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Brass meets sterling, circle meets rectangle
I have delicate, dainty necklaces and I have chunky, rustic necklaces, and sometimes I wish I had something that was more, I don't know, both. (Why yes--I am that person who always gets twist when we go for soft serve. How did you guess?)The love necklace by ripegoods...
Charity starts at home, on the computer, in the KidzStore
YesKidzCan! is about co-founders Lisa Novick and Julie Chapman's dream of making it easier for even busy families to participate in giving back to their communities. Which is great. So when I had the opportunity to chat with them last week, I told them right up front...
Cooking for dummies (and smarties, too)
Put down that take-out menu--I'm here to tell you that yes, you can cook a complete meal without pulling out your hair. Sure, there are a million recipe sites out there, and some of them are fantastic, but what if you want instructions on a whole meal, from what to...
Blockhead! And I mean that totally in the best possible way
I'm not very good at math, so I can't tell you precisely how many different forms and figures your child can create out of 25 wooden blocks, but I'm going to say it's approximately a gazillionthousand. The ShapeMaker wooden block set by Miller Goodman is made of...
Babywearing, now a nice new shade of green
Belle is now extra verte. That's, Belle as in Belle Baby Carrier, and verte as in French for green, and green as in super-duper-eco-friendly-organic-awesomeness.The new Belle Organic Earth, like their original model, is crafted by artisans in Boulder, CO, only this...
Crumpler does kids’ backpacks and cool moms everywhere go Yay!
You probably already know Crumpler for their sturdy, stylish bags for adults. Or at least you should. But now they've gone and shrunk two of their favorites down to kid-size and it's definitely worth a look.The Baby Pea preschool backpack is for the 2-4 set, and...
This Sesame Street contest is brought to you by the letter A and the number $50,000
Question: Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street? Answer: 1. Be a puppet.2. Be Ricky Gervais.3. Win the 4th Annual Aniboom Awards 4 Sesame Street Competition.It's that easy, animators. We've just learned that Sesame Street has teamed up with Aniboom Virtual...
The iCandy stroller – A new luxury stroller for growing families, if not shrinking budgets
It's been a while since I saw a stroller that made me go oooh, or at least until this weekend when I got an in-person demo of the new-to-the US iCandy stroller. And oooh I did. The first thing you'll notice is that this popular British stroller is designed very much...
Welcome to the Jungle House Pillow
My kids (probably like yours) aren't lacking for stuffed animals. But when I saw the amazingly adorable Jungle House Pillow from Toronto's So Chic Gifts I knew I could totally justify getting them this handmade pillow-and-stuffed-animal combo. Made from...
Charity and the JAMband know that sometimes you feel like a nut and sometimes you don’t
My kids are at the age where watching Mommy boogie across the kitchen floor is met with groans. And I'm hearing groans from them a lot now that I've got Charity and the JAMband's danceworthy double kids' music CD, Party Like a Twinkle Star. Sure, it's a CD for kids,...
Cool Mom Picks readers have a heart
Valentine's Day has come and gone and now, a week later, we just want to say thank you thank you thank you for your absolutely overwhelming support for our artist-created color-your-own Valentine's Day cards we put together with Etsy.The numbers are in and more than...
Wallpaper is back, baby
When I hear the word wallpaper, it conjures up really bad images of this odd looking flower pattern that completely covered my bathroom wall growing up. It a nutshell - it scares me. But thanks to advances in technology and design, wallpaper is again becoming a pretty...
Mondo murals for your mini Matisse
My daughter is a normal three-year-old: obsessed with being big, doing grown-up things, and wearing leotards for 90% of her life. Okay, so maybe the leotard thing isn't normal, but it's no wonder she gets bored with the same old princess coloring books and tired box...
Like the milk man of the super hip. But peas.
If you live in Los Angeles, you've got some mad cash, and you want someone else to deliver organic, healthy, super-fresh baby food to your doorstep... well, I'm a little jealous, actually. And Baby's Belly is here to serve you.The brainchild of two Hollywood actors...
A natural way to keep the lice away. (Ew. I know.)
I first discovered Fairy Tales Hair Care when our one awesome local kids hair cutter - the one who didn't cut my girls' bangs on a 45-degree angle with what I imagine to be a rusty butter knife - insisted that it was the greatest stuff on earth. Since then, we've been...
Brooklyn in da Playhouse
I'm not sure when exactly my humble borough of Brooklyn, New York became cool, but there seems to be evidence of it, from the occasional celebrity sightings in my local diner, to people saying, "oh you live in Brooklyn? Cool." So while a line of Brooklyn baby tees...
Turn your kid’s object of affection into an object d’art
My son had a stuffed elephant named Tussle that went with him everywhere. In fact, he never knew it, but there were actually two Tussles in constant rotation, just in case one went missing. Tussle has long since moved to the "big happy farm where stuffed animals roam...
Boots that don’t make you say Ugh
The chic streets of Manhattan on foul weather days belong to Hunter Boots this year. These all-weather, all-natural rubber wellies in colors from pine green to flashy silver are keeping the annoyingly toned calves of stylish New Yorkers warm and dry everywhere I look....
Baa Baa Black Sheep, have you any reclaimed wool for upcycled art projects?
One of the stand-outs to me at this year's overwhelming Toy Fair show weren't actually toys at all, but the lovely handmade wall art from CMP fave Cate and Levi. Like their original, one-of-a-kind stuffed animals, the critters are pieced together beautifully from...
Smitten with mittens
I know what you're thinking-- Why is the Georgia girl recommending mittens? Because I'm the biggest sissy about cold, that's why. But I'm proud to say that we have three whole inches of snow right now, and I sent my kids straight outside to investigate the mysterious,...
Organic crib bedding to grow with
Here's what I've learned: Your daughter may be all Thomas, Thomas! now but in no time at all, that train love will become Abby Cadabby, which becomes Uniqua which becomes I only like things that are purple and turquoise but mostly purple. Which is why I can't say I...