Mother’s Day Handmade Gifting Tips
What really counts on Mother’s Day? Flowers? Expensive jewelry?
What does mom really want though? A bunch of flowers, or the companionship of her children.
My mom recounts many of the gifts my brother and I made for her when we were children as her favorite gifts. Never does she so much as mention anything store bought, not that she doesn’t appreciate the thought, but because it just doesn’t hold the same place in her memory to her.
Yes, I’ll still admit a lot of these holidays are more so ‘greeting card days’ for things we should be celebrating everyday anyway.
Mother’s Day is the one day a year that we honor the woman that raised us, and the time of year the flower advertisements are in full bloom (pun intended). But what good are a bunch of dead flowers, that are going to wind up in the trash bin?
While you don’t have to go all out to channel your inner Martha Stewart, there are some little things you (or anyone) can make Mom that she’ll love and treasure.
When I’m having some trouble with inspiration I tend to browse around online, websites like this one are usually fantastic inspiration. This article also had quite a bit of ideas in it as well.
Some more tips:
- Think about what your mom (or whomever you are making something for) and what she likes, and work off that.
- Grab inspiration from the web and run with it.
- Use things from childhood memories, use them as a base for a card or gift.
- Try using older or unused items from your home, for example small pieces of wood turned into a photo frame.
- Browse ‘handmade’ types of web shops or one of the many Do It Yourself websites for inspiration.
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