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History of Valentine's Day
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THINGS TO DO and THINGS TO MAKE
Help to mend a real broken heart
BHF

Turn up for the matchmaking Flirt Walk, apply for a credit card which supports the British Heart Foundation or request a fundraising pack.
Let Groovy Chocolatemake you an edible Valentine's Day card! Quick and easy to create online - speedy delivery. Order here
A photograph of you and a message printed on a delicious chocolate card for £9.95. Upload your photo now - or design something on the site and send it with love...
"Witty and original."Mr and Mrs Smith is the definitive guide to romantic - and appropriately expensive - getaways. You even get the scoop on the best rooms to book!! A beautiful volume and a gloriously smooooth website.
Victorian images
Billy Bear 4 Kids
The Holiday Spot
A newspaper celebrating the day you met! In a frame, in a giftbox, as a full size leather bound book from £39 - £99.
and, finally, there's always the ubiquitous
Valentine's Day
from the folk at Mama's Kitchen
Now, get ready to celebrate
Mardigras
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Today we're thinking about...
 
  Valentine's Day
February 14th

We've found something VERY special to send to the men in our lives this year! (See our cute Seductress below)
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The column to the left includes some crafty ideas (for kids, too) and the column to the right is for the men - give him a nudge and send him a link to this page (UNLESS you are going to surprise him with a our Seductress Teddy - see link below - in which case send him for inspiration to our Mothers' Day page instead!)

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heart shaped casserole
A heart-shaped casserole dish from Le Creuset.
 
 
Whatever next!!!

Warm the cockles of his heart with this French cocotte. They say that the way to a man's heart...and this will look great on a table set for two, along with a duet of red candles and that dozen red roses!! Don't forget a bottle of red wine and make your Valentine's Day warm romantic dinner at home into a year-round tradition.
(Only mini-cocotte now available)

Find out which foods are aphrodisiacs

(PS You don't have to cook - get a takeaway instead and save your energy for trying out your new Loving Angles furniture!)

Click to see if you can

get pizza delivered to your door!


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  Get nostalgic with an historical map  
  A picture of the street where your love lived as a child, where you proposed, where you first made love, where your child was conceived - and will (hopefully!) trigger fond memories... from £39.99. In association with the Frith Collection.

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  Will it last??

Check out the science of love on the BBC website.

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What brilliant Valentine's inspiration. InterTeddy won high acclaim from GMTV so it's worth taking a look at what they have to offer.

Look out for little lady Seductress!
Seductress
and friends!
(Sorry - she's no longer available but too lovely to delete!!)
Look out for instead for
TALKING TEDDIES
speaking your own message
or
equisite collectable VERY LIMITED EDITION teds
Teddy Bear Gifts at Interteddy.com
FREE silk rose and chocs
(keep those for yourself!!)

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An investment in your love life!!

The amazing Loving Angles is Cosmopolitan magazine's PRODUCT OF THE MONTH

(Adults only)
 
 
Funky furniture for adventurous 21st century lovers who have lost some of their 'oomph' since parenthood intervened!! Fun, sensual and mutually enjoyable.

Not only that, when the kids are around, it's resilient enough to be used as soft play equipment - covers come in a range of bright colours and are washable. You can purchase spare covers, too.

Richard and Judy and ITV's Good Morning are considering featuring the Loving-Angles in their Valentine Specials!!

FREE poster (adults only) showing 20 different positions using Loving Angles.

PS It's also Contraceptive Awareness Week! and www.econdoms.co.uk has the latest news. Well, you don't want the patter of more tiny feet, do you??? Not just yet, anyway!
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Now you can NAME A ROSE after someone special. Northamptonshire-based Celebration Roses offers guidelines on which names can be used and an explanation of what the various rose colours mean.

Every season, new varieties can be christened and registered and, when this is done, the rose is sent to the new owner complete with care and cultivation instructions.

Each rose costs £100 including p&p, registration and the naming certificate
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Miniature 'Love Bites' Cake
 
  Maria's new "Chocolate Love Bites" are made from a delicious gooey chocolate cake, covered in soft chocolate icing and topped with a luxuary chocolate champange truffle chocolate or a Praline heart chocolate.

The cake is tied with a red satin ribbon, and delivered by Royal Mail Special Delivery in a see through box.

Home made and just enough for two to share. Yum!

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Help for the men!
Send this page
to someone who needs a nudge and choose from our ideas below
Click here to choose from a range of exclusively designed giftsets - include a sexy box of Belgian chocs and a red helium balloon. Look out for the Breakfast in Bed hamper!!
Name a rose
after your loved one
Promise her the moon
Wish upon a star
To the manor born
No just any old bougquet! Make sure you know the meaning of the flowers you send! Helpful pointers from Crocus
More ideas for HIM to buy for her
More ideas for HER to buy for him

LOTS of gift solutions
AND reliable delivery
Send a specially commissioned unique poem
What better way to say what you mean than with poetry?
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Commission a poem from Douglas de Hundesham - outstanding Dorset poet - on the subject of your choice. A truly unique gift
Now give your loved one a treat! (yummiest chocolates ever)
Buy him or her a title at
www.nobility.co.uk
or something heraldic

Promise your loved one the moon
for just £19.95! or name a star after them for £55
The Hug-Me-Better Bear .is ACE as an 'I'm sorry I made you sad' bear! Also used as a Get Well bear - but he's on holiday just now.
You can heat him up in the microwave to keep you warm and he has a slight scent of lavender - very soothing.

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