This Mother’s Day is my second Mother’s Day since having Thomas. I recently reread my birth story, revisited our breastfeeding journey, and went over a post I wrote about the things I learned as a new mom. Thomas is about to be two and this has been such an amazing journey. We have teamed up with some wonderful clients to bring you our 2023 Mother’s Day Gift Guide.
Steph’s Cheers and Jeers received samples mentioned in this post in exchange for being featured on our site.
Updated: 5/10/2023
Urthy Scents:
We are kicking off our guide with a women-owned candle business called Urthy Scents. Their candles are hand-poured and made with a blend of coconut wax and vegetable wax and feature a stunning wood wick. They offer a variety of scents, I received their palm grove scent which smells amazing!
Price: $34
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Save the Girls Touch Screen Purses:
Save The Girls offers safe, secure, and fashionable ways to carry your phone. They donate 10% of their profits to Breast Cancer Research which I think is such a wonderful thing! I am just as guilty as the founder’s sister-in-law and put my phone in my bra often which is advised against. Save The Girls offers a solution to that in tons of different styles of purses including vertical crossbody bags, horizontal crossbody bags, and more. Pictured is their Travelers Treasures RFID bag.
Price:$57.99
Coupon Code: Use code StephsCheers at checkout for 20% off.
Plant Shield & Shine by Verdant Lyfe:
Plant Shield & Shine makes a wonderful gift for plant moms! This product is an all-in-one solution for houseplants but is specially designed for Calatheas and Alocasias. This solution is pre-mixed and is designed to preventatively treat & fight mild infestations of the following: Spider Mites, Fungus Gnats, Mealy Bugs, Aphids, Scale, some funguses, and other similar soft-bodied pests. It is safe for indoor and outdoor use and is also bee safe!
Ingredients: Filtered Water, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Mica, and inert ingredients.
Price:$15
Coupon Code: Use code SARANTATHEKITCHENWITCH to receive 10% off your order.
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Geologie:
Give Mom the gift of personalized skin and hair products. Their website offers a skin quiz and a hair quiz to help you figure out exactly what product is right for you. I received strengthening and smoothing products including Strengthening Shampoo and Conditioner and Smoothing Hair Co-Wash. I love the ease of their website and I love how these products have made my hair feel!
Price: $89
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Greatest Hits Gift Box by Nuts.com:
The Greatest Hits Gift Box features some of their most popular snacks including:
- CB&J Mix
- Wasabi Peanuts
- Raw Almonds(no shell)
- Roasted Cashews(50% less salt)
- Dark Chocolate Turbinado Sea Salt Almonds
- Organic Trail Mix
- Dried Strawberries
- Salt and Pepper Pistachios(I received these) OR Sweet & Spicy Chipotle Pistachios
- Sticker Sheet
I personally love nuts so I really enjoyed this gift set. If your mom loves snacking, this is a wonderful gift idea for her!
Price: $28.49 auto-delivery or $29.99 one-time purchase.
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Lovepop Cards:
Lovepop is a brand I was already very familiar with. In my opinion, their products are some of the best on the market when it comes to gifts. They have an entire
Mother’s Day card section on their website and I had no idea they also offered pop-up paper bouquets.
I chose a few items off their website for Mother’s Day including The Nightmare Before Christmas Scary Sweet Bouquet which is adorable and spooky! A great gift for any Mom who loves Tim Burton.
You can purchase the Scary Sweet Bouquet for $26.
Everipe Smoothies:
Everipe offers super tasty smoothies that are ready in minutes. Just blend with 1 cup of ice and your favorite milk or water and enjoy! Their products are dairy free, contain no added sugars, 10+ grams of protein, and are gluten-free and plant-based.
Flavors include Unbelievaberry, Greens with Envy, Strawberry Bananza, Cocoa Mojo, and Takes 2 to Mango. I had a chance to check out their 5-pack sampler and the Strawberry Bananza was my favorite!
Price: $42.49 Subscribe & Save or $49.99 One Time Purchase.
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Some of My Favorite People Are Cats” Car Magnet:
This adorable car magnet from TheCatIsInTheBox.com is a great gift for the cat Mom in your life! Mom can proudly display her love for cats and dislike for people! This magnet is approximately 5 ¾ inches in diameter and 30 mils thick.
