When I was blessed with my first baby I knew it was the beginning of a wonderful life, I vowed I’d be a great mom, better than a great mom; something like a super mom. Two more kids followed in the subsequent six years and I found my motherly ambitions drowned in baby food and the sound of my kids screaming that bath time should be illegal.
My mom was the person who made it easier for me. She’d take the kids when I desperately needed sleep and I couldn’t understand how she could consent to still watching children after she’d raised four of her own (we were monsters). But she did it all for me and I have to admit that when my kids gave me their clumsy little drawings or handprints as mothers day gifts, I’d forget their temper tantrums. When they were all old enough to go to school I began finding time for myself again and that’s when it hit me, it had been a good ten years since I’d gotten a mothers day gift for my mom. I’d forgotten completely that my mom was still, my mom! I felt terrible and it didn’t help when I found out that dad had been giving mothers day gifts to her because she was after all, his wife. I had to make up for it so I went online and began to look for something; I knew it had to be something that’d blow her away! She had a craving for fruit so I began searching for something unique and special in the mothers day fruit baskets category.
Nothing was impressive enough (especially after ten years of no mothers day gifts) so my husband helped out. He told me to get my mom a fruit bouquet; he’d been buying them for his mom for years now. They looked wonderful to me, they had all kinds of fruit cut and shaped like flowers and dipped in chocolate, there were even chocolate dipped strawberries! Mom was so overwhelmed when she saw it that she actually cried. It was the first in many great mothers day gifts.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Fruit Baskets For Mom's
My mom gave up what could’ve been a really rewarding career for us three kids. She became a stay at home mom and raised us. She had a business degree from Harvard but she preferred to spend a good long ten years helping her kids solve their middle school math sums. Naturally when I grew up, I was the proudest kid in the world, I’d been raised by a super mom and I never forgot it.Every mothers day, I’d scout out every store in the mall and every website on the internet until I’d find the very best mothers day gift for my mom that was out there. Last year mom finally decided to go back to work. While I really wanted to encourage her I didn’t know how I’d tell her that corporate America had changed a lot since she’d left. I was anxious she’d have a hard time fitting in and my fears weren’t unfounded. Two weeks in to her job and she called me up sounding miserable. I tried to make her feel better, (like she’d always done for me whenever I came home from school upset). I wasn’t very effective but I didn’t want her to give up. It was late April and mothers day would be coming soon so I decided that I’d try sending her some early mothers day gifts just to cheer her up. It didn’t work and mom (in her disappointed mood) even told me she didn’t want any mothers day gifts that year, she wouldn’t even hear the word ‘Mothers day fruit baskets’. I tried my best to make mom feel better but not even the mothers day flowers that I sent made any difference.
I was wondering what I’d give her on mothers day and second guessed most of the stuff that I picked out until I landed on fruit bouquets. They looked perfect; I was sure mom had never seen anything like it and I was right. I had it sent to her early (at the office) and it was just the morale booster she needed. I was proud to have made my mom ‘feel better’.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
My Mothers Day Gifts
If it weren’t for the internet I’m pretty sure life as I know it would’ve ended around the time I moved out to live on my own. We were the family that did everything (annoyed as we were of it) together. Even if we needed a carton of milk, dad would load us all in the ‘family sedan’ and drive to the super market. We all made our mothers day gifts at home and mom always put oranges in the toe of our Christmas stockings. I knew when my parents got old; they’d be the old people who hated technology and used CDs for coasters.
The good part about living alone was that I could use any and all kinds of battery powered stuff to organize my life and the greatest convenience I found was in online shopping! Mom used to go nuts trying to find mothers day gifts for grandma and dad would lose his mind when he had to buy mothers day gifts from the store. I’d seen a relentless stream of flowers sent to my grandparents. I’ve never admitted it to my mom but I always buy gifts online. (The shock would be too much for my parents, they still haven’t recovered from the first credit card fraud that hit America).
The internet’s never failed me to date. Last year while my sister (who doesn’t trust websites) was trying to make my ears bleed from her insane talk about mothers day gifts, I was holding the phone to one ear saying ‘yeah’ and ‘ok’ at appropriate intervals, while shopping for mothers day fruit baskets online. I found a really unique fruit gift for my mom; a fruit bouquet! It had all kinds of covered in chocolate. There were chocolate dipped strawberries and oranges and pineapples half dipped in chocolate. The fruit bouquets looked like flowers (except they were made from fruit) and mom just loved them. She’s convinced that something that good can’t have come from the evil internet, I say whatever makes mom happy!.
