4 Last-Minute Mother’s Day Ideas

Don’t have a gift for Mother’s Day? We have 4 last-minute gift ideas for the deserving mother and women.

Whether it’s your Mom, sister, Aunt, Grandmother, wife or other beautiful women in your lives, a small gift can show your appreciation. If it’s handmade, that’s extra bonus points! Plan with handmade jewelry made with Swarovski Pearls, customized glass tiles with photos, easy-to-make beadable gifts or select the many DIY kits available.

Pearls

It’s been a tradition to gift pearls for mothers, so why not on Mother’s Day. While it embodies purity and love, it’s the kind of jewelry that reflects the elegance of a woman. Here are different ways to use Swarovski Pearls.

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Make a simple knotted pearl necklace with griffin silk cord or a leather wrap memory wire bracelet from our Swarovski Wrap Bracelet Trend.

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Wire-wrap pearls to make linked earrings or a waterfall necklace (Wire-Wrap Loop and June Birthstone Trend). Or make cascading earrings with Swarovski pearls and crystals in this stunning lampwork glass earrings (Wedding Jewelry Trend).

Customized Glass Tiles

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One project you can get kids involved in making are customized glass tiles with photos. Check out our previous blog how to make customized glass tile for a fun keychain dangle, ring or add a magnet to stick on the fridge.

Beadable Ideas

An easy-to-make gift idea are beadable products like bead pens or beadable gifts.

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Bead pens are perfect for moms to slip into their handbag or on their work desk. They are sturdy in weight and customizable with beads. Check out Hot Category: Bead Pens for compatible bead pens and large-hole beads to create one today.

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Don’t forget that moms will also love beadable gifts like a letter opener, winestopper or even a beadable keychain. Add large-hole beads and wrap it up for an acceptable gift!

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(Easy Gifts Trend)

DIY Kits

If you can’t decide what to make, pick up a DIY kit. Make jewelry with an easy Earring, Bracelet or Necklace Kit and gift it. These kits are packaged with bead, findings and instructions, so you can even stick on a bow and gift the whole kit for the crafty, beading lady!

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OR buy two and make them together.

(Kits shown: TL00197, KT00154, KT00144, KT00248, KT00176, KT00150, KT00250)

Holiday Bead Pens

Bead pens are a sentimental and personable gift the gift-receiver will love and use forever. We have a few holiday-inspired bead pens that you can make and gift this holiday season.

Lampwork Tube Bead Pen

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We took this gorgeous lampwork tube bead (Z007050) and reamed the hole with a bead reamer (A002370) wide enough to slide onto the mandrel of the bead pen. Then added some beads around to accent this focal lampwork bead.

Products used: A001625, Z003707, A001180, Z003212, Z007050.

Lampwork and Aluminum Bead Pen

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Diamond cut aluminum beads definitely has a vintage holiday vibe to it. Thus, we have added it to this red bead pen with lampwork beads.

Products used: A001201, Z003707, A004370, A004679.

Beaded Bead Pen

Another different addition to bead pens are beaded beads. We dug up some old beaded beads and accented this gold bead pen with it’s hint of blues, golds and whites. We added some TierraCast spacers, white lampwork beads and a fancy, shiny silver bead to the middle.

Products used: Z001285, A008703, TC01303, A015666.

Beaded bead made with MiniDuos, size 10/0 Czech Round Beads, SuperDuos and Beading thread.

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How to Make Bead Pens

Bead pens are easy to design and make a wonderful gifts. Spruce up your workstation with an ornately-beaded pen or give a teacher, office co-worker, or special friend a pen they’ll surely swoon over.

Bead pens have three separate pieces: a base, a mandrel, and a cap (shown below).

To assemble your pen and design, first twist the shorter threads of the mandrel into the bead pen itself. Apply beads to the mandrel (approximately a space of 2.5”) as desired. Beads and spacers will need a 2mm or larger bead hole diameter to fit onto the mandrel. Tip: The GoodyBeads.com beads and spacers that are labeled “Large Hole” will fit GoodyBead.com bead pen mandrels. Lastly, once you have decorated your mandrel with beads and spacers, complete it by attaching the pen cap to the top of the mandrel.

If you find that the beads and spacers are spinning after placing the cap on, add another spacer or bead to fill any gaps. If the gap is not wide enough for a bead or spacer, add a Rubber O-ring at the top or bottom of your beads. This will help secure the beads in place.

We have compiled 5 bead pen designs for your inspiration:

Blacken Wood

Our Blacken Wood pen has African-inspired bone beads with carved designs and a matte finish. It embodies both a rich and natural beauty.

Copper Swirls

Our Copper Swirls pen represents mesmerizing and whimsical nostalgia. It holds one of our 44mm oval large hole lampwork beads, accented with large-hole gemstone beads and silver spacers.

Berry Sparkle

Our Berry Sparkle pen is the perfect pen to glam up your office space! This pen features a pink 2” long furnace-glass tube that is accented with two metal spacers.

Silver Smoke

Our Silver Smoke pen features a sophisticated and clean look, and it’s easy to carry in your handbag. We have used our large-hole Swarovski® beads for a gradient caramel look.

Green Floral

Best for those green-thumb lovers out there, our Green Floral bead pen uses our ready-made bead pen sets. Bead pen sets are fast and ready to use for your bead pen projects. Bead pen not included with bead pen set.