Artwork you’ll love inside and out
What happens when you cross an artist and a doctor? Radiology Art, it seems. Artist Satre Stuelke took his fascination with everyday objects, and his fascination with radiology, and created one of the most avant-garde, unique, and downright awesome collection of art...
LEGO moderne
I always thought that LEGOs were cute for making walls and towers, maybe the occasional weird angular horses or something. I honestly had no idea that now you could make, oh, say...the Guggenheim Museum. Right in time for the NY landmark's 50th anniversary. The...
Help us pick Minted’s next cool baby shower invitation. (Please! We really need the help!)
It's starting to feel like contest judging week at Cool Mom Picks. Which is fantastic, considering how much we like giving things away to deserving people. But this time, we need your help. And you can win stuff too.One of our favorite sponsors, Minted (and a card...
You say it’s your Birth Day
When I was pregnant for the first time, I developed an unhealthy affinity for those birth documentaries that had previously repelled me. Something about growing a baby myself made me want to click over and immerse myself in the gory details.A new book from...
Blabla launches baby dolls, and there’s nothing bla about them
While most toy companies start basic and work outward from there, I think it's really interesting that CMP fave (and pretty much every kids boutique's fave), Blabla Kids, has evolved from their quirky and sometimes irreverent line of fair trade hand-knit dolls to...
Season of the rabbit
There are some mass produced stuffed animals, like Ugly Dolls, that I really love, but there is something extra special about buying a handmade toy, like Oliver Rabbit from Rachelod on Esty. Rachel O'Donnell designed these soft, cotton stuffed rabbits to have loads of...
Classic food storage containers, hold the classic BPA
A handful of readers have written to us asking for BPA-free food storage options, and I think it's so great that there's such heightened awareness of safety issues surrounding some plastics that manufacturers are responding. Case in point: The new BPA-free food...
Not all toy storage is created equal
You know you're a mom when you go from being a bag whore to a bin whore. But considering how awesome bins are getting these days, like the new cotton canvas storage bins from JJ Cole, I suppose it's not a completely terrible transition.These storage bins are a little...
Attention Frugalistas – we may have $1000 with your name on it.
If you haven't noticed, it's become increasingly cool to be savvy about money these days. We love the iPhone apps that point out deals, the online swap sites, and even the shopping blogs that offer up discount codes as often as possible (ahem). So we're really honored...
Not quite Crayolas, they’re Crazyoleez
I'm always on the lookout for goodie bag favors that aren't mini plastic Slinkies from the dollar store. And last week I discovered the adorable Crazyoleez crayons and I thought, now there's a winner.Two passionate moms essentially melt all sorts of crayon colors into...