Can you believe we are in May already?!  I know I can’t.

We did lots of corporate gifts last year (hampers etc), but it was just via word of mouth.  This year I thought I should get serious, take photos, advertise and actually get organised before the end of November.

So where do I start?

So far questions include how many hampers do I offer, do I include alcohol (which means getting a liquor license), what are the best price points, what are the best storage containers, how early do I buy the chocolate incase of extreme heat?  WOW I had no idea this would be so complicated.

I’ve been looking at what feels like millions of hamper sites out there in cyber space, and they have all started to look same same.  I really want the Some Kind Of Bliss Hampers to be unique….but then it’s not about what I want, it’s about what the customer wants.  Oh, this makes it very hard.

I would love feedback on this dilemma – so please email me shopping@somekindofbliss.com or add a message on Facebook, or comment here.

My aim is to have 15 different hampers at various price points.  These will all be online by 1^st of July 2010 – so I better get busy.  Now is when my time management skills really need to kick in.  I could just delegate I guess, but I’ve never been very good at that.

So Mother’s Day is almost here.  It’s that time when we are meant to pamper, appreciate, love and thank our mums.  Over the years we have given our Mother everything from wireless headphones (very sensible when on a ride on lawn mower), clothes, magazine subscriptions, fancy dinners etc etc.  Now I’m a mum – all I want is someone else to make decisions for me, a sleep in and all my home chores done.  However, as I teach my daughter ‘I want’ doesn’t get when asking for things…..so I’ll add a pretty please.

Seriously, I’m sure all mums don’t want or need much for Mother’s Day, but it’s tradition to be given gifts, and I am one for tradition.

There are websites everywhere, dedicated to Mother’s Day and its meaning.  There are even more websites that do nothing but sell Mother’s Day Gifts.  WOW.  I won’t go that far, but I have created a couple of special Mother’s Day Gift Sets for you to thank your mother with.

You can even have the gift wrapped and sent directly to your mum – a great option if you live on opposite ends of the world.  Just add a note in the comments field and this will be done for you.

If you are going to be spending the morning with your mum can I suggest the following……..

• Champagne with a touch of mango puree
• Fresh fruit salad
• A good cup of coffee (or tea)
• 2 slices of wholegrain toast
• A couple of slices of her preferred protein (smoked salmon, ham, bacon)
• Scrambled eggs (don’t scrimp here – add cream for extra flavour)
• The newspaper – unread by anyone else (nothing worse than a scrumpled paper to read).

With the scrambled eggs, make sure you do them in a pot over low eat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon to give it that smooth texture.  Be extra careful not to overcook them.

Now the tricky part for me is teaching my 4 year old how to do all of that!