by Christina Refford | DIY, Holiday Gift Guide
We love looking for easy last-minute DIY holiday gifts each year that show our friends we care, but not all of us are gifted crafters who can knit a pair of mittens while watching a Christmas movie, or eke out the time for a complex 40-step DIY tutorial while trying...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
With back-to-school season here, it’s the time we start thinking about teacher gifts, thank you notes, and for those of us with college kids in our lives, tokens we can send to let them know we’re missing them like crazy. For a gift idea that makes a...
by Becca Reed | Gift Guides, Tips + Tricks
We’re happy to welcome Becca Reed to share her choices for 5 meaningful gifts for teachers as the school year draws to a close. Close your eyes and think about the people in your life who helped shape you for the better. Those who sparked a belief or curiosity...
by Liz Gumbinner | Gifts for Grads, Living
For years we’ve loved sharing personalized bookmarks, and today I’m so happy to have stumbled on a new maker, right in time for graduation, end-of-year teacher gifts, Mother’s Day…any day, really. What’s more, the price is incredible,...
by Christina Refford | Cards + Stationery
We’ve reached the end of the school year (hooray!), but before our kids run out of those school doors for summer, let’s encourage them to write a short-but-sweet teacher thank you note. After all, a personal note from their students is the #1 pick from...
by Lisa Barnes | Doing Good, School Gear
Two years ago, Crayola introduced the Colors of the World crayons, which included a veritable rainbow of 24 skin tone crayons that not only celebrate diversity, but create an opportunity for kids to learn respect for others and more fully represent themselves. The...
by Christina Refford | Valentine's Day, Food + Recipes
As we are recognizing Black History Month right along with Valentine’s Day, in February, I’ve found some wonderful Black chocolatiers who are making history in their own right: with entrepreneurship that helps create more racial and economic justice...
by Liz Gumbinner | Holiday Gift Guide, Living, Style + Beauty
Oprah’s Favorite Things list rarely steers me wrong. Her exclusive-to-Amazon gift finder is how I found the Trufflin’ Sriracha and Ranch Gift Set last year, which I bought for myself, then my parents, then re-ordered again for myself because whoa. (Oh...
by Christina Refford | Cards + Stationery, Kids
As I was browsing ecards for teacher appreciation week, I was thinking that when I wrote about 8 creative ways to thank our teachers during a very different Teacher Appreciation Week last year, I had no idea that a full 12 months later, many of our teachers and kids...
by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized
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...
