I love how my little artists fearlessly choose their colors to create a purple tree under a green cloud, or how a bunch of stick figures can end up looking just like our family; they blow me away every time. RedStamp has one of my favori…
Looking for a gift that's Just Right for your child's teacher? A wee gift that says "We appreciate everything you do!" without getting too personal? Lovely monogrammed notecards are always a good bet - you know, to write thank you notes …
If you're looking to knock off a half-dozen of teacher gifts or cousin gifts or classmate gifts in one fell swoop, I love the idea of the holiday ornament kit from CMP fave, Thomas Claire . This wonderful mom-run company will hook you up…
Oh my gosh am I excited to have discovered the personalized rubber stamps from Craft Pudding. I already loved the idea when I found them earlier in the year from Vlijtig - and while hers are gorgeous, and entirely customized based on a p…
My daughter loves puppets. I mean, she really loves puppets. She carries them around and tells them stories and engages them in fisticuffs. (Put Bert on one hand and Ernie on the other and smash them together and you get the picture.) So…
Sure my son's friends get monogrammed Christmas stockings, but he can enjoy eating his latkes off one of these personalized Hanukkah plates , by Lima Bean Kids. These pink or blue melamine dishes feature a sweet menorah design with the n…
Is it too early to start thinking Christmas gifts yet? Well, not if you have your eye on something from one of our favorite Etsy shops, the mom and daughter-run The Brick Kiln . There's so much here that makes for charming, affordable ho…
When I was a new mom, I swore that I would never make tableware "an issue." I would stick with neutral plates and bowls, basic silverware, and my kids would just deal with it. Right. As it turns out, serving dinner on "your special plate…
My husband and I are pursuing domestic adoption and hope to be matched with a birth mother soon. We know that it is traditional to give the birth mother a gift after the baby is born, but we have no idea what to get for a very brave woma…
We've always thought that the personalized baby tees from Little Uni make the most thoughtful little $30-ish baby gifts - which is also why they're featured so prominently on our 2009 Baby Shower Gift Guide . So it's nice to see this mom…
Now's the time in the school year that moms are figuring out whether that cool lunchbox you bought for your kid actually does the trick, or whether it was more cute than functional. Luckily, I fared pretty well (thanks Cool Mom Picks - h…
Attention science geeks: The nursery art of your dreams is here. Etsy printmaker Shannon Blank has turned the periodic table into alphabet prints that can be assembled to spell out your child's name. In fact, I don't think you even have …
I am so not the type to get my holiday cards picked out much before...oh, say December 26. At which point I call them New Year's cards and figure I've bought myself at least another few weeks to get them addressed and sent. But for you p…
What's cooler than a pair of Chuck Taylor Converse high tops? How about a pair of canvas Chucks that your kid gets to customize from the outer pattern down to the color of the shoelaces? I know! I am swooning! The Converse website is rea…
I am trying to find a gift for my one year old niece and I can't figure anything out. I don't want to do clothes and plastic toys. I'd like something commemorative - but what? -Grace If your niece's grandparents are like my kids' grandpa…
When I first heard of the MojaMix Custom-Mixed Cereal , I thought you'd have to be a pretty picky eater to need that. And then I remembered that I custom-order three different kinds of coffee beans to hand mix at home for my perfect roas…
Rarely do I bemoan the fact that my daughter won't tolerate anything in her hair, but when I first saw these mini me custom felt portraits from Emandsprout , I couldn't stop thinking of how utterly adorable a portrait barrette would look…
At two, my youngest daughter is already into dolls in a way that her big sister never was. She pushes them in strollers, shares her dessert with them, and gives them rides on the bulldog--much to the bulldog's dismay. She tucks her dolls…
We're so happy to announce the twelve winners of the Shutterfly learning photobook contest. Each was drawn at random and yet, all so clever. Suddenly we want to go make like a hundred Shutterfly DIY photobooks ourselves. Thanks so much t…
My husband has a bit of an obsession with graphic representations of homes, making no effort to hide his loud praise for them when he sees them on our friends' walls. I wasn't entirely in his camp until discovering the handmade little ci…
We've been huge fans over the years of Shutterfly 's photobooks which make affordable gifts guaranteed to bring the tears (in a good way). And now they're getting the word out about the ability to turn the photobooks into make-your-own p…
So okay, we've been fawning over Dante Beatrix way too much lately. First it was their fabulous eco-backpacks made out of 100% recycled bottles which now come in little kid sizes. Then it was their adorable wheelie bags for kids. Next up…
I used to love the show Happy Days--remember Arnold's and all the sports pennants hanging all over the walls? (You do remember Happy Days, right? I can't be that old.) I guess that's why I loved these personalized felt pennants from Kris…
If you've stumbled here, to our humble online abode after seeing our Editor-in-Chief Liz Gumbinner's appearance on the CBS Early Show this morning, we wanted to point you towards the wonderful customized gifts she was talking about. The …