Earth Day is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment, held on April 22. It is celebrated in many countries and has been receiving added attention in current years with the newfound popularity of going green and our increased consciousness of how we are harming the planet. As active motivated women, we, here at CRAVE, think Earth day is a wonderful chance to help women discover new ways to help our earth and conserve it for generations to come. The Nature Conservancy has some wonderful tips to do just that, pertaining to activities a lot of women deal with in their everyday lives.

Use reusable totes

You can help save oceans when you use reusable shopping bags instead of plastic bags. Sure, it’s a small step — but it can make a big difference in the health of our oceans. Unfortunately, 90 percent of the debris that washes up from our oceans are man-made and shouldn’t be there. Most of it has – unfortunately – come to be expected: derelict fishing equipment, disposable plastic bottles, plastic bags, cigarette butts, bits of unidentifiable plastic, Styrofoam. To help encourage others, share where you take reusable bags or where you’ve found your favorite tote.

Eat food

Just like you, conservationists, fishermen, chefs and consumers are working together to find new ways of living off our oceans and waters while keeping nature healthy. In a day and age when many of us “harvest” most of our meals by filling a grocery cart or skimming a menu, it can be easy to overlook nature’s role in putting food on our tables. This is especially true when it comes to seafood. For centuries, the oceans’ bounty seemed inexhaustible. Now, as scientists unravel the intricate relationships between fish and the vast lands below the water’s surface, we’re gaining a clearer picture of how humans have altered our oceans’ ability to provide for us. The Conservancy is tackling the problems by working with communities to restore degraded habitats and rebuild depleted fisheries. But sustainability also depends on how fish are brought to market. A service called FishPhone is Blue Ocean’s sustainable seafood text messaging service that instantly puts sustainable seafood information at your fingertips. To find out about your seafood choice, text 30644 with the message FISH and the name of the fish in question. They’ll text you back with their assessment and better alternatives to fish with significant environmental concerns.

Green your gardening

Even while you’re gardening in your very own backyard, you can make a big difference in the health of the ocean. Fertilizers and other chemicals used in conventional gardening are washed into watersheds and eventually to sea, where they can harm coral reefs and other marine life. To help cut back on pollution, go native! Native plants require much less water and fertilizer than non-native plants do. Make your own compost! Composting kitchen scraps is a great way to create (free!) all-natural fertilizer. Set your mower to a cutting height of 2”-3” — which will eliminate undesirable weedy plants. Don’t rake your clippings; leave them behind as fertilizer. You can even try square-foot gardening. This method uses 90% less water and 95% fewer seeds than a traditional backyard garden and requires no chemicals!

You can find all the details on these tips and plenty more at earthday.nature.org

With spring in the air, wedding plans are to0, as well as all kinds of events. If you’re looking for someone to help you plan it all out, or just get some clever ideas, we’ve provided some event planning blogs that we CRAVE.  

Silverberry Occasions
http://www.silverberryoccasions.blogspot.com/
Silverberry Occasions Event Planning & Design Inc. is a full-scale special event planning and design company serving Toronto and the GTA, owned by Founders and Event Planners Karen Chiavatti and Jessica Wainberg. Not only do Karen & Jessica come from both Event Planning and Wedding Industry backgrounds, but they also bring extensive business experience, endless creativity and most importantly PASSION to every event that they plan. It is this dedication and passion that shines through making your event truly unique and memorable. It is also this passion that shines through in their blog. They provide endless information and beautiful pictures to help aid in every aspect of the planning phase.

Panache Life
http://panachelife.blogspot.com/search?q=panache+life
Panache Life Inc. brings you innovative ways of living, connecting and entertaining with Panache Lifestyle Events,  Event Management,  Panache Boot Camp Classes, Ladies Self Empowerment Workshops,  Girls Night Out or In Escapes. Panache Life hits on a wider variety of topics than strictly event planning. It is more of a lifestyle blog with a certain energy and passion for living a happy life that is insightful and enjoyable. It also provides information on inspirational and relaxing events for women to attend.

Gatherings Event Planning
http://gatheringseventplanning.blogspot.com/   
Gatherings Event Planning and Fundraising is a full service event planning company located in Toronto, Ontario. They can finesse the ideas you bring to them, or take control of the planning from brainstorming to completion. You call the shots, they make things happen.  Their blog covers all sorts of aspects of business, wellness and beyond, all with a positive message.

