Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2011
After everything she’s done for you, it’s time to celebrate Mom! The Gift Giving Advisory Board is here to help you show Mom how special she is with our 2011 Mother’s Day Gift Guide. Our expert advisory board members include the women of WickedlyChic.com, TheGiftInsider.com and TheSucculentWife.com. We KNOW gifts. We live and breathe gifts every day. And so, in this sponsored gift guide, we have pooled our know-how to bring you this very selective guide of some of the most beautiful, meaningful gift ideas around that are sure to make any Mom feel appreciated. The businesses that were invited to join have in common the unique vision and passion of their founders, designers and creators (many who are Moms themselves!).
Learn more about the Gift Giving Advisory Board on our Facebook page.
Kathy Bransfield Jewelry
“My work is a modern day conduit of the great writers that have come before us. Mother Nature’s abiding grace and human prose are the power behind each piece. My role is to simply design a form which allows its owner to hold such thoughts close to their hearts.” Shop here & enter code MOTHER for 10% off.
Pop.N.Go Rain Scarf
No umbrella? No problem! Look great even if you get caught in bad weather! Each soft-to-the-touch, 2-in-1 Pop.N.Go rain scarf is designed to pop around your neck for sophisticated style… Then, pop over your hair to save it from humidity, high winds, wet snow and rain! Enter code MOTHER here for 30% off.
Esscentual Alchemy
Autumn Spice botanical perfume, is reminiscent of a walk through a cathedral of green tinged with amber, red, orange, and yellow. A touch of crisp bite in the air. Worn by: Camryn Manheim, star of TV’s “The Practice”. Use code MOTHER10 for 10% off. Shop here.
Fingerprint Necklace
Loveprint Jewelry is created when yours or your loved one’s fingerprint impression is taken in soft wax and then cast in sterling silver or gold. Make it extra personalized with engraved initials. Such a special way to keep your loved ones close at heart. Shop here.
Sky of Blue Cards
Give a set of note cards as individual as she is. Our boxed sets of letterpress Whimsy monogram cards are bright & lovely and unlike any stationery you’ve ever seen. Perfect for mothers, daughters, friends, grandmothers and all who love stylish stationery! Use Code MDG for 10% off. Shop here.
Chill. Spa Bucket
Introducing the eyecandy chill. spa bucket – the ultimate, all-in-one, relaxation treat. Packaged in a clear and reusable paint can, includes a set of Classic Chillin’ Cucumber eye coolers, a luxe terry spa square, and a 4 oz. bottle of eucalyptus & mint bubble soak– everything you need to chill and smile! Shop Here.
ActivewearUSA
ActivewearUSA.com carries more than 50 high-performance, stylish and stunning women’s active wear brands. Shop the fitness and yoga wear collections here. Enter code MOTHERS10 for 10% off your purchase.
Ivory Jacks
Beautiful & eco-conscious jewelry handcrafted out of such curious items as mammoth ivory, fossil walrus ivory & vintage ebony wood. Bangles, silver earrings & pendants are designed by father/daughter Kurt & Courtney Tripp. Shop IvoryJacks & enter “Succulentwife1″ for Free Shipping on orders over $50.
Malibu Chic Fashion Gift Collection
Included in this “Treasure Tower” is a hand dyed scarf, a necklace & matching earrings, and 2 rhinestone bangle bracelets. A unique gift for your fashionable Mom. Forget the fruit baskets! Give Glamour instead! 20% off with code ilovemom.
Atelier-Beads
Beautiful, flattering jewelry pieces based on our collection of antique, vintage, and contemporary trade beads. Each piece is customized to fit you and most alterations are free. Please enter code SPRINGTHING at checkout for a 20% discount.
Ila Security ~ Dusk Alarm
A personal security alarm that emits a piercing, high decibel female scream designed to shock and disorientate an attacker. It’s a discreet, stylish accessory that is designed to be worn on the outside of purses just where you need it! Available at HandPickedGiftStore.com.
For the fashionable woman in your life!
Distinguished by its classic shape and design, The Laurel clutch from sarah oliver handbags is understated style and classic elegance. Accentuate it with a brooch that speaks to you or enjoy the signature “O” brooch. Shop sarah oliver handbags.
Po Campo Armitage Satchel
Walking the little one through Lincoln Park is a breeze with the roomy & lovely Armitage Satchel. Blending beauty & function with urban style, waterproof fabrics, top grain leather detailing and the versatility to attach to your stroller. 15% off with coupon code MDGGAB15.
