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Honestly wonderful news for moms and babies

May 1, 2012 Cool Mom Picks Around the House, baby products, Bathtime, Beauty Picks and General Hygiene, diapers, Eco-friendly, Home, Jessica Alba, non-toxic, Organics, The Honest Company

I always love finding more choices for safe, non-toxic baby products for my family, which is exactly why I was so excited to discover The Honest Company a few months ago. But while we adore their baby product monthly subscription bundles, we did wonder…

3 new monthly gift subscriptions for kids that keep on giving

April 25, 2012 Cool Mom Picks art for kids, art supplies, craft kits, Eco-friendly, family activities, Getting crafty, gifts for kids, green toys, Home, homeschooling tools, LEGO, subscriptions, Toys and Other Playthings

With three kids and an ever-growing number of nieces and nephews, it seems like I’m on the lookout for a “wow” birthday gift every month, and a monthly gift subscription is always a great idea.

5 Tech Picks You Won’t Want to Miss

April 22, 2012 Cool Mom Picks Apps, apps for kids, Cool Mom Tech, Earth Day, Eco-friendly, green living, Home, iPhone accessories, Link Roundups, photo editing, photography, tech accessories, Tech, CMP-Style

Some of our favorite tech picks this week that we think you’ll like too.

Earth Day Pick – PaperStatement art and jewelry

April 22, 2012 Cool Mom Picks Art+Decor (Sounds Fancy), Baubles & Bags, Earth Day, Eco-friendly, Etsy, Getting crafty, green living, handmade, handmade jewelry, Home, jewelry, paper crafts

Discovering the Paper Statement Etsy shop was like looking at your own perceived craftiness in the mirror and laughing at it. I am absolutely blown away by the things true artists can do out of paper and cardboard.

Earth Day Pick – Eco friendly wooden toys

April 22, 2012 Cool Mom Picks Earth Day, Eco-friendly, Etsy, green living, green toys, handmade toys, Home, Organics, Toys and Other Playthings, wooden toys

On Earth Day or any day, I love the feeling a wooden toy creates; fresh, clean and perfect for a creative little mind. It’s no secret we are fans of Little Sapling’s all-natural wood toys.

Earth Day Pick – Kiwi Crate’s green boxes

April 22, 2012 Cool Mom Picks Causes and General Do-Gooding, craft kits, Earth Day, Eco-friendly, educational kids' toys, family activities, gardening with kids, Getting crafty, green living, green toys, Home, subscriptions, Toys and Other Playthings

When I first read about Kiwi Crate’s monthly craft subscriptions (here, in fact), I couldn’t wait to gift one to my niece. And now that Kiwi Crate has announced some new boxes–two of which seem perfect to mention on this Earth Day—I can’t wait to si…

Growing edibles just got easy. Like black-thumb-proof easy.

April 11, 2012 Cool Mom Picks Around the House, DIY, Eco-friendly, food, Food and Drink, foodies, gardening, gardening with kids, Getting crafty, green living, Home

Grow-it-yourself is the new do-it-yourself. Unfortunately, I tend have the touch of death for plants. But you know what? I haven’t let being plant kryptonite stop me from growing my own juicy tomatoes and fresh herbs.

Reinventing the bento box

April 9, 2012 Cool Mom Picks Backpacks, Lunchboxes + Bags for Kids, bento boxes, Eco-friendly, Food and Drink, Home, reusable lunch containers, school lunches, stainless steel, Travel essentials

As the old saying goes: Once you go Bento you never go back. Okay, that’s not it at all. But it’s exactly how I feel every morning that I pack my kids’ lunches.

Web Coolness – Sweet carrot treats, The Kristen Chase Show, and getting kids to eat your cooking

April 6, 2012 Cool Mom Picks candy, Causes and General Do-Gooding, cool websites, crafting, Earth Day, Easter, Eco-friendly, Getting crafty, Holiday Picks, Home, Link Roundups, Media, Tweens + Big Kids, websites for dads, websites for moms

Here are some of our favorite links from around the web this week. We hope you like them too.

How-Tuesday: Embroidered Cork Jewelry

April 3, 2012 sewella cork, craft, crafting, creative reuse, DIY, Earth Day, Eco-friendly, embroidery, Home, How-Tuesday, instructions, jewelry, lifestyle, Make, Maya Kuzman, project, recycling, sewella, supplies, tutorial, upcycling

Photo by sewellaPop open a bottle of wine and have a jewelry party with us! Macedonia-based artist Maya Kuzman, a.k.a sewella, shows us how to make textural jewelry with cork and embroidery floss in this week’s How-Tuesday post. You will never look a…

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