If you really care about your pet and want to find a special place in Toronto to show them the love that you feel for them, there are a lot of wonderful options that aren’t massive chain stores, supplying any food, products or services that will sell. These specialty shops were started out of love for animals and the people who love them.

Big Dog Bakery
See website for retailers
647.224.5299
www.bigdogbakery.com
Unlike many commercial dog treats, Big Dog Bakery gourmet dog treats contain only local Canadian, premium, human grade ingredients. They do not use fillers, refined sugars, added salt, artificial flavours or preservatives. Formulated just for dogs – with palatability, digestibility, safety and nutrition first in mind. Dog owners, walkers and trainers can rest assured they are choosing a much better alternative to inconsistent, unhealthy dog food products still on the market today. You give your dog a treat as a reward for good behaviour, part of training exercises, or a little snack to tie them over until dinner… But to sum up the dog treats in one word – one emotion – and it is the biggest one we feel for all dogs – it is…. LOVE! Dogs are more than ever important members of the family. They deserve the same high standards of health, taste and quality as you do.

Bark & Fitz
2570 Yonge St. Toronto (see website for many other locations)
416.483.4431
www.barkandfitz.com
Bark & Fitz is a dog inspired reatail health food store for you and your dog. They aim to provide all natural and holistic food and treats for dogs to live longer, healthier, more active lives. A family business founded in Oakville, Ontario – one of the hippest places in the world – the first Bark & Fitz store not only features the healthiest dog foods but arguably the highest quality, most stylish, and largest selection of dog treats, toys, gear and gifts ever before seen in a retail store. Authentic to its roots, Bark & Fitz continues to focus on the health and well being of your canine (and feline) companions with the constant addition of industry leading foods, products, and accessories for your dog.

myPetBoutique
416.368.6896
http://www.mypetboutique.com/
Finding it difficult to find quality products that were both unique and fun, owner  Judith Pagnier decided to open myPetBoutique.com. myPetBoutique was launched Fall 2001. She wanted to have a store where people could shop for the furry loved one in their life; a place where they could find products to pamper their pet, such as gourmet treats and decadent gift packages. She also wanted to showcase products for the home that were well designed and expressed the love we feel for our pets. myPetBoutique is a perpetual project in motion dedicated to everyone who loves their pet. A great place to find a gift for a pet or a pet lover.

HeyDoYou
http://www.heydoyou.com/
A busy colorful blog chock full of everything fashion, food and lifestyle. Yvonne is the beauty and trends writer, Bella is the food and love writer and Shay is the events and style writer. Follow them on their own adventures as they trek all over Toronto as well as Los Angeles attending wild events and reporting on fun trends. This blog will keep you constantly discovering things to CRAVE and people to talk about. If you’re into forward fashion, good food of pop culture, this blog is a feast for the eyes.

Healthy Girl
http://www.healthygirl.ca/
Healthy Girl promotes healthy & wealthy entrepreneurship. Its mandate is to bridge the gap between building wealth as an entrepreneur and maintaining personal health & wellness. Healthy Girl is passionate about health, entrepreneurship and wealth-building. Its reason for being is to share and educate on the ideas, events and tools that its writers believe to be critical to one’s success as a healthy & wealthy entrepreneur! It includes countless authors sharing their ideas on everything from healthy diet to exercise to becoming a strong business-woman. 

Dr. Stephanie
http://blog.drstephanie.ca/
Dr. Stephanie is a big-hearted, energetic, and passionate healer. With a background in neuroscience and psychology, Dr. Stephanie specializes in whole body wellness, including chiropractic, cosmetic and traditional acupuncture, orthotic therapy and fitness. She also has a long standing love for cooking and languages. Her breadth of knowledge is apparent in the diversity of subject matter in her blog and her insight is the kind that will constantly keep you discovering things you didn’t know about keeping yourself healthy inside and out.

