I got the idea for this post from my friend Sandie, over at ChattyCrone. A while back, she had posted some photos of homemade gifts. I'm sentimental (like most moms) about the gifts my kids made me over the years for Mother's Day. I thought I'd share some here:
 |
| A tissue paper bouquet made by my son. I get this out every May 1st and put it in a china vase on my bookshelves. |
 |
| Middle Child made this pot for me in kindergarten. The magic marker drawings have faded, but I still use it for my basil on my windowsill year round. |
 |
| These photo flowers have a permanent home next to my jewelry box in my closet. |
 |
| My oldest daughter decorated this plastic teacup and put teabags in it one year. Now I use it for Qtips in my bathroom. |
 |
| These clay hearts were made by my oldest and youngest. They must have had the same art teacher for 2nd grade. I display them every February. I only wish my middle child had also made one in 2nd grade. |
 |
I use this cup my son decorated as a pencil holder on my desk. If I think too hard about it, it makes me cry. One side proclaims, 'Mom Rocks!' The other side says, 'You make me happy' and spells out MOM:
Magical
Only I Can Love You the Most
Marvelous
|
 |
Calla Lillies are my favorite flowers. I bought the two red ones for my mom and mother-in-law to drop off. I kept the yellow one for myself and will plant it outside at the end of the month, when it stops snowing!!!!
I hope all of you Mom's out there had a nice day yesterday. Do you have any special memories of Mother's Day? |
OMG yes, my mother used to collect everything I ever made for her. I used to love making her homemade cards. After she passed away, I was going through a huge box of items she had and there they were...all the cards I made for her. Also, the letters I wrote to her.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the tissue paper bouquet and the photo flowers. They're so CUTE!!
And hey, your oldest daughter's gift just gave me a wonderful idea on where to store my Q-tips! I have a few coffee mugs that I haven't used in awhile, which would perfect.
"Calla Lillies are my favorite flowers." Mine too! They are so elegant and classy!
Thanks for sharing this post, it was so sweet!
And Happy Belated Mother's Day, my friend! X
You're so creative that I bet those homemade cards were gorgeous. It's so sweet to hear that you found them after she passed. But it must have been difficult, too.
DeleteI like to repurpose things that I no longer use as originally intended, so I like your coffee mug idea, too! We don't share sinks or bathroom drawers, so my husband puts his QTips in a glass sugar dish he used in college. Now, that's old!
I didn't know we shared the same favorite flower! I just LOVE them. I have a few white ones and a purple one around the foundation of our house, so I was excited to find a yellow one. Thanks for the wishes! XO
I salute with your children who love you so much. Their love is poured into beautiful artistic creativity.
ReplyDeleteHappy mother's day
Thank you so much.
DeleteAll the best for you:** We have in Poland but on 14 March:)
ReplyDeleteWow, you're pulling in comments from all over today, aren't you?
ReplyDeleteThe first Mother's Day after 1F was born, I didn't do anything particularly special for Jenn. I told her, "you're not my mother". I have since figured out that her being the Mother of My Children is a Big Deal. He can be taught!
Lol, yes, when the kids aren't old enough to do something, it's up to Dad! And I'm not sure where these comments are coming from.
DeleteI love these gifts!! Like you, I get sentimental about the homemade gifts. They make for fabulous memories. My favorites are the sunflower pictures in your closet. :)
ReplyDeleteThose are special and I like that I can see them daily.
DeleteI love each and every gift they made you. I am glad you kept them too. Isn't it wonderful remembering? You are a flower gal and I think they know that. Glad you had a nice Mother's Day.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the inspiration for this post.
DeleteIt wasn't Mother's Day in the UK , we've already had it this year in March. You've had some lovely gifts from your children over the years and I bet they are touched that you kept them all.
ReplyDeleteThey do like that I've held on to their gifts. Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteThose are wonderful treasures!! I made tissue paper flowers with the kids in the after care program last year and saved one that's now in my dining room. I usually keep a couple greeting cards on my dresser from my children.
ReplyDeleteMy husband usually takes me out for Mother's Day, sometimes my son joins us. This year, of course, much has changed. I talked to kids on the phone and Ron ordered pizza (my choice!).
The lilies are pretty!
There are so many ways to make tissue paper flowers. I remember my mom made big ones back in the '70's. Glad you got what you wanted yesterday.
DeleteHappy Mother's Day. I still have an old clay ashtray me son made for me.
ReplyDeleteMy husband has a few things, including a Mr. Peanut clay cup (he loved peanuts).
DeleteThose are great indeed. The kiddos sure knew how to make some great things for you. Nothing wrong with being sentimental.
ReplyDeleteI do have a heart, despite what Cat may think!
DeleteSuch great treasures they made you!! I admire teachers for coming up with creativity on projects like this (and if they got it from another teacher, then I applaud that source, LOL). All are great ones your kids made you over the years and I like how you creatively display them or purposed them for something.
ReplyDeleteSnow still????? Not fair! The calla lillies are pretty!! I'm sure your mom and MIL appreciated them!
