Happy Women’s Equality Day!
It's official: Today, President Obama officially proclaimed August 26 Women's Equality Day, 90 years after we were given the right to vote.While we've currently got three women on the Supreme Court, 17 in the Senate, and a whole bunch running fantastic...
Bow knows
The simple bow is clearly the new design icon of 2010. (Wait, is it even possible that owls have gone by the wayside?) I'm seeing it on accessories, on stationery, even kids clothes. A British stylist I worked with recently was obsessed with bows, so I wasn't too...
First baby shoes by First Nations women
Sure, we've all had elasticized slippers for our babies, but when was the last time your baby went out in hand-made, hand-beaded leather stay-on moccasins made by First Nations women in Canada? Not recently, I'm willing to bet. These little moccasins from Quemeez...
Planting the seeds of greatness (and also tomatoes)
Right now, I'm looking at the wilted, brown leaves of my dying container garden and ruing the white-hot Atlanta sun. I'm pretty sure we spent $30 on supplies that produced four very small tomatoes and one hideous cucumber. But the joy on my kid's face as we sprouted,...
Home decor for a steel
At the NY Gift Show last week, there were so many fabulous things I couldn't wait to run back and tell you all about. (These blisters? All for you, dahlings.) One of the very first booths I stumbled into featured the simply wonderful home and garden decor from These...
Notebooks that help trees, kids, monkeys, pandas, and probably teachers
It's hard not to want to incorporate EcoJot products into your back to school shopping, which is why they nearly always end up in our back to school shopping guides. Their notebooks are 100% recycled, the designs are adorable, and they donate money to various causes...
The reinvention of the sippy cup
Last summer I tried my hand at canning. Let's just say the results were less than spectacular. Fast forward to today when I'm watching my kids drink out of a pair of EIO Kids Cups. Abundance of empty, unused canning jars problem solved. In case I'm seeming a little...
Lunch punch to the school lunch rescue!
It's only a week into school around here in the deep south, and already I hear a lot of my mom friends complaining that they've exhausted their lunchmaking tricks. Well, thanks to the new lunch punch styles, there's no need to throw in the towel just yet. Whether your...
This keepsake baby gift will hang around for good
I don't know about you, but my friends have been popping out babies pretty regularly for the last few years and it's getting tricky to always think of an original new baby gift. (They expect a lot from a Cool Mom Picks reviewer, let me tell you!)[don't miss a fab...
Tennis, anyone?
The US Open has always been one of the coolest thing about living and parenting in New York. It's one of the few sporting events that doesn't cost your family six hundred gazillion dollars, you're pretty much guaranteed not to have a drunken, obscenity-spewing fan...