mothers day help please

maria_and_the_imps

mary op that sounds really nice any pics?
oh i like the idea of a cake i want to make her a sort of hamper i think !!!!!

kaz665

Decided that instead of making a gift for MIL I am going to buy her the Cath Kitson book "Sew" so that she can make her own gifts for occasions. It's now half price on Amazon including the fabric to make a small bag and delivery is free. I know she would appreciate the opportunity to make nice gifts herself and quite often she worries about not being able to afford much.

sarahpowell

I know I am new here but thought I would add to this to maybe gove you a little idea, its my mums birthday on the 2nd March so have had to come u with 2 cheapish ideas, although I would give her the world if I could.

Anyway for her birthday I am getting her the Dear Mum, from you to me book with this poem attached:
A book to create some history
For you to complete and pass back to me
There are questions I know the answers to
and some I would love to hear from you.
Your daughter and friend

I am also getting her £20 worth of cinema tickets with 2 packets of popcorn and the following poem:
Find a friend and grab their hand
Take the train on the Chichester line
Walk round the shops and share some laughs
and finish the day at the Cinema
Have some Jane time on us

And then lastly an IOU for dinner with the following poem:
Its your birthday, guess where you are
work is calling from afar
so take this IOU with love
when your next off, dinners on us.
Happy Birthday Mum

I am going to pop this in a basket which I already have.
I know it seems a lot but she does ALOT for me over the year and this is my way of saying thank you, however this can easily be adapted for mothers day.

Then mother day my mum and the MIL are getting the same just slightly adapted

I am doing a towel cake (1 bath towel, 1 hand towel and a flannel) with a bottle of wine through the middle, some face/feet packs, sweets or chocolates and a book each (have got loads I have never read all brand new which came free when I was with a book company then possibly miniture bath stuff.

Hope that helps

Sarah

maria_and_the_imps

oh i like the towel cake idea thanks sarah

Kandipandi

kaz665 wrote: »

Decided that instead of making a gift for MIL I am going to buy her the Cath Kitson book "Sew" so that she can make her own gifts for occasions. It's now half price on Amazon including the fabric to make a small bag and delivery is free. I know she would appreciate the opportunity to make nice gifts herself and quite often she worries about not being able to afford much.

Hi sorry to put a downer on things but in the spirit of MSE you might be better spending your cash on something else.
Several of the girls on the sewing thread have got this book and attempted the bag and the general consensus was that it was not too good.

Sorry....... backs out of the room with a shrug

ladymarmalade

I have done several things for my mum over the years.. This year she is being taken out for a meal! wowzer!
I remember one of her favourite things was a box of goodies I did a few years ago when I was about 15.

I had about £15 so I found a ox and wrapped in in paper we already had and then bought her loads of little things she loved including:

lipgloss
hot chocolate
a girly reduced video (in those days)
mud pack
nail varnish
a nice pen (she collects them)
a best mum mug
and a few other things

I also bought a plain hardback notbook for about £1 and then cross stitched a design to stick on the front to make it into her personal food diary, as she was on a diet and moaned about not being able to find a book she liked! She loved it.

I wrapped all these up individually and popped in a homemade voucher book (ie I promise to make one cup of tea etc) and she loved it. I think there were about 10 presents in all....took her a while to unwrap!

Hope that helps someone

sammy_kaye18

I have a little box that's meant to be for sorting screws/etc from pound land but its pink and says 'no boys allowed' but im planning to fill the little compartments up with sweeties that she likes - like aniseed balls, white mice, white buttons with sprinkles, shrimps, palma violets etc and Im going to ask if she wants to spend the day with me and Ben as my partner is away and they don't get on so whilst he's not here she can have quality time with us and I'll make her dinner and banana bread (her fave) for pudding.

starlovesshopping

I have pressed flowers from my own garden throughout the year, and I'll use them all to make a really personal card. This may be too late to help you for this year, but you can be extra prepared for next!

karenrel

Just a quickie, I am desparately trying to teach myself to sew (insert laughter!) and I got the Cath Kidston Sew book and made the bag off the cover and found it really do-able. Believe me, if I can do it, anyone can!
I'm about to attempt to make a half apron - 'pinny' - for my mum for Mothers day - nothing fancy, just a rectangle of fabric, slightly gathered along one long edge, then attached to tape for a waistband. The sewing won't be great, the fabric is a bit 'doris' but was V. V. cheap off the local market but my Mum will get something from the heart - I have two brothers so they always do the last-minute-dash-to-tesco-for-flowers-and-choc! (Which is better than hubby, who once drove around graveyards on a Sunday (before Sun openings) looking for one of those little flower stalls by the roadside - the petrol station had run out!!!!!!

qwiksave

Good on you karenrel for learning to sew so you can make something for your mum. That would be a present in itself for some mums! :A