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Indoor Camping Party
There is something about camping that is just so much fun. Kids love it! We enjoy our family camping trips. Sleeping in tents under the stars, laughing by the campfire, catching fireflies, and eating s'mores late into the night. Not to mention being unplugged and spending good ...read more
Christmas Movie Night + FREE Printable Movie Trivia Cards!
The Christmas season is in full swing and one of our favorite holiday traditions we love to share with our kids is planning a Holiday Movie Night. Whether it's on Christmas Eve, the first day of their holiday break, or every Friday leading up to Christmas (guilty!), it's a ...read more
Why We Love the Purse Blog: Exclusive Interview
I want to introduce you to PurseBlog. Meaghan Mahoney Dusil blogs, tweets and otherwise devotes her life to handbags. I am 100% jealous.Rather than turn green with envy over her gorgeous blog and great taste, I decided to embrace my love of PB and get some good scoop for my ...read more
Delicious Caraway Cheese Soft Pretzels Recipe
The holidays are here, and we're been enjoying all the seasonal eats and treats. To mix things up, we recently opened our Oktoberfest flavor kit from RawSpiceBar. Inside were 3 packages of spices to make your own German inspired dinner for the family. Of course, we cooked it all ...read more
cabi Conversations Dinner
I'm so excited to share the scoop behind the cabi Conversations Dinner. It was an evening of dining & discussion with cabi’s CEO, President, VP of Marketing and an amazing group of elite influencers. We headed to a unique dining experience at Feastly, a pop-up dinner party. ...read more
Raw Spice Bar: Globally Inspired Spices and Recipes Delivered Monthly
Trying to spice up your nightly dinner menu? I've been getting spices and recipes delivered monthly to me through an awesome subscription box company called Raw Spice Bar. It's so easy to get in the habit of making the same go-to recipes over and over. I'll be honest, my menu ...read more
American Girl Poem Craft for Valentine's Day
We are so smitten with the American Girl dolls. In fact, the New York City Flagship Store is one of our favorite sites in The Big Apple. Each year we can't wait to meet the newest Girl of the year. A few year's back, Gabriela McBride, was girl of the year! Gabriela is passionate ...read more
How to Throw a Totally Dino-Mite Dinosaur Party
My baby just turned 3. Three, you guys! That calls for a party. This one came out great and I want to share how to throw a totally dino-mite dinosaur party. This theme for a children's birthday is timeless and I can't wait to share my design. Dinosaur Birthday Party The guest ...read more
Hot Apple Cider Cocktail
It's starting to transition to fall, and that means apple-picking season is upon us. Driving to the local orchard is one of our family's favorite fall traditions. We load up the car and head to Apple Annie's to spend a cool fall morning picking apples and tasting all the apple ...read more
Saturday Sips: The Best Chocolate Beer
While I like beer, I don't usually drink it. I'm more of a wine or cocktail kind of gal. But, recently, I've been on a beer kick and trying new beer. It happened when I discovered the delicious concoction that is chocolate beer. Yes, it's a thing and it's just as yummy as it ...read more
Welcome to My World: Family-Friendly Things to Do in Ft. Lauderdale
Today we have a special guest post from Amanda at Kids and Cabernet. She lives with her husband and two adorable kids in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She's joining us for our Welcome to My World series to share the best family friendly things to do in Ft. Lauderdale. Best place to ...read more
Classic Root Beer Float Recipe
Today, we're frosting our glasses, cracking open our favorite A&W root beer, creating root beer floats, and getting ready to celebrate National Root Beer Float Day (tomorrow, August 6th) with our kids! A root beer float is a classic treat that instantly takes me back to my ...read more
Vtech Kidizoom Camera Pix + Kid Photo Hunt Printable
As a photographer, my kids see me take a lot of photos - for work and fun. I like to capture the little moments, especially when we're doing fun things together as a family. Summer brings lots of awesome things: vacations, day trips and activities. I got my little photographer ...read more
