by Betsy | Cards + Stationery
The world of custom cards and invitations has really exploded. I’ve written about tons of great companies on Cool Mom Picks alone, so it’s really exciting when one still makes me go “Oooh!” Mango Ink cards are beautifully designed and printed,...
by Stephanie Slate | Cards + Stationery
As a former buyer of books for a chain of toy stores, it’s pretty much redundant for me to tell you that my children have amassed quite the library. But when you’re five (or, say, twenty-nine-and-a-half years older than five), you can sometimes be a little...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good, Food + Recipes
I’m still not sure why parents with white couches and white carpets put juice boxes out at their children’s parties except maybe, they like a challenge? A few years back we discovered the awesome Dwink Boxes which keep kids from squeezing the middles and...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment + Media
I get to the movie theater about once a year, so it’s no surprise I totally missed Ponyo when it first came out. But ever since I heard the buzz around this animated film by Japan’s Hayao Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli, I’ve been waiting...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
Passover isn’t exactly the giftiest of holidays, although if you were invited to join us in devouring my mother’s matzoh ball soup, you’d think that was gift enough. Still, I’m intrigued with this adorable little 10 Plagues Bowling Set which...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
There were many moments over the past three months that I thought it would never happen but, at long last, spring is here. (Once again: SPRING IS HERE!)My girls and I celebrated yesterday with a trip to the small farmer’s market in our neighborhood, oohing and...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Kitchen + Dining
You know that whole “kill three birds with one stone” thing? Well, Zo-li, the small company offering safe, green solutions to parenting problems, has conveniently solved three of my biggest problems with one Fedex shipment.First of all, we have the Case of...