More coolness from recent weeks…
Cool Mom Picks sponsors: Good for us but especially good for you
As you probably know, we're staunch advocates for our readers at CMP - we score you exclusive discount codes, awesome giveaways, $5000 tech makeovers...What? What's that you say? You weren't aware that our esteemed sponsor, Intel, was giving away a $5000 tech makeover...
Tis the Season for Very Cute Hats
With the weather changing even down here in the South (hooray!), I can finally rationalize shopping for fall-ish clothes for my kids, like sweaters, coats, and, of course, hats. Particularly if they include the handmade Flipside Hats found at the wonderful boutique...
The Regional Assembly of Text – a store as cool as its name
As a bona fide word nerd, I was instantly taken with the name The Regional Assembly of Text, although I had no idea what it meant. (Sort of ironic if you think about it, huh.) As it turns out, this Vancouver-based online shop curated by design grads Brandy Fedoruk and...
How do you improve on a child’s bathrobe? Make it a kimono.
I am staring at the spectacular Bathtime Wrap from Beverly Hills-based Petite Miette and once again I am smacking myself on the head and thinking now why did I not think of this first? Instead of wrapping a baby up in a cumbersome bathrobe over his pajamas--a bathrobe...
Cloth books without the mass production
Thanks to my son's infatuation with cloth books, I'm able to enjoy a good portion of our daily car rides without having to ply him with 400 cheerios I end up cleaning from his carseat later. So I've decided to stockpile them, starting with the ridiculously cute...
Thomas Claire: Taking the Pain out of Painting Pottery
Taking my kids to a paint-your-own-pottery place is not in my job description. The drive there, the eternity spent as my children pick out the "perfect" piece to paint, my toddler--oh my toddler-- in that room of breakables... and then I pay a ton for the privilege to...
The Beehive Co-op – If Cool Mom Picks had a shop, this might be it.
The instant I set foot in the Atlanta Beehive Co-op storefront, I knew it was my kind of place. Of course, it didn't hurt that that I was surrounded with some of our favorite past picks from JacQueline Sanchez jewelry, Blabla Kids, and Lark and Loon, to name a few....
Mo Yo Gabba Gabba!
The only one more excited than my daughter for the new season of Yo Gabba Gabba! that begins today on Nick Jr., is me. I'm definitely ready to have some new lyrics stuck in my head besides It's time to wash your hair, it's time to wash your hair, it's time to wash...
Mobile homes
Oh what my daughter wouldn't give to be able to pack up her beloved dollhouse and take it with her. So imagine what she did when she saw the set of Nested Country Cottages from Olie Bollen. These two brightly colored paper board boxes open from the top, lunchbox...
Read A Book, Set A Record
Do you really need an excuse to read a great book to your kid? Probably not, but here's a fabulous one, anyway: On October 2nd, in association with Jumpstart's Read for the Record program, the children's classic favorite Corduroy will be read aloud on The Today Show....
Tees for Trees
You might assume that a company called Tees for Change isn't promoting 35-cent garments, but some kind of social progress. And indeed you'd be right. This company, run by mom Andreea Ayers aiming to get more positive messages out in the world with their organic...
Eco dolls, not eek-oh dolls
Ever since coming across something called an "eco doll" that was made of pvc and served up in plastic packaging, I've been pretty skeptical of the eco label on toys. Sometimes it fits and sometimes...well, at least the intent is good. But Sue Lappan of EcoLeeko...
To me, every day is Halloween
My kids love to admire the aisles of Halloween-themed kids' clothing almost as much as I love to admire the aisles of Halloween-themed candy. But I can't bring myself to buy any those jack-o-lantern shirts and "happy halloween" bibs because hello, the kids can wear...
Schoolwork and work work get a lift with International Arrivals
If you find manilla, vanilla, add International Arrivals to your bookmarks and check out their modern assortment of file folders, journals, photo albums, and organizational accessories that make a walk through the aisles of Staples seem like a trip back in time. I...
BornFree pacifiers go BPA free. Which is a pretty good trait in a pacifier if you ask us.
BornFree is already the go-to source for plenty of moms looking for products safe enough to go into baby's mouth. They've got glass baby bottles, bottles made of BPA-free plastic, and cups free of harmful chemicals -- and yesterday they've just unveiled their Day and...
The handmade dolls you’ll want to sleep with yourself
For the most part, I don't spontaneously exclaim awwwww and get all teary when I get a new baby toy for review, but that's totally what happened when I peeled open the sweet little canvas bag to reveal the plush baby doll from Bumblebird. Designer Heather Renz makes...
The elephant in the room that everyone actually will talk about
I always admire parents who aren't afraid to go a little dark with their nursery decor. And by dark I don't mean Gashlycrumb Tinies prints up on the wall, but something besides the pastel pinks and blues and yellows that the entire industry seems determined to...
Apparently dragons are going green. Or…greener?
Last year, I was instantly smitten with the bright, super cool graphic organic shirts from mom-owned Fierce Hugs, so when I found out they added a new line from Dutch artist Dagmar Meinders, I was willing to bet money on their awesomeness.Too...
Posies takes cleaning the house partly out of the “things that suck” column
I've never equated cleaning my house with achieving zen, but while using Posies Cleaning Products, I can at least take some deep calming breaths while I mutter and scrub. Posies were created by self-proclaimed clean freak and lover of aromatherapy, Timara...
Sillydot art – more dreamy than silly
The artwork from San Francisco (by way of Brazil) artist Vera Costa of Sillydot is pretty much made for Nursery Decorating 101 - ten sets of three sweet, happy designs, each of which look great mixed, matched, or anything in between. They're also made for different...
Personalized, adorable, affordable. What more do you want in a baby gift?
Personalized items make spectacular baby gifts because it shows you've gone an extra mile beyond the burp cloth sets, beyond the registry essentials. The one catch is, the gift can't be returned. The pressure is on!I can't imagine a single mama who wouldn't love...