by Cool Mom Staff | Art + Decor, Holiday Picks
Since custom photo books are among our very favorite gifts for the holidays, for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and even for teacher gifts and gifts for favorite sitters, we’ve put together a helpful comparison of our top picks. For years, we’ve...
by Cool Mom Staff | Father's Day Gifts
We love the idea of gifts that keep on giving, long after the celebration is over, which is why we’re so fond of photo gifts for Father’s Day. Sure, it’s not golf t-shirt or pair of cufflinks (no offense to either, of course), but we think...
by Liz Gumbinner | Father's Day Gifts, For the Menfolk
We’ve been thinking about creative Father’s Day gifts for a while now, and how much the idea of gifting has changed over the past year. We’ve always valued experience gifts, together time, and keepsake Father’s Day gifts from the heart, but...
by Cool Mom Staff | Art + Decor
With my almost 17-year old graduating from high school this summer (WHAT?), I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about the things she needs to know before she leaves. Suddenly, I’ve got an urgency to make sure she remembers how to boil an egg or hang...
by Cool Mom Staff | Tips + Tricks
As moms ourselves, we can say that photos gifts for Mother’s Day are one of our favorite gift ideas, especially these days when so many of the pics of our kids (and with our kids) are sitting on our phones or hard drives. That’s why we’re so excited...
by Liz Gumbinner | Holiday Picks
I totally get the last-minute holiday gift problem. Believe me! I mean, we may have started amassing ideas for our 2020 Holiday Gift Guide in, like…February, but hey, we’re busy moms. And we’re busy shopping for you sometimes at the expense of our...
by Kate Etue | Mother's Day Gifts
I’ve been spending so much time seeking out the best personalized gifts for grandmothers this Mother’s Day, to make it clear just how much we love them. God knows I couldn’t do this parenting thing without my kids’ Mimi, Grama, and Nana in...
by Caroline Siegrist | Art + Decor, Storage + Organization, Tips + Tricks
One parenting conundrum that seems timeless: the search for creative ways to display kids’ artwork. From the preschool doodles and finger paint portraits to the kindergarten collages, to the papier maché sculptures that would look just perfect…where,...
by Kate Etue | Father's Day Gifts
Our 2018 Father’s Day gift guide is packed with meaningful gift ideas from adorable DIY projects the kids can make to creative gifts for the dad who has everything. And now, we’re taking a look at great Father’s Day jewelry and accessories for men....
by Caroline Siegrist | Father's Day Gifts
I’ve always felt that creative photo gifts for Father’s Day make some of the best gifts of all. Because for busy dads — and okay, moms — ordering prints or printing photos tends to get buried on the priority list. If you want to go beyond a...
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