A friend of mine had a really nice idea for a Mother’s Day gift. Her whole family pitched in to buy their mom a gift certificate through a bed and breakfast site. She can choose from over a thousand bed and breakfast inns throughout the US and can select the weekend (or weekdays) when she wants to go.
This is the perfect solution for a busy mom who wouldn’t mind getting away, but would mind having to leave for a vacation on a specific weekend and might not care for the location the kids picked out. The gift certificate they received …read more

I sketched this one day when my sister was cuddling a child. The pose was so classically mom and baby and started me thinking. Mom and baby? Mother’s Day!
If you can’t think of a gift to give your mom, you may want to check out one of these artists who made art where a mom and child were the focus:
Mary Cassatt
Pablo Picasso
Albert Edelfelt
Louis Toffoli
Clement Micarelli
The titles of their art? It is the same for each artist – Mother and Child.