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Choose from one of our gift basket options or recommended reads below! We chose McIntyre's favorites from different genres to suit any Mama's reading preferences. And we're always ready to gift wrap 2 of your packages, so you can pair a book with something lovely. You can find picture books and board books about Mommies here. Browse gifts in our Pencil & Paper section (we especially love these Ecojot journals), lotions and candles in our Odds & Ends section, or find something fun in our Bookish Gifts. If you need personalized recommendations visit us in person or give us a call: 919-542-3030

Books: 
$51.00
SKU: 9785000038918
Availability: Out of Stock

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus with Grover Zampa 'Vijay Amritraj Reserve' Viognier 

About the wine: Stunning wines are found all over the globe these days... India is no different. An homage to Vijay Amritraj, one of India's finest actors & tennis stars, this wine is made to emulate the finest white wines of Condrieu. Elegant with notes of peaches, honey, and preserved apricot, serve this mildly chilled with Stilton and pears, goat cheese tarts, or succulent roast chicken. (Bonus points for pairing up with roti and spiced raisin curries.)

 

About the book: Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results. 
But like science, life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America’s most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cooking (“combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride”) proves revolutionary. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn’t just teaching women to cook. She’s daring them to change the status quo.  
Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.


$34.99
SKU: 9785000038925
Availability: Out of Stock

Mary Jane by Jessica Blau with Selbach 'Salmo Salar' Dry Riesling

About the wine: Dress it up, or dress it down, Selbach's dry Riesling pairs up with the overjoyed feeling of Summer. Mouthwatering peach & apricot, crisp yellow apples, blooming honeysuckles, this wine is a direct trip to the farmer's market in its full abundance. Put it in a chilled pitcher (even with ice cubes) and enjoy by your lonesome or share with friends over broiled salmon and grilled veggies. 

 

About the book: In 1970s Baltimore, fourteen-year-old Mary Jane loves cooking with her mother, singing in her church choir, and enjoying her family’s subscription to the Broadway Showtunes of the Month record club. Shy, quiet, and bookish, she’s glad when she lands a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a local doctor. A respectable job, Mary Jane’s mother says. In a respectable house. 

The house may look respectable on the outside, but inside it’s a literal and figurative mess: clutter on every surface, Impeachment: Now More Than Ever bumper stickers on the doors, cereal and takeout for dinner. And even more troublesome (were Mary Jane’s mother to know, which she does not): the doctor is a psychiatrist who has cleared his summer for one important job—helping a famous rock star dry out. A week after Mary Jane starts, the rock star and his movie star wife move in. 

Over the course of the summer, Mary Jane introduces her new household to crisply ironed clothes and a family dinner schedule, and has a front-row seat to a liberal world of sex, drugs, and rock and roll (not to mention group therapy). Caught between the lifestyle she’s always known and the future she’s only just realized is possible, Mary Jane will arrive at September with a new idea about what she wants out of life, and what kind of person she’s going to be. 


$46.00
SKU: 9785000038932
Availability: Out of Stock

Violeta by Isabel Allende with Chateau La Grave Cahors

 

About the wine: Only appropriate to drink a wine that's exploding with deep floral notes of violets for this one... Chateau La Grave and Clos La Coutale wineries have been around for over 150 years collectively. Located just South of Bordeaux, the Cahors region is known for Malbec -- deep, dark, & lush. A beautiful nose of violets, plump raspberries & blackberries, black tea & earth, this wine will unfurl just like the 100 years of Violeta's life featured. 

 

About the book: This sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century. 
Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family of five boisterous sons. From the start, her life will be marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth.  
Through her father’s prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed, only to face a new one as the Great Depression transforms the genteel city life she has known. Her family loses all and is forced to retreat to a wild and beautiful but remote part of the country. There, she will come of age, and her first suitor will come calling . . .  
She tells her story in the form of a letter to someone she loves above all others, recounting devastating heartbreak and passionate affairs, times of both poverty and wealth, terrible loss and immense joy. Her life will be shaped by some of the most important events of history:  the fight for women’s rights, the rise and fall of tyrants, and ultimately, not one, but two pandemics. 
Told through the eyes of a woman whose unforgettable passion, determination, and sense of humor will carry her through a lifetime of upheaval, Isabel Allende once more brings us an epic that is both fiercely inspiring and deeply emotional.


