Get ready for back to school with Cool Mom Tech

by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Shopping, School Gear

These days, there’s just no way we could head back to school without a little (okay, a lot of) help from technology. That’s why we’ve put together our second annual Cool Mom Tech Back to School Guide, which launched this week. You’ll find tons...

Because every kid’s a winner when you’re the mother

by Liz Gumbinner | Storage + Organization

A few years ago we fell in love with the MomAgenda School Year Journals, so much so that I raved about them everywhere, from my own kids’ classes to the TODAY show (where I also confessed my inability to maintain even a baby book). So I thought it was so clever...

A DIY Father’s Day gift, no crafty genes required

by Cool Mom Team | DIY

As much as I love to give my husband a handmade DIY Father’s Day gift from the kids, I’m not the craftiest person in the world. They make their own cards and we call it a day. But after discovering this awesome DIY gift idea, I think I might have the kids...

Preserving kids’ artwork has never been so pretty (or organized)

by Lexi Petronis | Art + Decor

You should see my car–or actually, you shouldn’t. It’s filled to the brim with my daughter’s preschool artwork, which gets hastily shoved onto the passenger seat during the always-harried pickup time. It’s a mountain of artwork, really,...

Animoto – The holiday cards guaranteed to make grandparents cry.

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

Life with four kids means there are a lot of last minute “oops” happening around my place when it comes to gifts and cards. This is also why I’ve been a fan of Animoto since we first featured them on Cool Mom Picks a few years ago. Their super...

An online baby book that lets you plant sweet memories

by Lexi Petronis | Baby, Cool Tech

So this adorable thing happened the other day with my preschooler and baby. It was really adorable. It happened and I said to myself, “Self, remember this so you can write it down after they’re in bed.” ….Yeah. If I could only remember...

You can heart punch all over my page, any day.

by Elizabeth | DIY

We’re perpetual fans of Martha Stewart’s craft supplies and if you’re a DIY-er, it’s a good investment for Valentine’s Cards and crafts this month. Their new heart punch aptly called Heart Punch All Over the Page lets you achieve the...

The baby book that almost writes itself

by Elizabeth | Baby, Cool Tech

My first daughter’s baby book is a masterpiece of elaborate details, funny stories and photos. But my second child’s baby book? Almost empty. Every time I open it, I’m overwhelmed by all those blank pages and I’m struck with such intense...

What present will make Grandma the absolute happiest?

by Elizabeth | Uncategorized

One year, I got my mom an electronic photo album for her holiday gift. Well, that was a flop. She told me she really wanted a regular photo book of her grandkids, just like I gave her the year before. But, I like to complicate things! So, the next year, I gave her a...

Fall is coming: Is your camera ready?

by Christina Refford | Uncategorized

Editor’s Note: Unfortunately, Big Picture Scrapbooking no longer exists. Lazing in the pumpkin patch. Biting into a just-picked apple. Jumping in a leaf pile. I have all of those iconic family pictures of fall sitting in photo albums already. So...