Body Blitz Spa
471 adelaide st. west
(416) 364-0400
http://www.bodyblitzspa.com/

Immerse yourself in body blitz ! Health by water, a spa that puts a modern twist on ancient restorative water practices. Situated in an 11,000 sq. ft. warehouse space in the heart of Toronto, body blitz boasts a 38 ft. Dead sea salt pool, hot green tea pool, cold plunging pool, aromatherapy steam, infrared sauna, and 20 treatment rooms. Relax in our therapeutic waters, detoxify in our steam and sauna or replenish in our mud, scrub, body or massage treatments. They make it easy – no waiting, no tipping, book in advance or call for same day booking, access the waters only or include them in your treatment, become a member or purchase a waters card. Body blitz ~ health by water, because living well is a necessity.

Big Stretch Yoga
1560 Bayview Avenue, Suite 303
416.486.4448
http://www.bigstretchyoga.com/

A small, intimate yoga centre that opened its doors in 1999, The Big Stretch is a warm, welcoming space that offers hatha yoga classes to all age groups. With candles and music, and a small group of instructors, classes are tailored to the dynamics of the group attending. Instructors focus on each student and his or her needs, challenges or injuries. The Big Stretch also offers corporate yoga, workshops and yoga retreats. In their classes, you slow down from your hectic schedules, allowing the breath to flow through the postures. Create balance by uniting opposites – effort and grace, stability and fluidity, strength and softness. Rather than just exercising, we can begin to connect the breath with body and mind, directing our attention inward.

Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club
388 Carlaw Av, Unit #108
416-480-2058
http://www.torontonewsgirls.com/

Maybe you aren’t like all the other girls and your idea of inner peace involves releasing a little inner-agression. Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club is the place for you to just leave it all in the ring. The mission of the Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club is to provide a safe and positive space for women and trans people to explore the sport of boxing. The women’s program is tailored to members. Individuals come into the program with their own goals, it may be to get into better shape with no desire to get into the ring or it may be to become the next Laila Ali. We work with members to help them achieve their goals. For all members, the program offers a cardiovascular workout with technique in all areas of boxing- grounding, offense, defense, footwork and strategy. Bring it on.

Hillary Clinton
During the last decade, she was First Lady, Senator, serious presidential candidate of a major political party, and Secretary of State, First former First Lady to hold major elective office, January 2001 (Senator from New York); first woman candidate for U.S. president to almost win a nomination from a major political party (declared candidacy January 2007, conceded June 2008) and first former First Lady to serve in the cabinet, in her capacity of U.S. Secretary of State, confirmed January 2009. All of this after her presidential husband cheated on her for the whole world to see. Need I say more?

Oprah Winfrey
Oprah was the first black billionaire, as reported by Forbes in April 2004. Although she is not in politics or changing laws, her power and conviction is known the world over. She has used her power again and again to shed light on good causes on everything from women who are sold into slavery to animal cruelty. Her latest endeavor is getting people to stop talking and texting on the phone while driving. She puts massive amounts of money into charitable causes and her show is now approaching an unbelievable 25 year run. In 2009 she announced that the The Oprah Winfrey Show will end in 2011. It’s hard to find a woman who doesn’t know who she is.

Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates is the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world. The foundation is “driven by the interests and passions of the Gates family.” The primary aims of the foundation are, globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, and in America, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology. The foundation, based in Seattle, Washington, has an endowment of US$35.1 billion as of October 1, 2008. The scale of the foundation and the way it seeks to apply business techniques to giving makes it one of the leaders in the philanthrocapitalism revolution in global philanthropy. In 2007 its founders were ranked as the second most generous philanthropists in America. Bill and Melinda were also named Time magazine’s Persons of the Year in December 2005.

Michelle Obama
Because Michelle is the first African American first lady and the first wife of an African American President, she has an influence and gets attention that prior first ladies may not have received. Michelle represents the loving, working mother who came from difficult circumstances, had the opportunity to attend an Ivy League school, and achieve great things in the causes that she’s taken on as a lawyer, and now, as a first lady. Even her fashion sense is turning heads because she tends to wear little known designers, giving them well-deserved attention, instead of going for the more typical pricier names that everyone would expect. When Michelle decided to grow a vegetable garden outside the White-House, all of a sudden it was all the rage. Right now she is taking on reducing childhood obesity and encouraging children to have a healthy active lifestyle.