The good part about living alone was that I could use any and all kinds of battery powered stuff to organize my life and the greatest convenience I found was in online shopping! Mom used to go nuts trying to find mothers day gifts for grandma and dad would lose his mind when he had to buy mothers day gifts from the store. I’d seen a relentless stream of flowers sent to my grandparents. I’ve never admitted it to my mom but I always buy gifts online. (The shock would be too much for my parents, they still haven’t recovered from the first credit card fraud that hit America).
The internet’s never failed me to date. Last year while my sister (who doesn’t trust websites) was trying to make my ears bleed from her insane talk about mothers day gifts, I was holding the phone to one ear saying ‘yeah’ and ‘ok’ at appropriate intervals, while shopping for mothers day fruit baskets online. I found a really unique fruit gift for my mom; a fruit bouquet! It had all kinds of covered in chocolate. There were chocolate dipped strawberries and oranges and pineapples half dipped in chocolate. The fruit bouquets looked like flowers (except they were made from fruit) and mom just loved them. She’s convinced that something that good can’t have come from the evil internet, I say whatever makes mom happy!.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Why Gift Baskets Are Better for Mothers day 2010
Mothers day gifts never really make it to the level of being rated in a ‘must have’ list like Christmas gifts, and few stores decorate for this big day. Only TV channels give Mothers day as much importance as they would any other holiday and that’s probably because of a little thing called commercial breaks and ratings. There’s no top ten must have mother’s day gifts list because every year people line up outside flower shops, buy the most affordable and presentable bouquet there is and have it delivered to their parent.
I kind of always thought that the whole point of having something delivered to someplace was that you couldn’t get there yourself for one reason or the other but people have flowers delivered to their moms who live at a mile’s drive. Many people fail to understand that Mother’s day has conveniently been fixed for the second Sunday of May so that people can take the time to see their mothers.
For those people who do venture over to their mom once in awhile, you may have noticed that mom still has those clumsy drawings and mothers day craft projects you made when you were little, displayed all over the house. Lately you’ve only been giving her flowers which die in a few days and have to be thrown out, so she doesn’t really have anything to show for all those mothers’ days.
Here’s a little piece of reality; moms like to show off their mothers day gifts! The ever boring bunch of flowers that you keep sending mom aren’t doing anything for her, you need to give her a substantial gift that she can be proud of or not give her anything at all. Substantial gifts don’t have to be ridiculously expensive jewelry, if your mom still cherishes your childhood crafts; she isn’t going to get picky because her mother’s day gift isn’t worth half your house. A very easy way to give a nice, affectionate and lasting gift to your mom is to pick something from the ever expanding world of mothers day fruit baskets. Admittedly whenever you think of gift baskets, you get the image of an old grandma rocking in her chair and knitting. Not many people will consider gift baskets as a good mothers day gift even though they’re one of the most recommended gifts for the occasion. Mothers day gift baskets come in a lot of variety and themes so the chances that you find something for your mom in the shape of a gift basket are really good.
More often than not, a gift basket will have something that’ll be a keepsake for your mom to remember the day and moms can make keepsakes out of practically anything, even cookie jars. If you want you can get her fruit bouquet which is pretty much like a gift basket only the container is much better and more likely to make a good keepsake than anything else. The best part, the fruit bouquet has fruit and chocolate and that’s likely to make any mom happy.
I kind of always thought that the whole point of having something delivered to someplace was that you couldn’t get there yourself for one reason or the other but people have flowers delivered to their moms who live at a mile’s drive. Many people fail to understand that Mother’s day has conveniently been fixed for the second Sunday of May so that people can take the time to see their mothers.
For those people who do venture over to their mom once in awhile, you may have noticed that mom still has those clumsy drawings and mothers day craft projects you made when you were little, displayed all over the house. Lately you’ve only been giving her flowers which die in a few days and have to be thrown out, so she doesn’t really have anything to show for all those mothers’ days.
Here’s a little piece of reality; moms like to show off their mothers day gifts! The ever boring bunch of flowers that you keep sending mom aren’t doing anything for her, you need to give her a substantial gift that she can be proud of or not give her anything at all. Substantial gifts don’t have to be ridiculously expensive jewelry, if your mom still cherishes your childhood crafts; she isn’t going to get picky because her mother’s day gift isn’t worth half your house. A very easy way to give a nice, affectionate and lasting gift to your mom is to pick something from the ever expanding world of mothers day fruit baskets. Admittedly whenever you think of gift baskets, you get the image of an old grandma rocking in her chair and knitting. Not many people will consider gift baskets as a good mothers day gift even though they’re one of the most recommended gifts for the occasion. Mothers day gift baskets come in a lot of variety and themes so the chances that you find something for your mom in the shape of a gift basket are really good.
More often than not, a gift basket will have something that’ll be a keepsake for your mom to remember the day and moms can make keepsakes out of practically anything, even cookie jars. If you want you can get her fruit bouquet which is pretty much like a gift basket only the container is much better and more likely to make a good keepsake than anything else. The best part, the fruit bouquet has fruit and chocolate and that’s likely to make any mom happy.
