If you want to get your mom something different for Mother's Day, a personalized gift is the best way to go" ?provided you have enough time to plan and make it or get it made before Mother's Day. You can personalize almost everything you can think of, as long as you know where to go to get it done.

Personalized stationery is perhaps the most popular personalized gift. You can get your mother's name and maybe even her favorite picture or painting printed on every individual sheet of paper. You can make a matching bead bracelet, chain or ring for you and your mom. You can personalize the envelopes, as well, and even have a special Mother's Day Stamp made.

There are a number of things you can do with photographs. You can use a family photo to make a lampshade or even use it to make a trendy bag for your mother. Another gift idea is the usual photo night t-shirt or t-shirt and a bowl, mug, or plate with a photograph. You can also make cushion covers, coasters, and placemats with a family photograph. Another idea is to transfer a photograph to a watercolor or oil painting on canvas.

If you are a whiz with the needle, you could make your mom an embroidered wall hanging or throw or even make her a quilt with photographs and special memories from her life. If you have a camcorder, you could even make her a Mother's Day video for your mom. The possibilities for personalized Mother's Day Gifts are endless.