32 cool (really!) Mother’s Day Gifts, all $15 and under | Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2018

by Liz Gumbinner | Mother's Day Gifts

If you’re looking for affordable Mother’s Day gifts, as in, all $15 or less (really!) you’ve come to the right place. Because around here, we all know the best Mother’s Day gifts have nothing to do with how much you spend. Even so, I get that...

24 wonderful DIY Father’s Day gifts, crafts + printables to fill him with love

by Cool Mom Team | Father's Day Gifts

DIY Father’s Day gifts are always so special, especially from the youngest kids. (Once we hit voting age or so, those handprint mugs just don’t really cut it in the same way, huh.) So for our next installment of our 2016 Father’s Day Gift Guide,...

The perfect modern keepsake baby gift for photo-happy new parents. Hi, that’s all of us, right?

by Liz Gumbinner | Art + Decor

In this photo-obsessed world we’re living in, we’ve seen all kinds of ways to document and share a baby’s first year in pictures — some of which are sweet, some of which are wow, you really had time to do all that? Striking the perfect balance...

5 gorgeous photo gifts for Mother’s Day that are worthy of the photos

by Cool Mom Team | DIY

We’ve always said that some of our favorite Mother’s Day gifts are personalized, and well, you can’t get more personalized than photos of your own kids and family. Of course, not all photo gifts are created equal. (Sorry, badly printed photo mugs.)...

How to refinish old picture frames: the best tips from around the web

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY

If you’ve ever tried to refinish old picture frames you know the look is so gorgeous. As for me, I am such a fan of the distressed frames from O’Brien Schridde, whose frames I now own quite a few of, and more recently, the stunning array of refinished...

Personalized picture frames with extra pop (and pow and kaboom)

by Delilah S. Dawson | Art + Decor

Whether you need an awesome sibling gift, something bright for the grandparents, or just the perfect picture frame to go with that superhero bedroom, we think this one brings a lot of POW-BANG-ZOOM for the buck. We love Psychobaby because it’s a small, hip,...

Frames that will inspire you to get out the camera

by Susan | Living

Summer is here – hooray! Something about being outside in the sun makes kids happy to be photographed. But instead of shooting all those photos and then just leaving them in a drawer (or on the hard drive of your laptop), I suggest you get some summer-worthy...

Frames with flair. Fun. Possibly fuchsia.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Art + Decor

DIY is great–no doubt about it. But those of us with a passel of kids and a craft room full of unfinished projects sometimes settle for DFY for now. That’s Done For You. Well these gorgeous DFY frames can help bring a pop of unique, vintage-y color to your...

Good things come in small packages containing frames

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

It may sound less than surprising, but I still think that a framed photo of the kids makes one of the single best grandparent gifts ever. At least if the photo is fantastic. And the frame is gorgeous. So I’m so happy to hear that Obrien & Schridde, whose...

If you’re happy and you know it…or having a tantrum. Either way.

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

I can’t be the only mom who would sooner frame a picture of my crying, tantruming kid than the pretty, perfect one that looks like I bribed her with a lollipop. In fact, I know I’m not the only mom who feels that way since discovering this totally...