Kristen’s 10 favorite cool picks of 2021
On every episode of our podcast Spawned with Kristen and Liz, we share our cool picks of the week. We even started an email full of them every week. And now, we give you, our favorite cool picks of the year. Granted, it’s pretty hard narrowing it down to just 10...
Why we’re supporting Bombas this holiday: The gift that gives back in more ways than one
Every year we share our favorite holiday gifts that give back, to help us maximize the impact that our gifts can make on the world this time of year. And every year, we talk about Bombas Socks — the incredibly comfortable, increasingly stylish, mission-driven...
Everyone is flipping over Kamala Harris’s cool socks, and we found them!
Inspired by the laid-back, powerful, and very modern style of Kamala Harris? If the answer is yes, duh, then we have a pair of socks you’ll want to add to your wardrobe, ASAP. You know, to go with those Chuck Taylor All-Stars. These The Future is Female socks...
Move over, Oprah: How to make a YOUR favorite things gift box for your BFF.
We recently discovered the coolest gift idea when our friend Tina Roth Eisenberg at Swiss Miss shared a Favorite Things Gift Box she received from her friend Jessica Kausen. Jessica filled a box with a few of her own favorite things (no offense, Oprah) along with a...
The Halloween socks your kids will beg to wear all year.
While we love putting together Halloween costumes for babies, no want wants a fussy baby stuck in an uncomfortable costume that looked cute on Pinterest. We’re all for Halloween costumes and accessories that babies can wear again. So when we spotted those cute...
6 kids’ back-to-school essentials to get at the J.Crew Factory sale right this second
Like you, I’m a fan of sales. I’m also a fan of of J.Crew — especially for kids’ clothing, because it’s always the perfect blend of well-made and “I wonder if they have that in my size.” So when I saw that everything on the...
Awesome socks that pay homage (or is it toe-mage?) to pioneers of STEM and art.
Our friends at Chatty Feet have done it again, updating their killer collection of artist and pop culture socks for kids and adults. I’m such a fan, I’m currently wearing Andy Sock-hole right now — but only because Feetaso is in the hamper. Yay for...
How you can do your back-to-school shopping affordably, while helping kids in need.
We love when big brands put energy toward doing good, especially when it positively impacts the lives of children. That’s why we’re so pleased to be teaming up with JCPenney, to help spread the word about their wonderful new Pair Up program and just in...
The perfect stocking stuffer is…more stockings. If they’re these rad Star Wars socks.
You can only gift so many Star Wars shirts and toys, and — wait. Who am I kidding? You can never gift too many Star Wars shirts and toys to the fan in your life. And these posh Star Wars socks are the perfect geeky gift they’ll enjoy all year. And...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
We started Cool Mom Picks in 2006 to help make life cooler, more meaningful, and more fun for parents of all kinds.
Trivia: It was called Cool Mom Sh*t for the first two days. (Yeah, we rethought that.)
We had no idea our site would grow to become a major lifestyle network, that we'd end up sharing our finds with the TODAY Show and Martha Stewart, that we'd be able to make a real difference for so many small businesses and women-run companies, or that we'd end up with an incredible community of the coolest readers on the planet. (If we do say so ourselves).
We still love what we do every single day. And we're so glad you're here.
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