Top 10 Top Mother’s Day Gifts for Business Women

As business women, we send out gift baskets regularly to special clients, but we don't normally bother to get one for ourselves - making receiving a gift basket a special treat! The Mother's Day gift basket linked here, the FTD Blooming Gourmet Basket, is one of my favourites because it combines a mouth-watering collection of chocolates, cookies, cracker, and cheese with a lovely arrangement of lilies, carnations and asters. For more examples of gift baskets that would make great Mother's Day gifts, see my Top 10 Gift Baskets.

We business women like to look professional, and most of us manage to pull it off - until opening our briefcase or handbag reveals our old battered wallet. A new wallet is not only a Mother's Day gift Mom will appreciate, but one that will remind her of you often. My choice is a hand painted Anuschka Checkbook Wallet/Clutch; they’re beautiful and functional with three full length pockets, one zip compartment, 13 card slots, two ID windows, and a pen loop. The style pictured is Premium Rose Antique.

There's nothing like a luxurious spa experience for recharging the batteries and letting your Mom get back to business with renewed enthusiasm. If you can afford it, a spa treatment is a fabulous Mother's Day gift. If you can't, why not opt for the "at-home" treatment? Your mom will still get the chance to relax with a Mother's Day gift such as this Serenity Spa Gift Basket. This collection of anti-stress bath products, including body lotion, body gel and luxury bath salts, will pamper her from head to toe. And the collection comes in a blue floral hatbox she'll definitely want to keep.

Along the same lines, your business woman Mom may still be lugging around one of those large old-style cell phones, having little time to shop. If your Mom loves gadgets, she'll be impressed with a camera phone update. This example, the Motorola Razr V3, is one of the slimmest cell phones on the market and has an integrated VGA camera with 4x zoom, MPEG4 video playback and built-in Bluetooth.

They're traditional, they're easy to purchase, and there are very few women (business women included) who don't love to receive them. Something showy that she can use to dress up her office would be an excellent choice for a Mother's Day gift. This Mille De Fleur bouquet would be perfect. It's a stunning display of pink gerbera daisies, spray roses, alstroemeria, mini carnations, snapdragons, gypsophilia, monte casino and more in an elegant pink vase.

Many offices (even some home offices!) are bleak, sterile places. If there's room in her office space, get your business woman Mom a nice corkboard - and turn it into a gift she'll really appreciate by dressing it up with a display you've created, using family photos, pictures you've drawn, or even a selection of pictures/photos of your Mom's favourite things. I've selected a 22 x 36 inch 3M Post-it Self Stick Bulletin Board as an example; I love being able to stick things up without tacks or tape.

Many of us use the same old mug for years on end - and it gets to be a pretty battered, chipped excuse for a drinking vessel. A new mug (or tea cup) can be a Mother's Day gift your Mom will really like and use every day. Pick one in your Mom's favourite pattern or one with a picture of one of her favourite things, and you can't go wrong. Particularly if you choose a mug such as this Versace by Rosenthal Primavera Mug crafted by the illustrious German porcelain maker. It's just plain gorgeous.

An attractive photo frame makes a beautiful desk accessory - particularly when it's filled with a photo your Mom will find especially pleasing, such as a photo of you! The Mother's Keepsake photo frame I've chosen features a poem on one side, personalized with the presenter's name, and on the other side, a place to display a 3-1/2x5 inch photo. The pewter frame is embellished with trailing vines and floral scrolls.