Ellen DeGeneres
Though it is easy to argue that Ellen doesn’t have half the achievements under her belt as any of the rest of these women do, her talk show and her name have become so synonymous with positivity and acceptance, it seems that laughter really is the best medicine. Besides being widely adored and accepted as an openly gay woman, Ellen and her talk show have won the daytime Emmy for Best Talk Show and talk show host 4 years in a row and the show averages about 3.0 million viewers per episode, according to daytime television ratings, which makes it one of the highest-viewed daytime shows. The refreshing style of her humor and the unyielding extent of her kindness make her a stand out woman of the last decade.

Information from wikipedia.com.

Looking for a night on the town with the girls? We’ve found you the best places to sip, savor and hang out on a Friday night in Toronto. Cheers!

BerBer: Resto. Bar. Lounge.
49 front street east
416.860.9000
http://www.berberlounge.ca/

The BerBer lounge will take you back to a magical time when the Berbers of North Africa bestowed exquisite gifts of urban living on medieval Europe. You will be surrounded by artisanal hand-made luxuries transported back from the winding alleys of the Moroccan Medinas. The smell of rose water will fill the air and the mystical sights and sounds will take you away to a place of sheer delight. Enjoy their home and indulge in their tantalizing cuisine conjured by 1000 years of cultural clashes and influences stretching across North Africa, Southern Europe and the Middle East. Let the BerBer give you a few hours of laid back luxury, service, and overall good will.  Be prepared for a unique brand of subterranean mayhem!!

House of Commons
bookings@mabelgrey.ca for reservations
http://www.mabelgrey.ca/how-to-book/

The House of Commons is an underground restaurant. It is a hidden intimate affair set around a large harvest table, botany, and other curiosities. They serve up home-grown, home-cooked dinners and Sunday brunches. Chefs from all around the city drop in to showcase their big talent in the House of Commons’ small kitchen. They often organize E&C’s (entrance and champagne) to other bars/lounges/dance clubs on the weekends after their dinners, for late night revelries. They love late night revelries. The house always has room for one more and never runs out of cocktails, cocktails, cocktails. Password Required.

Cocktails by Gâteau
647.989.8585
info@cocktailsbygateau.com
http://www.cocktailsbygateau.com/ 

cocktails by Gâteau is a new breath in the pastry world offering modern and classic hybrid creations featuring France’s old world flavours made with artisanal liquers, North American inspired combination and fresh ingredients sourced locally. Their goal is to capture the essence of today’s cocktail and cupcake culture along with chocolate decadence and beautiful fruits in a mosaic of imaginative desserts. Just in case their selection does not peak your interest or you love exclusivity, contact them for their “leave it up to us” selection that is guaranteed to satisfy your palette. Cupcakes and cocktails, anyone?

February is on its way out and spring is just around the corner. That could only mean one thing. No, not warm weather, not blossoming flowers… spring cleaning! It’s time to de-clutter your house and if you wait any longer you’re only going to regret it! But we all know that getting rid of clutter can be an intimidating task. It’s messy, it’s complicated and it’s exhausting. But the rewards will certainly outweigh all the work when you’re home is spotless and all your neighbors are jealous. So we’ve asked the experts and found some de-cluttering tips to help you get through the war known as cleaning!

This is what Toronto Interior Designer, Architectural Planner and Organizational Coach Erica Swanson, has to share on the subject:

I detest the word ‘clutter’; it’s a misnomer that fails to get to the heart of the issue.  Clutter isn’t so much about our stuff as it is about how we feel about our stuff.  Until we get honest about our relationship to the things we own, our things will continue to own us. If we spent half as much time critically thinking about our purchases as we did storing, cleaning, rearranging, insuring and generally complaining about our belongings, we’d have a whole lot of time left over to focus on the things that matter most.  And who doesn’t want that?

Getting real isn’t easy but think about this: stuff doesn’t just mysteriously appear in your closets, your cabinets, your front hall closets, your junk drawers, under the bed, and in your desk drawers.  You let stuff creep in. There are thousands of books on the market that do a phenomenal job of teaching you how to strategically purge your stuff.  Set aside the time.  Be ruthless.  Divide and conquer, baby.  But next time, when you’re standing in the checkout line with yet another jar of face cream, box of doodads, or fill-in-the-blank shiny new toy, ask yourself if it’s something you really need.  I mean, really need.  Because ultimately, clutter control is simple; stop filling your home with things that don’t fill you.

Erica’s website, www.ericaswansondesign.com will be up in April.

