Quirky cool note cards to send just for fun. Because mustaches are awesome.

by Kate Etue | Cards + Stationery

How fantastic are these mustachioed cards from Doo Daa Studios? Each of the cool note cards features a face with a quirky personality and an interactive, reshapeable mustache, which our kids will love to play with. Looking to bring back the fun of sending cards in the...

Olive Box monthly subscription boxes: no olives, but still pretty cool.

by Liz Gumbinner | Cards + Stationery

Recently we featured 10 of our favorite subscription box gift boxes, and as the market gets increasingly saturated, we have to work harder at paring down the good ones for you. (Sorry, I don’t think you need to pay $35 a month for $9 worth of face cream...

Three card draw: always have the perfect stationery on hand, stamped and ready to go

by Liz Gumbinner | Cards + Stationery

As I sit here feeling guilty how very far behind I am on sending thank you notes for gifts, I come across this little bit of genius from Hello, Lucky!, one of our favorite sites for funky letterpress cards and birth announcements. The monthly card subscription is such...

Nina in Vorm: Modern meets vintage gifts at this cool Etsy shop.

by Kate Etue | Art + Decor

I love the warmth and comfort that vintage pieces can express. They bring to mind a slower pace and remind me to focus on the moment and quit rushing so much. I need that sometimes. But there’s a really fine line between that  charming and out-of-touch, right?...

The kinds of gorgeous personalized gifts that make us really love giving personalized gifts.

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

-Don’t miss an amazing $350 giveaway for our readers!- We love being able to knock as many people off our holiday gift list as we can at a single online shop, don’t you? That’s why we’re always featuring shops that have more than a couple of...

The coolest temporary tattoos are now the coolest greeting cards

by Liz Gumbinner | Cards + Stationery

I have been in love with the indie artist-designed Tattly tattoos since we first featured them two years ago. There’s hardly a Cool Mom Picks writer who isn’t. And while they add so many fun designs so frequently (there’s a unicorn now!) that this...

DIY handmade cards, just a stamp and ink pad away

by Kristen Chase | DIY

I really love the idea of making my own greeting cards, but the time and skill involved have always seemed way beyond what I am capable of, especially for card designs that suit my taste and style. Not anymore, thanks to these cool, so-not-your-grandmother’s...

Birthday parties every weekend? You’ll want to have these cards up your sleeve.

by Stephanie Slate | Party Ideas

My daughter has been prancing around the house lately claiming she’s the Princess of Parties. She’s been invited to a bazillion birthday parties since school started and it’s clearly going to her head. I generally try to get my kids to make their own...

Pretty badges! And you don’t have to sell cookies to get them

by Delilah S. Dawson | Cards + Stationery

Anybody can send a regular card, but I think you should get extra points for proclaiming your love and good wishes with these fancy letterpress-printed badges. The chic letterpress badge cards from Hammerpress are designed and hand-printed in Kansas City, and can make...

Monsters: way better on the wall than under the bed

by Delilah S. Dawson | Art + Decor

The coast is clear. We checked under the bed, in the closet, and behind the curtains. The only monsters we found are these utterly adorable ones framed on the wall. And they look friendly. Well, except maybe for the chupacabra. If you have kids who dig monsters or...