$49.00
SKU: 9785000038949
Availability: Out of Stock

Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Blackburn with Stolpman 'Love You Bunches' Orange Wine

 

About the wine: Not rose, but not white either... welcome to the realm of orange wine. Of the wild & varying range of orange wines across the globe, this one is fresh & bright. A blend of aromatic grapes Gewurztraminer & Muscat and fuller-bodied Semillon & Pinot Gris, lending itself to flavors of citrus peel, clementines, mandarin orange, and ruby grapefruit. "Love You Bunches" refers to the winemaking style where whole grape bunches are used, which gives a lighter, almost spritzy nature to the wine. Rejoice red-wine drinkers -- this one's for you. Love you mean it!

 

About the book: Yinka’s Nigerian aunties frequently pray for her delivery from singledom, her work friends think she’s too traditional (she’s saving herself for marriage!), her girlfriends think she needs to get over her ex already, and the men in her life…well, that’s a whole other story.  But Yinka herself has always believed that true love will find her when the time is right.

Still, when her cousin gets engaged, Yinka commences Operation Find-A-Date for Rachel's Wedding. Aided by a spreadsheet and her best friend, Yinka is determined to succeed. Will Yinka find herself a huzband? And what if the thing she really needs to find is herself? 

YinkaWhere is Your Huzband? brilliantly subverts the traditional romantic comedy with an unconventional heroine who bravely asks the questions we all have about love. Wry, acerbic, moving, this is a love story that makes you smile but also makes you think--and explores what it means to find your way between two cultures, both of which are yours.


$49.00
SKU: 9785000038956
Availability: Out of Stock

French Braid by Anne Tyler with Jones von Drehle Petit Manseng

 

About the wine: Quelle surprise!!! Petit Manseng originally hails from SW France, traditionally made in a sweet, luscious style. FULL STOP. Jones von Drehle has made a name out of making a mineral-driven and dry style of this wine that just astounds. Oh, and did we mention this is from Yadkin Valley, North Carolina?! One might call this a "French Twist"...

 

About the Book: From the beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning author—a funny, joyful, brilliantly perceptive journey deep into one Baltimore family’s foibles, from a boyfriend with a red Chevy in the 1950s up to a longed-for reunion with a grandchild in our pandemic present. 
The Garretts take their first and last family vacation in the summer of 1959. They hardly ever leave home, but in some ways they have never been farther apart. Mercy has trouble resisting the siren call of her aspirations to be a painter, which means less time keeping house for her husband, Robin. Their teenage daughters, steady Alice and boy-crazy Lily, could not have less in common. Their youngest, David, is already intent on escaping his family's orbit, for reasons none of them understand. Yet, as these lives advance across decades, the Garretts' influences on one another ripple ineffably but unmistakably through each generation.  
Full of heartbreak and hilarity, French Braid is classic Anne Tyler: a stirring, uncannily insightful novel of tremendous warmth and humor that illuminates the kindnesses and cruelties of our daily lives, the impossibility of breaking free from those who love us, and how close—yet how unknowable—every family is to itself.
 


$41.50
SKU: 9785000038963
Availability: Out of Stock

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel with Saint Damien 'Le Dix' Red 

 

About the wine: It's ALIIIIVE! Created just like Frankenstein, these two local, rare, and obscure grapes called Marselan & Caladoc are crossed with familiar, international varietals. What does this create? Flavors similar to Cabernet meets Grenache meets Malbec, it's eerie with plump raspberry & blackberry, fresh earth & pepper, and dried herbs. 

 

About the book: Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an ill-conceived diatribe at a dinner party. He enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, and suddenly hears the notes of a violin echoing in an airship terminal—an experience that shocks him to his core. 
 Two centuries later a famous writer named Olive Llewellyn is on a book tour. She’s traveling all over Earth, but her home is the second moon colony, a place of white stone, spired towers, and artificial beauty. Within the text of Olive’s best-selling pandemic novel lies a strange passage: a man plays his violin for change in the echoing corridor of an airship terminal as the trees of a forest rise around him. 
 When Gaspery-Jacques Roberts, a detective in the black-skied Night City, is hired to investigate an anomaly in the North American wilderness, he uncovers a series of lives upended: The exiled son of an earl driven to madness, a writer trapped far from home as a pandemic ravages Earth, and a childhood friend from the Night City who, like Gaspery himself, has glimpsed the chance to do something extraordinary that will disrupt the timeline of the universe.
 A virtuoso performance that is as human and tender as it is intellectually playful, Sea of Tranquility is a novel of time travel and metaphysics that precisely captures the reality of our current moment.


Let Me Tell You What I Mean: An Essay Collection (Vintage International) By Joan Didion Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780593312193
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Published: Vintage - January 25th, 2022

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From one of our most iconic and influential writers, the award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking: a timeless collection that reveals what would become Joan Didion's subjects, including the press, politics, California robber barons, women, and her own self-doubt.


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Why We Swim By Bonnie Tsui Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781643751375
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Published: Algonquin Books - April 13th, 2021

“A fascinating and beautifully written love letter to water.


