It's beginning to look a lot like Black Friday, and we have the lead on great gifts for the techie in your life--not to mention some easy ways to keep track of wishlists. Here are a few of our favorite picks from the last week, just in c…
Hanukkah comes early this year, kicking of the Festival of Lights on December 8th (or the 25th of Kislev if you want to be technical about it). Which means for some gifts, you need to start getting ready now already (eek!). For parents t…
We've already have described how much we love Birchbox from the day they launched since, well, who doesn't love a hot pink box filled with amazing high-end cosmetics samples delivered to their door each month? So it will be no surprise t…
When you think of custom photo gifts, most people probably think of calendars for Grandma --sweet, but a bit predictable. So why not use photos to make gifts for the littlest members of your family too? Kids love to look at faces--especi…
I don't tend to spend much time thinking about my sock purchases. Half of my socks tend to get lost in that treacherous journey from laundry hamper to dryer, anyway. But I've just found an incredible site that makes shopping for socks--a…
Sure, we love fancy candles as much as the next mom trying to cover up the smell of a yogurt pop hidden under the couch for two weeks. But men need candles, too, and we think they're really going to love this collection of masculine scen…
With Halloween an entire day behind us, our thoughts at Cool Mom Picks already turn to the best holiday gifts . (We can't help it!) So when I saw these beautiful little Japanese bowls on sale, I thought, ooh...hostess gift. The modernist…
I realize it's not even November yet, but since I'm a fan of DIY holiday gifts--especially for my family from my kids--I try to start early. And in my search for easy, affordable crafts that my daughter and I can make, I found these love…
From everyone's favorite droid to the only phone compatible with LEGOs, here are a few of our favorite picks from the last week, just in case you missed them. 1. Would you give your preschooler a cell phone? We never thought we'd say yes…
Our inbox is jammed lately with parents asking for non-caloric Easter gift ideas. As luck would have it, we have quite a few. The latest being the adorable, affordable handmade creations from Etsy's Bossy's Feltworks--and just in time fo…
Here, just some of the great resources, websites, recipes and roundups we've found for the holiday season. You've still got a whole day of wrapping left! -The most beautiful printable gift tags -12 festive gift wrap ideas -6 easy holiday…
I totally am stumped on what to give our favorite sitter in addition to some cash. Any last minute ideas? She's really wonderful and we want her to know how much we value her but I don't want to spend a lot because we're already giving h…
If you're like us, Christmas Eve day is going to be spent in a big gift wrap frenzy. As much as I love those brown paper packages tied up with string, I really love when the gifts I'm giving look as festive as the holidays themselves. He…
If you are not familiar with HoneyBells, you are not familiar with the sweetest, most delectable, lipsmackingly awesome nectar of the gods. Or as my kids call it, good orange juice. (Silly kids.) Each year, my dad has sent us a shipment …
If Santa's elves make everything, why do the boxes say "made in China?" my little sister asked me several decades ago. Her prescient question rings more true now than ever, where it seems unlikely that the handiwork of elves had much to …
I still have fond memories of certain bookmarks I had when I was young. I remember loving to return to a book, not just because I was eager to get back into the story I was reading, but also because I couldn't wait to peek at the special…
If you're a go-getter sewing type who hasn't quite go-gotten around to making all of your Christmas presents yet, you need to check out two adorable sewing books by Choly Knight. Sew Kawaii ! and Sew Your Own Pet Pillows will have you pr…
If you caught our Editor-in-Chief Liz on TODAY this morning talking about those awesome last minute personalized gifts today that you can still grab for Christmas or Hanukkah , don't panic if you didn't catch every single URL! We've got …
As much as I like to tap into my inner Martha Stewart during the holiday season, this year there just isn't enough time to crochet snowflake ornaments, whip up petit fours wrapped in fondant, and glue-gun wreaths made of pinecones and mi…
Okay, Cool Mom Picks is a safe space where I feel like I can admit this freely: I'm starting to panic a little. The gift-purchasing isn't going as planned. I keep seeing all these amazingly fabulous personalized gifts--that I should have…
Okay, so we sometimes make fun of mugs as gifts around here. But only because when most people think of mug gifts, they think of some awful " world's greatest____ " thing in comic sans that was nabbed off the bargain shelf at the last mi…
Over 120 holiday gifts in our own Holiday Gift Guide for the entire family just weren't enough for us, mamas, so that's why we added 100 more ideas over at our Cool Mom Tech holiday gift guide . Isn't the bow pretty? We scoured the web f…
While bananas are not normally something you find associated with Hanukkah, this year we have good reason for you to reconsider- Bananagrams have gone Hebrew. This awesome modern word game already exists in English and in Spanish so we'r…
If you're the type who likes to fill your holiday gifts with handmade love, we've got a whole bunch of beautiful ideas for you. My grandmother was a crocheter who made such hilariously bad gifts ( sorry, Grandma! ), they were the highlig…