Price: $9.99
Their website also offers cardboard cat condos, playhouses, and more.
Puzzle Snax by WerkShoppe:
WerkShoppe offers stunning puzzles created by real artists starting at just $12! They offer 48, 100, 250, 500, and 1000-piece puzzles in tons of fun designs. Their puzzles are made in the US, ethically produced, and support artists. WerkShoppe also gives back to art education.
While Puzzle Snax is more aimed at kids, I love doing small puzzles as a way to relax. I sometimes get overwhelmed by 1000-piece puzzles so the Owl 100-piece puzzle is a great portable item for Mom.
Price:$12
Lansinoh Nursie Nursing Pillow:
The Lansinoh Nursie Nursing Pillow is a great gift for the expectant mother! I had a nursing pillow and honestly, I used it for more than just breastfeeding. I used mine A LOT when I was recovering from my C-section to hug when I sneeze/coughed/existed.
Laninoh is a wonderful brand that also offers Lanolin Lip Balm, SignaturePro Double Electric Breast Pump, Birth Prep & Recovery Organic Massage Oil, Postpartum Essentials Recovery Bundle, and more. I used their breastmilk storage bags while pumping and loved them!
Price: $24.99
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BloomsyBox Flower Subscription:
BloomsyBox allows you to send high-quality flowers that are sourced from farms worldwide. I have teamed up with BloomsyBox multiple times and I have never been disappointed. Even living in New England, I have always received high-quality flowers that were in perfect condition.
I receive their Field of Sunshine bouquet which features 37 stems of roses, gerbera daisies and various fillers. I actually was able to make 2 bouquets out of this and it added wonderful brightness to my house and my day.
BloomsyBox offers one-time bouquets as well as subscriptions.
First, Eat Your Frog by Dr. Elizabeth Kagan Arleo
“FIRST, EAT YOUR FROG is a meticulously referenced book presenting eight lessons (or “pearls”) learned by a successful woman in medicine–Dr. Elizabeth Kagan Arleo. Benefits to the reader include improved work-life integration; more easeful relationships at work with colleagues and at home with family; better time management in both spheres; and core tenets for thriving as a professional working mother.” -Copied from Amazon Listing.
You can purchase this book on Amazon for $15.35 paperback or $7.99 Kindle.
Vīdl Stainless Steel Water Bottle:
Let Mom know just how important she is with a beautiful stainless steel water bottle with a message on it! There are several encouraging messages to choose from and my favorite feature is the interchangeable base that is actually a 2.5 oz storage compartment. Another neat thing is their bottles are fully customizable.
You can choose between 4 different bottle colors, 14 interchangeable base colors, 3 different lid types, and even unique personalization. There are 56 possible color combinations
They also give back! For every 50 bottles sold, a family is provided clean and safe drinking water through the Thirsty Child partnership. I love supporting brands that give back.
Price: $29-$34.
Treppie Storefronts:
Treppie is a marketplace for Tween/Teen Sellers, most of the sellers are 9-25 and sell a variety of unique handcrafted products.
All Treppies meet with founder Jennifer or with an assigned Treppie mentor where each young storefront owner’s products, costs, profit margins, safety practices, quality of craftsmanship, shipping methods, and storefront aesthetics are discussed and planned out for success.
Prices range from $3.00-$150 with the most popular items landing between $7-$20. Categories include home goods, jewelry, clothing, pets, party, arts and crafts, seasonal, holiday-themed, personalizable items, and more.
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Dignity Coconuts:
Dignity Coconuts is an innovative company that offers organic and fair-trade coconut products. Their mission is to put an end to modern-day slavery in coconut farming communities, they offer jobs that help end poverty and slavery while producing high-quality coconut products.
Dignity Coconuts is offering 20% off on a number of their beauty bundles this Mother’s Day season including the Beauty Bundle, Dignity Essentials Bundle, and their Lip Balm Packs. This sale will take place between Monday, April 17, 2023, to Sunday, May 14, 2023.
Pictured is the Beauty Bundle which features a dry brush, a 4 oz jar of coconut oil, 3 packs of vegan lip balm, and a Plant-Based Sinamay Bag.
