Buy items from a range of museums, from The Children's Museum in Boston to Versailles Palace. Browse museum collections or search for an artist or period. A gift finder suggests items based on the recipient's age and your price range. Try this slick site, which features creative gifts in categories like dining and lighting, many of which are inexpensive. Live help is available, and you can buy gift certificates.
Mom is sure to hold on to crafts adorned with pint-sized handprints.
Brighten her day with a dozen tissue-paper roses or a wildflower bookmark. Click on More Mother's Day Crafts to whip up photo frames shaped like butterflies or made from juice-can tops. Wrap it all up in homemade paper, sign the homemade card and make some room in the keepsake box. Not all projects offer diagrams or photos. The selection of women's, men's and children's accessories isn't huge, but what's here is tasteful and trendy.