Getting back to basics. Affordable, lovely basics.

by Liz Gumbinner | Baby, Kid Style

While I’m all for buying a few special items for my kids, like a crazy pair of polka-dot Doc Martens or some fun fuzzy vest they’re coveting, mostly their wardrobes consist of affordable basics that can mix or match with the rest. Like, 20 different pairs...

The Book of Life is one fascinating website. Or is it a book.

by Stephanie Slate | Books for Adults

So, there’s this really interesting website called The Book of Life. And I’m trying to figure out how to describe it, but I keep coming up empty. Is it an encyclopedic resource? An online self-help book? A place to turn for philosophical discourse?...

10 cool free printable Easter coloring pages for kids who’ve moved past fat washable markers

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY, Easter Gifts

If you’re looking for some last minute Easter crafts for your kids, and making your own hand-stitched Easter bunny doll from vintage fabrics you scavenged from estate sales isn’t quite on the agenda, printable coloring pages are always a hit. At least in...

Piki Piki: It’s a bike! It’s a trike! It’s the new top of your toddler’s wish list.

by Esther Chen | Toys + Playthings

Vroom vroom! That’s the sound of one very happy 21-month-old zooming around in my living room on the Piki Piki from Gallo and Spence Toys, a great new bike-trike hybrid for toddlers and preschoolers. And with my own toddler (and soon-to-be toddler, eek!) am so...

17 of the coolest bunny crafts for Easter we can’t resist. Oh, the kids too, of course.

by Christina Refford | DIY, Easter Gifts

Many of us are going to turn the calendar over to April and realize, with a start, that Easter is a blink away on April 5. Or today, it’s a week away. So use this last week to decorate eggs, make Eastery treats, and finish shopping for those baskets. And if you...

Swell Forever takes personalized baby blankets to a whole new level.

by Kate Etue | Baby

This spring, two of my friends have had kid number four which as we all know, makes it a little tougher in the gift-giving department. What baby gift do you give to the veteran mom who has three of everything already? Think heirlooms and personalized gifts. (Unless of...

5 knockout Passover dessert recipes that you’ll totally crave again before next year’s seder.

by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes

It used to be that Passover desserts were only good for, well, Passover. No leavening and no flour meant no fun. And it’s even trickier if you keep kosher. Times have changed, though, and while I’m not sure why seder sweets look so much better these days (maybe they...

We’re mod for Petunia’s chic new diaper bags

by Esther Chen | Baby

Maybe it’s because spring is officially in the air, but mamas, I am definitely in love. With a diaper bag. More specifically, with the new Mod collection from Cool Mom Picks favorite Petunia Pickle Bottom. With three modern diaper bags that any mom — or...

9 adorably modern Easter dresses for girls, all under 50.

by Liz Gumbinner | Easter Gifts, Kid Style

When I look around for girls’ Easter dresses, there’s a whole lot of smocking and seersucker and box pleats and classic peter pan collars. Which can be utterly adorable, of course. (Is any little girl not super cute when she’s all dressed up?...

Adorn Milk is here, and we’re going jewelry shopping

by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion

I’ve been holding out on you, accessory-obsessed readers, and for that I apologize. The wonderful Adorn Milk, a beautifully curated new jewelry shop from our friend Jaime Derringer of Design Milk has been up for a few weeks and I’ve been so busy browsing...