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A Good Neighborhood: A Novel By Therese Anne Fowler Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250237293
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - March 2nd, 2021

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * One of NPR's Best Books of 2020

"A provocative, absorbing read."
People


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A Long Petal of the Sea: A Novel By Isabel Allende, Nick Caistor (Translated by), Amanda Hopkinson (Translated by) Cover Image
By Isabel Allende, Nick Caistor (Translated by), Amanda Hopkinson (Translated by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593157497
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Published: Ballantine Books - April 6th, 2021

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home.


Good Company: A Read with Jenna Pick By Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062876003
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Published: Ecco - April 6th, 2021

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!

"Plumbs the depths of marriage, motherhood and friendship with warmth and wit. I devoured it in one gulp!” —Maria Semple


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Circe By Madeline Miller Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316556323
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Published: Back Bay Books - April 14th, 2020

This #1 New York Times bestseller is a "bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story" that brilliantly reimagines the life of Circe, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey (Alexandra Alter, TheNew York Times).

In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born.


Inspirational Women 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle By Ridley's Games (Created by) Cover Image
By Ridley's Games (Created by)
$20.00
ISBN: 5055923776124
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Published: Chronicle Books - February 4th, 2020

$11.00
SKU: 9785000037188
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Wooden Spoons make a great functional gift because no one can ever have too many! Food Puns also make great conversation starters at a family dinner or dinner party. These solid wood spoons are each individually engraved by yours truly on the back of the spoon, so they can be used for cooking, serving or just decoration. The spoons measure 12" long and are 2.25" wide at the top. They are food safe and do not have any finish on them. It is recommended they are hand-washed only and not submerged in water for an extended period of time.


$11.00
SKU: 9785000037140
Availability: Out of Stock

Wooden Spoons make a great functional gift because no one can ever have too many! Food Puns also make great conversation starters at a family dinner or dinner party. These beautiful Beechwood wood spoons are each individually engraved by yours truly on the back of the spoon, so they can be used for cooking, serving or just decoration. The spoons measure 12" long and are 2.25" wide at the top. They are food safe and do not have any finish on them. It is recommended they are hand-washed only and not submerged in water for an extended period of time.


$24.00
SKU: 9785000028728
Availability: Out of Stock

For the selfless mama in your life who needs something both beautiful and practical - give her our Best Mom Ever! soy candle. Featuring our signature Spa Day scent, this candle is a great Mother's Day Gift, Baby Shower Gift, Christmas Gift and more for the world's best mom!  

SCENT: SPA DAY

  • Top: Sea Salt, Jasmine
  • Middle: Wood
  • Base: Cream

CANDLE INFO:

  • Size: Volume 11oz | 213g Net Weight | 3 x 3 x 3.5"
  • Burn Time: 60+ Hours
  • Wick: 100% Cotton (Lead and Zinc Free)
  • Wax: Proprietary Soy Based Wax Blend | Vegan, Non-GMO, Kosher | Made in USA
  • Premium Fragrance Oil
  • Gluten Free, Phthalate Free, Non-Toxic, Cruelty Free
  • Made in the USA | Hand-poured in Pittsburgh, PA 
  • Style No. WJ002

CANDLE CARE:

  • Always Trim Your Wick to 1/4" Before Candle is Lit Each Time to Avoid Any Soot
  • Burn Candle so Wax Pool Reaches the Jar Edge Each Time to Prevent Wax Tunneling
  • Burn Candle No More Than 4 Hours at a Time and Do Not Burn Candle with Less Than a 1/2" of Wax Remaining
  • Keep Candle Away from Fans, Open Windows, Hot Surfaces, Children, Pets
  • Never Leave a Burning Candle Unattended


$6.00
SKU: 9785000037270
Availability: Out of Stock

Each unique bookmark is lovingly designed and made by me in my home and studio in Brenham, TX. They are laser engraved on solid 1/16" thick alder wood to give a nice slim finish. They measure 1.85" x 6" and come in a plastic sleeve with a cardstock insert displaying my branding information.


