Listen up, dads - a bunch of supermarket flowers just isn't going to cut it on Mother's Day anymore. While our absolute favourite cards gifts are always the homemade ones, there's no denying that a little something extra is always a lovely surprise. Luckily, the web is awash with super-cool mama goodies. Here are a few we're loving at BG HQ - as always, we suggest leaving your laptop/phone around with this page clearly visible...
The extremely entertaining Mutha Hood (check our her Insta Stories) has a fab range of 'mum stuff' in store, including her popular No Judgement range of tee, pin, pouch and mug. We're superfans of this sterling silver Maman necklace, £41, because things written in French are just that little bit cooler, non?
Who doesn't love a decent scented candle? I admit I'm biased as my friend Naomi is half of Seven Seventeen, but their candles are seriously good. They last for ages, look gorgeous and smell of what they're supposed to. Currently crushing on jasmine-scented Beautiful You, from £14, ideal as a mama gift.
If you haven't listened to the Scummy Mummies podcast, where have you been? Don't despair though, you can share the laughs with Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn through the medium of their book Scummy Mummies: A Celebration of Parenting Failures, Hilarious Confessions, Fish Fingers and Wine (Quadrille, RRP £7.99), which does exactly what it says on the tin.
Anyone who loves Instagram will know Clemmie Hooper, midwife and mother of four, whose blog Gas & Air was a must-read for me when I was pregnant with Kitty. Her latest collab is the Mother of Daughters Birch Box, £52, packed with skincare goodies from the likes of Nuxe, This Works and Aromatherapy Associates and her signature Lord & Berry red lippy.
You can never ever have too many bags. Fact. This ia especially when you have children, as, let's face it, they have a lot of stuff that needs carting about. Ensure yours are suitably stylish by adding this Mère Soeur Mother Love tote, £12, to your collection.
Enamel pins. We can't get enough of them. And this is one of our favourites, featuring the slogan Mother Like No Other, £6.50, surely true of every mum out there. Lovely as a pressie for friend who's feeling overwhelmed by the whole parenting thing, too.
Don't Buy Her Flowers was set up to provide alternative gifts for new mums, but now it's a one-stop shop for fabulous pressie packages for everyone. We love all the quirky options for Mother's Day, particularly the Gin Package, from £29 - you'd have to be crazy not to be happy with a box containing gin, crisps, chocolate and a copy of the brilliant Hurrah for Gin on a Sunday morning.
If there's one thing EVERY mother needs, it's somewhere to store and display all that artwork (seriously, there is so much of the stuff!). Articulate frames are brilliant - you can show off your child's artistic genius, while also storing old paintings behind. The Macro gallery, £43.99, is ace - it hold four pictures (two portrait, two landscape), so perfect for larger (or just prolific) families.
We've always been keen supporters of Selfish Mother, even before their tees and sweats became the school run uniform of choice. Their GoodTees have raised over £515,000 for charity so far and are super-comfy (I'm wearing my grey Mother one as I type) - we are loving the latest Script sweatshirt designs, featuring illustrator Cheryl Rawlings' distinctive writing in silver on black, £50.
More of a caffeine freak than a gin bunny? Scandiborn's Fourth Trimester Mama Pack, £25.95, might be the one for you, containing a You've Got This Mama mug, a pack of Forge Special Blend coffee, Creighton's Mama chocolate and the latest issue of the fab Fourth Trimester magazine. The perfect combo for one of those mythical child-free morning coffee breaks.
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