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HTML Ready Article. Click on the "Copy" button to copy into your clipboard. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN' 'http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd'>; <html><head><title>Article Directory Online: Free Online Article Submission | 3 Tips to Save Money on Food at Your Wedding Reception</title></head><body><h3>3 Tips to Save Money on Food at Your Wedding Reception</h3><br><br> By: Dee Power<br><br><p>Of course you can run down to the shopping mall and find it stuffed with pre made gift baskets for Mother s Day. Or you could take the time to help your child put together a fun basket especially for their mother.</p> <p>Most mothers do the shopping in the family. If you have a close friend who has children, think about setting a budget for the Mother s Day present and then switching children. You take your friend s child out shopping with the pre set budget and she takes yours.</p> <p>Think about the hobbies, activities, and interests of the mother. Does she like gardening? Then a gardening basket is a lovely choice. Does she like to cook? Watch movies? Or perhaps she would appreciate a basket of beauty products she d never buy for herself.</p> <p>The first step is selecting the basket and it doesn t even have to be a basket. It can be any appropriate container. For example: If she loves to cook select a big bowl, baking pan, or pot, as the basket. If she s a gardener select a bucket or a terracotta planter.</p> <p>Fill the basket with items that go with the theme you ve chosen. We ll stick with the themes of cooking, gardening, and movies.</p> <p>Cooking Gourmet Italian Pasta Dinner with a note that the child and father will do all the clean up.</p> <p>Package of high quality pasta extra virgin olive oil chunk of parmesan cheese sun dried tomatoes pancetta, salami, and/or prosciutto bottled artichoke hearts gourmet olives garlic heads basil</p> <p>Select cooking tools such as garlic press, pasta cooker, pasta maker, Italian themed serving dishes or linens or food processor to compliment the food.</p> <p>Gardening Herb Planter with a note from the child that he or she will help with the gardening, provide 30 minutes of weed pulling, digging, etc.,</p> <p>Large rectangular planter (or any other shape) gardening hand tools pair of gardening gloves, waterproof gardening clogs, or gardening mat to kneel on 4 inch pots of various herbs such as parsley, basil, thyme, marjoram, lemon grass, lemon balm or packages of seeds of each Potting soil to fill planter Gardening magazines or books</p> <p>Dinner and a Movie</p> <p>Have the child select a gift bag that has a Hollywood feel. The colors can be neon bright for example. Or choose a moon and stars theme. Find a new release movie that would appeal to the Mom. Or you can buy a DVD of one of her classic favorites she doesn t have yet.</p> <p>Other ideas include:</p> <p>microwave popcorn movie size box of candy gift certificate to a nearby movie theater gift certificate for pizza delivery sunglasses (Hollywood theme) movie poster (find on ebay) movie magazines gift items that fit the theme of the movie.</p> <p>Now that you have the idea I m sure you can come up with lots of fabulous gift basket ideas for that special mother in your life or your child s life.</p> <br><br> <b>Author Resource:-></b> Find more ideas from Dee Power, <a href="http://www.partyideaskids.com" title="http://www.partyideaskids.com" target="_blank">http://www.partyideaskids.com</a>, Mother's Day gifts, menus, and activities. Read Dee's blog on <a href="http://www.loseweightfast-burnfat.com" title="http://www.loseweightfast-burnfat.com" target="_blank">http://www.loseweightfast-burnfat.com</a>, weight loss and her new website <a href="http://www.easygardencare.com" title="http://www.easygardencare.com" target="_blank">http://www.easygardencare.com</a>, Easy Garden Care<br><br><b>Article From</b> <a href='http://www.articleonlinedirectory.com/'>Article Directory Online: Free Online Article Submission</a><br></body></html>
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