While I'll happily spend hours browsing through all types of stationery, searching for just the right mix of simplicity and elegance, greeting cards almost always leave me cold. Blame it on years of searching for some idealistic notion o…
Not that Yom Kippur is a Hallmark holiday or anything, but oh, how I am sending this Yom Kippur e-card out today to all my friends and observant family. It, along with a whole slew of other atonement-themed cards (seriously), comes court…
If you find manilla, vanilla, add International Arrivals to your bookmarks and check out their modern assortment of file folders, journals, photo albums, and organizational accessories that make a walk through the aisles of Staples seem …
The most thoughtful cards are ones you make yourself, I suppose, if you have any sort of artistic ability. If you want a card with a smudged scribble and some glitter on it, I could probably manage that. But when I want to send the very …
Want to add an air of permanence to your child's library? And want to call that stack of chewed books in the corner of her room a library? Here's how: Bookplates. If you're a Cool Mom Picks newsletter subscriber, you were just introduced…
As my daughter gets older and more capable of making bigger messes, we're giving her more responsibilities. That means making her bed, clearing her plate, and yes, even writing her own thank-you notes. Granted, she can't exactly write an…
I realize that unless someone actually sent me a gift after my babies arrived, then technically speaking, the thank-you should come from the baby - hence all the cutesy thank you cards. But I figure that since I'm the one writing out the…
Some of my fondest memories of lunchtime as a kid involved reaching into my brown paper lunch bag and feeling around between the sandwich and the granny smith apple for a surprise note from my mom, replete with her trademark curly-haired…
Frequent CMP readers know that whoo-hoo! is about our most favorite phrase in the whole wide world. Whoo-hoo you won a free stroller! Whoo-hoo we're featured in Real Simple Magazine! Whoo-hoo we just discovered the best ever cupcakes and…
I had my fair share of hearty chuckles after discovering Motherhood with Attitude's hilarious greeting cards last year. So when co-owner Janalee Chmel clued me in to their new Thank You Card Box Set , it's no wonder I nearly peed my pant…
Some of us are party-throwers, and some of us are party-goers. I'm in the latter category; just the thought of planning a guest list has me biting off my nails. However, the custom invitations from 1st Comes Love are so wonderful that th…
As a WAHM/SAHM with a fairly good memory, I'm embarrassed to admit that I've gone without a date book for the last four years. But now that I'm running a business and adding kid number three, my brain just can't hack it anymore. So I've …
I may have several drawers full of stationery, but that doesn't mean I'm particularly good about keeping in touch ; I rarely get a chance to sit down at my kitchen table and put pen to paper without constant interruptions. But when I've …
Call me old-fashioned, but I love the idea of calling cards. Problem is, I have different contact information for different people. It really ruins the elegance of handing over a calling card when I have to scrawl corrections on it first…
In theory, party favors are a wonderful idea. Sending your guests home with a lovely memento of a special occasion - who could object to such thoughtfulness? Problem is, most favors are destined for the dustbin. Have you ever received a …
I'm not a girlie-girl. In fact, I tend to be a minimalist when it comes to dress and decor. When my daughter showed up, we ended up custom-designing our announcements because we couldn't find anything that wasn't covered in bows, sheep, …
Graphic designer Jenn (just Jenn) does some pretty irreverent things with stationery at her shop Just Jenn Designs - I wouldn't necessarily get my kid a set of the punk-ass cursive cards , although I really do like them. Neither would sh…
If you spent less time picking out baby names than trying to find a birth announcement that's unique, fabulous, quirky, and perfectly free of gingham and teddy bears, you are very much in luck. We found some of the coolest, most inventiv…
I have some friends who do this insane July 4 party every year as if heads of state were showing up. The food is awesome, the drinks plentiful, and the local parade passes right by their home, guaranteeing a perfect day, humidity not wit…
Here is how I recall my daughter's first year of life, seven years later: Birth. . . blur . . .neediness. . . blur. . .crawling everywhere. . . . blur . . . The big memories are there, but the details have become blurry over time. It's t…
How can we resist falling instantly, madly in love with a card company called Pretty Bitter ? We can't. And we didn't. Which is why you're reading about them today. We've already told you about their awesome Man Notes. But the fabulously…
We couldn't leave you mamas with sleepaway-ready kids out of Happy Camper Week on Cool Mom Picks, so we found some camp stationery we couldn't resist. And, hopefully, neither will your kids. Which really is the point. The Camp Kits at Re…
Admittedly, I'm terrible at keeping a record of what's going on with my kids other than the pictures and stories I post on my own personal blog. But now that my daughter is old enough to draw her own pictures and tell her own stories, I …
Why do men not write thank you notes? I always thought it was genetic. Or poor breeding. And then I realized, wait - it's just that all the thank you notes out there with their swoopy flowers and curly script-y typefaces are entirely ema…