What to get Mum: eight personalised gifts she will keep
A mum who says “don’t get me anything” mostly wants to be thought of, not handed one more thing. So the gift that works is the one that looks like her and talks about her children. The simplest is the MUM poster: each letter is filled with one of your photos — as few as one, as many as twelve — and you watch them fall into place before you pay. For a different take, the definition of mum, set out like a dictionary entry with one to six photos, or the letters of MUM cut from a mosaic of photos. Or her photo with the children, redrawn as a 3D animated movie. For memories on the wall, there is the watercolour family portrait, the family tree, or the sky on the evening she became a mum. Posters run from €19.90 at A4 to €69.90 for the largest size. For Mothering Sunday, order ten days ahead.
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Personalised 3D animated movie mum portrait poster — your photo as a 3D cartoon
A photo of her with the children, redrawn as a 3D cartoon with a movie title across the top, which you can rewrite. You see the picture in about thirty seconds and have three tries per photo. The one to give if she has a favourite snapshot and a sense of fun.
From €8.90
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Personalised Mum column photo poster — white letters on your photos
The MUM poster, done differently: the letters are white, one under the other, laid over a mosaic of your photos. Ten photos, five on each side, and the word reads at a glance. For children with too many good photos for a single letter, giving together.
From €8.90
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Personalised Definition of Mum poster — your photos and her dictionary entry
A dictionary entry for Mum: “noun”, three meanings every family recognises, and one to six of your photos below. The gift that makes her laugh before it makes her cry, signed by her children.
From €8.90
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Personalised Mum photo poster — your photos in the letters
MUM in big letters, and every letter is a photo: the kids, a holiday, Sunday lunch at hers. You add one to twelve photos in one go, a line like “The best mum in the world” is written around them, and you see the result before you pay.
From €8.90
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Personalised family tree poster — what they left us
The family tree, with a line under each name about what that person left us: “her Sunday roast”, “the way she says goodnight”. A mum reads it out loud, one name after another, and it is rarely done with a dry eye.
From €8.90
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Watercolour family portrait poster, personalised — your photo, painted
One photo with everyone in it comes back painted in watercolour, with the family name underneath. Easy to give together: whoever has the photo sends it, and the portrait appears in about thirty seconds.
From €8.90
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Personalised star map poster
The exact sky over the hospital or the house on the evening she became a mum, to the hour. A present for the date she never forgets, with a title and a few words from you written underneath.
From €8.90
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One line portrait poster, personalised — your photo in a single line
Her and her children in one photo, redrawn in a single black line on white, with the names underneath. Plainer than colour, and right for a living room where there is already plenty going on.
From €8.90
Which one to choose
| If… | Then |
|---|---|
| You have several photos and little time | The MUM poster: the photos slot into the letters |
| She likes words as much as photos | The definition of mum, with one to six photos |
| You want one big photo rather than twelve | The letters of MUM, cut out of a mosaic of photos |
| You have a good photo of the whole family | The watercolour family portrait, or the single-line one |
| You want to tell her what she passed on | The family tree, with a line under each name |
| She remembers the hour of the birth | The star map of that evening |
| You have a snapshot of her with the kids and want something playful | The 3D animated movie portrait, with her title across the top |
Mum’s 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, or the first Sunday in June if it is Whit Sunday | 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 |
| Her birthday | her date | Ten days ahead |
| The birth of her first child | the day she becomes a mum | The sky is worked out from the hour |
| Christmas | 25 December | Order before 15 December |
Allow ten days if she lives in Ireland or anywhere outside France, a week if she lives in France: the parcel takes two extra days to cross a border.
Frequently asked questions
What do you get a mum who says she needs nothing?
Something about her and her children rather than something useful: a poster where each letter of MUM is one of your photos, the definition of mum illustrated with your photos, or the family portrait painted from a photo. She doesn’t need any of them, but she keeps them.
What is an original gift for Mothering Sunday?
The MUM poster made of your photos is one of a kind: nobody else has the same faces in the same letters. The definition of mum, written like a dictionary entry with three meanings and your photos, is the funnier one. Either way, you see the result on screen before you order.
What can we give together, from all the brothers and sisters?
A poster, because there is room for everyone. Each of you sends a photo to whoever is putting it together, they drop the photos into the letters, and what you see on screen is exactly what gets printed. Between three of you, a 30 × 40 works out at about ten euros each.
When is Mothering Sunday?
In Ireland, Mothering Sunday is the fourth Sunday of Lent, in March, so it moves with Easter. In France, Mother’s Day is the last Sunday in May, in Spain the first Sunday in May and in Germany the second. Whichever you need, order ten days ahead.
Will it arrive in time for Mothering Sunday?
Yes, if you order ten days ahead: 48 hours in the workshop, then two to three days of transport in France and two more outside it. The parcel can go straight to her address, so you do not have to hide it at yours.
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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.