Mother’s Day Gift Guide
April 28, 2023
As we approach Mother’s Day, it’s time to celebrate the incredible women in our lives who have nurtured and supported us. From our mothers and grandmothers to our godmothers and aunts, this is the perfect opportunity to show our appreciation with a thoughtful gift. Whether she loves to entertain family and friends, spend time in the garden, or decorate—and redecorate—her home, we have the perfect selection of gift books to honor these amazing women!
Photo: Ngoc Minh Ngo from The Artistry of Flowers
COOKING & ENTERTAINING GIFTS
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In her follow-up to Pret-a-Party, fashion designer Lela Rose takes the party outdoors, sharing tips and inspiration on hosting more than a dozen fun and festive gatherings.
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This inspirational tome is full of beautifully photographed joyous gatherings at beach retreats that reflect an artful—sometimes bohemian—approach to today’s entertaining. |
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For her second Rizzoli book, well-known interior designer, consummate hostess, and world traveler Stephanie Stokes presents inspiring tables set with irresistible items accumulated on her far-flung journeys.
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Drawing on his experiences cooking around the world, a celebrated chef revisits his Southern cooking roots by reimagining iconic dishes of the American South with bold international flavors.
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Coffee lovers: here are recipes and inspiration for every taste, mood, and complexity, making for the perfect coffee drink for each moment of the day.
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The vegetarian sequel to the highly successful Salad for Dinner, this inspiring cookbook reimagines the traditional idea of a salad as a main course meal.
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This beautifully photographed guide celebrates the endless possibilities of the vegetable patch and shows that edible gardening can be both productive and stunning to behold.
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With a focus on approachable, flexible recipes that are easy to prepare and bring vegetables to the center of the plate, Salad Seasons will inspire home cooks to eat well.
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CRAFTING & DIY GIFTS
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A cookbook, manual, and activity book teaching modern homegrown practices of self-sufficiency to children, teenagers, and adults alike. The activities, recipes, and projects are complementary to the curriculum of kindergarten through eighth grade, with some specific to the teen years.
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In her first book, award-winning floral designer Sandra Sigman shares the distinct design principles she learned from her favorite Parisian florist, and offers tutorials, with images and instructions for creating French-inspired arrangements for different areas of the home.
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The essential guide to living a more beautiful, purposeful, and fulfilling life inspired by the whimsical world of cottagecore, complete with flower pressing, foraging, needlework, spinning, crafting, and other fun and charming yet practical activities.
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Bring beauty into your home through artful floral arrangements and indoor and outdoor flowering plants. Celebrated floral designer Gabriela Salazar teaches us how to look at flowers and understand their characteristics from an artist’s perspective.
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INTERIOR DESIGN GIFTS
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The beautifully photographed homes of clients of celebrated style maker Suzanne Rheinstein that reflect a vision of richness tempered by restraint.
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A reassuring, idea-filled guide to decorating by interior designer Leslie Banker, enriched by advice and contributions from other prominent decorators.
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The interior design of this New England seaside escape—by decorating legend Nina Campbell—explores a myriad of themes: the evolution of a home, the importance of place, and the creation of an oasis amid a bustling world.
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Susanna Salk’s latest book is a passionate primer on how to transform an empty space, whether it’s an apartment or a house, into a home. This is an inspiring and practical guide to designing your space from the floor up.
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Stylist Colin King shares his wisdom and insights for cultivating beauty in our everyday surroundings—composing objects into simple, sophisticated vignettes that enrich our homes and our lives.
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A photographic tour of writer Umberto Pasti’s exceptional villa in Tangier with a special focus of its museum-worthy collections of Morrocan artworks, furniture, and objects.
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A luminous celebration of the finest examples of the Santa Fe Style from the eighteenth century to today, in a high-desert mecca of artists, craftspeople, artisans, and designers.
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Designer Vicente Wolf—master of a restrained, elegant, and global aesthetic—distills his forty plus successful years of experience into an essential guide to interior design
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A celebration of the recent work of McALPINE, the award-winning architectural and interior design firm, with a collection of residences embracing modernism, classicism, and romanticism.
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A wide-ranging book on the timeless, elegant interiors of the versatile Frances Elkins, the grande dame of early twentieth-century design who influenced so many important designers of our time.
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Dreamy estates from the island of Menorca come alive in this lively collection of images presented by Spanish tastemaker Susana Gallardo.
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Inspired by Bob Ross’s instruction and wisdom, this mindful guide empowers you to create your own happy space wherever you want to feel calm, productive, or just at peace.
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FASHION GIFTS
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India in Fashion explores the beautiful and sophisticated history and aesthetics of traditional Indian fashion and textiles and their profound impact on European and American fashion from the eighteenth century to today.
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A lavish monograph on the esteemed Spanish jewelry designer, whose work celebrates nature, geometry and the cosmos, on the occasion of her fiftieth anniversary.
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A collection of witty quotes about fashion and style by celebrated fashion designers as told to acclaimed fashion journalist Marylou Luther, each paired with charming drawings by fashion illustrator, Ruben Toledo.
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ART & PHOTOGRAPHY GIFTS
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Renowned portrait photographer Mark Mann documents an impressive host of dancers—their bodies in posed tranquility and vibrant motion—representing years of excellence and varied disciplines of the art form.
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Getty Images Royal Photographer Chris Jackson has accompanied the British royal family on tours and engagements throughout the world. This book celebrates the life of King Charles on the historic occasion of his accession to the throne.
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The origin story of Edward Hopper’s years in and around Gloucester, Massachusetts, focusing on summers he spent there in the 1920s when he first embraced watercolor during outdoor painting excursions and discovered one of his favorite subjects: houses and vernacular architecture.
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Talented emerging fiction writers find inspiration in one of the most famous paintings in New York’s Frick Collection: Jean-August-Dominique Ingres’s Comtesse d’Haussonville.
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NATURE & INSPIRATION GIFTS
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America’s sixty-three national parks are made up of the greatest geographical, geological, and ecological wonders on the planet. This photo- and information-packed inspirational bucket list encourages hikers and armchair travelers alike to fully explore our nation’s crown jewels.
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When receiving flowers, one instantly reaches for the note tucked gently among the petals. That little message tells a story, one short tale between two people. All You Need Is Love (Notes) is a curated collection of these real moments told through the intimacy of real bouquet notes from real senders, delivered with The Bouqs Co.’s signature warmth and humor.
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