Valentines Day...Part I: Gifts
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 5:53PM Its February, everyone! Some may cringe with disgust, and some may shriek with joy at the thought of Valentines day, but alas, it's unavoidable...whether that's a good thing or not! Do you all have a gift ready for your Valentine?
If not, we say better gettur' done now, rather than run into CVS or Walgreens on the night of the 13th with all the other sorry men and women who waited till last minute, hmm..
1.) Did you know that 25% of all seasonal cards sent are Valentines? Thats a lot of paper. Try sending an e-card, most of the time they're free, and theres no need to pace up and down the stationary isle at the grocery store! Plus, who wouldn't want to watch an animated puppy dog drag a box of chocolates across the screen? Again, and again...and again...
2.)Buy a used picnic basket. Call it 'vintage', and leave a note tied to the stem of a (insert favorite flower here), saying to promise many romantic picnics once it gets warmer out. One more reason to look forward to spring!
3.) Sometimes love and war do cross paths. In this case, they do with something called a flower/seed bomb. They're sold all over the place here in Western Mass, and can probably be found in any sort of novelty shop, or gardening store. Perhaps even at Target! The gum-ball sized "bombs" can be thrown anywhere to create a spray of wildflowers.
4.) This is one of my personal favorites: Alphabet flash card valentines. This has the potential to be really corny, or really sweet, its all up to what kind of Valentine your recipient is. The idea is to take a deck of flascards, like so:
Then paste over the original words and pictures with photographs or pieces of moments or memories from your relationship. Tie with a ribbon, and Voila!
5.) Hey, and maybe you don't have a person to buy flowers for, make promises to, or write love notes to, thats okay! This holiday doesn't have to be just about commercialistic lover-lovey-love; consider buying a lil something for the one who will always show you love, unconditionally. A new hemp woven bed, a new catnip toy, or just a bone. They won't care, they understand that it's the thought that counts.
To my Valentine, Holly <3
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