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  When the holiday season rolls around, we struggle to find memorable gifts for the people we love most--especially our moms. Choose something simple that comes from the heart. Mom will love it, whether the gift is inexpensive or lavish, store-bought or handmade.
  
  

Gift Basket

• Put together a themed Christmas gift basket for your mom. Go big or small with this idea, depending on your budget. Use mom's special hobby or passion as your theme. If she loves to garden, collect items to help her prepare for gardening season. Include new gardening gloves and tools, a garden handbook, a decorative garden stone and a gift card to her favorite nursery. Pamper a spa-loving mom with a basket of manicure and pedicure products, scented candles, bubble bath, a silky moisturizer, and a CD of relaxing music. Fit this gift into a tight budget by purchasing many of these items at your local dollar store. If your mom loves cats, fill the basket with items for and about cats, including a cat calendar, cat earrings and a package of special cat treats for her pets.
  
  

Photo Album or Collage

• Collect several photos of your family and create a thoughtful photo album or collage for your mother, Better Budgeting.com suggests. Find collage frames and photo albums at department and craft stores in a wide range of sizes and prices. Make prints of your favorite digital photos, or dig up some classic photos from your youth. Ask a photography shop to help restore any old printed photos that are damaged. Artfully arrange photos to recall happy family memories. Mom will enjoy this Christmas gift for years, and think of you whenever she sees it.
  
  

Hand Painted Flower Pots

• Make a homemade holiday gift that will appeal to most moms. Customize terra cotta flower pots using acrylic paint and clear coat sealer. Buy terra cotta pots and drainage dishes in different sizes and paint patterns or decorations on them. Use stencils, or your own artistic talent. Seal with a waterproof clear coat finish when the paint is dry. Amazing Moms.com suggests adding cuttings from plants, or small stones and flower bulbs. Present mom or grandma with a set of pots wrapped with festive ribbon.