This year on Mother’s Day why not give your mother a “year long gift;” one that arrives every month? Not only will you be her shining star on Mother’s Day, but other gift-giving occasions will be covered, as well.
A Year of Reading Pleasure
Present your mother with a magazine subscription, one that fits her special interests. She will think about you each time a new issue arrives! Top publications for women include:
> O, the Oprah Magazine (women’s issues)
> Everyday with Rachael Ray (cooking)
> In Style (for fashion-loving moms)
> People (celebrity news)
> Us Weekly (celebrity gossip)
> Real Simple (everyday living)
> Parents
> The Bark (for dog lovers)
> Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine (financially savvy moms)
> Yoga Journal
A Year of Blooms
Available through many online florists, floral arrangements will arrive throughout the year. At 1-800-Flowers.com, for instance, seasonal blooms are used to ensure your mother has fresh flowers all year long.
Each new bouquet delightfully different from the month before! Another option is to send a live plant or bonsai tree every month. Most plans include twelve, six and three month options.
Year of Gourmet Delights
Make sure mom has her favorite foods all year round! Most gourmet food companies offer a food-of-the-month plan that features some of their best products. Visit your mother’s favorite food web site and search for “of the month club”, “year of”, or “monthly club plan.” Many companies offer twelve, six and three month subscriptions.
Need specific ideas? How about a year of gourmet dinners? Omaha Steak’s Gourmet Entrée of the Month plan ensures that at least once a month mom (and perhaps you, too!) will dine in gourmet style.
If your mother is someone who can’t resist chocolate, Godiva Chocolates can send a delectable chocolate lover’s gift every month. Other “Of the Month” type clubs feature monthly offerings of food items such as cheese, salsa, tea, or coffee.
If this sounds like too much of one good thing, iGourmet offers a Connoisseur’s Club plan. With this plan, your mother will receive a varied assortment of seasonal gourmet treats each month. iGourmet also offers several other “Of the Month” club membership options, one sure to appease the adventurous gourmand or budding gourmet enthusiast in your mom.
Stonewall Kitchen offers a monthly plan of varied gourmet food items. Sign up for their Specialty Food Club and your mother will be sent distinct collections featuring Stonewall Kitchen’s finest: award-winning jams, spreads, sauces and butters.
A Year of Fruit
Harry & David’s legendary Fruit-of-the-Month Club will send your mother monthly shipments of select fruit. Each luscious piece pampered while still on the tree, picked during its peak, and sent to her door brimming with freshness and flavor!
If your mother is crazy for vitamin C, Grandma Berrie’s offers a seven month citrus plan, which includes navel oranges, honey tangerines, and ruby red grapefruit.
GotFruit Monthly Fruit Club offers several juicy, mouth-watering plans. This company has been rated the “Best overall; Best value” in fruit clubs by the Wall Street Journal.
A Year of Toasts
Finally, why not give your mother a wine club subscription? Each month she will have the exciting opportunity to explore new and emerging wines from around the world. Wine.com offers several sumptuous, monthly tasting adventures from which to select.
When you choose your Mother’s Day gift this year, thoughtfully consider giving one that will arrive throughout the year. Your mother will have something to look forward to each month…a loving reminder that you think of her all year long!
For more Mother’s Day gift ideas, and great gifts for mom, visit http://www.savvy-mothers-day-gifts.com.
About The Author
Pamela Swingley is the Gift Editor for http://www.savvy-mothers-day-gifts.com. She also writes for http://www.savvy-baby-gear.com, http://www.savvy-spa.com, http://www.savvy-clearance.com, and http://www.savvy-dog-lovers.com.
© 2006, Pamela Swingley
