Pencils with Personality

Make your life more colorful with this swanky set of colored pencils, nicely packaged in a sleek silver box. From Passionate to Mellow to Moody and Glamorous, there is a color for all your moods. Pencils with Personality- $22.50.

Coolest Ice Pack EVER (& VERY functional)

Stainless Steel Ice Pack

My love for inanimate objects keeps growing–the latest item I am smitten with is this Stainless Steel Ice Pack. It’s slim enough (about the size of an iphone) to fit into our Stainless Steel Lunch Containers (which by the way are airtight and very cool looking and compact), but also super helpful on many levels. As a mom, I am now always in need of ice packs to keep little Cocobeans’ bottles and food cold while we are out & about, so am thrilled to find these. Stainless Steel Ice Pack- $15.

Check us out in this week’s New York Magazine!

We were honored to be a part of New York Magazine’s Fall Preview Issue- in their awesome feature where they ask their favorite stores what’s new in the shop. We have lots to share, but gushed about our fun & functional Feed the World Cookie Cutters– love them! Make cookies of all the continents (part of the proceeds go to help fund the battle against world hunger)- a fun gift for your favorite traveling friend. Check them out here— Feed the World Cookie Cutters- $20.

Baby Lit in Real Simple

Our super-clever Baby Lit books are featured in the latest issue of Real Simple. They’re fun interpretations of classic books illustrated by Alison Oliver, making them perfect for toddlers!

Pride & Prejudice, $9.99

 

Jane Eyre, $9.99

Romeo & Juliet, $9.99

Mustaches in Paris :)

Yo! Check out my nephew Charlie in front of the Eiffel Tower with one of our crazy mustaches! LOVE IT!! Charlie and Sammy live in Spain with their parents and travel to cool places like Paris for vacation. We were lucky to spend some time with them this summer in DC when they were stateside visiting family for a few weeks. I got to hear lots of fun stories about how our shop’s products are a part of their European lives. My sister-in-law Katrina orders lots of mustaches & Prank Kits to give as birthday party gifts, but I also heard how these funny items also made their way into the classroom too- good stuff Spanish Cantrell’s!! A Moustache for All Seasons- $6.

Built for Lunch

I’ve had my eye on these Built Lunch Bags for a while now and was thrilled to learn that Annie has started selling them in the store and online.  It’s hard to find a lunch bag that an adult can use that is both fun and functional and doesn’t make them look like a little kid when they tote it around on the subway.  Better yet, this bag is insulated, expandable, and machine washable.  Seems like you can’t go wrong! Built Lunch Bag – $28.00

Smart Sleeves Rock!!

Our new Smart Sleeves are a must-have for all smart phone users! They protect your from water, dust, and everything else we encounter daily, while leaving your touch screen fully functional. These are perfect for the beach, but also great in the kitchen! Available in two sizes, they’ll fit most smartphones, even with a case!

Smart Sleeves-Large, $7.95

Happy 100th Birthday, Julia Child!

Today would have been the great Julia Child’s 100th birthday. In honor of that great lady, we’re bringing back the popular Julia Child Prayer Candles! They are handmade here in New York, and are currently available for preorder to be shipped at the end of the month.

Julia Child Prayer Candle, $16

Julia was well known for her sense of humor, so we think she would’ve been amused by this auto-tune treatment. Bon Appetit!!

50,000 pounds of compressed energy!

WOAH- 50,000 pounds of compressed energy in a super ball? Yessiree. I am not exactly sure what that means but it’s been getting people excited and as the back of the ball says, “It’s the most fantastic ball ever created by science!” It bounces up to 75 feet! and part of the proceeds go to help the Wham-O Has Heart Foundation– DOUBLE  WHAM-O!!! Super Bouncy Ball- $2.50.

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: the non-technical kind

We are all set for Back to School at the shop (check out lots of awesome goodies for headed back to school/work/whatever here) but we have all spent countless hours debating one important question: which planner should we buy. I tried to go all digital, but it’s just not working for me people– I need to see my crazy handwriting to realize something important is happening tmrw at 2. Jess gravitated to Knock Knock’s Academic Planner, above- in our fav Kelly green (it comes with a plastic sleeve in there which would be great for biz cards, receipts, even extra cash). I am leaning more towards the Draw Your Tomorrow Planner that we talked about earlier. And then there is also this cool TOMORROW White Planner that is sleek and cool and just the right size for my everyday bag. All of them are thin and portable, but also are spiral bound which my friend Jill pointed out will be good for laying flat on my desk…. Lots of choices! And many great options…. Academic Planner- $16.