More coolness from recent weeks…
It’s like a custom baby tee convention
One thing we know about Psychobaby, is that when they come out with something new, it's going to be everything we adore--clever, quirky and, of course, cool. Currently we're now drooling over their new Custom Shop of personalized tees for kids.Personally, I am totally...
A banner year for nursery design
If you've been in the cool kids boutiques, on the design blogs, or heck, on our site lately, you'd know that banners are a hot new nursery trend. And the freethinking coolies at Blik agree.We've covered these hip, do-it-awesome-yourself wall decals before, but the new...
Your peewee’s perfect playhouse
When I was a kid, a tent was a musty quilt over a card table, and it was heaven. Kids have it a little better today, and the magic of a secret fort lives on with the fantastic card table playhouses by Miss Pretty Pretty of Imaginative Play Toys. Check out the pirate...
Hola, Ola Granola!
I once spent some vacation time up in Maine near a farmer's market that had the best granola. We brought a ton home figuring it would last forever, which is another term for "one week." While there are certainly some mass brands of granola that are pretty darn good,...
A cooler cooler
I still use the soft cooler that I bought 10 years ago to lug around bottles and baby food for things like fruit, yogurt and juice pouches. But there is no doubt that if I were buying one now I would look no further than the Cooler Bags by SoYoung.I love the neutral...
Discovery LIFE – it’s no trip to the zoo
The epic new documentary series, Discovery LIFE isn't for everyone. I mean, surely there are people out there who just don't like cool things. Who don't like watching some of the most miraculous animal footage every filmed. Who would find a komodo dragon attack less...
The babywearing pack of all trades
So here's the dirty secret about babywearing: Different baby carriers work for different people and different babies at different times. It's totally subjective, and that's why so many of us have a complete wardrobe of the darned things. But I now have a carrier that...
Spring bags, ahoy!
When I'm window shopping the web, it's always dangerous to stop on the Etsy homepage, where their editors are carefully curating millions of items down into just the very ones that I have to have. (How do they do that?)A recent find: The bags from Bayan Hippo. The...
Eat me. Drink me. Smell me?
Today, I positively reek of Alice. You know, Alice in Wonderland? Hottest movie of the week? And it's all thanks to Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. BPAL, as we fans call it, is a cheeky, artsy, Tim Burton-esque perfumerie offering hundreds of unique, artisan-crafted...
Spend for Good. It’s just that easy.
I do my best to support my favorite charities on a regular basis, but often times it's only when something tragic happens and I'm called into action. But thanks to Spend for Good, I can donate to my favorite charities when I thinking about say, shoes. Or airplane...
Natural detergent, thy name is Vaska Herbatergent
With three kids and one exercise-loving husband, I do a lot of laundry. Quaint concepts like separating whites, de-tangling socks and pre-treating stains have long flown out the window in the interest of saving time and just-finishing-the-damn-laundry-already. So, I...
Announcing the easier birth announcement
Announcing the birth of... um... well...forget it. Back in 2008 I was so busy sitting on an ice pack and juggling two kids that I never sent announcements. It just seemed like either a lot of trouble or a lot of money, and I didn't dig either prospect.What I do dig...
Behold! Willie Wonka’s disco ball.
If Willie Wonka owned a skating rink, his disco ball would be a Candelier, and the Oompa Loompas would do synchronized skating in Gobstopper suits on a frozen chocolate lake, and...What's a Candelier? I'm glad you asked.First our favorite imaginative furniture...
Where the wild things art.
I have a cow when my little deers jump on the couch, but I'd be lion if I didn't confess to fawning over the crazy creatures at WildLifePrints, a fun new shop on Etsy. (Ha sorry, couldn't resist.)Award-winning photographer Jeff Friesen wanted to meld his brooding side...
Body Sense – Perfect sense for every body.
I'm a strong, empowered woman, and I hate asking for help, but...sometimes, I need help. Like when the yogurt is pushed all the way back in the case at the store and there's a baby strapped to my chest. Or when I'm trying to wade through all the bogus claims on the...
Cool Mom Picks wants to hear from you. Right here. In comments.
We're so excited today to let you all know: Comments at Cool Mom Picks are officially open! We've just enjoyed the lively, helpful, and thoughtful discussions on our Facebook fan page so much, we thought it would be fun to bring it over here. We can't wait to...
All hail the spring poncho
The weather is turning here in the South, which means that winter coats are way too heavy after the first few morning hours, while the super light spring jackets are too light. So it's the perfect time for my fave in-between season cover-up, the poncho. We just...
Livie & Luca do it again for spring
As if I wasn't already wishing that Spring would get here already, I got wind of Livie & Luca's new Spring and Summer shoe collection for children and now I'm officially begging the warm weather to arrive. I love the chic simplicity of the Barcelona sandals...
Helping kids in Haiti, one Tinkertoy tower at a time.
Here's a fun way to get your kids involved in the Haiti relief effort: A Play-a-thon. In case you have never heard of one (like me, up until now), it's just like raising pledges for many other 'a-thons', but instead of running, dancing, or phoning a pledge into a...
Cool Mom Picks loves ABC!
So maybe March winds bring April showers, but around here, that means baby showers. Wait--before we scare our spouses, we're talking about Cool Mom Picks co-founder and editor-in-chief Liz's appearance on Parenting with Annie Pleshette Murphy on ABC News Now. Click...
Tying one on
Okay so there's still snow a-plenty in my neck of the woods known as Brooklyn, but in no time it will be the season for Easter duds and Passover dinners and spring weddings and seersucker. So when I saw the custom, handcrafted neckties for boys from Bella Bows...