10 Ways to Support a Book Launch
Writing, thankfully, is not a dying art. But your author friends need your help. Now that I have my first book about to hit the stores I wanted to share easy ways to help support a book launch. Yesterday my book, MomBoss, went on pre-sale over on Amazon. It's really exciting ...read more
#MTBookChat Virtual Book Chat with Jordan Reid
TWITTER BOOK CHAT Tuesday, January 19th10 am PST / 1pm ESTHashtags:Â #MTBookChat #carryingonHosts:Â @momtrends @ramshackleglam @JenniferVido We're kicking off the New Year with our first Momtrends Virtual Book Chat of 2016! Are you a soon-to-be mom looking for some practical ...read more
Add Sparkle to Your Holiday Wish List With Zales
It's hard to believe that the holidays are right around the corner. Add some last minute sparkle from Zales to your wish list this year, or shop for someone special. Nothing is more romantic than jewelry. In my opinion, you can never go wrong with some shimmer and shine for the ...read more
Books for Working Moms
Beth Feldman is a woman of many talents. Gathering groups of talented women is one of them. Writing is another. She combined these two last week to kick off her book tour for See Mom Run: Side-Splitting Essays from the World's Most Harried Blogging Moms. This new book of ...read more
Chicago Blogger Lunch with American Girl
We love traveling to see friends and boy do we have some great friends in Chicago! On a recent marketing trip we were able to gather come of our blogging friends for a lunch at the Flagship American Girl store in Chicago. We gathered to see what's new in store and to celebrate ...read more
Momtrends Virtual Book Chat with Jessica Turner
Twitter Book Chat Tuesday, February 17th10am PST / 1pm ESTHashtag:Â #MTBookChatHosts:Â @momtrends @JessicaNTurner Coming soon! Our monthly twitter party celebrating authors by promoting a love for reading. Mark your calendars for Tuesday, February 17th from 1-2pm for our second ...read more
40+ {Skinny} Recipes To Start Your Year Healthy - Including Desserts!
Does anyone else feel like they indulged a little too much with the sweets and food over the holidays? Starting from Thanksgiving and on until New Years Eve, I've baked, cooked and eaten my way through the holidays. And I can tell my waistline and energy level have been affected ...read more
Keeping Your Tech Powered On-The-Go
We know - you're running around all day like we are. School picks-up, sports drop-offs, grocery store trips, mani appointments, work meeting across town. And everywhere you go, your phone, tablet or computer are likely by your side keeping you on-time, up-to-date and in-the-know. ...read more
Walmart Style News
Bigger isn't always better. At Momtrends we try to celebrate small things...like babies and small startups. But we can't ignore the power of numbers. Some big brands are doing exciting things--bringing great style at great prices. Walmart, one of the biggest brands out there ...read more
C.Wonder Time Warner Center Event
This week was full of events. A highlight was stopping by Tory Johnson's book party at C.Wonder in the Time Warner Center here in NYC. Tory's book, The Shift, is a best-seller. It's about her inspiring weight loss journey. In one year she lost 62 pounds. Amazing. I caught up ...read more
#CeoBootCamp with Amex Open
I've been intentionally pulling back from non-paid events this year. Partly I want to see my team to get the front-line experiences that I've been blessed with, partly so I can think strategically. When an invite came in for the AmexOpen CEO Boot Camp, I said yes. According to ...read more
#NYFW Recap
I walked all over NYC in heels to get the style scoop for the Momtrends readers. Here's a roundup of what I spotted that you need to know about. Glam Dinner Last summer Jill (Glamamom) encouraged me to join the Glam Media group. Wisely, I took her advice. My ads have never ...read more
#FashForward today in NYC
Today it is happening. I'm co-hosting the 2nd Annual Fashion Forward Conference with Audrey McClelland , Vera Sweeney and Brooke Stewart. We kick things off on the red carpet at 10am with BetterTV. I'll be sure to share segment times. If you are going to the conference, I can't ...read more
Success on Your Own Terms virtual conference with Erin Cox!