One Mother's Day memory came to mind immediately when I read that part of your blog, so I'll share it. You might want to grab a tissue, LOL. My mom died 12/13/2006; she was 85; lived a good life. Anyway, I was a volunteer in the church nursery that we were attending at the time. Mother's Day 2007 of course was going to be hard with the first Mother's Day without my mom and I was scheduled to work in the nursery. No problem. There was another worker there too. For the service, there was only one baby that got checked in by their parents. As I was talking to the other worker, she mentioned that her niece had just lost a baby (like days before) at 39 weeks and how devastated they all were. Rightly so. Anyway, we just both loved on that little baby boy who was in the nursery. We took turns holding him. He was a delightful little boy. His parents picked him up after the service and we asked how old he was. They said 7 months old, that he was born 12/13/2006 (gave me goosebumps). God had me and that other worker exactly where he wanted us to be that Mother's Day. In our grief, life still was going on and there was hope. It was one of the best Mother's Day gifts I ever got; a wonderful gift from God :)
betty
I'm not sure what teachers did before the Internet! Must have been word of mouth or magazines. Well, that is indeed a God whisper with the baby born on the day your mom passed. And just the fact that it was Mother's Day is unreal. Thanks for sharing that, Betty! XO
DeleteThose are such great gifts., especially the 'Mom Rocks' cup. That really does make you teary eyed. I have most of my kids things packed away, some I gave to them, some were lost in a flooded basement. and some, like the Cheerios necklace or the painted pasta necklace disintegrated with age. After the flood and the disintegration I started taking pictures of everything the kids made so that even if they were physically destroyed I still had photos. My grown kids now do the same. Every year I order flowers for my daughter for her landscaping at home and she takes her daughter to go pick them up and then they plant them together. :) This year we couldn't do that but as soon as we can we will keep that tradition going.
ReplyDeleteI've always had a special relationship with my son, so that cup just does me in. Being my youngest, we did a lot of special things together while his older sisters were in school. I rrally miss the little guy that he was, but boy does my grandson fill those shoes!
DeleteWe suffered a lot of basement floods at our last house and lost a lot of their childhood books I was keeping for them. I did the same thing as you with their art projects - took photos before I threw out when we moved. That's a nice idea with the flower order!
I love calla lilies.
ReplyDeleteI have a box of the kids papers and cards they've made for me over the years. And then some homemade gifts. When I moved out of my last house I found a wooden spoon my older son had carved for me and then hidden behind books on the bookshelf. It hangs in my kitchen now. There's nothing quite like things your kids make for you.
It's nice when the gift is something you can see everyday, like the spoon.
DeleteHappy (Belated) Mother's Day, Bijoux!
ReplyDeleteI think it's wonderful that you have all these homemade gifts. They have a value that can never be measured.
I remember making similar things for my mother and she'd always be so excited and happy when I gave them to her. Oh, golly, get me the Kleenex...
Take care and thanks so much for sharing these images with us!
From all the stories you told, your mom was one in a million, Rob. Hope you have a good week.
DeleteLike those photo flowers. It really brightens up the room.
ReplyDeleteThey do make me happy.
DeleteThat's sweet that you've kept all of those things. The lilies are pretty. It's a good thing you don't like cats since you wouldn't be able to have lilies if you had a cat. :-) My parents don't celebrate any of the holidays, including Mother's Day and Father's day, so my sister and I never made any of those little things as kids. I know my M-I-L saved a lot of the stuff like that from when my husband was little. We have a friend who was never able to have children and whose adopted children have nothing to do with her now that they're adults and their birth mom has contacted them (she's in her 70s now) and still really struggles on Mother's Day, so we always send her something. She always sends us a sweet card to thank us for whatever it was, and I've kept all of those cards. So maybe that's kind of similar?
ReplyDeleteThat's a sad situation and so kind of you to do something for her on Mother's Day. I think you and I have commented about your family if origin in the past. When my oldest was in 3rd grade, there was a boy who was JW in her class and it was rough on him because they always did special crafts for the holidays. His mom would always pick him up on party days or he would do a worksheet while the other kids did the holiday craft. I know that must have been hard on you as well if you attended public school.
DeleteI hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day. Nice memories.
Deletewww.thepulpitandthepen.com
Aww those are cute. I still have the vase my daughter made me.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteYour children are very talented. : )
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteSo much love and affection, that's lovely. I especially like the clay hearts, they look so intricate.
ReplyDeleteThose clay hearts were not bad for 2nd graders!
DeleteHomemade gifts are the best. I have folders full of handmade drawings mine have done for me over the years. One of them I think I'm going to scan, then made a sign with my laser engraver was from when my daughter was like 5. She wrote me a note that said "I lik (like) you. You git (get) me fied (fried) tiken (chicken)." I had never given her fried chicken before, so that what makes the note even funnier. Plus the stick figure of me is priceless lol
ReplyDeleteThat is funny and sweet!
Delete