$20.00
SKU: 9785000035481
Availability: Out of Stock

SCENT: SPA DAY

  • Top: Sea Salt, Jasmine
  • Middle: Wood
  • Base: Cream

CANDLE INFO:  

  • Size: Volume 9oz | 204g Net Weight | 2.5 x 2.5 x 3.5"
  • Burn Time: 40+ Hours
  • Wick: 100% Cotton (Lead and Zinc Free)
  • Wax: Proprietary Soy Based Wax Blend | Vegan, Non-GMO, Kosher | Made in USA
  • Premium Fragrance Oil
  • Gluten Free, Phthalate Free, Non-Toxic, Cruelty Free
  • Made in the USA | Hand-poured in Pittsburgh, PA 
  • Style No. CJ002

CANDLE CARE:

  • Always Trim Your Wick to 1/4" Before Candle is Lit Each Time to Avoid Any Soot
  • Burn Candle so Wax Pool Reaches the Jar Edge Each Time to Prevent Wax Tunneling
  • Burn Candle No More Than 4 Hours at a Time and Do Not Burn Candle with Less Than a 1/2" of Wax Remaining
  • Keep Candle Away from Fans, Open Windows, Hot Surfaces, Children, Pets
  • Never Leave a Burning Candle Unattended


$24.00
SKU: 9785000028742
Availability: Out of Stock

We all have that one friend who tries to do it all. The one who works, takes care of her household and is an amazing friend on top of that. If this sounds like you or your friend, our Relax Girl soy candle is just what you need to unwind after a long day. With notes of peppermint and eucalyptus, picture drawing a bubble bath while it burns and the relaxation comes over you. Trying to do it all is not easy, so grab your friend this candle for the stress relief she needs, or as a form of self care for yourself!

Infused with natural essential oils: eucalyptus oil, peppermint oil, cedarwood oil, patchouli oil

SCENT: RELAXATION

  • Top: Eucalyptus, Peppermint
  • Middle: Clove, Powder
  • Base: Cedar, Patchouli, Vanilla

CANDLE INFO:

  • Size: Volume 11oz | 213g Net Weight | 3 x 3 x 3.5"
  • Burn Time: 60+ Hours
  • Wick: 100% Cotton (Lead and Zinc Free)
  • Wax: Proprietary Soy Based Wax Blend | Vegan, Non-GMO, Kosher | Made in USA
  • Premium Fragrance Oil
  • Gluten Free, Phthalate Free, Non-Toxic, Cruelty Free
  • Made in the USA | Hand-poured in Pittsburgh, PA 
  • Style No. WJ003

CANDLE CARE:

  • Always Trim Your Wick to 1/4" Before Candle is Lit Each Time to Avoid Any Soot
  • Burn Candle so Wax Pool Reaches the Jar Edge Each Time to Prevent Wax Tunneling
  • Burn Candle No More Than 4 Hours at a Time and Do Not Burn Candle with Less Than a 1/2" of Wax Remaining
  • Keep Candle Away from Fans, Open Windows, Hot Surfaces, Children, Pets
  • Never Leave a Burning Candle Unattended


$18.00
SKU: 811119033618
Availability: Out of Stock

Open your favorite bottle of wine and pour yourself a glass in your new Mama Needs Wine Metal Wine Tumbler and end your day with some relaxation. This tumbler is a great gift for your favorite mama or mama-to-be in your life!

DETAILS:

  • 12oz Stainless Steel Tumbler 
  • Size: 3.5 x 4.5"  
  • Hand Lettered Design: Mama Needs Wine
  • Design on Front, Blank on Back
  • Black Lettering on White Exterior, Stainless Interior
  • Clear Lid with Slide Closure
  • BPA, Lead and Phthalate Free
  • Keeps Liquids Hot or Cold 8+ Hours
  • Designed In The USA, Imported
  • UPC: 00811119033618 | Style No. WG006

CARE:  

  • Hand Wash Only and Do Not Microwave
  • Wash Before Use and Avoid Abrasive Cloths When Cleaning
  • Use Caution with Hot Liquids
  • Do Not Use to Store Milk, Baby Food, or Carbonated Drinks


$20.00
SKU: 9785000035450
Availability: Out of Stock

Every mom's new favorite coffee mug! Sip your coffee or tea every morning out of our Best Mom Ever Stoneware Coffee Mug and gain the energy to tackle your busy day. Makes a great Christmas gift or Mother's Day gift!

DETAILS:

  • 14oz Stoneware Style Mug
  • Size: 3.31 x 3.93" (5.19" w/handle)
  • Original Design: Best Mom Ever
  • Design on Both Sides of Mug
  • Cream With Black Lettering
  • Speckled Design with Natural Bottom Details (Each is Perfectly Unique)
  • Designed in the USA, Imported
  • UPC: 00811119034097 | Style No. CM065

CARE: 

  • Microwave and Dishwasher Safe
  • Wash Before Use and Avoid Abrasive Cloths When Cleaning
  • Use Caution When Removing From Microwave


$5.50
SKU: 9785000038734
Availability: Out of Stock

Peach and burgundy font with beautiful watercolor flowers to show mom how much you love her. Our handcrafted gold flakes go behind our high quality edible image with a dash of gold edible glitter.