Today I finished up my Mother’s Day cards for my mom and mother-in-law, and I thought I would share them with you. Because I’m crazy and can’t do anything the easy way, I kind of went all out.
First, I had my daughter paint pictures for each of her grammies. The kid loves to paint, so it was a win-win. I also took pictures of her while painting and used PicFrame and Instagram on my iPhone to create a little photo collage. I printed the collage and sewed it to the front of each card so they could see how much love and labor my little one put into making their special cards.
Mother’s Day is a little over a week away and there are lots of free printables floating around the internet that would make for a great, frugal gift for mom! Some of these would make great gifts for grandma, and if it’s something you’d like, there’s still time to send the link to the Mr. (they often need our help, after all).
Here are some of my favorite free printables for Mother’s Day:
With Mother’s Day coming up in just a couple of months, it’s a good time to start thinking about some DIY gift ideas. I did a DIY gifts for mom: Part 1 post last Christmas for my Save Money Monday series, and thought it was high time for a follow-up!
There are so many great DIY gift ideas that moms will love, and that extra time and effort put in will not go unnoticed by the one who birthed you (at least I hope).
I had a really good response to last week’s “DIY gifts for her” post, so I thought I would continue on this week with some great gift ideas for mom. Moms tend to be easy to please; they love photos of their families and grandkids, and just about anything practical or pretty. Here are some great DIY gifts for mom that even you would love to receive!
It doesn’t seem like that long ago that I was holding my tiny little girl in my arms in the hospital, in complete awe of how beautiful, perfect, and tiny she was.
Now she walks, talks, and tests my patience daily.
My mother is a huge fan of both takeout. [sidenote: In her defense, she works the graveyard shift, so when she wakes up after a day of sleeping there isn’t much time for her to cook a meal before getting ready for work] She also loves herself some coupons; I guess that’s where I get my frugal nature from.
So for Mother’s Day this year, I thought I would make her a takeout menu/coupon binder to hold all her goodies (especially since her current organization method consists of an old, decrepit paper folder). The materials only cost me around $7.50, and assembly was no more than an hour or two process. I’ve seen these online and in bookstores for around $20, and they are half the size of the one I made, which just isn’t big enough for some coupon flyers.
