Top Ten Holiday Gifts for Thinking Mothers
We chose ten gift picks for the season — please note none of these items are sponsored in any way, just a true list of what we’d love to receive. Enjoy. –Marcelle & Randi
Feel free to print and pass on…
Paper Portraits
This is number one on my list, pricey for sure, but what a prized possession this paper portrait of my brood would be. https://www.etsy.com/listing/207467178/custom-family-portrait-made-from-paper?ref=shop_home_active_1
Sassy Shoes
Last winter, I watched with envy as my next door neighbor snowshoed around her yard after each dump of Northeast snowfall while my running shoes sat, untouched, in the hall closet. Ever since, I’ve been pining for a pair: http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/509581?page=snowshoes-and-sets
More Veggies Please?
Bok choi, red leaf lettuce, sugar snap peas. This 24-week program (June through November) would mean a weekly share of fresh certified organic vegetables, grown at a local farm. All of the colors and flavors of spring, summer and fall. Sign me up! http://www.stoneledge.farm/csa-program
Ready, Set, Knit
I fancy myself a knitter, though I can’t make a stitch, maybe it is time to learn with one of my kids. The intructions, the yarn – ready, set, knit. purlsoho.com
I Dream of Jeannie
Pictures of my kids and their childhoods sit in photo boxes stored in a basement cabinet and on my phone and laptop. I am hopeful the creative and organizational talents of Jeanie Engelbach aka Photojeanie will streamline our family photos and archive the last eighteen years of family memories: http://www.photojeanie.com/services/photojeanie/
T-Time
I wish I had made one of these tee shirt blankets for my daughter when she left for college this fall, but I didn’t. At least I have 3 years until my son leaves the nest, plenty of time to collect his outgrown tee shirts instead of putting them into the give-away pile: https://campusquilt.com
Because Comfort Matters
Whether it’s due to age, or mothering two teens these past few years, I’ve been pining for one of these neck support pillows for travel. This holiday, we will be traveling on an airplane; I’m hoping I will be adding one of these to my carry-on bag. http://www.amazon.com/Neck-Pillow-Travel-Replacement-Guarantee/dp/B00GTAG3Z6
Quartro Formagi?
Grab a gallon of pasteurized milk and these DIY cheese kits include the rest of the supplies needed such as cheesecloth, a dairy thermometer, citric acid, and cheese salt. Oh, the flavors: Fresh mozzarella, ricotta, queso blanco, paneer, or goat cheese. https://www.etsy.com/shop/UrbanCheesecraft
The New Book Bag
Carry Jane Eyre with you at all times? I love these shoulder purses (also available as clutches), made from preserved vintage books. Choose from your favorite author, book or illustrated cover. http://www.beezbyscranton.com/vintage-shoulder-book-purses/
Circle Scarves
OK, I was limited to two literary picks – here’s my second–literary infinity scarves. \ Each one is silkscreened by hand with passages from some of the world’s great books — It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife…https://www.etsy.com/shop/storiarts
