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Weekly DIY Roundup: Mother's Day Gifts!
Mother's Day snuck up on me this year! I didn't even know when it was, and suddenly, bam! It's Sunday! So if the same thing happened to you, here's a roundup of gifts you can quickly craft, or take a little longer for a birthday or other later date. Craft blog has a series of Make It for Mom tutorials, including Diane Gilleland's super clever envelope photo book:
And Katie Goodman's homemade hand scrub looks like it smells fabulous!
And Jenny Ryan did a Mother's Day corsage for her How-To Tuesdays project, also on Craft:
Craftstylish has also had a few Mother's Day projects, like Linda Permann's rickrack brooch, made with giant rickrack!
Tina Hilton shared a free knitting pattern for a beginner's lace sachet bag, for moms or brides:
And I showed how to make greeting cards with recycled materials, including how to print onto paper grocery bag pieces! This is my Mother's Day card example:
Craftster.org has a whole Mother's Day category, so be sure to browse through that! One of my favorites is FairyWings' owl made from shells, for her mom who's "into owls this year"!
Instructables also has a Mother's Day page of tutorials, including linuxmom's dried roses the easy way:
And I love m-art-ina's forget-me-not mug for her mom:
Sew, Mama, Sew! rounded up a bunch of tutorials from their archives that might be perfect for a mother, like this rice heat therapy bag:
I really reeeally love these tree limb coasters on curbly - perfect for a coaster-loving (or tree-loving) mom, or maybe for yourself! (or myself!)
Lastly, Schlosser Designs has two free downloadable cards that you can customize with your own personal message!
I hope some of you thought ahead and made awesome gifts for your moms (and share them in the forums!), but for those of you who have yet to figure it out, I hope this roundup helps! Let us know any great projects I missed in the comments!

And Katie Goodman's homemade hand scrub looks like it smells fabulous!

And Jenny Ryan did a Mother's Day corsage for her How-To Tuesdays project, also on Craft:

Craftstylish has also had a few Mother's Day projects, like Linda Permann's rickrack brooch, made with giant rickrack!

Tina Hilton shared a free knitting pattern for a beginner's lace sachet bag, for moms or brides:

And I showed how to make greeting cards with recycled materials, including how to print onto paper grocery bag pieces! This is my Mother's Day card example:

Craftster.org has a whole Mother's Day category, so be sure to browse through that! One of my favorites is FairyWings' owl made from shells, for her mom who's "into owls this year"!

Instructables also has a Mother's Day page of tutorials, including linuxmom's dried roses the easy way:

And I love m-art-ina's forget-me-not mug for her mom:

Sew, Mama, Sew! rounded up a bunch of tutorials from their archives that might be perfect for a mother, like this rice heat therapy bag:

I really reeeally love these tree limb coasters on curbly - perfect for a coaster-loving (or tree-loving) mom, or maybe for yourself! (or myself!)

Lastly, Schlosser Designs has two free downloadable cards that you can customize with your own personal message!

I hope some of you thought ahead and made awesome gifts for your moms (and share them in the forums!), but for those of you who have yet to figure it out, I hope this roundup helps! Let us know any great projects I missed in the comments!
Lee Meredith
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