Mother’s Day has a habit of turning perfectly intelligent adults into people standing in a supermarket aisle at 9:47am wondering whether their mum would prefer the card with the flowers on it or the card with the slightly different flowers on it.
Then comes the message.
“Happy Mother’s Day Mum, hope you have a lovely day. Love you lots.”
Technically correct. Emotionally a little bit like an automated email.
Your mum deserves better than a card you grabbed because it was the least offensive option left on the shelf.
That is where the Best Mom Greeting Card from Fairly Quare Designs comes in. It is simple, funny and actually feels like something you would give to your own mum rather than something selected by a committee whose only brief was “make it maternal”. At €4, it is also the sort of thing you can add to a present without suddenly turning Mother’s Day into a financial event.
Have a look at the Best Mom Greeting Card here
There is something to be said for a proper card too. We have become very good at sending messages, posting stories and firing off a quick heart emoji, but there is still something different about giving someone a card they can actually keep. It ends up in a drawer. Years later, someone finds it and laughs. That little bit of paper suddenly has a history.
Fairly Quare Designs keeps the whole thing nicely straightforward. The card is printed on 230gsm coated cardstock and comes with a 120gsm envelope. It is designed, printed, assembled and packed in house, which gives it a much more personal feel than something that has travelled through a giant anonymous production line before landing in your shopping basket.
And there is another reason to pay attention if you have more than one card to buy. There is currently a 3 for €10 offer across all greeting cards, with the total adjusted automatically in your basket. So if you have a mum, a mother in law, a granny, a sister who has somehow become the family organiser, or three birthdays you have been pretending not to notice, you can sort the lot in one go.
That is actually one of the things I like about Fairly Quare Designs. The shop does not take the idea of gifting too seriously. It takes the products seriously, but not itself. There are funny cards, bookish bits, stickers, prints, keyrings and homeware, all with enough personality to make you wonder why so many gift shops are determined to make everything look like it belongs in a beige hotel reception.
A Mother’s Day card does not need to be complicated.
It just needs to feel like you chose it.
The Best Mom Greeting Card is €4, made in house and ready to pair with flowers, chocolates, a bottle of something she actually likes, breakfast in bed or the traditional Mother’s Day gift of promising that you will finally sort out whatever job she has been asking you to do since 2019.
And if your mum is the sort of woman who would rather have a laugh than receive a card covered in glitter and sentimental nonsense, even better.
Get the Best Mom Greeting Card from Fairly Quare Designs
Because saying “I love you, Mum” is important.
Saying it in a way that actually sounds like you is better.
And if you can make her laugh while you are at it, you have probably nailed Mother’s Day.