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Clues for a Creative Cupid

By Madelyn Miller

Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. What’s not to love?

Everyone gets chocolates and champagne and flowers.

But if you really want to impress your sweetie, consider something a bit more creative. Here are few ideas that are bound to please.

DON’T JUST STOP WITH THE WINE

Help your love last longer with a heart shaped wine stopper. This cleverly beaded heart is the perfect topping for a wine bottle and visually displays your love.  This Heart Bottle Stopper is a natural cork stopper that fits all wine bottles.

If your love is not a drinker, consider a memo holder, or key chain. Or get the whole group. You can never have too many hearts
http://www.functionalcreations.com/keychainsHeart.htm

SHOW HOW BIG YOUR HEART IS

Bake Me A Wish!, a nationwide gourmet cake provider (www.bakemeawish.com), has the perfect last minute Valentine's Day gift. The rich Red Velvet Chocolate Cake is filled and covered with pure cream cheese frosting with white chocolate sprinkled around its sides and a Belgian white chocolate Love plaque on top.

This elegant and sophisticated cake is made with only the finest, freshest ingredients by an award-winning family-run New York bakery. The cake serves 6-8, measures 7" in diameter, and retails for $39.99 + S&H. Cakes are packaged in a customized box with a personalized note and guaranteed on-time delivery via Fedex. Plus five percent of online cake sales goes toward the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America! Do good by gifting something good.

BODY PERFECT FOR MEN

The Body Perfect for Men should be on everyone’s list!  The Body Perfect products are great additions to a man’s regimen because they provide a quick, streamlined way for any man to properly take care of his skin.

Some of the products for men include:

• Body Perfect Body Wash cleans both skin and hair in one quick step

• You Can Shave Too! Shaving cream preps and moisturizes skin, all while allowing a close shave with no irritation

• Muscle Mud relaxes and soothes muscles 

• And for those looking up to spice up their night on Valentine’s Day, use the natural stimulating lubricant -The Body Perfect 6th Gear.  This water soluble product is long lasting and definitely the way to spice things up on Valentine’s Day!

GIVE HER PEARLS

If you think jewelry is too expensive, give her something more indulgent and less expensive.

The Little Pearl www.littlepearl.com , offers the finest American caviar available, with all the accoutrements that go along with serving it - including hand-made blini, crème fraiche and mother of pearl serving spoons - all delivered fresh right to your doorstep. And it's more affordable than you might think! Compared to the cost of roses on Valentine’s day, this is a very reasonable $99.

When the box arrived, it looked as lovely as a Tiffany blue box. Securely sent in a Styrofoam box, the pearls were nestled in a wicker basket. And each piece, including the tiny little spoons, was carefully wrapped in colorful tissue paper.

STAMP OUT BORING VALENTINES

Why buy a beautiful valentine and then use the stamp with the face of an important dead man?

The Postal Service began issuing its popular Love stamps in 1973. Over the years these stamps have featured a delightful assortment of designs including heart motifs, colorful flowers and the word "LOVE" itself. Award-winning illustrator José Ortega of New York City and Toronto designed this year's With Love and Kisses stamp, featuring a HERSHEY'S KISSES Brand Chocolate.

The With Love and Kisses stamp celebrates HERSHEY'S KISSES Brand 100th anniversary. The unmistakable shape of HERSHEY'S KISSES Brand has not changed since The Hershey Company introduced this milk chocolate candy to the nation in 1907. HERSHEY'S KISSES Brand Chocolates have been available year round for 100 years with only one exception. Production ceased from 1942 to 1949, when silver foil was rationed during the war effort.

LET YOUR LOVE KNOW YOU THINK THEY ARE TEA-RRIFIC

With Tahitian Calming Tahitian Serenity tea you can find serenity together. Slip away and experience the relaxing effects of Tahitian Noni International’s new Tahitea™ Calming Tahitian Serenity Tea. This all natural, hand-crafted herbal tea delicately blends chamomile, lavender, hibiscus, and antioxidant-rich noni leaves. Naturally caffeine-free, the Tahitea Calming Tahitian Serenity Tea contains the health benefits of the noni leaf, an  antioxidant rich tropical fruit that protects the body against free radicals.

It promotes feelings of clarity and serenity. Which is just what you need when you are in love.
www.TahitianNoni.com

Madelyn Miller is a food and travel writer who is currently looking for a Valentine. Read her stories on www.travellady.com, www.chocolateatlas.com, www.cocktailatlas.com, www.teaAtlas.com and www.carladynews.com She accepts Valentine’s gifts all year round.

If you are single, see her profile at http://www.okcupid.com/karma?me=travellady

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