In solidarity with the many websites protesting the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA)--those sites we rely on every day for news, entertainment, information, and community--Cool Mom Picks will not be posting today. …
As we come to the end of 2011, we all feel like we have much to be thankful for -- good friends and family, incredible colleagues (sniff, we love you CMP'ers!) and amazing readers like you who have supported us for another fantastic year…
If you're considering a baby blanket as a gift for the upcoming holidays, or simply for a new baby in your life, I can't think of a more beautiful gesture than one of these Me Two You baby blankets . Because for every one you buy, one is…
Last night, I was privileged to attend a taping of the Daily Show, thanks to the wonderful folks at One.org . Yes, I was sitting about 15 feet from Bono. Feel free to be jealous--I was jealous of myself! Bono spoke in such an impassioned…
Last year we were overjoyed to learn that Small Business Saturday is now "a thing." Not that it hasn't been a thing around Cool Mom Picks for the last five years or so. And not just on Saturdays either. Even so, it's a great excuse to ge…
It's the perfect spirit of the holidays come to life: Give a little, get a little, and well, a collectible holiday keepsake doesn't hurt either. I just discovered the Heart 2011 Designer Ornament Collection from HSN, a partnership with a…
If you like your bath products indie and laced with nutritive honey, then we've found a new line that'll make you a bee-liever. Heh. Beecology has such a lovely array of bath and beauty products that I wanted to try one of everything. Fr…
Always Saturday makes me happy. While this is technically a "kids" band, the beats are appropriate for big people, too. I'm thinking of their CD as a dance party waiting to happen, and I just want to be a part. After all, any band that e…
As I have mentioned here before, I have a real sweet spot for nursery art prints. While my daughter's room may be the size of your suburban walk in closet, I will always keep an eye out for another something special to squeeze onto her t…
There's a lot of pink out there in October, and that's a great thing. We applaud any effort to fight breast cancer by spreading awareness or raising donations for research and support. Still, if pink's not your color, we'd like to introd…
I have a big, big heart for teachers and all they do. Not just because my own mother is one, but because I can directly point to moments that educators shaped my life in profound ways. Like Linda Taylor who helped me fall in love with hi…
Moms are a busy lot. And when we're not tending to scrapes, taking kids to library story hour, and finding random tater tots on our person, some of us are doing stuff like-- oh, changing the world through charitable initiatives and smart…
Designer Elizabeth Bohannan has an inspired mission: to help young women in Uganda achieve their higher learning goals. And she's doing it through beautiful sandals. Yes, sandals. Sseko Designs ( sey-ko) was created to provide women with…
I'd always kind of held the opinion that if I'd seen one wall decal, I'd seen them all. That is, until Pop & Lolli wall decals came my way. And then I pretty much decided that I didn't need to see any others. Ever again. These gorgeous (…
I always love those artist and free thinking types who commit to something like wearing a different dress every day for a year, or cooking a different vegetable every day. And now there's one more--UK mom and artist Lisa Stevens who's cr…
I am always amazed at how quickly bloggers--and especially mom bloggers--rally to support their fellow parents in need. One of those compassionate moms is CMP friend Christine Koh of Boston Mamas and the design firm Posh Peacock . Today,…
Lip color makes a big difference -- that slight hue of berry or pink can compensate for years of sleep deprivation. Right now, I'm digging a line from PeaceKeeper Cause-Metics (get it?); natural, philanthropic lipsticks and glosses that …
A scarf is a simple way to change the look of even the most casual shorts-and-tee mom outfit -- and if your scarf is also making the world a better place, then you're really dressing for change. Makeup maven Bobbi Brown -- an expert at m…
Recently, I was honored to attend a celeb-packed preview party for an amazing new initiative from the American Cancer Society. But it wasn't the glitterati that left the strongest impression (as gorgeous as Hilary Swank and Kelly Rutherf…
"Thinking of you" is most definitely what our hearts and minds are saying about our friends in Japan, so why not our shirts? Or our kids' shirts, for that matter. The Japan Appeal T-shirt by Caramel Baby + Child of London is just brillia…
This is National Volunteer Week , a time to think about all those ways you can use your spare time to help others through good deeds and hard work--unless you are like me, and that first sentence makes you spit out apologies about not ha…
Ahhh, the Happy Meal. Regardless of whether or not you ever step foot in a McDonald's, you probably know exactly what you might find if you open up that brightly colored container: A little hamburger or set of nuggets, pouch of fries--an…
I, along with probably many of you, had never heard of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, though it it is the number one genetic killer of children--1 in 40 people unknowingly carry the SMA gene. When I read more about SMA1, the most severe form o…
If you know a child on the autistic spectrum, you know how special they are and maybe even some of their personal day-to-day struggles. It seems fitting that on World Autism Awareness Day , I let you know of this soon-to-be-released CD f…