This week on Cool Mom Tech

This week on Cool Mom Tech

5 ways to watch movies at home, since we parents never get to the theater! (Hmph.)A simple web based to-do list organizer designed by a mom, graphic designer, and one of our favorite bloggers.Great video cams under $500. Or really, under $250. Because who needs to...
The ultimate cute bookends

The ultimate cute bookends

I don’t know about your kids’ book collection, but my son’s always looks like a cyclone tore through it. And as I’ve found out the hard way, toy trucks make pretty rotten bookends. Enter these insanely cute forest friends bookends from Graphic...
Backpacks aren’t just for the kiddos

Backpacks aren’t just for the kiddos

I’m off to the park and I have my twelve-month-old in one arm, diaper bag on my shoulder, another hand holds the sand toys, my three-year-old needs my hand to get down the stairs and maybe we’ll need a blanket to sit on… wait, I’m out of hands....
Building a better bookend

Building a better bookend

Bookends for a kid’s room are one of those challenging decor finds, or at least for me. A lot of bookends that I see and like are either too expensive (like, $100 a bookend), or they don’t actually hold up your books. In which case uh, what’s the...
Fun first aid, always on hand

Fun first aid, always on hand

Woe betide the mother who doesn’t have a Band-Aid in her purse when the need arises. And the thing is, I’ve gotten the hint over the years, and sure, there’s usually a bandage or two smashed down in the bottom of my bag somewhere.But do I have...
Out of milk? Write it in fur.

Out of milk? Write it in fur.

What’s cooler than a write-and-erase message board? Well, a lot of things. But for something that’s cooler and just as useful, check out the most outrageous message board we’ve ever seen. This Dedo message board from Portuguese artist Goncalo Campo...
Home decor for a steel

Home decor for a steel

At the NY Gift Show last week, there were so many fabulous things I couldn’t wait to run back and tell you all about. (These blisters? All for you, dahlings.) One of the very first booths I stumbled into featured the simply wonderful home and garden decor from...