Trend alert: diaper bags are going chic with black and white this spring
We're happily getting ready for kid number four at our house, and with that, a return to diapers. While I'm not exactly excited about the wiping bottoms part, again (because, really, who is?), I am excited to find a new chic diaper bag to tote around all my stuff....
7 drugstore beauty products that are better than the expensive stuff
Recently I shared my top 7 beauty splurges that I think are worth the money. And I still do. but to be clear, I think there are tons of great drugstore beauty products out there, and I don't think that everything in the world is worth a splurge. In fact, there are...
10 super simple tips for modeling healthier behavior for your kids.
We admit it, we're not always the perfect models of healthy behavior. And we know our kids take in eeeeverything. But old habits die hard, whether it's making a few questionable food choices in front of our kids (ahem), or driving two blocks to the store when we...
8 flattering fit and flare dresses that curvy women can wear this spring.
So I get an email this weekend from Nordstrom informing me that the new spring dresses are coming in, and I have to admit, my excitement about warmer weather tends to be tempered a bit with, oh man...please tell me it's not a pencil dress year. And that peplums have...
11 creative painting projects for kids who need something new. Get out the brushes! Or…bubble wrap?
We admit that sometimes we avoid the really fun painting and craft projects that include supplies other than the box of nice, neat, perfectly sharpened colored pencils we know will minimize cleanup time. (The glitter glue, that's a whole other story.) But then we...
The NSFW socks from Blue-Q
We love seeing crazy fun socks for women have become such a massive trend. And since I'm hoping that my socks continue to be not-boring, I started digging around for more statement-making socks. And naturally we fell down laughing when we saw the sassy socks from...
One good thing you can do in one minute today to change the world.
If you've been reading Cool Mom Picks for a while now, you know we're strong advocates of increasing opportunity for women and girls across the globe in all kinds of ways. Sometimes it's promoting businesses that support women in need, like FashionABLE, Raven &...
9 fun, easy Easter crafts you can make with everyday household objects.
Spring is in the air and our kids are clamoring to make some easy Easter crafts -- the holiday will be here before you know it! So this year, I'm looking for some fun, realistic (ahem) craft ideas for Easter that incorporate things I have at home already. These easy...
Sharpie Easter eggs! 19 of the coolest no-mess ideas that make Easter egg decorating easy.
Sharpie Easter eggs are some of our favorite no-mess, no-dye Easter egg ideas over the years. What's cool for us as parents is that not only is there less to clean up but hey, what kids don't jump at the chance to play with a forbidden Sharpie? So, I've sought out 19...
An honest review of Marie Kondo’s newest book, Spark Joy: Does it light a fire or lack a certain spark?
It was with immense excitement that I ordered Marie Kondo's newest book, Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up. After all, it's been a year since I wrote about her first book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese...