Mama Dearest

Dearest Mother,
You nurtured me, cared for me, and raised me to be the fine upstanding citizen I am today. You gave me unsolicited, though very helpful advice like staying away from boys who drive Japanese sports cars with vanity plates. You kindly overlooked those late night, incoherent voicemails I left you from college- I swear I haven’t even had a sip of Jagermeister since. And you’ve started using “the Facebook”, even if it is because I didn’t call you back that one week and you were checking to see if I was still alive. Yes we’ve had our ups and downs, Mom. But you have always been there for me. My rock. My beacon. And for all these reasons you deserve one awesome kick-ass Mother’s Day gift.
Love,
Your Daughter

The Posh Mama who never leaves home without being completely “done”, should don this Leighelena Wide Buckle Bracelet in genuine skin (Available in great colors for $125 from Deseos, 92 Broadway, Hillsdale)

For the mom who starts cocktail hour at noon, surprise her with a Wine Tote Purse in one of spring’s bright new colors like tangerine ($39.95 at Mango Jam, 41 N. Broad Street, Ridgewood)

or grab Anne Taintor’s Happy Hour Flask, ($24.95 at Mango Jam, 41 N. Broad Street, Ridgewood)

Doting Grandmamas deserve a custom photobook from MyPublisher.
Creators can customize each page of their story including fonts, layouts and finishes to make something worthy of cocktail table status. (starting at $29.80 per hardcover book, at My Publisher. Special Offer: Take care of Mom and Mother-in-Law in one shot with MyPublisher’s 2 for 1 photobook deal, available on-line at My Publisher through April 26th)

Home is where your Mama’s heart is. Help it smell wonderful and look pretty with an oversized LAFCO candle for any room of the house. We love the “Music Room” scent, with traces of black tea and citrus. ($55 at Blue Mercury, S. Dean Street, Englewood)

Or let the kids pitch in and have them Color-Their-Own Mothers Day Cookies, which includes a set of edible markers. ($35.50 from Eleni’s, order online)