Mothers Day Gifts That Cost Next To Nothing
In my opinion one mothers day gift can’t ever be enough because one day can’t really be enough to show mom how much she means to you. I’m not one of those people who think Mother’s day is just a dumb hallmark holiday. I just think one day really isn’t enough because as much as I plan to give mom a really great surprise I’m always disappointed with my efforts because whatever I buy or do, it just doesn’t seem to do the trick.
I gave mom flowers three years in a row because that’s what everyone else does but I never really got the feeling that mom liked them for what they were; a mothers day fruit baskets. She only liked them because they were flowers and it would be nice to have some around for a while.
Since then I’ve experimented with several things to send my mom in the week leading to mothers day. Some good and some bad and I’ve noticed she cherishes most if not all of them and she doesn’t really miss the flowers I used to send her. My mothers day gift giving regime is pretty simple and straight forward. The no. one rule is no splurging, mom can tell if I’ve just thrown money at a sparkly something to make her happy and she doesn’t like it. She ends up feeling guilty herself which isn’t something that I hope to achieve when I buy a gift for my mom.
In my opinion these are the best mothers day gifts I’ve ever given to date;
Picture Album
Scrapbooks and picture albums seem like a childish idea at first and I definitely thought that my mom wouldn’t want any more pictures but to my surprise she loved it! It wasn’t the ordinary picture filled scrapbook. I added some other memories from my childhood, (ones I’d shared with my mom) to it, like a hand woven bracelet she taught me to make and some Girl Scout memories.
Recipe book
I compiled a collection of all the special family recipes in one album and complemented it with pictures of mom giving me cooking lessons and me and my sisters having fun in the kitchen. I found tons of stickers to decorate the album and even had a label and dedication printed on it. The book was dedicated to my mom and had a special mothers day message to accompany it.
Hand knit sweater
This one didn’t come out as well as I’d hoped it would, I was a first timer at it and it didn’t come out as neat as it would have if my mom had made it and it took me two months to make it. This isn’t really the kind of gift you can give your mom if you’re short on time but you can consider it for next year. (Mom gave me a book on knitting basics on my birthday that year)
Gift baskets
I had no idea that my mom liked getting gift baskets; I was browsing online and looking at all the different http://www.ediblearrangements.com/fruit-baskets.aspx and bought one on a whim. It was food themed, and made of fruit. It was the gift that my mom loved the most. My major recommendation this year is a fruit bouquet which is a lot like a gift basket only the presentation and style is much better.
I gave mom flowers three years in a row because that’s what everyone else does but I never really got the feeling that mom liked them for what they were; a mothers day fruit baskets. She only liked them because they were flowers and it would be nice to have some around for a while.
Since then I’ve experimented with several things to send my mom in the week leading to mothers day. Some good and some bad and I’ve noticed she cherishes most if not all of them and she doesn’t really miss the flowers I used to send her. My mothers day gift giving regime is pretty simple and straight forward. The no. one rule is no splurging, mom can tell if I’ve just thrown money at a sparkly something to make her happy and she doesn’t like it. She ends up feeling guilty herself which isn’t something that I hope to achieve when I buy a gift for my mom.
In my opinion these are the best mothers day gifts I’ve ever given to date;
Picture Album
Scrapbooks and picture albums seem like a childish idea at first and I definitely thought that my mom wouldn’t want any more pictures but to my surprise she loved it! It wasn’t the ordinary picture filled scrapbook. I added some other memories from my childhood, (ones I’d shared with my mom) to it, like a hand woven bracelet she taught me to make and some Girl Scout memories.
Recipe book
I compiled a collection of all the special family recipes in one album and complemented it with pictures of mom giving me cooking lessons and me and my sisters having fun in the kitchen. I found tons of stickers to decorate the album and even had a label and dedication printed on it. The book was dedicated to my mom and had a special mothers day message to accompany it.
Hand knit sweater
This one didn’t come out as well as I’d hoped it would, I was a first timer at it and it didn’t come out as neat as it would have if my mom had made it and it took me two months to make it. This isn’t really the kind of gift you can give your mom if you’re short on time but you can consider it for next year. (Mom gave me a book on knitting basics on my birthday that year)
Gift baskets
I had no idea that my mom liked getting gift baskets; I was browsing online and looking at all the different http://www.ediblearrangements.com/fruit-baskets.aspx and bought one on a whim. It was food themed, and made of fruit. It was the gift that my mom loved the most. My major recommendation this year is a fruit bouquet which is a lot like a gift basket only the presentation and style is much better.