Sapna Mehra ~ Jewelry for the Global Soul
Did you know Number 2′s can tame a den of lions into purring lap cats or that 8′s can rise up from the ashes like a phoenix? Discover your personal number and your numerology-inspired, handcrafted & customized necklace! Use Code SHIP11 for free shipping!
FORMFIRE glassworks
“My architectural background led to a love of clean, colorful and modern styling which I translate into the fluid medium of glass. My favorite comment about my work is that my beads are like ‘liquid color.’ I strive to produce the highest quality modern lampwork glass jewelry”. Shop Formfire.
Montage Laguna Beach
Moms just want to spend time with their family on Mother’s Day. Make that time extra memorable and take her to the oh-so-fabulous, Montage Laguna Beach. Treat her to their Mother’s Day champagne brunch with complimentary family photographs and jazz trio.
NIX Frame
A Digital Photo Frame with a magic twist. It has a motion sensor that turns the frame on when you’re nearby and off when you’re not. Convenient for Mom; load the frame with photo’s & music, she enters the room, and is greeted with happy memories. No hands required! Shop NIX.
Hangers Couture
Hangers Couture are designer beaded hangers. They are a great way to display fine garments or delicate fabrics, and will add that feminine touch to your Mom’s closet and home. Shop Hangers Couture.
LoveBooks
LoveBooks are the only customized book that says all the reasons why you love someone. The easy-to-use LoveBook Builder helps you edit and illustrate these unique gifts. They print it, bind it and ship it in hard or soft cover. Order here.
Aroma Persona
Aromapersona.com is a new co-creation service for personalizing scented décor. It is a creative way for people to explore exciting scents on a monthly basis. The site allows anyone to design unique candles that are tailored to their own individual desires. Shop here.
Chai, Baby! ~ Sip in Style
Chai, Baby!’s all natural, artistically blended tea leaves, spices and flowers are contained in lovely silken sachets for ultimate steeping convenience and packaged in vibrant signature tins. Visit us at chaibaby.com. Enter MOM2011 at checkout for a 20% discount.
BluebirdCards
BlueBirdCards.com makes sending cards fast and easy, no running to the store or waiting in line. Send a card anywhere, anytime. Just enter the address and your signature, that’s it! They do the rest including adding a real stamp and putting it in the mail on time.
Bottled Up Designs
Give stunning jewelry handmade from antique glass reclaimed from wooded habitats and farmlands in an effort to help the environment and wildlife! Each piece includes “The Story of the Glass.” Preserving the past, while helping the future! Shop Bottle Up Designs.
Sky Dreams Handcrafted Jewelry
Sky Dreams ~ Heirloom quality artisan jewelry made with gems, colors, dreams, love and other things precious. “Mom, Thank you for giving me a heart to love! Happy Mother’s Day!” Shop SkyDreamsJewelry.com & use code love20 to get 20% off.
Movies for Moms
This Mother’s Day, take mom to a film festival…at home! Movie game, Film Festival in a Box: LOVE includes a DVD of 4 award winning short films from festivals all over the globe. Choose BEST PICTURE & vote online to notify the filmmaker. Special Mother’s Day price $12 at indieflix.com
Make Love Not Trash
Make Love Not Trash, Spring 2011 Collection. Drop Zip Satchel in Midnight, $140. Use coupon code WICKED042011 to receive a 20% discount at checkout.
The Shoul ~ The perfect gift for any woman
For women everywhere – whether indoors or on-the-go, it’s the solution to fluctuating temperatures. Why is the Shoul the perfect gift? One size fits all. Unique design stays on shoulders. Compact & lightweight. Year-round use. Luxuriously soft. No second-guessing this gift idea! Shop The Shoul.
Bohème Jewelry
Eclectic bohemian jewelry for the free-spirited individual. Using reclaimed vintage pieces, quality gemstones & Swarovski crystals, these jewelry pieces are an alternative to mass produced jewelry. Use code DISCOUNT20 to receive 20% off of your purchase at checkout.
Auralee & Company
You’ll fall in love with our breathtaking jewelry, outstanding quality and amazing prices! Feel it, Wear it, Live it! Use code MD20 to save 20% on your first Order!
Rain Collection
Rain Collection is an online boutique featuring the latest in home decor and personal accessories. Shop our store for an unexpected blend of luxury products and gifts sure to satisfy your style-savvy mom. Visit our website or call 877.348.5558 for customer assistance.
Grimm Inc.
For 24 years people have enjoyed the humour infused pop art of Grimm. Armed with a warped sense of humour & a talent for twisting everyday themes phrases, Grimm has created 100‘s of designs on dozens of products. Shop here.
