Last-minute Mother’s Day gifts

I don’t have a great track record on Mother’s Day. I have a tendency to not think of a great gift, get some flowers at the last minute, and generally feel like an ass for under-celebrating my mom.

But hey, when you set the bar this low, it doesn’t take too much to exceed previous expectations.  And so, headed off in the mail today to my mom in Chicago is this:

It’s a rice heat therapy bag, pattern at Sew, Mama, Sew! I made one for my husband, and one as a grab-bag gift for my aunt for Christmas, and my mom thought it was great and said she’d love to have one, too.  If you’re still scrambling, I highly recommend making it.  It was done in under an hour, and I had all of the supplies already in the house (minus the essential oil, which I simply omitted).  In fact, I made this one first because I have to ship it. It’ll arrive Monday, but it’s OK because my mom is out of town for the weekend. And, in case you’re wondering, it fits in a flat-rate Priority Mail envelope just fine.

I’m making a second one later today for my mother-in-law, who actually happens to be coming to my house over the weekend, so I can deliver it in person.

Whew.

Edited to add the second one, completed just in the nick of time…