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Strike Her Fancy
Luxurious gifts for Mother's Day
By
Kandace Power Graves
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Footloose and Fancy -- Purple velvet and
silk brocade make up the outside of these fanciful
house slippers that are decorated with purple and
green taffeta rosebuds. The inside is a soft
chartruese insole and black-and-white polka dot
sides and the bottom sole is suede by Goody Goody
Bon Bons, $45. Mom may not want to give up these
beautiful hand towels to the guest bath when she
unwraps them: they're fine white linen with hand-
embroidered and beaded flowers, plus they come in
their own button bag by Sethi & Sethi, $42 for two;
both from Arabella (3902 Hwy. 22,
Mandeville 985-727-9787).
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Photo by David Richmond
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Wearable Delicacies -- When only the
finest will do for your mother, pick out something
from the "caviar" series created by local jewelry
artist Dominique Giordano. The square-shaped
caviar bubbles of pearls come on a necklace,
$1,340 for 14-karat gold or $195 for silver; with
matching earrings, $480 for 14-karat gold or $95
for silver; from Dominique Giordano Jewelry
Design (5420 Magazine St., 895-3909; www.dgiordanojewelry.com).
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Photo courtesy of Dominique Giordano Designs
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Inside the Box -- Show mom she's a
classic with a traditional green Jasperware covered
box from the early 1900s with a bas relief of a
classical maiden on top, $65, from Kohlert-
Winters Antiques LLC (1537 Metairie Road,
Metairie, 831-4514)
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Photo by David Richmond
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Stellar Gift -- Don't just promise her the
moon, give your mom her own galaxy to wear with
the Milky Way collection by jewelry artist Barbara
Heinrich, made with platinum and diamonds and
ranging from $22,000 to $24,000 from Katy
Beh Contemporary Jewelry (3701 Magazine
St., 896-9600)
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Photo by David Richmond
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Get Organized -- No one can organize a
family like a mother, so give her tools to make it
easy, plus a little something for memories. Start
with a small fuscia leather pocket portfolio with a
notepad and spaces for credit or business cards,
plus a small matching pen by Retro 51, $29 for the
set; and a beautiful environmentally conscious
album for drawings, photos or a journal, handmade
from recycled cloth and embellished on the cover
with dried flower petals, $22; help her read
between the lines better with an ornate magnifying
glass on a cord, $8; all from Scriptura
(3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 137, Lakeside
Shopping Center, Metairie, 219-1113; 5423
Magazine St., 897-1555; 328 Chartres St., 299-
1234)
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Photo by David Richmond
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Putting the "Fun" in Functional -- Spice
up the practical side of Mom's life with a whimsical-
but-useful handbag such as a reversible cocktail
purse with silk and feathers around the top on one
side and beaded embellishments on the other in a
range of colors (here shown in chartreuse amd
pink, or in gold, cream and brown), $125 each; a
handcrafted pink bag with translucent pink beads
on the handles and pink mother-of-pearl disks all
over the outside by Monya, $89; all from
Objets Trouves 3713 Magazine St., 897-
5066).
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Photo by David Richmond
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