Ponoko – Our new favorite time suck

by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness

There’s a reason the new online marketplace, Ponoko, is taking the design world by storm. It’s sort of like etsy meets Flick’r meets the Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, all with an underlying current of eco goodness.Browse the showroom if you’re...

Lesser Evil makes getting coal in your stocking a thing of pure unadulterated awesomeness

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

I am so excited that Lesser Evil, the cool little indie snack food company that is rocking my carb-craving world lately, has come out with a crate of Christmas Coal. And by coal I mean chunks of gourmet cocoa kettle corn. And by rocking I mean oh my lord, please get...

Livie & Luca shoes score again. And by score, I mean I’d like them all, please.

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

After trying more shoes on my daughters than I’d care to admit, I keep coming back to Livie & Luca. These are the handmade, beautifully-styled kids shoes that pretty much make you hate all the other shoes in your kids’ wardrobe. They’re comfy...

1977 Stocking stuffer flashback

by Cool Mom Team | DIY

I fondly remember those goofy frustration pencils with the googly-eyed gnomes at the top, and how you’d spin them between your palms to make the neon hair get all crazy. You know, to unload all the frustration we had pent up in fourth grade.Artist June Pfaff...

Let your monsters make your monster pendant

by Mir | Doing Good

We love the Metal for Monsters pieces at Blend Creations so much, we were delighted to hear that they’ve expanded the line: Now you can design your own monsters, or–better yet–let the kids design one for you and Blend will laser-etch their design...

Play food for the future foodie

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

If you’ve got a budding foodie in your house like I do, he just can’t cook pretend Eggs Benedict or Strawberry Chantilly Crepes on some nicked plastic pan nabbed from a garage sale.The utterly gorgeous Soop Sori Breakfast Chef Set from mom and dad owned...

A poppy quilt that makes my uterus jump

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

If I were to have another baby, there is no question that at the very top of my wish list would be this Poppy Quilt from Boston’s All the Numbers. With its big childlike poppies the motif CMP has been crushing on of late, I’d use this oversize quilt for...

Giving your kids’ wardrobe a Kico in the pants

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

For every rule I think I have, there is always one pesky exception that crops up. Like when I say I don’t love ruffles on my girls, suddenly I find Kico Kids and their modern, preppy-meets-flouncy woven and knit girls clothes that are more Milan runway than...

Holiday cookies way better than the ones you’ll make. Trust me on that one.

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

There are definitely some folks on my holiday list who deserve better than the lopsided bells and gingerbread amputees that pass for holiday cookies around my kitchen. In other words, everyone but Grandma. The holiday cookies from Better Bit of Butter are exactly what...

Glass Bottles That Don’t Look Like Glass Bottles

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

Can you imagine there are actually people out there who don’t coordinate their baby’s bottle to his blanket, bib, and onesie? Heh.But seriously, if you’re a glass bottle user or just want to take the plunge from plastic, make sure to check out...