123’s with Orla Kiely
London designer Orla Kiely has had me under her spell for a few years now. I have always found her patterns and designs bursting with life, color, energy and a wonderful sense of playfulness. Orla has shown her love to mommies before with her gorgeous line of diaper...
Finally, a guide to safe products for moms and babies. Also, an excuse to shop.
If you're like me and on your second or third (or more!) kid, you already know which products will keep you feeling beautiful while you're pregnant, and keep baby bouncy once she's out in the world. You probably also hiss and hide behind your arm like a vampire from...
First Communion Gift Ideas? Reader Q&A
My 8 year old niece is about to celebrate her First Communion, and I don't have any good gift ideas. Can you help? Thanks, Sarah I don't remember much about my First Communion oh-so-many-years-ago, but I think my relatives gave me cards with a few dollars inside....
Every day is Mother’s Day for our subscribers
Just in time for Mother's Day, we're so excited about our newsletter subscriber giveaway coming up this week. Or rather, giveaways.Three lucky Cool Mom Picks subscribers will each win a $150 gift certificate from our friends at Julian + Co, towards their lovely...
Keep time in a fashionable manner
As a mom, I am on a constant schedule of life. If I lose track of time, I am in deep deep trouble. So of course clocks are an important accessories in my house. (No, I have not yet given them all up in favor of smart phone clocks.) These modern minimalist clocks...
Boon + Plum Organics = Baby food pouch organizational zen
We're all big fans of Plum Organics baby foods in my house, which we pack as snacks for the whole family all the time. But I've yet to figure out a good way to organize them, except other than toss them in a plastic bowl in my pantry. Nice, huh?Turns out, they've just...
C’mon get happy
I'm a bit of a journal and notepad hoarder, because as a writer, I believe you can never have too many, in too many places. Still, you don't have to be a writer to know the joys of a pretty notepad, and these ones I just found are decidedly happy-making. The happy...
Heartstrings, redefined
It's hard, hugging Grandma from a thousand miles away, but here's a way to remind her how very far those heartstrings stretch. And just in time for Mother's Day-- if you hurry! With the Personalized Heart Strings Map Pillow from Felix Street Studio on Etsy, you can...
Insanely soft leggings for little crawlers
My one-year-old is a lightning fast crawler and he has the dirty knees to prove it. So I'm a big fan of baby leggings for more than mere fashion, especially when they're as uber-soft as this new option. The new Leggies Legwarmers from Little Giraffe are made with the...
Bugaboo goes neon – cue the opening to Karma Chameleon. Or Cameleon?
Back after the sad demise of neon in the 80s, I really thought I would never thought I would see neon again. Boy George, was I wrong. And now even Bugaboo is getting into the neon action, and it puts the boom boom into my heart. Personally, I think the new NEON POP...