Price: $27.95
The Vibe Room Cleansing Spray:
The Vibe: Room Energy Clearing Spray is designed to help clear negative energy and purify your space. It can be used to cleanse your house, workspace, hospital room, car, and much more. This product contains a blend of rose essential oil, sea salt, and more. It is also Reiki infused and the creator of it, Linda Lauren is a 4th generation psychic medium who has been involved in paranormal investigations. She created this product as a safe alternative to burning herbs.
This spray smells amazing and I just love the ambiance it creates.
Price:$19.99
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Strip Makeup:
Give Mom the gift of luxury makeup remover. Strip Makeup offers both a coconut oil makeup remover and a caviar jelly makeup remover. They also offer reusable cleansing wipes which are 2 sided, washable, and a sustainable alternative to disposable makeup wipes.
Pictured is their coconut oil makeup remover and reusable cleansing wipes. The coconut oil makeup remover is designed to promote overall skin health and to hydrate, balance pH and restore fatty acids while strengthening the skin’s barrier. This remover is powerful at removing makeup, dirt, and impurities. Ingredients include mango seed butter, shea butter, coconut oil, ginseng root, and white tea extract.
Price: coconut oil remover-$28 reusable wipes-$25
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Booby Food:
Booby Food is a service that freeze-dries breastmilk. I wish I had known about this when I had my son because I think this is wonderful! By freeze-drying breast milk, it’s shelf-stable, travel-friendly and you no longer have to worry about your freezing failing. Only one client’s breastmilk is freeze-dried at a time which gives peace of mind. The milk is packed into 15-gram bags that are made of food-grade Mylar.
Their website is very transparent about the process and gives you full directions on how to pack and ship your breastmilk to ensure it arrives properly.
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ButterTree Blankets:
Give Mom the gift of Comfort! ButterTree Blankets offers a variety of super comfortable blankets that make wonderful gifts! The I Love You Mom blanket is available in multiple colors and is 65″ × 50″. ButterTree uses a dye process that fully blends the colors with individual fibers so they will not bleed and fade. I received it in purple and this blanket is so comfortable.
Price:$24.95
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The Functional Chocolate Company:
The Functional Chocolate Company offers vegan and gluten-free chocolate that helps address everyday issues such as aches & pains, low libido, stress, sleep issues, and more. They were kind enough to send me a bar of their Carefree Chocolate and Energy Chocolate.
The Carefree Chocolate is a mint truffle flavor and utilizes herbs, botanicals, and clinically researched and patented Pharma Gaba® & L-Theanine to help with relaxation.
The Energy Chocolate is an espresso crunch flavor and is a combination of Chocamine®, a patented cocoa-based ingredient shown to provide sustained energy without jitters, alongside a blend of vitamins, taurine, L-Tyrosine, schizandra berry, and green tea extract.
Price: $7.89
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Prosector Popcorn:
Prospector Popcorn not only offers super tasty gourmet popcorn but it is popped daily at Prospector Theater which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to competitive and integrated employment for people with disabilities. Prospector Theater is located in Ridgefield, CT and they ship their popcorn through their website.
Head over to TikTok to see an unboxing of Prospector Popcorn.
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Sarges Shrimp & Grits Sauce:
Sarges Shrimp & Grits Sauce was developed by Chef Julius West who is the son of an Air Force Sargeant. His love of food developed through traveling and spending time in the kitchen with his Mother. In 2012, he opened a food truck that proved to be successful and led to him bottling his beloved sauce so people all over could enjoy it.
My grandmother’s family is from Louisiana and I’ve actually never had Shrimp & Grits which is a family favorite so I’m really excited to make them!
On their website, you can purchase the beloved sauce for $12.99, seafood seasoning for $9.99, and yellow stone ground grits for $6.99.
The Denner Keychain Wallet by Andar:
Andar offers wonderful handmade leather goods including wallets. The Denner Keychain Wallet is a perfect gift for Mom this Mother’s Day! This product was made in collaboration with Instagram influencer Darylann Denner and is a compact design that holds 10+ cards, cash and has a pull-tab easy access feature. It also features a strap for hands-free use.
This product is currently out of stock but they feature several other great designs!
Price: $59