While we love the gifts and gear for the wee ones in our lives, we’re always on the lookout for services and support just for the hard-working parents out there.

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• Internet Businesses Websites Businesses for Sale Opportunities

Continue reading → Editors Best of 2008 - The coolest websites, services, and stuff just for moms

Among the many things my mom was a stickler about, a written thank you
note for gifts was pretty close to the top of the list. I’m a bit
embarrassed to say that I’ve gotten lax when it comes to…

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Continue reading → The two coolest thank you notes for holiday gifts

Shameless holiday card procrastinator #87146B here, hanging head low and admitting that I have not yet picked out our family’s holiday cards. Most likely we’ll do what I generally do, which is send…

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• Bells Christmas Current 1991-Now Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles
• Garlands Christmas Modern 1946-90 Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles
• Christmas Vintage Pre-1946 Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles

Continue reading → Attention procrastinators, there’s still time to make Christmas cards

If you’re like me, your baby will be sitting up quite nicely by the time the birth announcements go out. In fact, you might think to yourself, I have to do holiday cards anyway, why not just wait?…

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• St. Patricks Day Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles
• New Year Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles
• Holiday Vintage Pre-1968 Disneyana Collectibles

Continue reading → Something for those poor new babies who will always get the combined birthday/holiday gift the rest of their lives.

Because I’m spending less on gifts this year than in years past, I’m putting a little more into the presentation - nicer wrapping, nicer ribbons, and hopefully less dog hair underneath the Scotch…

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Continue reading → Gift tags from Pretty Bitter: Self-adhesive and self-deprecating all at once.

Sometimes you want a little glitz in your greetings, and sometimes you just want something cool, simple and smart. Thanks to Hoote + Annie’s new online shop, you can grab the holiday card of your…

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Continue reading → Seasons greetings, tied up with a bow

I may not be a fan of matchy-matchy outfits, but coordinated stationery ensembles are the sort of matching that I can appreciate, as long as they’re done well.  No pastel teddy bears or scary…

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• Teddy Ruxpin Bears Dolls Bears
• Vermont Teddy Bear Co. Bears Dolls Bears

Continue reading → Don’t leave the hospital without your Brella

The idea of pediatricians formulating baby skin care products–as the MD Moms have done with the much beloved Baby Silk line–is easy to understand. But I love that they’ve outdone themselves this…

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• Childrens Skin Care Skin Care Store
• Strivectin Anti-Aging Products Skin Care Store
• Clinique Moisturizers Skin Care Store

• 3 Proven Skin Care Ingredients •3 Proven Skin Care Ingredients Just because it's pricey and comes in a pretty jar, it doesn't necessarily mean a product has more effective skin care ingredients. Often, "lower-priced products may work better than their more expensive counterparts," says Arthur W. Perry, MD, author of the book Straight Talk about......

Continue reading → When a card is so much more than just a card

I love receiving a birthday card in the mail, but when it’s my time
to send them out, I usually resort to a hastily typed email. Forgive
me, but taking three kids anywhere near a rack of greeting…

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Continue reading → If you don’t know Jack. . .

Since I’ve got a house full of kids, it’s a safe bet that my holiday cards are going to feature photos of those kids.  But I still want those cards to reflect my taste–which means no cards with…

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• Cards Christmas Vintage Pre-1946 Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles
• Cards Christmas Modern 1946-90 Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles
• Cards Christmas Current 1991-Now Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles

Continue reading → fin + roe: For parents who still get to pick out the Christmas cards

Out of consideration for my post-baby figure, I rarely bake any more. It’s just one of the sacrifices I make in the name of vanity. But at holiday time, my no-bake resolution goes out the window (and…

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Continue reading → The sweetest announcements. Literally.

I totally dare you to get this New Year’s Card by Robyn Miller Design, customize it with your own message, sign it with a beautiful heartfelt note — and upload a photo of your crying, screaming,…

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Continue reading → Peace on earth. I mean it. Now.

Maybe you have time to sit down and write a newsy, personal note in every holiday card you send out, but personally, I consider it a good day if I can make the time to get fully dressed. And don’t…

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Continue reading → So much better than a holiday letter. (Oh so much better.)

Every year, our families bug us about our holiday cards because we only send pictures of the kids. I guess my husband and I never figured that anyone would actually want to see our mugs too.

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Continue reading → Silhouette cards - Make sure they get your good side.

I’m one of those goofy, sentimental types where it comes to personal correspondence.  If you send me a card, you can be sure it will occupy a place of honor on my refrigerator.

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Continue reading → Not since the mimeograph have we been more excited to sniff paper

While I’ve always liked the idea of buying holiday cards that benefit a charity, the reality of some of those options was… not really what I had in mind.

