Cool Mom Picks From April 2009
Me Gusta Spanglish Sing-Along!
I know less Spanish than the average eighth grader, so I was a tad skeptical about my ability to review a CD called Spanglish Sing-Along! (Exclamation point theirs.) I shouldn't have worried.
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Nothing says I love you quite like recycled cardboard
I love the idea of making a small Mother's Day gift (or really, any gift) more special through presentation, so these heart gift boxes caught my eye right away.
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The perfect corsage for Mother's Day and beyond
I have always hated corsages; they're stiff and poke-y and awkward, and they start drooping and looking sad almost immediately. But a brooch made to look like a beautiful flower? That's a concept I can get behind.
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Affordable baby gifts that look like they're not
I love buying artwork for baby gifts, but the idea of actually taking the time to get something framed is a bit of pain in the postpartum rear. So fortunately CMP (and pretty much every design blog) fave Binth Studio has a new line of wonderful framed prints, at prices that would make you think they're not.
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Brittain Road: The road to cute tees
There's no shortage of cute children's tees out there; we ought to know, considering how many of them we've featured. But we're still always on the lookout for cool new designs that make us sit up and take notice.
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Sweet knees and elbows and cheeks and bum.
The best part of bathing my baby is breathing him in afterward--but it does call into question exactly what's in those bubbles and that bum cream anyway.
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Regifting the gift bag
I have been a fan of gift bags for a long time, because I truly suck at wrapping gifts. And, we all know the dirty little secret when it comes to gift bags--what comes around goes around. And around and around.
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Ballerina girl
Aside from good calves and bad toes, my many years of ballet training gave me a huge soft spot for ballet flats, especially when they come in mini versions for little girls.
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Stick it; stick it good
Why give a goodie bag full of useless plastic toys that will break five minutes after you give them out, when for the same price you could give each party attendee three sheets of personalized stickers that go with your party's theme?
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Mother's Day gifts for the mother of all mothers (or at least the mother of you)
Holy weepy grandmother - I just discovered the personalized plates from Aedriel Dixon's etsy shop and if that's not going to have Nana or Bubbie or Gamma flying through the Kleenex Designer Florals on Mother's Day then I don't know what will. ... [More]
A paint-your-own kit with an adorable twist
With two craft-loving girls, I have enough kids' art supplies in my home to start a small store. That said, I have never seen anything like the adorable set of paint-your-own nesting dolls from Kookle and know my kids would go ga-ga over this kit.
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