Meaningful Mother's Day Gifts That Show You Care

During Mother’s Day we get to express love and appreciation for those incredible women who are our mothers and shape our lives. We can always give them quality time or heartfelt words. You can always make the occasion even more special with a customized gift. 

The best presents are the ones that really represent and reflect personal connections, treasured memories and in this case, a mother’s unique personality. It can be a sentimental or practical item, but infused with meaning. The right gift will remind your mom how much she is really loved. 

Definitively, personalized gifts are becoming a very popular way to make this day extra memorable. This is why, instead of generic presents, personalized Mother's Day gifts will add a heartfelt touch. And they’ll also show the thought, time and effort you put into choosing this truly special gift. They’ll tell a story, especially one of family, love and most importantly, of unforgettable moments. 

Mother's Day gift guide

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Mother's Day gift guide

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Amazon Handmade gifts

Handmade for mums, Amazon Handmade has a lovely selection perfect for Mother’s day.

From personalised baking boards and scented candles to matching aprons and scrapbooks - find great gifts this Mother’s Day from Amazon Handmade.

Mother's Day Gift Guide

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As we embrace Mother's Day as a celebration honouring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood and maternal bonds, many people take the opportunity to a give a gift of love and thanks the mother figure in their life.

Whilst honouring and appreciating mum does not require a bought gift if you are looking to get your mum a loving gift this Mother’s Day here are just a few ideas of wonderful gifts.

Why I love my mum.

With mother’s day fast approaching my thoughts have inevitably turned to thinking about my mother and my late Mamgu (grandmother) who I thought of as my second mum. Whilst we do not really adopt the commercial aspect of mother’s day with gift giving, the day is a good reminder to appreciate, enjoy quality with and thank my mum, as well as remember my Mamgu.

As a number of my friends sadly no longer have their mums in their life, I find myself being extra grateful that I am fortunate enough to still have my mum.

And when I Wynsors World of Shoes got in contact about their Mother’s Day campaign to celebrate the relationship I have with my mum and how her and her style have inspired me I got thinking about how my mum has influenced both me as a person and my style. With that in mind I have been thinking about some of the many, many reasons why I love and appreciate my mum.

Style

I love my mum’s style and admire how she is comfortable and confident with how she looks. I often use her style as inspiration for outfits for myself and ask her opinion on what I should wear or whether a particular item looks good or not.

Mother's Day 2015 and some long overdue news........

This Mother’s Day I have been feeling very blessed.

Blessed to have such a wonderful and beautiful boy who has spoilt me with me with an adorable Mother’s Day card he made with his own fair hands.

Blessed with lots of love, cuddles and kisses from my little man.

Sul y Mamau.

Mecca's Mother's Day Memories.

 My mum means everything to me; she is my rock always there for me.  She gave my sister and I a brilliant childhood filled with lots of fun, happy and memorable memories.  I cherish the childhood I had that was jam-packed with lots of love, hugs and kisses.  Now as an adult and a mother myself she is my best friend, there in the good times and the bad times. 

Whilst all the days at home filled with adventures outdoors, arts and crafts, baking and play with my mum was lots of fun and are precious memories I particularly loved the holidays she took us on.  Every year we would go on a holiday in the UK and we often visited our family in Hereford, where the picture of my sister and I in the collage was taken, and I have fond memories of the adventures we had holidaying and caravanning across the UK.

Another memory from my childhood that I love is from Easter when every year my mum would create an Easter egg hunt for us, with clues and eggs hidden all over the farm we lived on for us to hunt for and find.  The Easter egg hunt she created for us was so much fun and it felt like a huge adventure searching the farm for clues to find more yummy treats.

Gift Ideas for Grandmothers this Mother’s Day.

Mother’s Day is a day that we celebrate our amazing mums and all the hard work and love they’ve given us over the years, but it’s now become more than that.  It’s now also a day to say thanks to our grandmothers too; after all, they’re pretty amazing too!

When my Mamgu (grandmother) was alive I was very close to her and thinking of her and my Dadcu (granddad) as my second parents.  I have such fond memories of my Mamgu and loved spending time with her; she was a tremendous support and loving influence in my life alongside my amazing mum.  I loved showing my appreciation and gratitude to her whenever I could and every year on Mother’s Day we would buy or make her a gift alongside a gift for our mum.

My lovely Mamgu.

Now that I am a mother myself I am keeping the family tradition of giving a small, meaningful gift to grandmother’s on Mother’s Day by helping Bug make a homemade gift or buy a personalised, thoughtful gift for him to give to his Mamgu and his Nana (on his dad’s side of the family) this Mother’s Day as a symbol of his love.

As Bug’s Nana lives over 200miles away she loves receiving his loving gifts in the post and especially loves the personalised gifts he sends such as the home decorated flower pot for the beautiful blooming plant we got delivered for her on Mother’s Day last year and the personalised calendar and mug she got sent the year before that with photographs of Bug emblazoned upon them.

If you want to get a little something for your grandma this Mother’s Day, here are some great gift ideas…

Mothers Day gifts from my little love Bug.

Even though I think Mother’s Day should be about showing your mum how much you love and appreciate her without the need for unnecessary and expensive gifts and that you should show your love throughout the whole year and not just on 1 day, I do understand that young children love to pick inexpensive gifts to give to their mum on this day.  Children do not think about the commercialisation of Mother’s Day, they simply get excited about showing their love be it by making a card, giving breakfast in bed, gifting presents and flowers to name but a few ways mums across the country are shown unconditional love from their precious children.

Even though Bug does not understand what Mother’s Day is he got very excited according to Lee when he went to town with Daddy to get a card and some treats for his mummy.  He picked out the card I was lovingly given as well as a gorgeous plant of white blooming flowers. 

A little card from my little man (Project 365 - 69/365).

My Interflora Creation - creating a beautiful bouquet for Mother's Day.

I love flowers and love how they bloom beautifully.  I adore seeing flowers growing wild, blossoming beautifully in nature and admire gorgeous blooms being grown in gardens that have been tended to with love and care.  As well as appreciating beautiful blooms growing as nature intended in the wild, admiring fantastic flowers on our walks in the countryside, I also love receiving and giving flowers (even though it is rare that I receive flowers....hint hint Lee).

As I love flowers and enjoy gifting flowers to my loved one I was interested in learning more about a new online tool by Interflora UK, ‘the flower experts’.  Interflora have created a new application on their website called ‘My Interflora Creation’ that allows people to create their own special, unique bouquet of flowers or a hamper.