9 incredible high-tech beauty gifts for Mother’s Day
My favorite Mother’s Day gifts usually involve a day to go recharge with some spa treatments, but I’m thinking this is the year to bring the spa home, right? I’ve been scouring reviews and reading up on the very best high-tech beauty gifts for...
Mother’s Day Tech Guide: 10 tech gifts that will make quarantine a little easier
Ah yes, Mother’s Day in quarantine, which we think means making it extra special. The mom in your life doesn’t necessarily have to be a techie to appreciate a tech gift. We’re pretty sure all of these would make any mom we know – tech savvy or...
These funny Mother’s Day cards are so 2018.
I always say that when it comes to parenting, if I wasn’t laughing, I’d be crying. Maybe that’s why I love these funny Mother’s Day cards that you still might be able to grab before Sunday if you hurry, or in a couple of cases, download them....
A cool Mother’s Day gift for your favorite mobile mama.
No, sorry! It’s not an iPhone case with your kids’ photos all over it. Though, look, we love those too. But for the tech-savvy mobile mom who’s happy to show you photos of her kids from her iPhone gallery, she needs this fun, glittery Hey Mama iPhone...
What’s as easy as a Mother’s Day card but so much cooler? These photo gift boxes.
You know what’s just as easy as buying and send a a card but packs a whole lot more punch? Greetabl, a cool photo gift box that we’re so glad to have discovered, because sending a plain card for a big occasion like Mother’s Day can sometimes feel a...
Give the Mother’s Day gift of tech organization, wrapped in a swanky leather case
If the mom in your life (maybe you?) is like me, then she spends too much time unraveling her earbuds on a daily basis. That’s why I’m secretly hoping someone in my life sees this post and orders me this leather earphone case from Pottery Barn, with a...
A stylus with a particular sense of humor: Yours
I’ve been a fan of the Carbon Crusader for a while — their engraved Hamilton Pencils were a huge hit with our readers over the holidays. So I’m happy to see the fantastic new custom stylus pens. While there are a few R-rated versions (like uh, the...
A pastel phone case pretty enough to eat. But don’t. Because it’s a phone case.
Sometimes I see a phone accessory so gorgeous, I just want to eat it up. Which I know sounds weird, until you see the beautiful ice cream-colored pastel leather wallet-style phone cases for iPhone and Galaxy phones, via UK’s Snakehive London. Take a look at the...
3 helpful group gift websites that make the process so much easier
We’re coming up end-of-the-year gifts for teachers, grads, and coaches over the next month, plus Father’s Day, which often means lots of group gifts. And as you might have experienced, chasing people down and keeping track of everyone’s money (all...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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