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Last-minute Mother’s Day gifts

May 7, 2010 in Crafts | 5 comments

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:

Last-minute Mother's Day

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…

Last-minute Mother's Day Gift, 2

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One-track mind

May 9, 2009 in Crafts | 1 comment

My husband got me the most gorgeous flowers for Mother’s Day.  I love the texture, the scent, the density and weight of two dozen roses.

Mother's Day Flowers

When I was done fawning over them and took them out of their delivery box, I was struck….

Mother's Day Flowers

Say……  that’s an awfully nice box, there.  Wonder what I could make with it!

Oh my lord. Really? That’s what you think when you see a cardboard box?  The one that brought you the loveliest flower arrangement you’ve seen in a very long time?  Really? You go straight to crafting?

Yes, really.

Anyone have any suggestions for how I can put that handy box to good use?  It’s roughly 6″ square (not quite large enough to store my 9-patch blocks, sadly), maybe 4-5″ deep.  What would you do with it?

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And for anyone in the Boston area, they’re from the much-lauded Winston Flowers, through the WBUR fundraiser (yes, we’re both NPR geeks).  Not only are they gorgeous flowers in a very pretty arrangement and vase, but the Winston people really look out for you. They were delivered while I was out and about with the kids on Friday morning.  By the time I got back into the house, maybe an hour or so after they were delivered, there was already a message on my answering machine letting me know they’d been dropped off and making sure I knew where to find them.  That evening, I got a second phone call. They wanted to make sure I had gotten my flowers, and wanted to remind me that they soak up a lot of water, so I should check the levels the next day. Seriously? Somehow I don’t seem to get that same kind of service from the big-box flower services, huh?

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