SHOPPING TIPS FOR MOTHER'S DAY

Mother's Day is coming up, and everyone I know always gets so stressed out about getting their mother, grandmother or "just like my mom" person in their lives a really unique gift.

On the previous pages there are a lot of ideas that would be perfect.  But there is one fact that everyone should think about before Mother's Day.  The MOST important gift to a mom is to hear your voice or see you in person.  All she wants is to be remembered on her special day.  If you can't see her in person, a phone call along with a photo gift is THE best.

You don't have to spend a lot of money on your photo gift.  Just remember the most important part of the photo gift is the PHOTO.

All of the ideas for photo gifts which I have suggested, involve using your own photo.  How do you pick the best photo?  Look for:

• Pictures of special moments between you and your mom - this could be a current photo, or it could be from many years ago.  (For a special effect, you could have the photo tinted in sepia or black and white, and frame it with a nice frame). 
• Pictures of you with your siblings - this doesn't have to be a posed "studio type" photo - sometimes casual pictures of everyone together have more meaning.
• Pictures of you and your family (if you have one).
• Pictures of you and your "significant other".
• Pictures of your kids (if you have some)
• Photos of you alone - doing something you love.
• Photo of you with your pet (if you have one).

The point is, your mother is interested in YOU - she wants to know what you're doing, to feel good about how you are living your life and knowing that you are happy.  If you choose pictures that convey these thoughts you have a winner! 

While you are searching through your photos you will soon see which ones are good and which ones you might scrap.  It gives you an idea on photo moments - on how to take better pictures. 

 GETTING THE PERFECT CARD FOR MOTHERS DAY

As I am always on the lookout for wonderful photo items, I found Smilebox.com.  If you want to send your Mother or Grandmother a one of a kind card for Mother's Day this is the place to do it.  It's the best bargain around -  the basic service is free!  All you do is click on this link, choose a design, add photos, videos, words and music - and you can email , blog or print it.  You will have the most awesome digital photo card around.  How cool is that?  They also have MOTHER'S DAY SCRAPBOOK PAGES that work the same way.  Think how delighted your mom or grandma would be receiving a video recording of the kids sending their love., with a digital scrapbook page.   It's so much fun and easy to do!

To make it extra easy,you can create your card now, and schedule it to send when you want.  How cool is that?