“This is your life, mother”
 A great idea for this mother’s day is a scrapbook depicting your mother’s life up until this point. It’s like a chronological tour of her life ’til now. The hardest part of this book will be finding all the pictures and keepsakes you will need, but you still have about 2 weeks to gather everything you need from aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and close friends.
Here is a list of basic items to get you started (these can be personalized according to your mom’s taste):
- a scrapbooking kit (any craft/hobby store should have one)
- Mother’s day embellishments, stickers, rub-ons
- Memory and Date embellishments, stickers, embossing
- Personal pictures (from her childhood to current) school photos, high school prom, graduation, wedding, following baby’s birth, vacation pictures
- Mom’s favorite and best recipes
- Mom’s accomplishments
- Poem for first page that describes what your mother means to you
- Her ambitions from when she was young (“I want to grow up to be”) and then what she became
- Past cards from husband and kids (mother’s day, birthday cards, valentine’s, etc.)
- Personal notes to mom from family members, friends and you
- What your mom means to you page
The book should start from the earliest information you can gather to today. The setup of the pages will be left up to you, I use a similar setup as pictured above. The page arrangement in the book will depend greatly on how much and what information you have on each item in her life. This is a great site to get ideas on different layouts for your pages. This will be such a special from-the-heart gift, it is sure to be treasured and showed off over the years. Another cool thing to do, is every mother’s day from this point on, you could incorporate more parts of the book; displaying such items from the previous as vacations, special moments (births), valentine’s and Christmas. Once your book is complete, wrap it in your favorite Mother’s day paper and wait for the tears 
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Bypass the humdrum bridal shower gifts of blenders and nightgowns and give a getaway for two. Now wait, don’t roll your eyes and ask if I think your last name is Trump. I’m talking about a virtual getaway. There are times a married couple would love to go off for a weekend, but can’t because of various reasons. That’s where your gift comes in.
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Oh boy, you’re that parent. The one who bought a book for the birthday party. The other parents look at you in sympathy, wondering how you could have made such a rookie mistake. They all dutifully bought Princess Sparkle Head or Kung Fu Superhero or the latest and greatest educational toy.
 I have not seen a more perfect “just because” gift. This is great for the Stay at Home Mom who needs a break or the Full Time Working Mom. The 
If you are like me, you love to do creative things and give them as gifts. I consider myself artsy and I have made this Beta Plant craft as gifts for many of my friends, who all loved it. It is so simple to do, and inexpensive. The items you are going to need are: 1 beta fish, a clear glass vase, a plastic cup or saucer (can be purchased at most garden stores), small decorative rocks or glass, a plant, beta food (tropical fish food) and 1 gallon of drinking water. The plant you choose can be peace lily, photos, or philodendrons.
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. Leave room for a small straw to poke through lid, to allow for feeding the beta. Now you are all done. Add ribbons or bows around the neck of the vase and you have your gift!
