{"id":539,"date":"2018-01-11T15:13:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T15:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=539"},"modified":"2018-01-11T15:13:57","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T15:13:57","slug":"make-valentines-day-gift-diy-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartphoto.ie\/blog\/make-valentines-day-gift-diy-tips","title":{"rendered":"Make your own Valentine\u2019s Day gift with these DIY tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Valentine'sThe holidays are over, the new year has started, and so the 14th February – the day of love – will soon be upon us! Valentine\u2019s Day is the perfect day to demonstrate to the important people in your life how much you love them. But each year it is another challenge to do this in the most beautiful and original way.<\/p>\n

You don’t have to buy expensive gifts to get the message across. On the contrary, by taking the time to make your own Valentine\u2019s Day gift you can really show them how important they are to you.<\/p>\n

Do you want to improve on last year’s Valentine\u2019s Day gift? Or do you want to show your new love how serious you are? Then roll up your sleeves. The following DIY ideas will help you to easily and quickly make an original Valentine\u2019s Day gift.<\/p>\n

1. Cookie tin<\/h2>\n

Love is a winning game<\/h3>\n

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Love is a losing game<\/em> is what they say. But is that true? Test it yourself with this homemade game box!<\/p>\n

First make a heart-shaped cookie tin<\/a> with a beautiful picture of the two of you. Then fill the cookie tin<\/a> with red sweets, ribbons, bows, … and a personalised card game<\/a> (such as memo cards<\/a>). To give it a nostalgic touch you can use some childhood pictures for the card game<\/a>. Their hearts will melt! <3<\/p>\n

Are you going to celebrate Valentine’s Day with other couples? Then arrange to each bring your own games boxes with different personalised card games. Put some funny pictures on the cards to distract the other parties from the game and claim a victory. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Cookie hearts<\/h3>\n

What else should go in a cookie tin<\/a>? Cookies of course! Not from the supermarket, but home-made.<\/p>\n

\"Heart\"Personalised<\/p>\n

Put on your kitchen aprons and use heart-shaped cutters to make true Valentine\u2019s Day cookies. Then write romantic messages to each other on the cookies with coloured icing or small alphabet stamps.<\/p>\n

* If you don’t have the time or don\u2019t feel like baking, fill the cookie tin with candy hearts.<\/p>\n

2. Flowers with gift card<\/h2>\n

\"BouquetValentine\u2019s Day is when you want to shower the person you love with flowers. This can be your sweetheart, but also your sister, brother, parents, or best friend, … When you give a present to these special people in your life, such as a bouquet of flowers, make it something personal. Put in a card<\/a> with a beautiful photograph of the two of you from the past year, accompanied by a short message explaining why this person is so important to you.<\/p>\n

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3. Valentine\u2019s Day card with bookmark<\/h2>\n

Is your lover a real bookworm and do you want to give them a symbolic and useful Valentine\u2019s Day gift on 14 February? Then do the following: combine a card with a personalised bookmark<\/a>. Put photographs of each of you separately on the card<\/a> – possibly from before you met. Then, stick some photographs of you as a couple on the bookmark.<\/p>\n

\"Valentine's<\/p>\n

Present the card with the bookmark<\/a> placed on the card<\/a> – just above the photographs of each of you separately – and write the following message: If life is a book, then you are my bookmark. Without you in it, I\u2019m lost. <\/em>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

4. Jewellery box with keepsakes<\/h2>\n

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Are you a real sentimentalist holding on to keepsakes of the special moments in your relationship? How about turning them into a present? Put all these keepsakes together in a jewellery box<\/a> with a beautiful picture of the two of you to show how much you value your relationship.<\/p>\n

Examples of keepsakes:<\/p>\n