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handbags

Fanny pack 2.0

BabyCool Mom Team

Fanny pack 2.0

When I first saw the hands-free bags from Jupiter Freedom , I figured they were mostly for athletic types and young hipsters, and not for a busy mom of three who's sort of married to her diaper bag. But then I gave it a whirl one afterno…

Bag the plastic habit

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Bag the plastic habit

I realize that there are about 400 different kinds of reusable grocery bags out there these days. But that just means you have 400 more opportunities to stop using disposable plastic or paper bags, right? Well, let me present you with op…

Stainless steel as precious metal

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Stainless steel as precious metal

If I had a few hundred nickels leftover right now, I'd probably be grabbing myself a little post-holiday pick-me-up, something like the cool handbags made out of hand-etched stainless steel from Pennsylvania designer, Wendy Stevens. And …

Tweed: In. Cool.

Style + BeautyLiz Gumbinner

Tweed: In. Cool.

CMP fave indie handbag designer Crystalyn Kae has taken the plunge into tweed and I'm not complaining a bit. The fabric formerly known as stuffy gets a fabulous makeover with Crystalyn's innovative shapes, judicious use of hardware, and …

Airline nostalgia is in the bag

Style + BeautyLiz Gumbinner

Airline nostalgia is in the bag

I can only imagine that flying with the fam used to be a whole lot better than it is today. You could push a stroller right through that metal detector, bring all the juice from home that you desired, and once on board, the kids got to v…

Eco bags with a brain

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Eco bags with a brain

I'm a huge proponent of BYOB -- you know, bringing your own bag. But stuffing big canvas shopping bags into my already tightly packed diaper tote unfortunately affects the frequency of me actually doing it. Sorry Earth. That's not the ca…