Rebecca Minkoff “Mamalicious” Pouch – Happy Mother’s Day weekend!!
Mother’s Day gift ideas
This Sunday (May 8th) is Mother’s Day in North America (it was April 3rd in the UK). For most mom’s it should really be EVERY day, so for anyone who hasn’t bought the Mother’s in their lives a gift (ahem… any men out there?) – here are my four pillars to a successful gift for Mom:
1 – Thoughtful card: 2 – Buy her flowers:
3 – Something luxurious: 4 – Get sentimental:
I’m obsessed with quotes, and I’m a HUGE fan of “quotable cards” – there’s one for every occasion. I think EVERY gift (and occasion) deserves a thoughtful card, you can take it further with a quote that’s sure to warm Mom’s heart. I’ll leave the personal message inside to you.
You can’t go wrong with flowers. Bonus points if you get her favorite. Keep them spring-bright!
Mom’s often don’t spend as time and money on themselves as they do on everyone else. Pamper her! Invest in a designer candle, body lotion, perfume, or jewelry to show her she’s worth it.
My favorite gift to give anyone in my family is a KODAK Photo Book - filled with memories (and of course, I add quotes as captions). You can use photos to personalize mugs, jewelry, and magnets. Tight for time? Just load a digital frame with select photos (or create a slideshow for her iPad).
“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.” ~Unknown
Links of London Copper Glitter Friendship Bracelet
Links of London Copper Glitter Friendship Bracelet
- great for layering with other bracelets and/or your watch
Gwyneth Paltrow is her Father’s Daughter
Photos: Gwyneth Paltrow c/o http://www.whowhatwear.com & http://www.zimbio.com/
She’s got style. She’s got grace. Not just another pretty face, Gwyneth Paltrow has BEAUTY and BRAINS. An Academy Award wining actress (“Shakespeare in Love”), model (Estee Lauder and Tod’s), singer (“Country Strong” and “Glee”), mother of two (Apple and Moses), and now – chef / writer. She’s taken her online newsletter / blog “GOOP” to another level with this month’s release of her first cookbook, “My Father’s Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family & Togetherness”. Gwyn’s love for cooking starting at a young age as shared passion between her and her late father (Producer Bruce Paltrow was the self-proclaimed love of her life until his death in 2002). The proud host of all-organic dinner parties for famous friends included in the book’s dedication such as the Spielbergs, and Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. Her close friend and world-renowned chef, Mario Batali wrote the forward. So how can a foodie stay so long, lean, and… glowing at 38??
The book tells ALL. Gwyneth’s must-have items for your pantry include bragg liquid aminos, King Arthur bread flour, bomba rice and Vegenaise. She’s committed and motivated, but not vigilant and totally extreme – to her passion for healthy eating and delicious cooking. Clearly, it’s working.
On her preference for healthy ingredients: “Could I use some butter and cheese and eggs in my cooking without going down some kind of hippie shame spiral? Yes. Of course I could.”
On hosting a successful dinner: “You just need some good ingredients and a few simple recipes, maybe a couple of jokes or a ‘topic to dissect’ at the table, the way they do at Nora Ephron’s house.”
On breakfast: “Food preferences are easy to contend with — set out a large bowl of granola and have all different fixins on the side — berries, flax meal, yogurt, cow’s milk, soy milk, hemp milk.”
On her favorite savory breakfast: “I first had a version of this at a Japanese monastery during a silent retreat — don’t ask, it’s a long story.”
On zucchini: “When I pass a flowering zucchini plant in a garden, my heart skips a beat.”
On her pizza oven: “We’ve got a wood-burning pizza oven in the garden — a luxury, I know, but it’s one of the best investments I’ve ever made.”
On one of her kids’ favorite dishes: “Oh, how my heart leaps when I see them munching down kale with brown rice.”
On being macrobiotic: “During the strict macrobiotic chapter of my life, I ate miso soup every day for breakfast and sometimes with dinner as well.”
On her kids’ love for broccoli: “Luckily, my children love broccoli, and although we sometimes enter into UN-like negotiations about how many ‘trees’ they need to eat before they can partake of ice cream, it is a vegetable that they tend to embrace.”
Pretty sure I know who’s house I want to go to for dinner – just me, Gwyn, Apple, Moses and Chris.
And ladies and gents – this book makes a great Mother’s Day (May 8th) gift … Mmmm-delicious.