DIY Mothers Day Gift Ideas
There aren’t a lot of people who can go out and find that one perfect gift for mom because moms are just too special and whether you’re walking through the discount store, Tiffany’s or just browsing online you know that it’s pretty near impossible to actually find just one gift item that can say it all and translate your feelings for your mom. As much as people say that flowers do that stuff, I still don’t believe that a gift that’s going die and make my mom sad when she throws it out is any good.
What I and many of my friends do is that we break our mothers day gifts down into several gifts. There’s of course the main event, that special gift that I’ll give my mom on the big day but because I love my mom so much, I give her other things that I make myself and she just loves them. It’s mostly stuff that she can use at home or enjoy for a long time.
A potted plant
I take pottery classes so this one is a cinch to make but even if you don’t you can buy one at any discount store, fill it with soil, add a nice loving message on the outside. Decorate it with a nice ribbon and for an extra touch add a little sapling that can grow on the window sill.
Home improvement
By home improvement I don’t mean that you should go and knock out a wall in your mom’s home and try and fit an extra bedroom in it. Do some repair work; there’s always repair work to do around a house. Fix a broken window or a cabinet that has loose hinge. And if you really want to make mom happy, mow the lawn.
Add to a collection
If your mom likes to collect stuff like unique buttons or wine or perfume bottles, find something that you can add to her collection. She might like to collect cookie cutters or beads, whatever the case find something to contribute to her interests.
The main event
The big mothers day gift isn’t a DIY deal but it makes it easier to give mom a gift bought from a store when I’ve already done something for her myself. Of course my preferred gifts, mothers day fruit baskets, are pretty much something that can stand on their own but it’s not about the gift as much as it is about the mom. I usually buy mothers day gift baskets for her but this year I’m probably going with a fruit bouquet, something that my sister sent me on my birthday. I know mom will just love it because it has two major things that all women love; fruit and chocolate.
This main mothers day gift in my opinion should be bought and not made at home because while moms will love everything that you do for them you need to remember that all moms are women and women just love a nice indulgent gift. So buy her something special that she can enjoy, make sure it isn’t something that’ll end up in a box and never be used. Be extra careful because things from decorations items to jewelry can meet this fate and never see the light of day.
What I and many of my friends do is that we break our mothers day gifts down into several gifts. There’s of course the main event, that special gift that I’ll give my mom on the big day but because I love my mom so much, I give her other things that I make myself and she just loves them. It’s mostly stuff that she can use at home or enjoy for a long time.
A potted plant
I take pottery classes so this one is a cinch to make but even if you don’t you can buy one at any discount store, fill it with soil, add a nice loving message on the outside. Decorate it with a nice ribbon and for an extra touch add a little sapling that can grow on the window sill.
Home improvement
By home improvement I don’t mean that you should go and knock out a wall in your mom’s home and try and fit an extra bedroom in it. Do some repair work; there’s always repair work to do around a house. Fix a broken window or a cabinet that has loose hinge. And if you really want to make mom happy, mow the lawn.
Add to a collection
If your mom likes to collect stuff like unique buttons or wine or perfume bottles, find something that you can add to her collection. She might like to collect cookie cutters or beads, whatever the case find something to contribute to her interests.
The main event
The big mothers day gift isn’t a DIY deal but it makes it easier to give mom a gift bought from a store when I’ve already done something for her myself. Of course my preferred gifts, mothers day fruit baskets, are pretty much something that can stand on their own but it’s not about the gift as much as it is about the mom. I usually buy mothers day gift baskets for her but this year I’m probably going with a fruit bouquet, something that my sister sent me on my birthday. I know mom will just love it because it has two major things that all women love; fruit and chocolate.
This main mothers day gift in my opinion should be bought and not made at home because while moms will love everything that you do for them you need to remember that all moms are women and women just love a nice indulgent gift. So buy her something special that she can enjoy, make sure it isn’t something that’ll end up in a box and never be used. Be extra careful because things from decorations items to jewelry can meet this fate and never see the light of day.
Fruits Bouquets are Perfect substitute For Mothers Day Flowers
Flowers may be a very popular mothers day gift item but to me they’ve lost their appeal somewhat because no matter how beautiful or fresh they are, the truth is they won’t last forever and they’ll be thrown out at one point. When you buy a gift for someone you want them to like it and to be able to use it or enjoy. That’s probably why the prospect of giving a gift to your mom which is going to end up in the trash doesn’t have as much appeal.There are better options out there that can take the place of ordinary flowers like mothers day fruit baskets. They come in all kinds of themes but the ones that feature food are the most popular. They’re available in all kinds of price ranges but to get one that’s truly unique you’re going to have to pay up big time. An easy solution to this would be to try fruit bouquets this year; they’re really affordable and delicious and in my opinion the perfect substitute for mothers day flowers.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)