by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
I’ve learned not to invest too much in craft supplies for every new project that strikes my girls’ fancy. One moment you’re bringing home fabric paints and the next they’re like, "No mom, we want the Bedazzler!" Both of which, by the...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
Am I tired of paying $5 for a card to go with every gift for every kid’s birthday party on the block? More like I’m tired of running around the house looking for a sticky note to slap on that puppy. Well, no more. Lauren Goessling Designs, creators of...
by Cool Mom Team | Party Ideas
As anyone who’s ever thrown a party knows, you need about six times as many cups as guests. Mainly because half of them get wasted when the guests get…well, wasted…and forget which half-full cup was theirs after they put it down. Or worse, instead of...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
There are a few things in life that you don’t realize you need until someone gives you it to you. And then you can’t believe you ever lived without them. Like that battery operated "massager." Thin Mints in the freezer. And personalized note...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
The curse of a kid with a summer birthday: With vacation schedules and everything else that gets crammed into those few glorious months, I’m looking for an extra special announcement to make sure no one forgets my daughter’s big day. And so I was tickled...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults
With my daughter’s third birthday rapidly approaching, I’m already in party planning mode. While she’s got definite opinions about her cake and party theme, the party favor bags are my territory. Instead of sending kids home with candy that will win...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
I never saw myself as the mommy calling card type – you know, someone who would have a stack of cutesie little cards giving me a job title like "So-and-So’s Mommy" But then, I never saw calling cards like the ones from Hello Ink. These...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
I’m not always crazy about theme-y kids albums. 100 Songs About Spiders – whoopie. But when I hear the theme revolves around my own home base of Brooklyn, En-Why–well then I have to check it out. Park Slope Parents: The Album (Vol. 1) is a...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
My toddler’s going through that self-awareness phase right now. She loves to preen in front of the bathroom mirror and make silly faces at her reflection windows. Not surprisingly, Rosie’s new MeMovies are the greatest thing to hit our household since the...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
In an ideal world, every child would rush to the craft drawer immediately following his birthday and handwrite a heartfelt thank you note to acknowledge each gift. After which, he’d clean up his workspace.Then give you a foot massage. In the real world,...