Bazil Essentials
Bazil Essentials creates their boutique quality soy candles, olive oil soap, & natural perfumes in small batches using natural ingredients & essential oils. Fabulous scents include Basil Blossom, Jasmine Rose, & Lemongrass. Use coupon code “motherlove” & receive 10% off your order until May 9th!
SWAK by Sarah
Create a family heirloom inspired by your child’s artwork! Sometimes a little one brings home a piece of artwork that is so special it deserves more than a place on the refrigerator…it belongs over your heart. A custom Lil’ Masterpiece Pendant is a perfect gift! Order here.
Wylde Ivy
Give a truly inspired gift with Wylde Ivy’s unique hand blended perfumes. Let Wylde Ivy be your muse with over 60 one of a kind fragrance blends. Experience a scent inspired by a feeling, a moment, a season, or even a dream. Be inspired at Wylde Ivy and get 15% off with coupon code INSPIRED.
Belli Skincare
Belli Pregnancy – the only teratology-screened skincare line; excludes ingredients with links to birth defects, miscarriage. Belli Motherhood: LactMed screened to avoid ingredients linked to harmful effects during breastfeeding. Belli Baby: xenoestrogen-free. “VIPMOM” 20% OFF at checkout.
Naturally Delicious Skin!
Meet Naturally Delicious Skin the bath & body company. With over 90 scents offered in products from their bath bars, decadent body butters, hand & body lotion, bath salts, bath candy, & facial bars. delicious skin! is truly about pampering skin and arousing the olfactory senses of their customers.
pink papillon
pink papillon is well known for creating beautiful custom hand stamped jewelry in precious metal. Designer Mary Ann Springer is known as a perfectionist and for her attention to detail. Use code WICKED15 to receive a 15% discount on your purchase at checkout.
itiba beauty
You will find only the best natural, vegetable oils in our products. They don’t contain parabens or formaldehyde donors. Only the richness of Mother Earth can be found in our lotions, bath soaps, body mists, body polishes, bath salts and body washes. Shop itiba beauty here.
NEUAURA
Neuaura is committed to bringing uncompromising fashion footwear to animal-friendly consumers. Our purpose is to provide fun & exciting quality footwear that does not involve unnecessary harm to animals & the environment. Season after season we introduce fresh, innovative & beautiful styles! Shop here.
Placemat, Menu, and Item Holders
Running out of space in your kitchen? Handy Gizmos offers these new holders made to ingeniously give you some extra space. They can be attached to any vertical surface and they provide an easy way to access your most frequently used items. Shop here.
Bidwell Botanicals
Are you clueless about what to give Mom? She will love the scents & sensations of our natural spa, bath & body treats, including decadent moisturizers, scrubs, artisan soaps & more. You’ll save 20% with discount code:WCMOM1. Free US shipping on $75.00 orders. What’s not to love?
Kim Drosdick
The You & Me Necklace makes a great gift – for yourself or the Mom in your life! This handmade sterling silver necklace has 2 rings that represent a Mother and child. You can add rings to represent more people if you like. It comes in 3 sizes as well as different chain lengths. $49. Shop here.
Enjoy the Classics!
Enjoy the 100 greatest books of all time without ever reading a word. Listen to these classics in audio book format, preloaded on an MP3 player. Just open, press play and enjoy. Includes: belt clip, adapter for listening in the car and a free bonus. Makes the perfect gift. Shop here.
Mohop Interchangeable Sandals
Mohop shoes are eco-friendly, comfy, and best of all, allow nearly infinite design options with just one pair of wooden soles. Simply lace any ribbon through our patent-pending elastic loops to create your own one-of-a-kind, custom-fit pair! Handmade in Chicago! Shop here.
Give Your Kids Art The Gallery Treatment
It take seconds to change your display. Strong magnets hold art (and a whole lot more) behind the clean lines of our single panel acrylic frames. Impressive, easy to install hardware floats the frame off the wall so you can change and rearrange without taking anything apart. Receive 15% off your order with code MOMMA.
Cambria Cove ~ Gifts for Moms Who Give Everything
Save 15% on gifts worthy of those amazing women who love endlessly. Celebrate her this Mother’s Day with heartfelt jewelry, personalized gifts, and gourmet chocolate. Shop now and use code SWMDAY for 15%off your order.
Novica
Discover more than 30,000 limited edition and one-of-a-kind works of art. This fair-trade marketplace offers artisan-crafted jewelry, handmade apparel and world-style home decor. Shoppers will receive $10 off orders over $40. Code: NOVICA2BK.
