Gifts for her: six personalised posters that are about her
A gift for a woman rarely fails for lack of taste: it fails because it could have been given to anyone. What makes an original gift for a woman is what is on it, and that nobody else would see it there. The exact sky of the night she became a mother, calculated for the hour and the maternity ward; the moon of that night; her Cosmic Trio — Sun, Moon and rising sign — worked out from her birth, with a line under each sign; the map of her town, framed on her street; the family photo painted in watercolour; or herself at the handlebars of a vintage Magnat-Debon scooter, from her photo. Allow €19.90 for an A4 and €69.90 for the largest size, printed in Aveyron, with a frame as an option. And check the date: Mother’s Day falls on a different Sunday in France, Germany and Spain, and Irish Mothering Sunday is in March.
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Personalised star map poster
The night she gave birth, the night she was born, the night before a move: the stars of that evening are calculated for the hour and place given, not picked to look pretty. A title and a dedication print underneath.
From €8.90
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Personalised moon phase poster — the lunar month
The moon of one night at the centre, the nights of its lunar month around it. A real NASA photograph, tinted to the chosen style — the gift you can make from far away, without knowing a size.
From €8.90
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Personalised Cosmic Trio poster — Sun, Moon and Rising sign
For the one who already knows her rising sign: Sun, Moon and rising worked out from her birth, with a line for each sign. Without the hour of birth, the poster is made with two bodies instead of three.
From €8.90
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Watercolour family portrait poster, personalised — your photo, painted
A photo of her children and the whole family, painted in watercolour, with the name beneath. A Mothering Sunday gift the children can chip in on together, from a single photo.
From €8.90
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Personalised city map poster — the city where you met
A map of the town she grew up in, the one she settled in, or the street of her first home, framed as you like. For the woman who says “home” when she speaks of a place far away.
From €8.90
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Personalised Magnat-Debon scooter poster, French Riviera — you at the handlebars
A gift for a woman who loves another age: her photo becomes the rider of a red scooter on the French Riviera, check dress and polka-dot scarf in the wind, with a title of your choice in place of “Our scooter…”.
From €8.90
Which to choose
| If you know… | Then |
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| Only her date of birth | The Cosmic Trio poster |
| Her children’s first names | The watercolour family portrait, their names underneath |
| The date, place and hour of a birth | The star map poster |
| None of that, and she lives far away | The moon phase poster |
| She is attached to her town | The city map poster |
| She loves scooters and old advertising posters | The Magnat-Debon scooter poster on the Riviera |
The dates, and when to order
| Occasion | When | When to order |
|---|---|---|
| Mothering Sunday, in Ireland | fourth Sunday of Lent, in March | Ten days ahead |
| Mother’s Day, in France | last Sunday in May | Ten days ahead |
| Mother’s Day, in Germany | second Sunday in May | Ten days ahead |
| Mother’s Day, in Spain | first Sunday in May | Ten days ahead |
| A birth | its date | The sky and the moon are worked out from the hour |
| Christmas | 25 December | Order before 15 December |
Parcels leave a workshop in the south of France: allow ten days rather than a week — the crossing adds two days.
Frequently asked questions
What do you give on Mothering Sunday when you don’t want something with her name on it?
The watercolour family portrait carries her children’s names, not hers: it is about her without naming her. The map of her town carries only an address, legible only to those who know it. Both hang in a living room without announcing anything to anyone.
When does Mother’s Day fall from one country to another?
In Ireland, Mothering Sunday is the fourth Sunday of Lent, in March — it moves with Easter. In Germany it is the second Sunday in May, in Spain the first Sunday in May, and in France the last Sunday in May, pushed to the first Sunday in June when it clashes with Whit Sunday. Ordering to the Irish date for a French mother is two months early.
What do you choose for a birth rather than a wedding?
The star map settles it: it needs the place and the hour, which are known for a birth and rarely for a wedding, and the moon of that night asks for the same. For a wedding, the map of the town where the register office stands, or the couple’s Cosmic Trio, calculated for each of them, do without the hour.
Can you give to a mother and a daughter without giving the same thing twice?
Two Cosmic Trio posters: hers and her daughter’s, each with its three signs and its lines, in the same style or in two different ones. Or the same sky, the night the daughter was born, in two sizes: it belongs to both of them, and each reads it her own way.
What works when you live far away and don’t know her taste?
A poster: it raises no question of size or taste in accessories, and the print-it-yourself file lets you give it even when a parcel would not arrive in time. The star map needs a date, a place and an hour; the city map an address; the Cosmic Trio her date of birth.
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Printed in AveyronComposed and printed in our family workshop in Aveyron, checked before it ships.
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Printed to order250 g matte paper, pigment inks: printed in our Aveyron workshop, whatever the size.
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Shipped within 48 hTo your door or to a pickup point, by La Poste or Colissimo.
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Ready to giveStandard frame sizes, easy to find.