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Busy mom tip - No time for notes, send postcards
Chasing after three young kids alone is a pretty good excuse for getting out of a lot of things, but that doesn't mean I don't feel guilty about it, in particular, my tortoise-speed ability to send any kind of snail mail note.
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Pingg gets even cooler with a dose of Alpha Mom
The only thing that could make Alpha Mom's new designer online invitations made exclusively for Pingg better is if they'd been available last month when I was planning my son's birthday party.
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The greeting cards I wish I wrote but I'm just not funny enough. Darn it.
I always give props to greeting cards that make me laugh out loud. And I don't mean that ironic kind of laugh out loud, like the rhyming cards your great aunt sends you that have been in her dresser drawer since 1974.
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Holiday cards? Already? Paper Culture says, yep.
I am so not the type to get my holiday cards picked out much before...oh, say December 26. At which point I call them New Year's cards and figure I've bought myself at least another few weeks.
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Help us pick Minted's next cool baby shower invitation. (Please! We really need the help!)
It's starting to feel like contest judging week at Cool Mom Picks. Which is fantastic, considering how much we like giving things away to deserving people. But this time, we need your help. And you can win stuff too.
One of our favorite sponsors, Minted, is hosting a "Joyful Celebration" design contest for indie designers to create modern, cheerful, baby shower and baptism invitations.
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Six more weeks 'til bobbing for apples!
I am a total Halloween loving dork, and if I had more hours in my day, I'd be That Mom who does the whole crazy haunted house thing, throws the awesome costume party, and gives out the best candy.
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Cool adoption announcements? Reader Q&A
Do you know of a company that does awesome adoption announcements - hold the bunnies? -Tanis
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Happy birthday, hot stuff
Eh, I'm over the ironic birthday cards with the cartoon characters telling you how saggy your boobs are or how you'll burn down the neighborhood with all those candles.
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B Designs' gorgeous letterpress birth announcements for twins just look expensive
I had three kids in under four years, but it's the parents who have twins who earn my respect for living with double the chaos.
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Purple Trail makes anybody a professional party planner
I want to be a good hostess, really I do. But my idea of throwing a party involves opening a few bottles of wine and putting steaks on the grill.
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The coolest thing to happen to pictures since flip books
Remember when we were kids and there were books with ridgy plastic covers where the picture seemed to move?
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