The Emoji Moms Really Need

Sometimes pictures speak louder than words, which may be the reason that emoji are such a hot trend with the text- and social-media-savvy set these days. "I'm a creative director at heart and therefore very visual," says Gina Pell, founder of LOLy, an iPhone app that allows you to download hip, funny emoji. "I have always preferred sending ridiculous images or emoji over words, and I was surprised that nobody had created a more stylish, modern, witty emoji for women."

So Pell took matters into her own hands.

As a mother of two and a successful tech entrepreneur, she says, "I was always on the lookout for something cool and decided, after years of waiting, that it was time for me to simply make them myself. I made LOLy with a small, all-woman team of freelancers and surveyed hundreds of girls, women, and hip guy friends to come up with emoji they've been craving." See all of the clever ways to put LOLy's graphics to work in your day-to-day texting (and download the free app here!).

When your kid's holiday wish list is totally over-the-top
LOLy

When your kid's holiday wish list is totally over-the-top

When you really, really, really need a day off
LOLy

When you really, really, really need a day off

When they finally head back to school!
LOLy

When they finally head back to school!

When you're way overdue for a coffee date with your BFF
LOLy

When you're way overdue for a coffee date with your BFF

Please, please, please let the sitter be available!
LOLy

Please, please, please let the sitter be available!

Oops, your kid was the playground's very own "Patient Zero"
LOLy

Oops, your kid was the playground's very own "Patient Zero"

Your toddler shared at preschool today!
LOLy

Your toddler shared at preschool today!

When your teen takes her driving test
LOLy

When your teen takes her driving test

When your baby needs a virtual Band-Aid:
LOLy

When your baby needs a virtual Band-Aid:

Woo-hoo, they're spending the night at Grandma and Grandpa's!
LOLy

Woo-hoo, they're spending the night at Grandma and Grandpa's!

Mom screwed this one up!
LOLy

Mom screwed this one up!

What you wouldn't give to be here . . .
LOLy

What you wouldn't give to be here . . .

You may be spending your anniversary in sweatpants with takeout, but it's still . . .
LOLy

You may be spending your anniversary in sweatpants with takeout, but it's still . . .

Oops, forgot her lunch box love note. Here's its stand-in:
LOLy

Oops, forgot her lunch box love note. Here's its stand-in:

Once they get you talking about what you really think of the school board president . . .
LOLy

Once they get you talking about what you really think of the school board president . . .

You go together like:
LOLy

You go together like: