Perfect Gifts for Mother’s Day

When it comes to Mother's Day, the best gifts aren't the fancy or expensive ones, but the ones given from the heart.


Stick to a modern Mother’s Day tradition for a safe gift choice. After all, almost every woman loves a chocolate and a bottle of wine. Do your research first: ask your dad what her favorites are, if you are not sure, and shop around for some gourmet confectionary that will make an extra special Mother’s Day gift, shop gourmet chocolates or other sweet treats online.

Following a close second behind traditional sweet and alcoholic goodies, a sentimental and thoughtful gesture will mean a great deal to your mum. Make a delicate digital photo album and fill it with photographs of your mother with you (and your siblings if you have any). To make this unique gift even more personalized, add a few words underneath each picture about your memories, or a Mother’s Day poem. Priceless!

Regarding the tools to create digital photo album, if you are happened to be a fan of PowerPoint, you can fully use the photo album function of it. Create a personalized photo album with PowerPoint is just as easy as ABC. Here are the 6 steps for creating an attractive digital photo album with PowerPoint 2007.

1. Open PowerPoint, on the Insert tab, click the Photo Album button, in the drop-down list, there is the New Photo Album option.


2. Insert pictures
Click File/Disc button. Choose pictures from your computer. You can change the order of a picture by choosing it and clicking the Move Up or Move Down button. Below the preview of the picture, you will be able to see six buttons, which you can use to adjust the rotation, contrast and brightness of each picture.


3. Create album layout
Under Album Layout, by clicking Picture layout arrow, and then in the drop-down list, you can choose the layout format you like. By clicking Frame Shape arrow, in the drop-down list of it you can choose the frame you want to add to your pictures.

4. Create title and subtitle for your album
After you have clicked Create button, on Slide 1, type the title you want for your album in the place of the words of Photo Album. Then if necessary, give your album a subtitle by inputting it in the place of your user name.

5. Apply a theme to your photo album
On the Design tab of PowerPoint, in the Themes area, select a theme that meets the need of your album.
Or you can also customize the look of your album by choosing a theme from your computer. Here are some free PowerPoint templates for Mother’s Day.

After finish making the photo album with PowerPoint, the next step is to burn it onto a CD/DVD. Finally send it to the dearest mum. Here is an article introduces 5 ways to burn a PowerPoint file onto DVD, follow the instructions, and you will surely find one way works fine with you.

Surprise your mum with an unusual gift on Mother’s Day. Express how deeply you love your mum.