Saturday, February 12, 2011

heartfelt and handmade



It's impossible to miss Valentines Day posts, and Oh I Do Love them, but it sure can get expensive. I prefer gifts that take time, not money, and I thought I'd write a last-minute Valentines Post full of ideas for the last-minute people amongst us.
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* Write a love letter. A proper one with nice paper and sweet things inside. Write about how you met, list the things you like about them, write your hopes for your future together. Document your silly jokes, anything.
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* Find a nice rock. Write 'you rock' on it. Or buy a wooden ruler. Write 'you rule' on it.
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* Set up a treasure hunt. Leave clues and presents around the house; or do a suburb-wide one, leaving clues at places like where you first met, your favourite cafe or other special places (it takes a bit of explaining, but people love to help out in the name of romance). You can make the last clue lead to somewhere you can wait for them.
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* Bake a cake (Oh-Goodness look at this one), or your love's favourite dish. Anything in the shape of a love heart is pretty swell.

* Google 'vintage valentine' images, choose your favourite and print them on card. There are some really corny and sweet ones.
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* Buy tickets to their favourite band. Even if you don't really like them.
* Leave messages in unexpected ways; arrange all the shoes in your house into a giant love heart, use straws or toothpicks to write a message on the table, or sauce on a plate, or add giant speech bubbles to furniture. Arrange two sets of clothes on the bed holding hands.
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* Write a song. Draw a picture, sew a giant love heart with sparkles. Whatever.
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* Leave sweet post it note messages in their favourite books, movies, in the kitchen drawer, on their favourite mug, anywhere they will find them over the next week.
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Do you have any other ideas?
Love on, peeps xx

1 comment:

♡Shayla♡ said...

I am one of these last minute folks you speak of! and I will be using some of your ideas! great post! <3
Have a Happy Valentines Day sweet'ums.