Cool Mom Picks - Announcements, Invites and Cards

Wednesday 24 June

Sorry my kid sucks. Can we come over again tomorrow?

Noah is playing with the toy truck. Sam wants the toy truck. Sam grabs it out of Noah's hands and bops him with the front left tire when Noah tries to take it back. Sam's mom wishes she could spontaneously disappear. The next day, Noah's mom receives a card slipped under her front door. ... [More]

Sunday 21 June

Happy Father's Day to all the cool dads of the world

Happy Fathers Day cool dads. Hope you get everything you want today including some time to yourself. ... [More]

Monday 15 June

It's a cold, hard world out there. I mean, Happy Graduation!

Wisdom + Experience medallion So you reeeally should be acknowledging your friend's high school or college kid's graduation, but you want something just a wee bit beyond a card although not quite in gift territory. ... [More]

Monday 01 June

The father's day gift we all wish we could give.

I will do one thing today notepad Is it too passive aggressive to get my sigOth this notepad on Father's Day? ... [More]

Friday 29 May

Camp stationery the kids might actually use (we say now)

I went to summer camp for five years, and I loved every minute of it. I also almost never wrote home, despite my mother's exhortations, because it just seemed too much trouble to write a whole letter when there were things to do. ... [More]

Tuesday 26 May

Cards from Paper Culture: Design totally within reach

Baby shower invitation from Paper Culture The beautiful new collection of cards, announcements and invitations from Paper Culture have me as excited as any note cards we've seen in a while. And we see a whole lot of note cards so that's saying something. ... [More]

Monday 18 May

The cutest personalized notecards perhaps ever. Ever!

personalized note cards from Olliegraphic Don't you love the look on your child's face when you give her personalized pencils with her name? Now imagine the look when she gets a set of personalized note cards with her own face on it. Or at least a retro-hip illustrated version of it. ... [More]

Sunday 03 May

There's no place like gnome

Confession time. When I was a kid I was totally into gnomes, fairies and pixies. And, while my love for airborne nymphs has diminished, I still have a soft spot for the old, bearded, chubby forest dwellers. I think that's why I got all nostalgic when I saw these charming Gnome note cards ... [More]

Wednesday 29 April

Personalized stationery where you'd least expect it.

custom notepads and stationery from Shutterfly Personalized stationery is one of those things I never think to buy for myself, but when I get it as a gift I tear through it. So when I was looking to maybe be a little proactive and refill the stash, I was shocked to find what it cost - or at least the stuff I like. I guess I have expensive taste like that. ... [More]

Tuesday 28 April

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's super [your kid's name here]!

There are lots of cute birthday invites out there--heck, we feature tons of them right her--but we have not seen anything quite like the custom comic book invitations from Egba Originals. ... [More]

Monday 20 April

This will be the year you don't procrastinate and get your Mother's Day cards done early. Right? Right?

mother's day card from fox and winston I would say that now is a good time to start tracking down Mother's Day cards so you're not freaking out on May 9, and emailing us all Wah! You have to save me! Who makes e-cards that don't suck? ... [More]