First Row: A checklist your mom can look at breathe a sigh with each check-mark you made. The Hot Mama card is part of Real Simple’s wonderful collection of slideshows for Mother’s Day Gift Guides.

Second Row: Able and Game has a great selection of Mother’s (and Father’s, remember that one for later!) Day cards, some of them perfect for all my friends who are now “mums.” I LOVE this New Yorker comic so much that I might make it into a card for my sister.

Third Row: Jordan Ferney had an excellent envelope surprise idea that you could use not only for Mother’s Day, but birthdays as well. 16 Things Mom’s Really Want for Mother’s Day post on Babble

You can also check out:

• frolic-blog’s guide to making a french, hand tied, papered bouquet. Turn a store-bought bouquet into something personal and a work of art!
• it doesn’t have to be served in bed, but crepes are a mom favorite! We will be making some for my mom, complete with bacon, fruit and tons of Grand Marnier!
• One of my old Mother’s Day guides, complete with a list of awesome moms. I had to go back and check to see, and yes, I still agree with all of them, especially Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor.

What are your plans for Mother’s Day?