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I am looking for a pretty apron to buy my mother for Mother's Day...
I was just wondering if anyone knows of a nice etsy shop or other favorite place on line, or if anyone has seen a really nice one lately.
Also, I am looking for gift ideas for my MIL.
What have been your favorite MD gifts to give or receive?
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I need gift ideas, too. We tend to do the same old boring things for my mom and MIL every year. My mom can only read e-books (she has a Kindle) and that seriously limits my gift-giving for her. I don't like giving her a gift cert to Amazon and then telling her which book I think she should buy with it.
I don't like getting MD gifts, unless they are homemade. I prefer the gift of time with my family, with no outside commitments.
My favorite Mother's Day so far was several years ago, when we did a day trip to Gettysburg. I am really hoping to repeat that trip or go to Harpers Ferry this year. I have no idea what to do if the weather is bad! (Newseum? Marine Corps Museum in Quantico? Phillips Collection? If we're indoors, I have to balance personal preferences with Child Annoyance Indices...!)
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SeaStar wrote:
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Spa day! OK it was an anniversary gift but it was FABULOUS. Massage, facial, manicure and pedicure and wash cut and style to my hair. WOW. But that might be a little pricey.
A book is always appreciated --gift cards are nice.
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I like the aprons at Catholic Embroidery. I am hoping to get one for one of my daughter's as a birthday gift.
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Oh, spa day! I would love one of those. I wish my mom liked that sort of thing.
My mother's birthday is also in May (wouldn't you know), and I have planned to kidnap her that day and do all her favorite things... out for lunch, thrifting at all her favorite consignment stores.... I'm even smuggling in a couple of my sisters from out of town to surprise her.
But that still leaves MD.
Christine, the aprons look really cute- especially the ribboned ones. I like the "Catholic Cuisine" logo.
I was also thinking of going to a place like Portrait Innovations and having her picture taken with the kids. I don't know that that would necessarily be "fun", though, with my crew. 
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Melinda - going to have the pictures taken may not be fun, but the result would be a precious gift to your mother, I"m sure. Maybe you and the children could make or decorate a frame for the picture as well. Or do you have a picture of your mother's mother that you could get restored, blown up, framed?
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I saw in the Vera Bradley catalog that they have a nice apron with matching recipe card box. I couldn't get the VB page up to link to- but the catalog says it comes in several different colors.
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Shutterfly
has a lot of special deals right now for Mother's Day. You can create photo calendars for half off.
Also, you can create 3 photo greeting cards and only pay shipping for those. My total cost for making a Father's Day card and two
Mother's Day cards was $1.07! I put lots of pictures on each one, and they turned out really cute. It was cheaper than buying them at the dollar store.
The code is CARDS4MOM
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I have an apron from Boojiboo on Etsy (http://www.etsy.com/shop/Boojiboo) that I really enjoy! I'm wearing it now, in fact.
Until you posted this, I hadn't thought of getting one for my Mama for mother's day, but I think I will. I've given them successfully as gifts to friends though!
Last year for Mother's Day, I got my MIL a gift card to the Walgreen's photo center, since that's where she likes to purchase photos.
For a birthday, I purchased some lovely Catholic earrings for my Mom from the "Catholic Jewelry" shop on Etsy (http://www.etsy.com/shop/catholicjewelry).
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This is the shop I like, but she does custom orders. You can check out all her custom jobs and original designs here. There are 4 or 5 pages of original designs. I have one of her aprons and it is still like new even though I've been rough with it. I cannot rave enough about her aprons and skirts. Some of them are just too adorable.
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My MIL loves to recieve flowers.. especially red roses.
I think it was her 50th birthday we managed to send red roses. But then for her 60th birthday.. the 2 boys (out of three) that were local were taking her out to dinner.. so I called around and found a local florist that would make a custom order that met the minimum for delivery.. and had delivered to her a corsage to wear from her oldest son who couldn't be there.. plus a small bouquet that filled out the order for getting delivery. 
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Check out these cute ideas at Martha Stewart. I think the "World's Best Mom" template is something that a dad could easily do with little ones .
Love,
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