Another Toronto Interior Designer, Carol Reed had these great tips to offer:

Having a place for everything is key and the right type of storage organization is also key. Assess what it is that is out of control and that will help determine what type of storage you need to keep it contained, accessible and neat looking. It sounds basic but these are things that people overlook.  Acquiring shelving and buying organizing accessories is something we rarely intentionally go shopping for.

Unsightly items should be concealed behind doors, or inside cabinets (textbooks, files, media components) and attractive items or collections can be stored (displayed) openly. Select furniture that has shelving or drawers or hidden storage compartments, i.e. end tables with lower shelves or ottomans with flip tops. Avoid end tables, hall tables and night tables that have no shelves or drawers. Control visual clutter by going neutral. If you’re the type of person that has lots of ‘things’ and likes to keep them on display or likes an open shelving style kitchen, than keep the rest of the space neutral. Lots of colors plus lots of things on display will create visual clutter. 

These are my favorite ways to organize clutter. They are all inexpensive, easy to do and look good:

Trays: My favorite ‘clutter’ accessory. These are a must on surfaces, they contain your clutter and make your things look organized and appear more like they’re on display. Use them on coffee tables, entry hall tables, console tables, bathroom vanities, the back of toilets and even the kitchen counter.

Baskets: After trays, this is my next favorite clutter accessory. Not only do they add natural organic texture to a space (which I think every space needs,) they can fit under tables, on top of armoires, on closet shelves or on bookcase shelves. You can use the kind with lids or without. Today you can find a wide assortment of sizes, shapes, colours and styles from chunky and rustic to tightly woven tailored looking. Ikea, West Elm, Pottery Barn and Crate & Barrel are great sources for these.

Interior Dividers: They go in your drawers, they are super inexpensive and you can fit twice as much in a drawer with these and things are easy to find.

Hooks: I’m hooked on hooks these days! They are super inexspensive, easy to install and lots of styles can be used in almost every room, hooks can go at your entry door for canvas shopping bags, in the bathroom for towels, in the bedroom for necklaces, in the mud room for keys, leashes, coats or hats, in the kitchen for pots and pans. I’m seeing a beautiful selection of hooks around in all styles and finishes. Some of them are so pretty you don’t want to cover them up!

Canvas Shoe Holders: These are a great storage device for the inside of closet doors for all kinds of things.

Vintage: If you run out of closet space to store your stuff away, antique crates and old suitcases are great for off-season or seldom used items and can double as side tables.

Wire Management: Visual clutter! It drives me crazy to see a mess of media wires or computer wires in a space. There are lots of wire management accessories in the electrical department at the building centre.

Tech Gadgets: One of my favorite tricks is to store the media components behind doors in a media cabinet or bookcase. You can buy a simple device that switches your remote controls from IR to RF (infra red to radio frequency) which means you can operate them even when they are behind doors.

Rechargables: Imagine how many cell phones, digital cameras and iPods you can find in the average house- you can buy great looking docking stations for all your rechargeables that contain the cords and that house all the other paraphernalia that go along with them.  

Cupboards: Kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanity cupboards without any pull-outs are a really poor use of space. Install pull-out wire organizers, pull-out shelves or recycle bins that let you take advantage of the cupboard’s depth and keep it all easily accessible. A wide assortment of these are readily available in building centres.

Great resources for organizational accessories: Ikea, Kitchen Stuff Plus, Solutions, West Elm, Pottery Barn and Crate & Barrel.

Liz Parker is a  Toronto-based publicist specializing in classical musicians. Liz has vast experience promoting classical musicians and concerts to the media, and has also promoted jazz, world, and folk music.  Crazy about makeovers, she ensures her clients look and feel great for their photo shoots; and yes, she offers clothes shopping as a service.  She LOVES encouraging musicians to raise their game with their presentation off-stage, to match the magic they create on-stage.

What is your motto, slogan, or theme song?
“Follow your bliss.”  My father drummed that into my head from an early age, and he sat me down when I was a teenager to watch Joseph Campbell discuss “The Power of Myth”, where I heard this message from the man himself.  Since then, I made a pact with myself to do what’s right for me, however unconventional to others.  It’s the greatest gift my dad gave me.
 

What’s the best advice you’ve been given?
“Figure out what you’d die for, and live for it.”  I just read this recently somewhere, and I thought, “whoa.”

