Non crafter Mother's Day gift ideas

Mother's Day is coming up soon. We've been putting together tote-ally cool totes filled with brads, stickers, and pretty papers. This got me to thinking about my own mom. She isn't much of a crafter. At first I didn't think she would like anything like this, a filled Tote-Ally cool tote. But with further thought, she always writes thank you cards or letters to friends and customers. I'm sure she would love to receive a Metro Keepsake box. I could fill it with pretty stationary, blank cards, envelopes and pens and possibly an initial stamp and colored stamp pads, scissors, tape and some postage stamps. This Metro Keepsake Box is beautiful to display and she'll have everything she needs without having to go to the store each time.
Thinking further about my non crafting mom...she has grandchildren. I think all kids enjoy to color, cut and glue. Mine sure do. But Grandma does not like the mess this produces. I could fill a tote-ally cool shoulder bag with supplies. She can bring out the bag with all the supplies and then everything gets put back into the bag when the little artists are done. Also, this bag will always be ready to take with in the car for easy travel too. The Tote-Ally Cool Shoulder Bags have a removable insert that has three large mesh zippered pockets. I could fill the mesh pockets with crayons, markers, glue sticks, scissors, colored pencils, stickers, etc.
Of course the Metro Memory Albums or Urban Memory Albums are great gifts too. Add some photo corners or glue sticks to the gift box and let Mom add her own photos. Add embelishments later or leave the albums as they are. Both make a beautiful presentation filled with wonderful memories. My mother had mentioned that having to glue the pictures just takes too long. I reminded her of the beautiful albums she had from before I was born. The pictures in these albums were attached using photo corners. To this day the albums look amazing. I couldn't help also reminding her why we have boxes filled with loose pictures. The magnetic albums fell apart. So did the other plastic pocket albums. She had to agree that I was right. Occasionally, I am with my mom.

SPRING CLEANING!

It's finally spring!
The fresh air.
Sunshine.
I feel exhilerated.
I took a look around...wow! How did this happen? Everything is all over the place and looking cluttered. I give advise on organizing and storage on a daily basis. What happened in my own home?
It was time to take my own advise. I set out a few empty boxes and began sorting. I realized that I am quite the pack rat. But I know why my creativity was at a low. So much clutter.
Once the old papers and used up supplies were out of the way I was ready to organize. I pulled out several storage units and varies containers.
I started with the Metro Keepsake box. This box is not only beautiful but functional too. I have two that I keep near my desk. The first one contains various items such as paper clips, tape, stationary and post its, calculator, stamps, etc. The other keepsake box contains items items to make cards: ribbons, stickers, paper, glue, brads, scissors, and punches. I keep these items upstairs near the tv because I like to keep busy while watching tv but I don't want to drag everything out.
My medium tote-ally cool tote holds my beading items. I like the medium size because I can take it everywhere; into the car, over to my friends house without looking like I'm moving in.
The Crop-In-Style P3 Tote/Organizer holds all my pretty papers. This item is fabulous. It opens up for easy access but then closes up so tiny hands don't get into it. To complete the tabletop I have two Mackinac Moon Open Top Craft Totes. I put my tape runners, some often used punches and scissors in these totes for easy access. The colorful storage blocks were filled up quickly with photos, die cuts, stamps and ink pads. I set these onto shelves about four feet off the floor. I'm in the process of labeling everything.
I feel the creativity coming back. I just need more time!