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Shop Local: Unique Mother’s Day Gift Guide

April 20, 2021 By Kari Leave a Comment

This Shop Local: Unique Mother’s Day Gift Guide features charming picnics, curated boxes, ice cream delivery, cocktail kits and more!

Mother’s Day is almost here and I honestly can’t believe it! Snuck up so fast. Like you, I like to find fun new ways to get creative with gifts and I know you’re going to love these! If you’re not local to the Edmonton area – have no fear! Some of this stuff you can shop online or (at the very least) snag the ideas and search for businesses in your hometown doing something similar.

After you’re done here, be sure to check out Five Ways To Treat Mom When You Can’t Be With Her – a post I wrote last year which (as we’re still in this nasty pandemic), still applies.

Some Fun!

Party & Confetti Balloons: How fun are these Mother’s Day Edition Skinny Balloon Boxes?! Choose from three different themes and the box will arrive inflated and assembled. Details on ordering here.

Picnic Experience: Take mom on a picnic or gift her a special card to invite her on the date later in the year. True North Picnic specializes in “charming picnic packages set in beautiful surrounding parks”. All you have to do is book online and show up! They have several packages available with all the decor, cushions, blankets, table, food, etc. set up for you. They even have bug spray, hand sanitizer, and disinfecting wipes on hand as well. Check them out here.

Photo Sessions

Mama + Baby Portrait Sessions: Photographer Dallas Curow is offering her gorgeous Mama + Baby Portrait Sessions on Saturday, May 1 which can be ready in time for Mother’s Day! The photos are shot on Dallas’ front porch in order to safely photograph and maintain social distance. Open to moms with kids of any age and grandmas too (as long as you’re in the same household or have been seeing each other in a child care capacity). All the details and booking info is right here.

Little Icons Portraits: Absolutely stunning kid portraits by Ashley Champagne (Little Icons) would make such a nice gift for Mother’s Day. You can take the kids and surprise mom with the photos or gift her the experience of going with them to have the pictures taken. The sessions are 15 minutes long and you get four digital files. Little Icons just opened up a brick and mortar studio on 124th street AND just opened up brand new sessions for bookings today! Do it here.

Curated Boxes

Tiny Zen Memory: You’ll find three gift set options with Tiny Zen Memory’s Mama Box Collection. Each box contains a piece of their meaningful jewelry and other beautiful items from local shops. All the details here.

The Plum Mother’s Day Boxes: Filled with amazing goodies all from Canadian shops! There are four options in these beautifully curated boxes by Plum Home: The Loving Box, The Caring Box, The All You Are Box, and The Tender Box. Shop them all here.

DIY + Floral Subscriptions

The Little Flower Truck: A beautifully wrapped market bouquet delivered monthly or bi-weekly with three or six-month subscription options. Check them out here! 

Cory Christopher’s Peony Subscription:  Hook mom up with a peony subscription from Cory Christopher! Available in five or 10-stem bundles (wrapped in kraft paper), as a three-week or six-week subscription. Shop here.

Fabloomosity’s At “Moss” Sphere DIY Kit: All the supplies and different mosses needed, along with a link to a fun tutorial video. Choose between a single circular 12” piece or a set of 4 4”x6” rectangles. Available for pick up or delivery! Shop here.

Mom Tees

Love these culturally inclusive, sustainable sweatshirts and tees from Mama Mata Madre! Pick from one of several different languages and a few different colour options. They also have matching ones for dads and kids. Shop here.

“Love Your Mother” Tee from Bamboo Ballroom. Shop here.

Zen Lion Design’s Mama Sweatshirt. Shop it here.

Nest in the City’s Mama Bird Tee. Shop it here. 

Treats

Jacek’s Chocolate Tasting Kit: An educational & tasty chocolate experience for up to six people. You get single-origin dark chocolate bars, roasted cocoa beans, cocoa butter, a tasting guide, a tasting note pad, pens, tent cards, online discount codes, and access to a virtual tour behind the scenes with Jacqueline Jacek! Check it out here.