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• Christmas Vintage Greeting Cards Paper Collectibles
• Victorian Vintage Greeting Cards Paper Collectibles
• Valentines Day Vintage Greeting Cards Paper Collectibles

Continue reading → Greeting cards for charities that benefit you too

 I have a confession to make: Generally I am terrible when it comes to sending out holiday cards. I always intend on ordering the photo ones, but there have been years when I just don’t get…

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Continue reading → Soy to the World: Greener greetings from My Good Greetings

Hey, there’s nothing wrong with wanting a card depicting a pregnant woman on your shower invitations and thank you notes, but you don’t want something all realistic, right? Because what would your…

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Continue reading → Shower invitations just like you, if you were well-rested and a watercolor

While I’ll happily spend hours browsing through all types of stationery, searching for just the right mix of simplicity and elegance, greeting cards almost always leave me cold.  Blame it on…

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• Vintage Greeting Cards Paper Collectibles
• Mixed Lots Vintage Greeting Cards Paper Collectibles
• Valentines Day Vintage Greeting Cards Paper Collectibles

Continue reading → Utterly charming cards. Really.

Not that Yom Kippur is a Hallmark holiday or anything, but oh, how I am sending this Yom Kippur e-card out today to all my friends and observant family today.

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Continue reading → Hey, if you can’t laugh about Yom Kippur…

The most thoughtful cards are ones you make yourself, I suppose, if you have any sort of artistic ability. If you want a card with a smudged scribble and some glitter on it, I could probably manage…

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Continue reading → Flaunting my lack of greeting card-making talent

Want to add an air of permanence to your child’s library? And want to call that stack of chewed books in the corner of her room a library? Here’s how: Bookplates

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Continue reading → Get Your Paws Off My Books

As my daughter gets older and more capable of making bigger messes, we’re giving her more responsibilities. That means making her bed, clearing her plate, and yes, even writing her own thank-you…

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Continue reading → They’re never too young to say thanks

I realize that unless someone actually sent me a gift after my babies arrived, then technically speaking, the thank-you should come from the baby - hence all the cutesy thank you cards.But I…

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Continue reading → You Write the Thank You Cards. Not the Baby.

Some of my fondest memories of lunchtime as a kid involved reaching into my brown paper lunch bag and feeling around between the sandwich and the granny smith apple for a surprise note from my mom,…

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Continue reading → I love you, you’re perfect, now finish your carrots

Frequent CMP readers know that whoo-hoo! is about our most favorite phrase in the whole wide world. Whoo-hoo you won a free stroller! Whoo-hoo we’re featured in Real Simple Magazine! Whoo-hoo we just…

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Continue reading → Woo Hoo! That’s CMP-Speak for Congratulations. Among Other Things.

I had my fair share of hearty chuckles after discovering Motherhood with Attitude’s hilarious greeting cards last year. So when co-owner Janalee Chmel clued me in to their new Thank You Card Box Set,…

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Continue reading → Thank You Cards with Attitude

Some of us are party-throwers, and some of us are party-goers. I’m in
the latter category; just the thought of planning a guest list has me biting
off my nails. However, the custom invitations from…

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Continue reading → Custom Invitations That Give You an Excuse to Need Them

I may have several drawers full of stationery, but that doesn’t mean
I’m particularly good about keeping in touch; I rarely get a chance to
sit down at my kitchen table and put pen to paper without…

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Continue reading → Thank You Notes To Go

What do you get when you mix modern sensibilities with the ancient art of letterpress printing, then sprinkle the top with a dash of whimsy? The sweet yet minimalist designs of Dee & Lala.

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Continue reading → Letterpress cards for moms that don’t scream LETTERPRESS CARDS FOR MOMS

I’m not a girlie-girl.  In fact, I tend to be a minimalist when it
comes to dress and decor.  When my daughter showed up, we ended up
custom-designing our announcements because we couldn’t…

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Continue reading → It’s A Girl, and No She Will Not Be Wearing Any Sheep

We’ve all wished for more hours in the day, but I think mom and artist
Rebecca Peragine of Art and Philanthropy must have actually found them.

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Continue reading → Art + Philanthrophy. A Combo We Can Get Behind.

Graphic designer Jen does some pretty irreverent things with stationery at her shop Just Jenn Designs - I wouldn’t necessarily get my kid a set of the punk-ass cursive cards (although I really do…

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Continue reading → Join the Circus Like You Wanted To

Oh sure, today you could dig out the Old Navy flag tees that you get to wear once a year–or that your kids get to wear once, total.

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• Navy Militaria Date Unknown Militaria Collectibles
• Navy Seal Romance Books

Continue reading → Proud to be an American

If you spent less time picking out baby names than trying to find a birth announcement that’s unique, fabulous, quirky, and perfectly free of gingham and teddy bears, you are very much in luck.

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Continue reading → Birth Announcements on Acid

How can we resist falling instantly, madly in love with a card company called Pretty Bitter? We can’t. And we didn’t. Which is why you’re reading about them today.

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Continue reading → Pretty. Bitter. Awesome.

We couldn’t leave you mamas with sleepaway-ready kids out of Happy Camper Week on Cool Mom Picks, so we found some camp stationery we couldn’t resist. And, hopefully, neither will your kids. Which…

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Continue reading → Happy Camper Week on Cool Mom Picks: Camp Stationery, of Course

For those of you who woke up this morning thinking Oh [your favorite expletive], I forgot to send a Father’s Day card! we’ve got you covered with the hilarious free e-cards from Rattlebox.

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Continue reading → E-Cards That Don’t Make You Cringe As You Press Send

I procrastinated greatly putting together my second daughter’s birth announcement, in part because I couldn’t settle on a single photo

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Continue reading → Video Birth Announcements: It’s a New World, Isn’t It