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11 Local Gift Ideas for Mom this Year


Mother's Day is just around the corner, and as a graphic circulating social media reminded me, there are no daycare and school crafts coming home this year. With our new social distancing regulations, many people, me included, don't want to go into a store "shopping" for a gift idea, and we shouldn't. So I searched for some ideas that would work within the current regulations, while also supporting some local business who are catering to this ever changing situation.

In no particular order, here are my current Mother's day suggestions.

Adult beverages delivered to her home
Harvest wines and Lake City Cider both delivery locally and have some really good options for the Mom in your life.
Harvest Wines
Lake City Cider



Unique Family Photos
These fabulous ladies, Branches photography and Kelly Anderson photography  are creating the most creative family photos without any in person interaction with the clients. Check them out here!
Branches Photography
Kelly Anderson Photography


 DIY Mercantile Mother's Day kits
This cute little shop in Cole Harbour is doing some at home DIY string art kits. Your mom might enjoy doing them herself, or you could order them for the kids and have the grandkids create them for her too.
DIY Mercantile

Take out or Delivery
Gift certificates for take out like Palladium, Finbar's, Jamieson's, Kenny's, The Vines, etc. I don't know about you, but there is certainly times and places for take out right now! Don't want to do a gift card but want to have a meal delivered to her? Check out The Kitchen Door's Mothers Day menu!
Palladium Family Restaurant
Finbars
Jamieson's Irish Pub
Kenny's Pizza
The Vines
The Kitchen Door

Selbys Bunker Coffee & Gifts
Check out this website, the ideas are endless and they are offering contact less pick up or delivery
Selbys Bunker Coffee and Gifts

Dartmouth Book Exchange
This is definitely a gem in Cole Harbour and is managing to stay open and support our quarantine reading. If you send them a message they will check for the books you are looking for in store before you venture in. They also have blind dates with books which are the cutest ideas and definitely something intriguing for Mom to try.
Dartmouth Book Exchange

Paint Night with Estelle
If you don't know who Estelle Thomson is, you are missing out. This amazing lady offers yoga and art and so much more. But she has started some virtual paint nights for minimal cost and her guidance is well worth it. If you're not sure if Mom has the required supplies for the paint night, Michaels also does curb side pick up.
Estelle Thomson Paint Night

Walkers Livestock Feed & Supplies for gardening supplies or plants 
Another pilar of the Cole Harbour businesses is Walkers and they carry lots of gardening supplies. Hopefully we are done with snow now so Mom can start thinking about getting out in the garden more. Don't think mom will get excited over soil, seeds, or planters? Their plants start arriving May 8th, just in time for the big day. You can also phone in your order with payment and they wil bring it out to your car.
Walkers Livestock Feed and Supplies


Farm to Families box from the Vegetorium Country Farm Market
The Vegetorium is a little out of the way from Cole Harbour, but they will deliver their farm to family box full of local goodies to our doorstep.
The Vegetorium Country Farm Market


Have a girls spa night over zoom
Still struggling with the suggestions above or your mom doesn't live local? Get your sisters, aunts, grandmother, mom on Zoom or another video meeting platform and spoil yourselves. Im thinking buckets of warm water, nail polish, face masks, and vino.
This was last years Mother's day, when social distancing wasn't a thing

Virtual Yoga class together
Last year my mom and I went to a yoga class together, and it was so much fun. This year, our yoga class will have to be virtual. There are so many local yoga instructors offering their classes virtually. Check out Stephanie Olive, Estelle Thomson, Oxygen Yoga, and Christina Phillips just to name a few.
Oxygen Yoga
Estelle Thomson Online Yoga

Clearly I am located in Cole Harbour, which is why many of my store suggestions are from around here, however, if your mom lives further away, I am sure you can find similar stores doing the same thing around her.

How do you plan to celebrate Mother's day this year? Did I miss any gift ideas from local places?

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