For all you out there needing last-minute holiday gifts -- Christmas gifts, Hanukkah gifts , holiday gifts, or, ahem, New Year's gifts -- we've got you! Check out this thoughtful list of last-minute gifts that don't feel last-minute at a…
We love looking for easy last-minute DIY holiday gifts each year that show our friends we care, but not all of us are gifted crafters who can knit a pair of mittens while watching a Christmas movie , or eke out the time for a complex 40-…
While of course our holiday gift guide is always full of wonderful gifts you can buy, we adore homemade holiday gifts of all kinds. It's not just that homemade gifts allow us to save some money (well, depending on the gift of course!), b…
Over the last two years, I've browsed Oprah's Favorite Things List of holiday gifts so thoroughly that I started a tradition here of sharing my favorites from her favorites. And you liked them! So much so, it can even be hard to get your…
Each year, we love sharing our favorite affordable gift ideas for everyone on your list, and this year, we've gone back to one of our most popular guides and updated it fresh for 2023. Behold: 60+ incredible gift ideas under $15 for adul…
Every year, we love to find the best handmade, DIY holiday gifts for the kids to make for all the VIPs in their lives. Even if we're not the craftiest people on the block, we love to give out DIY holiday gifts that feel more personal. (N…
Last year I browsed Oprah's Favorite Things List of holiday gifts so thoroughly that I thought -- whoa, what if I share my favorites from her favorites? So I did. And you liked them! So much so, it was hard to even get your hands on some…
For all you out there needing last-minute Christmas gifts, we got you! My son's gotten into the habit of asking Alexa how many days are left until Christmas and while it was pretty adorable at first, it can incite a little panic now that…
If you had'n't noticed, houseplants are having a real moment right now. I'm cracking up over friends who are naming their plants and calling themselves "plant parents." It's a serious obsession and considering the year we've had, I get t…
I totally get the last-minute holiday gift problem. Believe me! I mean, we may have started amassing ideas for our 2020 Holiday Gift Guide in, like...February, but hey, we're busy moms. And we're busy shopping for you sometimes at the ex…
We've shared our favorite gifts for kids under $15 , and now of course, we've got gifts for adults under $15 . After creating these affordable holiday gift lists for years now, we have one rule: No stocking stuffers! In other words, a li…
Each year, we love putting together some of our favorite gifts that give back in substantial and specific ways -- not just some undetermined percentage of your purchase going to "charities." While we definitely share these kinds of gifts…
I think these DIY mason jar spa gift ideas are just so incredibly perfect for the holidays, Mother's Day, anniversaries...you name it. I mean, is there anyone among us who could not use a little pampering right now? The way I see it, if …
This past Christmas, I wanted a perfect cashmere scarf -- long enough to wrap a couple of times, short enough that it doesn't poke out the bottom of a knee-length coat. Soft enough that I can wear it indoors, tightly knit enough that I d…
I'm not sure if it was an Instagram ad or something else that made me click over to Garmentory , but I did, and I'm in love. We're always looking for new designers or indie brands, and what a delight to find this site that's kind of like…
If you've ever read any of our gift guides, you know we love to give and receive (hint hint) beauty gifts any time of year at all. They're a brilliant, easy gift for those of us last-minute shoppers, and yet they never feel last minute a…
Yes, we still have time before Christmas -- less time before Hanukkah. So we're already heading toward "last-minute gift idea season" around here and that includes, as always, the best subscription boxes . CMP is an rstyle affiliate One …
It's true! Our 2017 Holiday Gift Guide is here, and we're so excited, we just cannot hide it. Sing it with us. Sorry, we're a little sleep deprived because we've been scouring the web as we do every year now for 12 years (yes, 12!) to fi…
Way back before Small Business Saturday, there was Cool Mom Picks. Kristen and I originally started our site as a way to support cool small businesses, mom-run companies and makers (F.K.A. "artisans") that could use a signal boost. So wh…
If you’re looking for the very best Black Friday 2017 shopping deals and discounts around the web, we've got you covered! And by best, we mean...best. Like, no junky stuff, no "buy one, get one for 6% off." Just the best deals for the sh…
We love subscription boxes, and we've covered so many of our favorites since they became such a hot gift to give. And now we've found one that comes with built-in warm fuzzies. Each Causebox subscription box is filled with about seven be…
We totally get the last-minute holiday gift problem. Believe us! I mean, we may have started working on our 2017 Holiday Gift Guide in, like...May, but hey, we're busy moms. And we're busy shopping for you! So no judgments at all if you'…
If you've got a stylish woman in your life, I've got some really fantastic ideas for you for beauty stocking stuffers. My checklist: They have to be practical, useful, affordable (well, relatively) and yet still totally fun to receive. M…
We've recently become Cheryl's Cookies converts around here, after having received a generous gift basket delivery of their buttercream cookies. (Now that's a friend.) And now...they're our newest sponsor! Which makes us very happy. If, …