We've been friends and fans of Asha Dornfest, and her brilliant website Parent Hacks , for a full decade, since we both got started at the very same time. In fact, if you click that link, you'll see we first touted the brilliance of her …
I think any parent would be so happy to be gifted a portrait of their child for Mother's Day. Not the old-fashioned, over-posed kind of photo but something unique, handmade, custom-created . I so admire indie artists who create images of…
This time of year I start to get a little stuck. The excitement of Valentine's Day is gone, light is still limited, the weather is frigid. It's like I just want to imagine myself someplace -- anyplace -- else. So I started browsing Etsy …
I love looking for crafty DIY Valentine's Day gifts that my kids can make, and I hope you like when I look for them for you. Because my criteria, I think, are fairly straightforward, and ones I bet a lot of you can relate to as well: 1) …
When I first got wind of the Kickstarter for Peanut Gallery Comics , how could I not smile? The idea is so simple and smart -- commissioning one of four illustrators to create an original comic strip or frame of some funny, quirky, wonde…
Are you still looking for a few awesome last-minute gift ideas for Christmas? We know you're out there, and we're here to help. So if you're like us, and you're still finishing up your Christmas shopping, do not panic. Heck, do not panic…
Though I spend an awful lot of time picking out the perfect gifts for the people on my Christmas list, there are many times when a gift card really is the perfect gift, which is why I've rounded up ten DIY gift card holder ideas to dress…
I'm on the lookout for some cute small gifts to give out to some of the people I love, or even for my girls to give to their own BFFs. And then I came across the collection of awesome eco-friendly, recycled brown kraft paper journals fro…
From the day that Mouth.com launched we were like...whoa! If we had come up with a Cool Mom Eats retail site it would be just that -- wonderfully curated gourmet food gifts and subscriptions, all from the best artisanal indie makers from…
Each year, we love putting together some of our favorite gifts that give back in substantial and specific ways -- not just some undetermined percentage of your purchase going to "charities." While we try to share these kinds of gifts yea…
Okay, let's be honest. Cyber Monday deals are kind of like Black Friday deals, since now all the great shopping deals are available online anyway, and even last more than a day or two. Not that we're complaining. So we've put together th…
As the holiday season gets kicking into high gear , we're reminding ourselves to simplify as much as possible so that we can really enjoy the holidays with our families. That means cutting down the time we spend running -- or clicking --…
So here's something we're pretty excited about: Recently, we've teamed up with our friends at Mouth.com, to put together a fantastic, carefully curated collection of adult Halloween treats you'll want to keep all to yourself. Just scroll…
If you missed the boat on photo gifts...no, wait! You didn't! We all live in the land of the Smartphone Camera , after all, and if you've got a camera and a place to print a photo, you've got the makings of a wonderful surprise Father's …
As we get ready to start sharing our favorite last minute Father's Day gifts for all you busy (let's not say procrastinating) moms and kids out there, it's definitely late to order one of the cool personalized Father's Day gifts we share…
While I am totally enamoured of Stacie's picks for Father's Day gourmet gifts for the foodie dad on Cool Mom Eats (consider if you can handle clicking over on an empty stomach) there's one more I wish had made the list: Our friends at Ma…
Next up in our 2015 Father's Day gift guide, are some of the coolest gifts for grandpas. Or grandfathers. Or papas, pop-pops...you know, that awesome patriarch in your family. We've got a fun range for you from thoughtful gifts from the …
For those of us with young kids, we know that one of the best parts about Father's Day is letting the kids participate in making DIY Father's Day gifts for their dads and grandpas. And because we don't expect them to be hand-stitching an…
We are so excited to launch our 2015 Father's Day gift guide, because as our longtime readers know, we just love tracking down fantastic gift ideas for the dads we love in our lives. (Yay cool dads!) So we're starting out with the cooles…
Yes there are about a zillion so-called Hallmark holidays out there, but hearing stories from my own mom about May Day celebrations of her childhood make me yearn just a little for it. Dancing? Singing? Cake? Pretty ribbons? What's not t…
With Mother's Day just around the corner, you may be like us, thinking hm, I have 8 bazillion amazing photos on my computer and my smart phone -- maybe I can finally do something with them? Like say turning them into some really cool but…
We are so happy to introduce our tenth (WHAT?) annual Mother's Day Gift Guide . It's been one of our favorite annual traditions -- and one for our readers too -- and some of you, who have been with us from the early days can see how it's…
We've always said that some of our favorite Mother's Day gifts are personalized, and well, you can't get more personalized than photos of your own kids and family. Of course, not all photo gifts are created equal. (Sorry, badly printed p…
Some of my favorite Mother's Day gifts are ones that my kids make for me, though I will admit that there are only so many macaroni necklaces a girl can own. So if you're looking for an enduring custom Mother's Day gift idea that combines…