What’s your favorite fashion must-have or must-NOT-have?
Must-have: boots.  I’m a boot slut.  Tasteful, outrageous, sexy, elegant, doesn’t matter – I LOVE BOOTS.  I just walk differently in ‘em.  Must-NOT-have: horizontal stripes.  So unflattering.  

In a past life you were…
A flamenco dancer in Spain.

How do you relax?
“Drool in front of the TV” is a common phrase I quip to describe needing to veg out.  I’d love to say I practice yoga on top of a mountain or go for walks in the park, but let’s face it, I just drool in front of the TV.

What’s a place that inspires you and why?
Vancouver.  It’s my hometown and every time I visit I look at the mountains and oceans and get all verklempt.  I’m sitting here at my mom’s condo, gazing at the mountains as I type (so sorry for any type-os), taking in the Olympic vibe … the scenery is crazy-phenomenal.

What makes you feel most CRAVE – able?
Apart from wearing sexy boots, I’d say my confidence.  When I’m on, I’m fierce.  (When I’m not, I eat dark chocolate.)

What’s a cause you are passionate about and why?
Not so much a cause but a sense that everyone must be true to themselves.  I see way too many people keep up appearances.  People aren’t leading the lives they’re meant to lead.  It takes great courage to be true to yourself, and that’s why I support people who go through great lengths to lead an authentic life.  I’m very passionate about this.

If you weren’t running this business, what would your life look like?
My life has been so wrapped up in promoting musicians I can’t imagine another way of living, but if I weren’t running LIZPR, I’d be walking dogs in the country.  I know, totally different scene….

What makes you laugh so hard you cry?
English slapstick.  John Cleese as Basil Fawlty comes to mind.  Let alone David Brent’s (BBC’s The Office – the original) infamous dance for charity. 

In 10 years you want to be…
…as impish and silly as I am today.

If you could time travel where would you go?
Oh, without question, the Art Deco era, New York City.  Man, everything was stylish: the people, the clothes, the martini sets, the buildings, the decor, the furniture….EVERYTHING!

At some point everyone needs to find a baby gift for a shower, and often times it’s last minute. If you’re looking for something really special we’ve found some stores for you to browse that are really worth a look.

My Bump
944 Kingston Road
416.698.6625
mybumpmaternity.com

My Bump provides you with an inviting comfortable atmosphere to ensure an easy shopping experience. They have searched long and hard for the finest of designers and gifts so you don’t have to. My Bump has a wide variety of maternity gifts, perfect for the expectant mother. If you know the mother well enough you can get her fashionable maternity clothes or you can get her anything for the baby from baby body foam to a changing mat to a variety of adorable baby blankets. You can even get her a hooter hider to breast feed in public after the baby arrives. There are also a lot of great sale items and if you’re not sure what to get her you can purchase a gift certificate.

Kids at Home
2086 Queen St. E
416.698.9726
kidsathome.com

If you’d like to go a slightly different route than the typical baby shower gifts like new baby supplies or new mother gifts you can try looking at Kids at Home. Kids at Home is the perfect place to find unique decorating pieces for the new baby’s room, like beautiful lights, adorable art and even rugs. They also sell impressive furniture if you’re looking to buy a more important gift and they also carry a lot of toys, baby clothes and traditional baby shower gifts. When you give your great gift from Kids at Home you can remind the new mother that their website has some really helpful tips for decorating the new bundle’s bedroom. Kids at Home is must see if you’re searching for a classy baby shower gift.

Baby on Board Apparel
416.829.2459
babyonboardapparel.com

The founder, Ali McEwen has this to say about BOBA; “I was visiting Brooklyn and stumbled upon this amazing t-shirt shop. In a brief conversation with the gentleman who was working the shop that day I blurted out the idea of blasting an ultrasound picture across a maternity tee.  And from that random thought I realized my calling to develop cool, fashion forward maternity tees that can be worn during pregnancy and after. My tees are a custom pattern and were developed through fit samples and listening to what felt good on the pregnant women.” BOBA is an online store that sells comfortable maternity t-shirts with unique designs that say things like “Made with love,” Signed, sealed, delivered” and “Baby Buddha.” This is a good place to look for a humorous, but also handy gift for an expectant mother to wear something comfortable during this undoubtedly uncomfortable time.

I hope this helps in your search for the perfect baby shower gift!