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Good Food on a Tight Budget, EWG’s new shopping guide
The Cool Moms (me especially) always check EWG's Skin Deep Cosmetics Database before reviewing a product to make sure the ingredients meet a persnickety mom's health and safety needs. Now we're excited to announce that EWG is going further than Skin Deep--straight...
Our favorite fall baby clothes from Zutano
Don't miss an exclusive discount just for Cool Mom Picks readers, below!We can't help but get nostalgic seeing the wonderful new fall baby fashions for Zutano, since all of our older kids, now too big too fit them, wore so many of their amazing designs which were then...
The Sh*tty Mom book: you don’t even have to be sh*tty to love it
I admit, I'm a little over the "Yay, let's celebrate moms who suck!" thing that seems to have grown in popularity over the last few years. However, the hilarious new book Sh*tty Mom: The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us may be one of the very excellent exceptions....
The biggest sale ever at one of our favorite shops ever
One of the awesome things about this job is getting to discover so many wonderful small businesses run by the most amazing people. One of the hard parts: hearing that they're closing shop to move onto new ventures. This is the case with one of our longtime favorite...
5 tech picks you won’t want to miss this week
From pretty clever to pretty washable to just plain pretty, here are a few of our favorite tech picks from the last week, in case you missed them. 1. Want to know about the big tech news this week? We've got the details on the upcoming iPhone 5 launch here. 2. Which...
Sachets that smell like fall
While we love tracking down hostess gifts for all those summer weekend invitations, it probably doesn't end with Labor Day. Especially with the holidays (eep!) coming up. So I love this fabulous, affordable gift that feels a little more fall than summer. The balsam...
10 tips for camping with children for the first time
We just returned from our third tent-camping excursion, and while I wouldn't call us back-country experts, I've learned a lot since that first trip when I was still nursing a toddler while trying to keep the other two from falling into the campfire. I think early fall...
Ralph Lauren Girls fall and holiday collection: gorgeous stuff
Last week, I was so thrilled to be invited to attend the fashion show for the Ralph Lauren Fall and Holiday Girls collection. I have to admit, I was surprised at how wearable and funky a lot of the fashions were, as opposed to the serious, preppy, classic equestrian...
Sports jerseys from a time when you could actually afford to see the game in person
All kids can rock their little league team uniforms but alas, my kids don't play traditional team sports and therefore don't get a complimentary skateboarding jersey (should there be such a thing). They want jerseys, but they want them to be unique and different....
Vintage Fisher-Price toys that you can actually put in your mouth
I'm not a huge cook but I do dabble in cookie-making. Even I know my way around a hand-mixer, and can manage cookie cutters without any major culinary trauma. However if I had mad fondant skills? I would totally be making these vintage toy cookies and handing them out...
Decorating takes (wicker) balls, but owning the book about it is easy
I love paging through home-furnishings catalogs and feeling that combination of envy and absolute astonishment. Have you ever looked through a spread and thought: "who the heck lives like that?" Of course you have. Well get ready to laugh. The new book, Catalog Living...
A first look at the adorable, affordable new baby line from UNIQLO (and a chance to win a shopping spree from us!)
Yesterday we introduced you to the fantastic new kids line of clothing at UNIQLO, the affordable styles, and the wonderful social good that this global company (and our newest awesome sponsor) is committed to. Oh, plus a chance to win a $100 shopping spree. Today...
Twas the night before your birthday…
I am a big fan of family traditions. And one of the best parts of having a family of my own is that we can create our own traditions. Whether schlepping to Aunt Stacy's every Thanksgiving for her perfect roasted turkey or watching the NYC July 4th fireworks from our...
UNIQLO launches affordable, awesome kids clothes – and all we can say is whoo!
I have been a huge UNIQLO fan for ages. I love their chic mix-and-match basics, their long-lasting wear, the great prices, and the social responsibility commitment of this global company. And now for the first time, US kids can get in on the fabulous, accessible...
A unique party favor for a forest of one’s own – The terrarium kit
The start of the school year means once again, the hunt for creative party favors and teacher gifts begins. Well we've brought you cookies in a jar, dreidels in a jar, and pickles in a jar. Now we've got a forest in a jar-- made by your very own kid. The Terrarium Kit...
ThredUp reinvents itself and now buying discount designer kids clothes–or selling them–is a joy
You know how it goes: your kids wear their clothes for a ridiculously short period of time. Sure, there's always hand-me-downs, or consignment and Craigslist, if you're motivated enough to try to make some money. But those routes require time and energy that many of...
Homemade soda: recipes as simple as P-O-P
Soda, or "pop" if you're from the Midwest, is not something you tend to think of as homemade. Even as one of the great American culinary traditions it tends to be mass produced and super sized, laden with high fructose corn syrup, and tagged an enemy in the fight...
Esperos Backpacks – Buy a bag and help send a kid to school
During this back-to-school season, it can be kind of easy to forget that there are some kids in the world who don't go to school at all. But you can help--all with the purchase of a super-cool bookbag or backpack from an amazing company. After a trip to rural Central...
Box Play Stickers turn trash into recycled toy treasure
I've always been envious of those crafty upcycle types who can turn a cardboard box or egg carton into an adorable toy or trinket holder. I just don't have enough of the craft gene to make trash look like much more than...well, trash. But now that I've discovered...
Possibly the world’s cutest baby shoes ever. If you like elephants.
When my daughter was a toddler, she suffered from a malady we called "foot claustrophobia". Wrangling a pair of shoes onto that squirming, hyperventilating child was an exercise in futility, until we found a pair that had a high "distraction" factor--a butterfly sewn...
Free recipe card printables that blend classic design with modern technology
On one hand, actual paper recipe cards seems like they could be going the way of the Betamax and the Rolodex. On the other hand, here comes a wonderful stationer creating lovely free (free!) printable recipe cards that actually make use of technology in the perfect...