Mother’s Day Gift Guide

Skimbaco Lifestyle Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2009 features several Gifts for Moms by Moms. Many of the gift ideas are from companies owned by mothers, or designed by mom designers. This year when you are gifting a mom, why not help another mom by supporting her business? Skimbaco Lifestyle gives back this Mother’s Day and features several mompreneurs, and gifting moms via giveaways.

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MOTHER’S DAY GIVEAWAYS:

Mother & Child Custom Apron Set
Better Homes & Gardens $100 mini room makeover
Bissel, Brita & Tide Giveaway
Back Porch Soap Company Shea Butter Products

GIFT IDEAS FOR MOMS:

GIFTS FOR EARTH MAMA

These green recycled glasses are made from the bottom halves of recycled Bordeaux wine bottles. A beautifully silk-screened branch design is accompanied by the phrase ‘Protect Our Earth’ in four languages: English, Spanish, Afrikaans/South African and French. $45 for set of four.

The generously sized San Francisco Backside bag ($169) by Ella Vickers is mom’s everything-bag – it works as a diaper bag, beach bag, travel bag or laptop bag. The bag is made of recycled sailcloth. I love the nautical look, and the eco-friendly concept of creating products of old sails. I don’t know if handbags of recycled material have ever looked so fresh before Ella Vickers!

Tees for Change ($32) is a different kind of t-shirt shop. For each t-shirt sold they plant a tree and the tees and tanks are made from 100% organic cotton or a super soft 70% bamboo/30% organic cotton blend. The company raises ecological awareness and encourages positive thinking and the tees are high quality and super comfy. Can you ask for more?

More Eco-Friendly Gifts for Earth Mama

GIFTS FOR FOODIE MAMA

We Take The Cake Chocolate Gourmet Cake ($47) is on the top of my chocolate fix list for the Mother’s Day. The cake is moist, very rich with chocolate and sweet. Some chocolate cakes are too bitter, or too sweet, but We Take The Cake – just perfect. A little piece goes a long way, and there is plenty to share. Perfect to crown the Mother’s Day dinner even with a bigger crowd.

While many gourmet food gifts are expensive, Gevalia coffee offers great value for their great tasting coffee and variety of blends. If you enroll mom now to their home delivery coffee club (you can cancel it anytime) – and you’ll get this Gevalia mini-coffee maker and the coffee for only $9.99 (and only $19.99 if you don’t want to enroll for the coffee club, but just want the coffee maker & coffee).

The adorable custom made apron set ($24) from Ladybugs and Lilypads is an awesome gift for a mom and invites her little helper in the kitchen with her. You can find an apron to fit your mama’s style – there are several different styles available and you can personalize the aprons with the names of the family chefs. Now, what foodie mama wouldn’t like that!

More Gifts for Foodie Mama

GIFTS FOR NEW MOM

Pink microsuede neck pillow ($28) is filled with all natural ingredients – flax seed, rice and relaxing lavender. The neck pillow is great for quick cold or hot therapy to relax mom’s neck muscles. It’s easy to pop in to microwave oven for a while and then mom can enjoy a warm relaxing mini-treatment during those nights she is up with the baby.

It’s a bag – it’s a blanket. Chic & Cozy Blanket Bag (starting at $47.99) is a mom-invented product. The blanket bag holds your baby’s travel toys and easily converts to a travel blanket for the baby. There is no other product like this on the market – get new mom something truly unique. You can get this product online at ChicTots.com.

She got an engagement ring and a wedding band for those two memorable moments. Now get mom the Mama Necklace (starting at $425) by Tali Gillette for the milestone of becoming a mom. Believe me, the necklace will become one of her most treasured pieces of jewelry. Several celeb moms like Gwyneth Paltrow love this necklace and you can even get it with diamonds.

More Gifts for New Mom

GIFTS FOR ANY MOM

The new Kodak EasyShare ESP 7 All-in-One Printer ($186) is the ultimate wireless printer for your momma’s house. It easily takes on all of the family’s printing jobs, big and small. Mom will save money printing all those family photos at home, but also on ink – check out from Print & Prosper how much mom can save $$ on ink each year.

FLIP Mino HD camcorder ($229.99) is now available personalized with your own photo! Mom will love this sleek and easy to use camcorder and she can easily fit the FLIP her purse and have it ready to shoot at all times to record those important moments.

Tip: Fill the camera with your own video & message to mom before giving.

Michele Baratta is a known jewelry designer, and this Potrait of Love Photo Necklace ($179) of her collection is one of my favorites, and also one of her best sellers. Mom can keep her loved ones close to her heart in this silver pendant, with a Tiffany style chain. Michele Baratta is one of our featured Mompreneurs this Mother’s Day season, read her interview.

More Gifts for Modern Mom

SKIMBACO LIFESTYLE FEATURED MOMPRENEURS:

Marlynn Jayme Schotland of Urban Bliss.
Exclusive video interview with Kelly Ripa
Jewelry Designer & Metalsmith DeAnna Cochran.
Sara Tyndall of Ladybugs and Lilypads.
Jewelry Designer Tali Gillette.
Jewelry Designer Michele Baratta.
Marla Bosworth of Back Porch Soap Company.

CELEBRATE MOM’S NITE OUT

Celebrate National Mom’s Nite Out on May 7th in your local event or online, see Mom’s Nite Out for details.

OTHER MOTHER’S DAY GIFT GUIDES
Mamanista Mother’s Day Gift Guide