More coolness from recent weeks…
5 of our favorite Pinterest pins of the week
Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us for fun finds like these every day, from our site and beyond. 1. Every mom needs this coffee mug at some point. Mornings are a good start. 2. A gorgeously affordable necklace perfect for holiday festivities. 3....
It’s here! It’s here! Our 2014 Holiday Gift Guide has arrived.
We are so SO excited to present our 2014 holiday gift guide, our biggest and best yet, if we do say so ourselves. You’ll find 20 pages of absolutely amazing holiday gift ideas (over 200 to be exact) for everyone on your list in every price range, all scoured from the...
Our new favorite spot for printable toys: Smallful
One of our great joys with this site is supporting small businesses and fellow indie publishers. (Hey, we still have a blogroll. Remember those?) And now one of our favorite bloggers and friends, Mari Richards of the fantastic design site Small for Big, falls squarely...
8 tips for how to make homemade pie perfectly. Or, you know, nearly perfectly.
We might as well call the holiday season “pie season” if you ask me. That’s honestly what it is—or at least what it should be. Who’s with me? Even if you’re not (and we’ll settle this later), Thanksgiving and the winter holidays create the perfect excuse to bake up a...
Momosas brings all cheers without the alcohol
The long season of "eat, drink, and be merry" is almost upon us, so it's time for you pregnant, breastfeeding, or abstaining-from-alcohol mamas to consider what you'll be sipping from now until the ball drops on another year. Fortunately, there's Momosas: Fun...
10 hot designer accessories under $100 that make awesome holiday gifts. (We can’t believe we found them either.)
It used to be that the idea of designer accessories under $100 was an oxymoron, but these days it's increasingly not the case. Personally, I'm polyamorous--when it comes to my accessories that is--because if it looks fabulous, I don't really care what name is on it....
12 of the most spectacular advent calendars to help you count down to Christmas
Before you deck the halls, make sure you have your advent calendar ready so you can count down the days to the night before Christmas. It's a tradition that my kids enjoy so much, we have a few set up around the house to remind us how much longer they have to wait...
10 tips to make reading fun for young kids: Turn your preschooler into a serious book lover.
There’s nothing quite like seeing your child pick up a book and read it to himself for the first time. And even though we've been known to tell our kids to putdownthatbookrightnow! when we're trying to get them out the door for school, we secretly love that kind...
9 amazing fall salad recipes that will keep you from missing summer. Or at least summer salads.
These 9 amazing fall salad recipes are enough to keep us from missing summer salads. For me, fall is all about stews, chili, roasts, and salads. Yes, salads! Roasted veggies are delicious, but roasted veggies tossed with greens and a delicious dressing are sublime....
3 cool holiday outfits that your kids can wear long after the holidays are over
One of my favorite parts of the holiday season is putting together the perfect holiday outfit for my kids--all four of them. In the past, that has led to me purchasing all sorts of shoes and accessories, on top of the fabulous holiday dress for my girls, and new...
The sterling silver Starbucks gift card: A grande gesture.
While all the Starbucks gift cards over the years have been pretty cool, I'm person number 65,474 who saw the brand new, limited edition sterling silver Starbucks gift card and immediately knew someone on my list would be needing one. Which is easily why you can't...
Super nerdy blocks for super scientists
There aren't many wooden toys for toddlers that I can imagine an older kid would love too, but these super nerdy ABC blocks from Uncommon Goods are a major exception. They're made from locally sourced wood and printed with non-toxic inks, featuring letters,...
Trend alert: Snow Leopards. They’re everywhere.
This time last year, our kids were all about foxes, probably because The Song That Will Not Be Mentioned was playing on repeat in our homes. While woodland animals are still a favorite with my kids, I'm noticing one animal obsession rising above the rest—snow...
Just when you thought there was nothing new in baby bibs: Glitter!
I'm all about the function and not the form when it comes to baby bibs, so I'm not usually one to freak out over a cute one. But then I saw the glitter baby bibs from Luna on the Moon, and everything changed. Okay, that may be a bit hyperbolic, but these bibs are so...
Dagne Dover: Hot designer bags from a designer you probably haven’t heard of. Yet.
I've got a very particular formula for selecting hot designer bags, which includes style, function, and versatility. Because as much as I love those super tiny crossbody bags with spikes, if I'm dropping a pretty penny on it, I need to be able to use it all the time....
To the Market: Fashionable gifts and accessories that reinvent women’s lives.
Recently I was honored to attend the ONE.org Girls & Women Initiative's AYA Summit, in which my eyes were opened to so many remarkable ways that people devote their lives to women and girls around the world who are disproportionately affected by poverty. One of...
12 cool STEM gifts for girls. (And hey, for boys too.)
With a STEM-loving daughter (and STEAM as it's now being called by some, because yay Arts too!), you can bet I'm always on the hunt for cool STEM gifts for girls. And, while we've come a long way in the last few years, I still find that great ones can be tough to...
Mo Willems wall decals are here! (A.K.A. Don’t let the pigeon get his hands on the dry erase markers.)
Beloved children's author and illustrator, Mo Willems, has been providing my kids and me with bedtime guffaws (seriously, it's way beyond just a little tittering) since, well, since forever. So I can only imagine the kind of silliness that would ensue if we got one of...
Bunzi: A first balance bike for toddlers that doesn’t break your budget
If it's not yet clear from the pages of Cool Mom Picks, the holiday season is upon us. And for a lot of us, that means time to come up with a standout holiday gift for the little guys and gals on our shopping list will be a hit without breaking the bank. You may know...
Join us for a Twitter Social to help you get ready for your baby’s first holiday
A baby's first holiday has to be one of the best parts of parenting. It might even make up for all those sleepless nights and dirty diaper changes. Maybe. But we also know the holidays can be overwhelming on their own, and adding baby into the mix, especially the...
3 awesome new food gifts for men, when the way to their hearts takes the traditional route
I'm all about food gifts for men. Maybe because I love the men in my life, and the men in my life happen to love food. If you're with me, then I've got three fantastic resources for you if you're all about seriously cool food gifts that have nothing to do with cheese...