 

The Common’s Cocktails Kit: Send mom a cocktail kit from The Common – and while you’re there – get one for yourself and the two of you can do a virtual cheers to celebrate. A few different recipes are available including Watermelon Mojito, Pimms Cup, and Negroni. Order here.

LuLu Cookies: How pretty are these floral buttercream sugar cookies? You get to pick your colours and flavours and they also come with 24K gold edible gold flakes. Order some here!

Ice Cream Delivery: I don’t think one could possibly go wrong with ice cream and even better when it’s delivered! Made by Marcus has ice cream delivery boxes with four pints of your choice delivered right to your door! All the details are right here. 

What do you think? Which one are you getting mom for Mother’s Day?

Pin this to your Mother’s Day and Shop Local boards and follow me on Pinterest here.

 

Other Posts You’ll Love:

Five Ways To Treat Mom When You Can’t Be With Her

The Mom Wardrobe: Five Foolproof Looks

Timesaver: Mompreneur Tips

 

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when you feel like you've hit your max bump but th when you feel like you've hit your max bump but there's still nine weeks to go. 😳

It's truly amazing what our bodies can do. 💛

#31weeks #sunsoutbumpsout #beachball
Life update. ❤ I’ll be keeping this piece of Life update. ❤

I’ll be keeping this piece of art forever. Wyatt painted this for me back in January, when I was isolated with Covid. I taped it up on the wall beside the bed during my stay in our guest room. If you zoom in, you’ll see me in the front with the big baby belly. (Wyatt calls me ‘big belly’ these days!)

Rainbows represent promise, hope, and new beginnings. 

It's been a rough past few weeks for our family, hence my absence online. Thank you so much for your messages of love, concern, and support. They mean so much to us. I know I share a lot with you on here, but I’m not going to get into details this time. Just know we're doing alright. Junebug is great (and kicking and rolling around non-stop!), Wyatt is awesome per usual, and Ryan and I are rock solid.

I had to take a break from work. My main focus has always been (and will
always be) protecting the peace, health, and well-being of our family unit. 

Social media can be a beautiful place where connection and inspiration happens. Unfortunately, it can also foster hurtful and harmful attacks. I’ve learned so much over these past few weeks, and have deeply reflected on my presence and future plans online. I’ll share more soon, but for now, I just wanted to check in, say a sincere thanks, and let you know we’re all good. ❤️
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🤰I’m playing catchup on some pregnancy blog posts but I wanted to make sure this was up, especially for those who have been following our journey. 

👉 Head on over to KariSkelton.com for ‘Pregnancy Q&A: The First Trimester’ where I get into all of it. Link is in my bio.

❔️Please ask any questions. That’s the whole reason why I share about this. I believe sharing our experiences and personal stories helps all of us feel less alone and often validates what we’re going through. 

(If you can believe it, I took a video of the exact moment I found out but it disappeared from my files. Poof! Gone.💨 Of all the videos to lose…. 🙈 But very happy to have this photo).

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➡️ Giveaway! To celebrate @fresonbros first birthday tomorrow (Saturday, March 5), we’re giving away a $250 Freson Bros. GC! 🥳

You’re invited to pop down to the party between 11-5 to celebrate with us! 🎉There’s birthday torte, a whole bunch of perks, specialty tastings, and additional in-store giveaways, including a beautiful Camp Chef XT Wood Pellet Grill! 🙆‍♀️

To enter our $250 GC Giveaway:

👉 Make sure you follow me @kariskelton and @fresonbros.

👉 Like this post.

👉 tag some friends who would love this!

✨️ Bonus entry: Head to KariSkelton.com and leave a comment on my ‘Freson Bros. Turns One’ blog post (make sure to add your IG handle in that comment so we know who you are). 

*This giveaway is open to Canadian residents only and is in no way endorsed or supported by Instagram. The winner must be able to pick up the $250 gift card prize at Freson Bros. Edmonton 5139 Mullen Rd. Contest closes Friday, March 4 at 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced on this post before 9 a.m MST Saturday, March 5. 

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