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Unique Gifts for Mom

Celebrating a mother like no other? Skip the traditional flowers, chocolates, and candles for a unique gift that inspires wonder.

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You can't go wrong with a great pair of slippers....and these happen to be the best.

Emma Suojanen Marketing Manager
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Wicked Good Moccasins

$79
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Make your place smell smarter with a book-scented candle. Options include “Sherlock’s Study” and “Reading at the Cafe.”

Eric Grundhauser Senior Producer
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Book-Scented Candle

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There's nothing like a few drinks to bring a bookclub together, and even better if they're literary themed. With concoctions classically entitled Vermouth the Bell Tolls and Romeo and Julep, you'll get the bookworm party started right.

Jordan Schultz Director of Marketing & Audience
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Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist

$13
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Perfect for curious kids, this kit provides everything needed to teach children to grow flowers, herbs and vegetables right from seed. Each kit contains a grow tray with seed-growing pellets, reusable tea bags, three seed packets and easy-grow instructions.

Alexa Harrison Public Relations Director
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Kids Garden Kit

$30
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Pass the time by putting together a puzzle representation of Frank Lloyd Wright's unique home, Fallingwater. Between piecing together the blueprints and the house's iconic look, it's bound to amaze the architecture lover in your life.

Samantha Chong Associate Director, Audience Development
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Frank Lloyd Wright Double Sided Puzzle

$16
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Sturdy and squat, the Brown Betty teapot is a British classic. This redesigned take is the result of years of research by ceramicist Ian Mcintyre, who reincorporated long-lost features such as a no-drip spout and a locking lid. 

Anne Ewbank Senior Associate Editor, Gastro Obscura
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Ian McIntyre Redesign Brown Betty Teapot

$59
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This stainless steel cocktail set from Cocktail Kingdom contains: one Seamless Mixing Glass, one Hoffman® Barspoon, one Japanese Style Jigger, one set of Koriko® Weighted Shaking Tins, and one Koriko® Hawthorne Strainer.

Cocktail Kingdom Essential Cocktail Set

$130
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Learn the delicate art of embroidery with this introductory kit, complete with three seasonal patterns. 

Embroidery Starter Kit

$14
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A fun way to make every night a real movie night at home!

Hot Air Popcorn Maker

$40
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If there’s nothing more terrifying to you than a blank page, and plain old horizontal lines feel more like prison than prompt, try this notebook of unusual graph paper. Guaranteed to shift your perspective with each new page.

Grids & Guides: A Notebook for Visual Thinkers

$12
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Take your love of a place to the next level with these custom-made and beautifully delicate minimalist maps. You can gift a grad a ring of their hometown, a newlywed a necklace featuring a sentimental location, or gift yourself a brooch featuring your favorite travel spot.

Larissa Hayden
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Custom Map Jewelry

$129
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From Portland's most acclaimed and beloved baker comes this must-have baking guide, featuring recipes for world-class breads and pizzas and a variety of schedules suited for the home baker.

Ashley Wolfgang Newsletter Editor
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Flour Water Salt Yeast

$19
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“They are great to put in your luggage or wallet or on your keys. If you ever loose them or they get stolen it shows the location! Also you can locate your phone with it!” — Jessie Burke, Vienna, Austria

Tile Slim "Anything Finder"

$50
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In the era of pods, the stovetop coffee machine has become an endangered species. Get this iconic Italian kitchen appliance while you still can.

The Original Bialetti Moka Express

$28
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Uncover more hidden wonders in the new edition of An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders. We've added 100 new places, 12 new city guides, and a fold-out map of a dream around-the-world journey to our bestselling book.

An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders, 2nd Edition

$26
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Make your own candles with this DIY kit, complete with dried flowers, essential oils, soy wax, and mason jars. 

Candle Making Kit with Dried Flowers

$33
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This weighted blanket offers a natural way to decompress, provide comfort, and calm your body for a restful night.  

Weighted Blanket

$95
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Now's a great time to stock up on spices and upgrade your kitchen. This kit contains 24 certified organic and fair trade spices in stylish magnetic jars.

Kit Sudol Director, Audience Development
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Gneiss Spice: Everything Spice Kit

$150
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Stay busy with this original 1000-piece puzzle of Cannon Beach—a coastal town in Oregon known for its long, sandy shore and sea stacks like Haystack Rock, which was famously featured in The Goonies.

Cannon Beach 1000 Piece Puzzle

$50
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Renowned artist and author Maira Kalman and food writer Barbara Scott-Goodman bring us this beautifully illustrated book dedicated to their love of cake.

Cake: A Cookbook

$18
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“Who do you know that makes their own cheese? This is a gift of nostalgia, adventure, culinary exploration, and might just start a new talent! Dairy free, vegan/paleo options also available!” — Sydney, Evanston, Illinois 

Mini Farmers' Cheese Kit

$14

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