As the month of love dawns upon us, we’d like to take a moment to appreciate the clichés. The overrated ‘pal-at’, an expensive once-a-year dinner date, that cheesy one-liner that can barely convey our wholehearted love, and pretty much anything to let ‘the one’ know how important they are. Love itself is a cliché, after all. Witnessing this beautiful, foolish, and stereotypical love in different forms, each day and all seasons has made us realize that it needs to be acknowledged more often. Hence, we’re preaching the need to spread love all around you because every day is Valentine’s Day!
Love brings out the best in everyone
Just like how light expels darkness, the same goes with love as it debars other negative feelings within and around us. A little compassion goes a long way, they say. All this doesn’t necessarily mean that all our problems will vanish, but that it would be easier to face them when we are wrapped in an invisible security blanket called love.
Love is all around us – in all forms, and it deserves to be celebrated
It may be two children sharing a treat, some grandmothers laughing in the park, a dog cuddling in with her owner, or a mother holding her toddler’s hand to teach him to walk. All of this speaks of love. We don’t pay heed to these because they are a part of our daily life, and we have found comfort in them. But each of these small moments need to be realized and celebrated. Think back, did you experience this moment today?
Someone somewhere is falling in love even as you read this
Remember when you smiled for no reason, the flip in your stomach when you saw them, the sly looks from hidden corners, and just standing in a crowded room and seeing no one but the one person your heart yearns? Well, there is always someone falling into that phase. Take a moment to step back and remember how you felt then. Try to bring back that feeling of warmth in your heart and tingling toes for you and your beau.
There is nothing more beautiful than two people in love
When you step out of the house today, take a moment to look around. A tighter hug and a lingering kiss on the cheek, or two people walking in silence with just two fingers entwined: One person taking a picture of another, or two people taking a selfie. These couples have an aura around them that makes the world beautiful and them even more so.
Love affects your mental, emotional and physical health
Just ask science. Really smart people have studied and proven this fact over and over again. A perfect diet and a perfect job does not exist, and neither does a perfect life. Everyone around you is hustling to make their place in the world, but at the end of the day when you come back home, with your mind and body need to unwind, nothing better than love to fix you up and to be ready for the next day.
Here are some Personalized Valentine's day Gifts Ideas for you
As wedding planners, we see love all around as, all day and all year and that’s why we’re preaching the above. But having said all of the above, it is hard to go around buying gifts for your loved ones all days of the year. Hence, Valentine’s Day! If you’re stuck and unsure of what to gift your partner this season, here is our pick of unique and personalized gifts for Valentine’s Day.
1. Year of Love Magazine
Albums don’t always need to be photographed by a professional. Pick about 20-30 pictures from last year to this year and just get it printed in a magazine style template. If you have the time, you could also design your own magazine on user friendly platforms like Canva and then get it printed from your local vendor! You can also get creative and make a newspaper or a school yearbook design to make it interesting.
2. Vintage Wine
Pick up a bottle of wine from the year of your partner’s birth and toast to a glorious past and a beautiful future. Once you finish the bottle, you can repurpose it as a decor element at home, or grow a plant in it, giving you two gifts in one!
3. Book of Vows
Pick up a vintage styled book from a book store nearby, or you can also get a custom book with both your names on it and make it a Book of Vows! Each year, you can write vows for each other, once on Valentine’s Day and once more on your anniversary to keep the romance evergreen. This activity brings you closer and also is a great keepsake for the future!
4. Wedding Playlist
Pick up a vintage styled book from a book store nearby, or you can also get a custom book with both your names on it and make it a Book of Vows! Each year, you can write vows for each other, once on Valentine’s Day and once more on your anniversary to keep the romance evergreen. This activity brings you closer and also is a great keepsake for the future!
5. Cookbook of their favorite recipes
Ask any old couple, some of their best memories are in the kitchen, cooking together. If you feel like you’ll fit into this category, then custom-making a book of both your favorite recipes has to be on your gift list. You can make it such a manner that it allows for you to add more recipes as you build a future together.
6. Custom bath robes
There’s something about bath robes that say luxurious vacation. And until you find the time to plan and go on that luxurious vacation, bath robes are an easy way to give your minds a quick getaway! Go the extra mile and give your loved one a custom embroidered bath robe to make them feel special this Valentine’s Day.
7. Create a couple’s bucket list
Everyone has a list of things that they want to do in this lifetime. It may be adventurous like falling from the sky, or diving into the depths of the ocean; or more personal ones like writing a book or buying a house. The perks of being married is to contribute to each other’s lists. Or why not make one that’s personal to both of you? So, this Valentine’s Day can begin with ticking off one item on your bucket list for two!
8. One of a kind fragrance
Just like taste, scent is preferential and exclusive to every human. And only you know what fragrance makes your favorite person go warm on the inside. The human mind associates scents to memories and inturn affects the emotions you feel when you smell them. It could be the way your wedding venue smelled on the day of your wedding. Do you remember the flowers around? There are a lot of stores around town who can help you create a custom scent. Bottle it up and you have the most thoughtful gift for Valentine’s Day.
Classic and Timeless Wishes & Quotes for Valentine day
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Emily Brontë, “Wuthering Heights”
“I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Fellowship of the Ring”
“Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.” – Rabindranath Tagore, “Stray Birds”
“To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.” – Victor Hugo, “Les Misérables”
“You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.” – Arthur Conan Doyle, “The White Company”
“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” – A.A. Milne, “Winnie the Pooh”
“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.” – Nicholas Sparks, “The Notebook”
“I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I’ve ever had.” – Nicholas Sparks, “The Notebook”
“In your light, I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems.” – Rumi
“Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.” – Paulo Coelho, “Brida”
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” – Moulin Rouge
“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” – Robert A. Heinlein, “Stranger in a Strange Land”
“Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.” – Osho
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Emily Brontë, “Wuthering Heights”
“I am catastrophically in love with you.” – Cassandra Clare, “Clockwork Princess”
“When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.” – Arrigo Boito
“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.” – Maya Angelou
“I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.” – Charles Dickens, “A Tale of Two Cities”
“Love doesn’t make the world go ’round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin P. Jones
“The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know.” – Blaise Pascal
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