My interview airs today (7/11/13) at 6pmEST (3pmPST) You donÂ’t want to miss my interview with #ErinCox today on how I created a life of freedom, joy, success on my terms! CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR FREE! We are so excited to have been an expert in our Success on Your Own Terms ...read more
What is Bloglovin'?
Why do you need Bloglovin'? Google reader is going the way of the Dinosaur. And an good trend-spotter needs a good feed content aggregator. A source of news in one tidy package. There are many other ways to get your RSS (Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) feed. But ...read more
A Day in the Life
Every wonder exactly what a blogger/editor does all day? Wonder no more. The editors over at TEND asked me to log a typical day in my life. So I did and I shared photos too. Now the feature is live over on TEND. You can read the full piece here ...read more
Haiti Crocs Cares Program Service Trip
I've been blessed with abundance. A recent trip to Haiti with Ladies Home Journal and Crocs served as a reminder for me to practice gratitude. Last December, I traveled with Sally Lee (Editor of LHJ), LuAnn De Lesseps (of Real Housewives fame), Jennifer Brandt ...read more
Art Education for Kids: Every Artist
Art in school isn't a nicety. It's a necessity. Sadly many schools have had to slash funding for arts programs. Whenever we can shine the spotlight on a worthy arts education program, we do. My friend Brendan O'Connell has been working on a program called Every Artist. The ...read more
MiracleSuit Swimsuit Tour
To kick-off summer and celebrate MiracleSuit and their line of innovative bathing suits for women of every size and shape, Momtrends held the ultimate party on top of a Grey Line Cruise Bus in NYC. Part fashion show, part unique marketing campaign, the event featured 20 real ...read more
Olive Us: Family on Film
Olive Us: Family on Film Hurrah! @DesignMom just delivered quality family programming right into my in box. The project is called Olive Us. Gabrielle (aka DesignMom) teamed up with Tiger in a Jar to make a series of videos sharing a positive example of happy sibling ...read more
IFB Conference Recap
Sometimes you've got to step out of the box. For me that meant stepping out of my comfort zone of hobnobbing with my NYC mom blog pals or attending a social media conference where I know a ton of people (Blogher anyone?) to spend a day with the 20 somethings we are setting the ...read more
Visit to the American Museum of Natural History
Growing up in Brooklyn, I had the incredible opportunity to have access to so many cultural institutions. I especially loved exploring parks and museums on field trips where I was able to put into context what I had learned in school as well as interact and learn from so many ...read more
Mommy Time Monday: Business Book Review
Book review time. Let's talk business. Bridget Brennan is the CEO of Female Factor. She's made it her life's work to figure out why, how and where women spend their money. Her book Why She Buysshould be on the must read list for anyone in marketing, PR or advertising. Without ...read more
Momtrends Celebrates Third Blogoversary
Today we are three! Three years ago, I started Momtrends while writing for Babble.com. I had so many ideas that got turned down by Babble, I thought, "Heck, this isn't brain surgery, I'll start my own blog." We've morphed from a one-woman show to having a team of writers, a ...read more
Mommy Time Monday: Making Money as a Mom Blogger
Got your attention? In the past week I had three specific opportunities to touch on this topic. First, I teamed up with Beth Feldman (aka Rolemommy) on one of her PR365 seminars. Beth and I talked to bloggers about ways to build a brand that is compelling to advertisers. Have a ...read more
Media Training 101
Next week I will be a panelist at the R Baby event "Priorities, Passions and Community." This will be a Live Webcast on March 5th sponsored by theR Baby Foundation. To prep for the event, I was treated to a media savvy lunch with a group of power moms. After the training lunch I ...read more
One Year and Counting...
A big milestone has come and gone and I didn't even notice! On January 22, The Shopping Mama turned 1! Woo hoo! In the days leading up to the 22nd I thought about what I'd write, but then the day came and went and I totally forgot. Over the last year, I've written over 650 blog ...read more