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Personalized Starbucks coffee cups: Now the barista has no choice but to get your name right.
Believe it or not, the clock is already ticking for custom teacher gifts. School is ending within weeks for some kids (gah!) and, for better or for worse, we parents will soon realize just how deserving those teachers are of a really awesome gift. Luckily, we've found...
5 fashionable things I’m coveting right now
It's time for the big Nordstrom sale, which means up to 40% off on lots of goodies I might have kept on my wish list for a whole lot longer. Here, my 5 favorite fashionable items I'm crushing on right now that I hope you love too. CMP is a reward style affiliate. 1....
At last, we’ve found a convertible infant car seat and stroller in one. A good one. A really good one.
My weekday stress point is double parking the car outside the elementary school to run, car seat in hand no less, while I pick up my oldest. It's close enough that it's not worth getting out the stroller but as each day passes, that car seat gets heavier and more...
How to clean up after those plums in the ice box that were so sweet and delicious.
William Carlos Williams has always been one of my favorite poets, and to this day, his imagery of plums in the icebox remains strong and beautiful thanks to my mom introducing me to This is Just To Say when I was young. So when I saw this William Carlos Williams tea...
A Kate Spade picnic blanket that comes complete with its own grass. Ants not included.
It's finally the perfect weather for picnics, hooray! Eating al fresco of course isn't complete without a picnic blanket, but this Kate Spade picnic blanket actually includes the grass too. Just in case that's a little hard to find for you city dwellers. Related: 9 al...
What’s better than custom portraits of your kids? Free custom portraits of your kids.
I always feel so grateful to those amazingly talented illustrators and graphic designers who create free printables that we get to share with you. We've found so many cool ones over the years. But the one I'm really excited to have discovered are the custom...
Handbags to drool over. Literally.
When you're going through the pain of cutting teeth and the indignity of drool everywhere, you deserve a little reward, don't you think? Of course, there's no more appropriate gift for your teething six-month-old than a designer handbag. As long as it's this Chanel...
From the coolest paper dresses to designing a line for J.Crew: Meet Mayhem
We were all totally blown away last year when we began to see the daily paper-dress creations of one amazing four-year-old affectionately known as Mayhem. With her mom as her assistant (well, maybe a little more), Mayhem's wearable creations have always been colorful...
From Apricity to Zephyr: Posters that teach vocabulary, one SAT word at a time
I admit I was pretty proud of my fourth-grader when she helped me finish the New York Time's Monday crossword, but then she was employing words like llama and Naples. Then I saw British designer Mark Watson's graphic dictionary poster series that he created for his...
The loveliest temporary tattoos now from Tattly.
We love when some of our favorite indie makers, brands, and artists find each other, and that goes for the latest announcement from our friends at Tattly. They've just introduced a new collaboration with the wonderful Anna Bond of Rifle Paper, who is often imitated,...
Play tape road rolls that let kids bring imaginative play on the road
With three vehicle-loving children, there was a time when I feared my living room would be overrun with sections of train tracks and makeshift "roads" built out of blocks. I wish I had known about InRoad Toys; clever play tape road rolls which turns any flat surface...
Adorable new photo memory cards for the last day of school, and other big moments
With another school year coming to an end, it's a great time to capture a photo of your grinning student on their last day of school. To make sure you remember the moment years from now, I love the new Picture Me Proud photo memory cards from the smart folks at Sticky...
The new Cool Mom Eats! The new Cool Mom Picks! Can you tell we’ve been busy?
Today, as we run on fumes, excitement, and lots of extra-dark roast espresso, we are so happy to introduce the launch of Cool Mom Eats, our all new food channel. You have all been so responsive when it comes to our growing roster of food posts over the past months and...
An all-natural skin care line that’s seriously awesome. Even if the name is silly.
I’ll admit that I was skeptical at first of a company with a nonsensical name like Meow Meow Tweet natural skin care products, but I've been quickly won over by their hand-crafted products. The small-batch skin care company makes everything in Brooklyn using only...
Oh Happy Day party store: everything you need for the perfect party. Except the cake.
One of my favorite go-to blogs for design inspiration, whether it's a fun kids' bedroom, an unexpected party theme, or a cool DIY project is Oh Happy Day. Jordan's impeccable taste and fun use of color just makes me, well, happy. And now that I'm hitting birthday...
Our favorite Tea Collection spring/summer clothing for kids: Exploring the colors and patterns of India without a passport
From Eat, Pray, Love to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, we’ve been enamored with the colors and textures of India for a while now. And now Tea Collection (we just can't quit you, Tea!) has us obsessing once again with their spring/summer collection of...
A fantastic kid safe drinking glass that resists breaking and better, fighting.
It's "please drink more water, kids" season around here. But you know that feeling at the end of the day when there are little stacks of drinking glasses filling the dishwasher or sink because each of your kids was thirsty and used a new glass about eleven times that...
Delilah cosmetics: The new makeup line I will cry over when it runs out.
I like trying new makeup, but I'm also ridiculously picky. I tend to have a cosmetics bag full of lots of different brands because one makes a good mascara, another makes the perfect smudgy liner. You get it. However Delilah Cosmetics, a new high-end line of luxury...
12 fantastically messy projects for kids that let you be That Fun Parent
They may be growing up oh-so-fast, but our elementary-school aged kids are more than happy to get as messy as their toddler selves used to, especially when it's all in good fun. Our tip: Every so often, it's okay to get messy. So throw on the play clothes, hold your...
Candylab Toys: Our kids can’t wait to get behind these wheels
We fell so in love with Candylab Toys and their gorgeous, modern-looking wood cars when we saw them over the holidays last year, they easily made 2014 Best Toys, Dolls, and Games list. Now our engines are all revved up again to see that they are adding to their fleet...
#UnguiltyPleasures with Kristen and Liz: Food confessions
We're so happy to be back with our third #UnguiltyPleasures video episode! (Can you tell we're having fun?) This time we're talking about food. More specifically, the foods we love -- but maybe we're not supposed to love quite as much as we do. In other words, food...