Just a few more sleeps and it’s Mother’s Day again! Haven’t got a clue what to buy for your beloved mum yet? Don’t worry, the PureDeluxe team will be happy to help you in your search for the perfect gift.
1/ dried flowers
With a beautiful bouquet of flowers, you can make any mum happy. The downside is that not everyone can take care of them equally well, making the colourful scene quickly look lifeless. That’s why this year, we have come up with a more original way to pay tribute to mum, namely with a bouquet of dried flowers. They are not a new concept, but were apparently conceived by the Austrian painter Hans Makart in the second half of the nineteenth century. Since then, the drying process has been further developed and ranges from pressing the flowers, storing them in a sealed box, hanging them upside down in a dry place to placing them in a hot air oven. In this way, we find numerous variations as eye-catching pieces that bring spring and summer colours into your living room for about 6 months.
For your most beautiful bouquet of dried flowers for Mother’s Day, order them yourself using these links
https://www.bobofleur.be/droogbloemen/moederdag (Bobofleur, €20 -€50)
https://www.aquarelle.be/winkel/gedroogde-bloemen (Aquarelle, €45 – €55)
https://shop.bloomon.be/collections/all/categorie-droog (Bloomon, €22 – €35)
https://www.gedroogdebloemen.be/moederdag/ (Damme Florals, €20 – €100)
2/ EMBER SMART MUG
Is your mum also fond of a nice hot cup of coffee or tea to start her day? Then this is the gift you are looking for! The Ember Mug is a smart mug that keeps your coffee or tea hot at the perfect temperature for about an hour wherever you are. The bag is very user-friendly, including a built-in battery that you can recharge by simply placing the bag on the coaster and an LED light that indicates when the perfect drinking temperature is reached, which you can indicate with an accompanying app on your smartphone. Ideal for mums with busy lives, who forget their freshly-scented cup of coffee and then have to drink it cold. For those days when she has to go on the road, Ember provides the Travel Mug, which works in the same way as the Smart Mug but keeps your mum’s coffee or tea warm for up to 3 hours.
Quickly order this Ember Mug via:
https://ember.com/products/ember-mug-2-eu (Ember, €150)
https://ember.com/products/ember-mug-2-metallic-collection-eu (Ember, €150)
https://ember.com/products/ember-travel-mug-2-eu (Ember, €200)
3/ most refreshing mocktail
The temperatures are rising and that intensifies our desire for summer. For mums who want to enjoy sipping a refreshing drink in the sun, there is a bottle or a gift box of The Mocktail Club. The two sisters Marie and Kaat Claessens are the founders of this company and create these vegan, low-calorie, but 100% tasty and fruity mocktails themselves with an eye for quality and delicacy. If your mum prefers a sweet drink, choose the Apple & Thymeor the Rasberry & Lavender. If she prefers something refreshing, then the Basil & Elderfloweror the Green Tea & Orange Blossom is perfect for her. The latter mocktail is part of the limited edition She’s Golden giftbox(order soon before 05/05/2021). The box also contains a portion of Belgian chocolate-coated Macadamia nuts from Maison Macolat and edible flowers from Dille & Kamille. The last thing left for your mum to do is pour a few ice cubes into her most elegant cocktail glass, pour the mocktail content over it and finish off with the appropriate botanicals and/or herbs. Cheers!
Click on the following link and discover the other delicious flavours for yourself:
https://www.themocktailclub.com/online-store/Giftbox-Shes-golden-p345538032 (The Mocktail Club, €26)
4/ faire trade market bag
The events of the past year have made us all reflect on sustainability and how we can apply it even more in our daily lives. Well, this gift is perfect for the mums who want to plastic shopping bags abandon and opt for a more valuable alternative that will last longer. We present to you: the Market Bag. It is a totebag designed by the brand Apolis, a group of entrepreneurs who want to make a lasting difference on a global scale by investing in people. All the bags are handmadeBangladesh, a country with a bad reputation in the textile industry because of the miserable working conditions. Apolis makes a difference here by paying their employeesFair Tradecertified wages, annual profit dividends and a pension fund. Afterwards the bags are transferred to LA where cute prints are applied. Their range consists of four different formats, each with different colours and texts.
Give your mum a treat with this bag via:
https://apolisglobal.com/collections/market-bags (Apolis, €21 -€116)
5/ the most delicious belgian chocolate
Like the bouquet of flowers, chocolate is a go-to gift that makes every mum’s heart beat faster. To show your mum how much you love her, you naturally want the best of the best. And that is what you will find at The Chocolate Line, a Belgian chocolate company, run by the already famous and very talented Belgian chef, Dominique Persoone and his wife Fabiennewho takes on the role of CEO. Their shared love and passion for chocolate is what drives them every day to create the tastiest and often most original chocolate. The basic ingredient of these delicious creations, the cocoa bean,isYucatàn, Mexico, the birthplace of chocolate. The products available vary greatly: from pralines to chocolate bars. If your mum is a bit of a dare-devil, try the Espelette, a chocolate with chilli, or Miss Piggy, filled with almond praline, crispy bacon and quinoa. There is also the origin chocolate and the freshly prepared chocolate snacks to choose from. Flavour explosion guaranteed!
Go to the site for more treats and more info on the physical outlets:
Webshop The Chocolate Line: https://www.thechocolateline.be/nl/
Simon Stevinplein 19 – 8000 Bruges
Paleis op de Meir – Meir 50 Antwerp
6/ Alo yoga-set
Finally, we close with the ideal presentfor the mindfulness mama, a yoga set from the international brand Alo. This brand, launched in 2007, sees their mission in supporting the mindful movement that would contribute to a better life. They do this by designing very high quality yoga clothing and accessories. Moreover, they offer different teaching packs that will guide you in your mindfulness activities in the best possible way. We recommend giving your mum a full kit as a gift, which will allow her to try an initial 14-day free trial. After that, the subscription will cost €17 per month and she can choose between numerous lessons. Is your mum already an avid yogi? Then you can give her daily yoga experience a fantastic upgrade by surprising her with The Ultimate Home Studio Set by Alo.
Surf quickly to this link for more info and videos:
https://www.aloyoga.com/products/ultimate-home-studio-set (Alo, €230 – €400)
https://www.aloyoga.com/pages/alo-moves (Alo, €17/month)
So, hopefully this list has inspired you to give your mum a little boost, both figuratively and literally!
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