More coolness from recent weeks…
Adorable, eco-friendly baby clothes and gifts, 50%-80% off until they’re gone (sniffle)
It's bittersweet when we see a mom-owned boutique that we love, close up shop. What Every Baby Needs, say it ain't so! But if there's an upside, it's the amazing discounts. You can now score 50% off everything on the site and up to 80% off sale and clearance items....
Beauty and the bike
Once upon a time, we fell in love with a pink t-shirt of a princess riding a T-Rex. Guess what? Now she's riding a hog. Forget bad to the bone--she's bad to the bow. (Because her pigtails have bows, of course.) Our pals at Jusami have struck gold again with the...
How to do smoky eyes. A.K.A. If I can do it, you can do it.
For ages now, I've wanted to learn how to do the smoky eye thing--those perfectly smudged, beautifully lined eyes that manage to find that sweet spot between "racoon" and "morning after." And yet, for ages now, I have tried...and failed. This is one beauty trend that...
Your fortune: A very sweet Valentine’s Day
As Valentine's Day creeps closer, I've been looking out for treats that don't list corn syrup or "chocolate-y" filling among the ingredients. One ingredient I do like: Felt. And that's pretty much all these adorable fortune cookies are made of. The Valentine's Fortune...
This sheep rocks!
My kids inherited a rocking horse that's all bells and whistles--it whinnies, neighs, clip-clops, and plays some sort of country song. I'm pretty sure it says "yeehaw," too, which doesn't really make sense.It's too much, even for them. Who wants to rock on something...
Heart tattoos for Valentine’s Day! (Don’t worry, they wash off.)
Just in time for Valentine's Day, and plenty of parents' quests to steer clear of cavity-causing treats to pass out in the classroom (not that there's anything wrong with it!), our friends at Tatt.ly do it again, with a totally fabulous line of indie artist-created...
Shirts for books
I believe in the essential power of reading--my kids have the stuffed bookcases to prove it. But not every kid does. So I love the idea of this website that lets you buy an amazingly cute, supersoft, combed-cotton T-shirt to get more books in the hands of little ones...
Pictures worth at least a thousand words
I want my kids to be book lovers, as in sneak a flashlight under the covers, beg for a nighttime story, know their way around the library kind of book lovers. So along with a sturdy bookshelf packed with favorite childhood titles and their very own library card, I...
Infinitely beautiful
Wabi sabi suki is a Japanese concept that means "tranquil beauty." It is based on the simple elegance of form, texture, and color and occurs when human hands bring out nature's beauty in a way that echoes the material's inherent nature.Or, in other words, THIS. THIS...
5 cool ways to ring in the Year of the Dragon
Happy Chinese New Year, mamas, or as my Chinese relatives say: Kung Hei Fat Choi. I'm doing a little extra celebrating this year because it's the Year of the Dragon, which just so happens to be my own Zodiac sign. For those of you with babies being born this year, or...
Lately Lily – World travelers R Us
I don't have many strong beliefs but one thing I feel very passionately about is travel. We have just this one world provided to us and I believe it is our responsibility as global citizens to get to know it a bit beyond our own backyards. I fully plan on showing my...
5 tech picks you won’t want to miss this week
We joined Wednesday's blackout to protest SOPA and PIPA, but we're glad to be back online, sharing some of the coolest tech finds from the last week, many of which we found through the very web sites we're hoping to protect.1. If you like Words with Friends, here are...
Close like Chopsticks
We do quite a bit of reading in our house especially now that bedtime has somehow extended to an hour. The hour mostly involves the reading and re-reading of a single book over and over and over. So I know a book has gotten a major kiddo thumbs up when it makes the...
Potty training, now a lot less stinky
I thought my three-year-old was a total potty pro until I learned today that he has been peeing in his closet every night for a week.Oops.If only we had this fresh and truly inventive new potty, I think a lot of things would stink less. You might think it would...
Is that a Picasso on your fridge?
Dan Consiglio is the amazingly talented and funny author of the blog What My Kids' Art Says. It's a great site because Dan isn't afraid to call it like it is. He looks at children's artwork with the lens of an erudite art critic, not a "my child is amazing and...
The coolest new water bottle on the block
I fully admit to drinking way more bottled water than I should, even though I'm aware of how bad the plastic is for the environment, let alone the risk of water that's been marinating in chemicals used to produce said plastic. But now I've found alternative that could...
Crushing on Pantone’s color of the year: Tangerine Tango
Pantone has decreed that 2012 is the year of Tangerine Tango, which they describe as "a spirited reddish orange that continues to provide the energy boost we need to recharge and move forward."I couldn't agree more. It doesn't hurt that I've been nurturing an orange...
Now I know my ABCs
I've been pleasantly surprised by all the cool, modern updates to alphabet decor, like this recent Etsy discovery which almost makes me wish that I had another baby's room to decorate. The Now I Know My ABCs mobile from MiChiMa L.A.N.D. on Etsy would be a lovely...
thredUP’s new Concierge service – the easiest way to resell your kids outgrown clothes
It is a sad moment when I put a barely worn outfit on one of my kids and realize they've outgrown it before they've even had a chance to spill something on it. But now the smart people at online clothes-swapping site thredUP have come out with a new service that's...
Candyland, now on your wall
For an awesome kids' room design quick change, I head straight for removable wall decals, which are such a smart choice for parents like me who have large wall spaces, fickle kids, and no desire to add more holes in my walls. My latest obsession: The brand new wall...
Student by day; Jedi by night
Labels are a necessary part of school life, but don't go to the dark side and use marker on masking tape. With these free Star Wars printable tags, you don't have to. Whether your kid goes to the Jedi Academy or PS 81, these labels will look sharp hanging from a...