MomGadget Mailbag - Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

Occasionally I receive introductory emails to new items or gift ideas that I enjoy passing along to my readers.  Take a look at the Mother’s Day Gift Ideas I received just today:

HP wants to help make Mother’s Day truly special with unique gift offerings that are guaranteed to make this holiday one to remember.

Digital Photography

• HP Photosmart A826 Home Photo Center: One of the many responsibilities that fall on Mom is making sure that all of her family’s memories are captured and preserved year-round.  This Mother’s Day, why not help her out by giving her the HP Photosmart A826 Home Photo Center. This break-through printer will create keepsakes on the spot with a huge 7.0-inch color touchscreen and 100-sheet internal paper tray that makes it easy to create personalized greeting cards and custom photos by the batch all without a PC (just insert your camera’s memory card). In addition to the added convenience of printing at home, you can add personalized text, frames and clipart to photos, album pages, and personalized greeting cards – even write and draw directly on photos using the included stylus.  With more than 200 frames, clipart and graphics you can personalize your Mother’s Day memories and all the family’s treasured experiences right in the printer and print them out for everyone to enjoy all throughout the year.

For more information about the HP Photosmart A826 Home Photo Center and other great HP products and supplies for this Mother’s Day, visit the HP Home & Home Office Store at www.hpshopping.com.

HP Activity Center

Breakfast in bed for Mom usually consists of toast, juice and a flower in a vase but this year let the HP Activity Center help you put a new twists on this and other traditional Mother’s Day routines.  This year, why not transform Mom’s bedroom into a French countryside suite with customizable menus, a decorative place mat, table cards, and more!  It’s easy with the HP Activity Center’s free downloadable and printable templates.  With easy to follow instructions you can beautify any ordinary juice glass with a personalized wrap or present the morning’s feast in style with a customized French country themed menu with your own items and descriptions.

With the HP Activity Center, you can make Mother’s Day truly special with 20 easy-to-make projects including themed photo cards, year-at-a-glace photo calendars, Mother’s Day photo frames and even beautiful paper flowers.  With simple instructions on how to download and customize the templates as well as information on all the HP supplies you’ll need to create your project, the HP Activity Center offers free and creative gifts all with the click of a mouse. 

Snapfish

• Sterling Silver Jewelry: Put a smile on Mom’s face by combining two of her favorite things–family photos and jewelry! Snapfish offers customizable sterling silver jewelry which is perfect for making Mom feel appreciated on her special day. Snapfish users can easily and affordably turn family photos into wearable art by personalizing a sterling silver bracelet or necklace with photos that will warm her heart for less than $40 (a great project dad and child can do together).  Additionally, the custom jewelry comes beautifully packaged in a presentation gift box.

• Photo Books: What better way to make Mom feel special than to create a photo book full of favorite snapshots capturing your family’s memorable moments? Snapfish offers a full line of photo books in a range of sizes, covers and designs to celebrate Mom. Photo book prices range from $4.99 to $49.99. These professionally-bound books let you tell your stories by using your personal photos to illustrate all the special memories made with Mom. Snapfish’s latest additions to its line of photo books include Signature Photo Books – 12 x 12-inches starting at $49.99, and Storybooks with personalized dust jackets – 8 x 8-inches starting at $24.99.

Supplies

• What does the future hold for your photos of mom?  Don’t let your favorite photos of mom fade away. See how long your special photos of mom will stand the test of time and fare against long-term light exposure with the HP Light Fade Simulator. A free download available on the HP Web site at www.hp.com/go/printpermanence, the HP Light Fade Simulator lets you upload your .jpg photos and simulate photo fading on your computer monitor. Replicating zero to 80 years of light exposure, you can compare the light fade permanence of your image when printed with specific Original HP inks and papers versus comparable non-HP supplies. With Original HP supplies such as Vivera inks and HP Advanced Photo Paper, memories of mom can last a lifetime. Visit www.hp.com/go/printpermanence and follow the on-screen instructions to get started!