If you're looking to do some good with your mother's day gift shopping this year, I have an idea for you. As though gorgeous stationary, notebooks, invitations, and wedding items weren't enough, Minted recently launched a line of beautiful art prints. This year for Mother's Day, they're donating 20% of all art proceeds to Every Mother Counts, an organization that works to end preventable deaths caused by pregnancy and childbirth around the world.

Want to get involved? Order a print for your mom (or any woman you celebrate on Mother's Day), and use the code FRECKLEDEMC at checkout so Minted can track the 20% donation to Every Mother Counts. When you use the code, you'll also receive a downloadable card explaining that a donation to EMC was made in their name--and Minted will be able to follow up and let us know how much Freckled Italian readers raised to increase education and support for reducing maternal mortality around the world.

Click through the gallery below to check out some of the beautiful art that's available! Which one are you going to get?

Order your prints by April 28th to receive them in time for Mother's Day!

This post is sponsored by Minted. You can learn more about their partnership with Every Mother Counts here.

When it comes to games, I'm pretty picky--for the most part, I don't usually know how they work and don't want to take the time to learn. I got temporarily obsessed with Candy Crush a few months ago but rarely open the app anymore. For me to like a game, it has to be free to download, be easy to use, have fun sound effects that don't annoy me (and can be easily turned off), and look well-designed. 

Lately, I've been playing a lot of Letroca (here in iTunes and here for Android), a word game where you try to create the biggest number of words possible with the group of letters given to you in each round. It meets all of my Will I Like This Game Criteria? and is just really, really fun to play.

It's like a quick little puzzle, and you can play as many or as few rounds as you want. It's a nice little brain workout, and I think it'd be really awesome for kids, as well. It's actually used in many schools as a fun vocabulary exercise for children ages 6 and up--but obviously it's enjoyed by adults as well, since I sat on my couch last night and played it for an hour.

I put it on my iPad and my (Samsung) phone and I can't get enough of it. Download it for free here in iTunes and here for Android devices and let me know what you think!

This post is sponsored by Letroca. As usual, all thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you so much for your support as I continue to work with advertisers.

This post is sponsored by Ghirardelli Intense Dark Chocolate.

Chocolate wasn't always my favorite treat--back in my sweet tooth days, I was more of a fruity or vanilla person (think cupcakes or strawberry ice cream). I like to think that my palate has grown up a bit, because now when I'm craving something sweet, I almost always reach for a bite of dark chocolate.

Ghirardelli has always been one of my favorites, and while I love it on its own, I often prefer it paired with something else--a spoonful of almond butter, a pinch of sea salt, some sliced apples. Today I'm sharing my two most recent pairings with you: alongside a cup of English Breakfast as a weekday afternoon pick-me-up, and after a nice long run because, you know, we deserve it.

What do you like to pair your chocolate with? Snap a photo and share it with us by using #IntenseDark, or upload it right here on Ghirardelli's Intense Dark Chocolate Photo Upload Page! As always, I truly appreciate your support as I continue to work with sponsors like Ghirardelli. Enjoy your weekend!