Finalists: An admittedly abbreviated list.
Once again, Martha Stewart has announced her American Made competition finalists and I always love supporting them. It’s such a great platform for smaller, indie makers to get more exposure, especially those producing wonderful products right here in the U.S....
Congrats to the Martha Stewart American Made winners. So much goodness!
From the woman who tells us everything that’s “a good thing,” there are now ten more good things for us all to discover via the Martha Stewart American Made 2014 winners. Here’s just a few we’re amazingly impressed with. Kalon Studios:...
Plant Stamps: Seeded stickers that do more than ruin your car windows (says this mom)
Stickers can be the bane of a parent’s existence, especially when they’re plastered to the car windows or gumming up the vacuum cleaner. Ask me how I know. But a mom-and-pop company from Massachusetts caught our attention among the Martha Stewart American...
The 2014 Martha Stewart American Made award finalists: A few of our favorite shops worth voting for
We are thrilled that Martha Stewart is again shining a spotlight on those gifted American makers who brings us so many gorgeous items to decorate our homes, dress our babies, and beautify our lives through the 2014 American Made awards. And now it’s time for you...
A DIY Superhero cape craft: how we #SavorSummer with Martha Stewart
This week I took a much welcome break from the heat and humidity with my kids to try my hand at the easy DIY superhero capes that Jenn featured on our site last week. So as part of our fun collaboration with Martha Stewart and their Savor Summer Project, and our theme...
Join Cool Mom Picks and Martha Stewart in the #SavorSummer project. It’s easy!
If you haven’t yet noticed from the humidity, the complaints about the humidity, and the abundance of ice cream requests to beat the humidity, summer is in full force. So we are so excited to be partnering with the one and only Martha Stewart as one of the...
Web Coolness: Father’s Day printables, must-read mom tips, dads on Pinterest (what?) and more.
Here’s what we’ve been reading around the Web this week. Hope you like them too. Surprise dad with this free Father’s Day printable poster. Too cute. (Updated with cached link since the site no longer exists; here is the direct link to the poster...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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