Beach Haus Designs
Jewelry designer June Beach, creates beautiful & fun jewelry for every season. There’s plenty of options for spring & don’t forget that bling can fill gaps in mom’s wardrobe and add sparkle to her life. Use code WICKED411 at checkout to receive a 20% discount on your purchase.
Amber’s Garden
Amber’s Garden provides vegetable garden seed mats taking the guesswork out of seed placement and what to plant for beginner gardeners and kids. Our veggie seed mats also fit perfectly into containers for urban gardens and raised bed gardens! Shop Amber’s Garden here.
Belartes Eco-Chic Jewels with a Story
A Fair Trade, grassroots business working with displaced women in Colombia, SA. Jewels are created from natural-sustainable materials TAGUA & AGAVE. As featured in Oprah: “Belart Tagua Necklaces are as Eco-Friendly as they are Beautiful”. Contact by email to mention code WOMEN for 20% off.
Beecology
Beecology is a family run business that produces a full line of natural products – lip balm, soap, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and lotion. Their happy customers enjoy keeping their skin and hair healthy the natural way. Use code MOTHER for a 30% discount at checkout.
Princess With A Backpack
Princess With A Backpack indulges us with an abundance of luxury-for-less travel advice on what to do and where to go, while still looking like a princess. Lauren’s advice is savvy, pragmatic and direct as she covers everything from wardrobe pointers to practical travel advice. Shop here.
Beach Girl Beauty
Beach Girl Beauty Keep summer vacation going all year! Our fragrances bring the tropical getaway to you. Beach Girl Beauty products are rich in natural butters and oils. Get beach girl soft skin with our sugar scrubs. No mineral oil, animal testing, or parabens. 15% off with code WC15.
Butterfly Kisses Jewelry Bouquet
A truly unique way to give jewelry! In this bouquet, you get a classic rhinestone heart necklace, CZ & hoop earrings in a keepsake box! Instead of flowers that are thrown away, give her the lasting jewelry bouquet! 20% off with code ilovemom. Shop here.
Ruche
Ruche is a modern boutique with a vintage touch. For Mother’s Day, browse their selection of home products, clothing & accessories. Bakers will adore their fun aprons, the artist will swoon for their indie prints & the fashionista will fall in love with their spring scarves. Shop Ruche.
Weddingdish
This Mother’s Day, select from a wide variety of stylish apparel, jewelry, and accessories, like this emerald crystal Mom Tee from our organic Go Green collection. Weddingish also offers apparel, cookies, and accessories for the bride and her bridal party. Enter code GGAB11 for 20% off! Shop here.
Natural Clothing Company
This beautiful cardigan works for a girl of any age. The lightweight jacquard knit is decorative, romantic & practical. It dress up any outfit. Made of eco–friendly fibers: organically grown bamboo & organic cotton. Take 15% off of any order with code HappyMD at checkout.
La Dolce Vita
Exquisite bath & body products which are made with the best ingredients available. Everything is hand blended fresh when you place your order by a former esthetician who spent years working in a French spa. Wide variety of luscious scents. Shop here.
P B Swammich Designs
Beautiful, encouraging note cards for mom packaged in a cello bag and tied with ribbon and charm. Give the gift that gives back as 20% of each retail purchase is donated to Kiva.org! P B Swammich Designs is a proud member of 1% for the Planet. Shop here.
And a Giveaway…
One of our advertiser’s SWAK by Sarah is also holding a giveaway at TheSucculentWife.com. Make sure to enter your name for a chance to win a custom Lil’ Masterpiece pendant necklace on which your child’s artwork is engraved. To give as a gift or keep for yourself! Enter here.
Thank you so much for featuring Sky Dreams in your fabulous Mother’s Day Gift Guide~
xoxo, Hee Soon
So excited about the gift guide and so lovely to share a space with so much talent!
Hangers Couture. What a great idea. I want some!
[...] The Gift Giving Advisory Board features new eyecandy chill spa bucket on their Mother’s Day Gift Guide (http://www.thesucculentwife.com) [...]
Some great items…love the organic picks
Also, your giveaway was chosen to be featured here: http://www.momsbestbet.com/2011/04/moms-best-bet-monday_17.html
I’m loving the looks of Hangers Couture and Beach Haus Designs. Thanks for the excellent gift giving guide…love the unique gifts!
Hello!
i just wanted to come by and say thanks!
i was one of the winners of the 50$ gift card to activewearusa.com
when i went shopping for summer-y clothes a few weeks ago i only bought capri’s and neglected to get any pairs of shorts
with my gift card i was able to get two pairs of these:
http://www.activewearusa.com/store/pc/4-rth-Yoga-Training-Shorts-18p6691.htm
one in grey and one in black
thanks again!
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