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4.
Make a book of
love coupons Barnes
and Noble actually sells little love coupon booklets, but sheesh
… how lazy can a person get? Love coupons must, must, must be
homemade; it’s the only way 5. Make a mix tape or burn a mix CD chronicling the history of your relationship. Choose songs that remind you of various points in your relationship. Want more of a challenge? Create a song list where the first letters of every song title spell out a message. And don’t forget to design a label and insert to go along with the mix … it’s the sum of all the little details that make these gifts so special. 6. Bake cookie Valentines
Use a pastry bag and 7. Make personalized fortune cookies Bake up some fortune cookies and stuff them with love messages/fortunes. Present the cookies in a personalized Chinese take-out box, of course. Need a fortune cookie recipe? Try these two: o ---------------------------> lounge . nourish . host . laze . home .
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to
make them personal. Offers for back massages, dinners, pampering days
and the like are, of course, always appreciated, but it’s also fun to
get a little more creative. My boyfriend once crafted a beautiful little
love coupon booklet for me, and nestled amidst the expected offers –
none of which I can remember now -- was this coupon, my favorite:
"Make Asher stop playing computer game."
decorating tip to carefully write your love note in frosting/icing on a
single big, heart-shaped cookie. Or make a batch of cookies, and
decorate each one – using frosting or sprinkles – with a single
letter. (You could also bake each cookie in the shape of a letter, if
you prefer). Then line up the cookies in a decorative box to spell out
your message.