Tokens of Affection Under $15

These mementos are a perfect fit for your beloved’s pillow. Wrap one in brown paper and surprise your Valentine.

Kirtsy This | Posted: 22 Jan, 2009 by Margaret Mason

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• Candy Shop Magnolia Paper Flower Kit

  

  Real flowers are nice. But then they die, the water gets all sludgy, and you have to pull out the flowers over the trash, but petals still get all over the kitchen, and there’s that unholy stink of rotting vegetable matter, and then you have to clean all that slime off your vase.

  You know?

  $14 at Paper Source

  Kirtsy This | Posted 22 Jan, 2009 by Margaret Mason

• Tree of Hearts Journal

  

  Fill this small notebook with all the reasons you’re smitten.

  $10 at L2 Design Collective

  Kirtsy This | Posted 21 Jan, 2009 by Margaret Mason

• Vintage Camera Photo Album

  

  Relationship scrapbook! It’s junior year of high school all over again.

  $10 at Anthropologie

  Kirtsy This | Posted 21 Jan, 2009 by Margaret Mason

• Message in a Bottle Kit

  

  Set a love letter afloat in the bathtub.

  $6 at Flight 001

  Kirtsy This | Posted 21 Jan, 2009 by Margaret Mason

• The Cami and Boxer Pajama

  

  Coax her out of her sweats.

  $15 at Victoria's Secret

  (On Sale, regularly $40.)

  Kirtsy This | Posted 21 Jan, 2009 by Margaret Mason

• Create Your Own Nightlight

  

  Make a glowing Valentine. When something goes bump in the night, it’s comforting to remember that you’re loved.

  $8 at The Spoon Sisters

  Kirtsy This | Posted 20 Jan, 2009 by Margaret Mason

• Vintage Wee Enamel Asian Charm Heart

  

  If you feel you must buy her heart-shaped jewelry, This is preferable to the teddy-bear-holding-a-rhinestone-heart pendant you were eyeing.

  Unless she’s 12. In which case, carry on.

  $5 at Covetable Curiosities

  Kirtsy This | Posted 20 Jan, 2009 by Margaret Mason

• Little Block Initial Pins

  

  Pin your loved one’s initials to your collar, or use the little letters to spell out a message.

  $6 at Day-Lab

  Kirtsy This | Posted 20 Jan, 2009 by Margaret Mason

• Light My Fire Firesteel Scout Fire Starter

  

  Knowing how to start a fire without a match makes you sexier.

  $12 at Amazon

  Kirtsy This | Posted 07 Jan, 2009 by Margaret Mason

• Wishbone Set

  

  Wishes cast in colored plastic. No more agonizing over a gift, this is the best way to get them whatever they want most.

  $10 at Rare Device

  Kirtsy This | Posted 07 Nov, 2007 by Margaret Mason

• Amelie

  

  Amelie is an attentive movie. It celebrates the small habits and preferences you often only notice about others when you’re falling in love. The director is tender toward human failings, and hopeful about our triumphs.

  $14 at Amazon

  (In French, with subtitles.)

  Kirtsy This | Posted 06 Dec, 2004 by Margaret Mason

• OPI: I’m Not Really a Waitress

  

  This is my favorite OPI color. (It’s nothing like the color-sample swatch shown when you click through.) It goes on pretty much how it looks in the bottle. That is, it’s a rich, sparkly red. The exact color you’d like to see on your toenails when you pull your feet out of the boots and peel off your wool socks. Ten little rubies.

  $7 at Drugstore.com

  Kirtsy This | Posted 24 Nov, 2004 by Margaret Mason

• Delicately Hot Caramel Dessert Sauce

  

  Holy yum! Tina Tovey wrote in to tell me about this sneak-attack sauce, and I owe her one. At first it tastes exactly as you’d expect–a mild, silky caramel. The magic is in the aftertaste. Once the caramel flavor fades a bit, the sauce is spicy. In fact, it’s got quite a kick. So good, I felt like dancing around with my spoon. Eat some, these Cowgirls know their stuff.

  $11 at Cowgirl Chocolates

  (9.5 oz jar)

  Kirtsy This | Posted 02 Nov, 2004 by Margaret Mason

• Love You Forever

  

  This is the book I always give new parents, and it’s a perfect Valentine to your little one. Robert Munsch wrote many of my favorite kids’ books, but this one makes my breath catch. It’s a hilarious, poignant story about a mother who sings to her baby boy every night: “I’ll love you forever / I’ll like you for always / As long as I’m living / My baby you’ll be.” It’s also available in Spanish and French.

  $11 at Amazon

  Kirtsy This | Posted 21 Oct, 2004 by Margaret Mason

• Coconut Foot Creme

  

  This cream smells great, feels soothing, looks like a cross between a gel and a lotion, and your skin just drinks it up.

  Of course, the real gift is the foot rub.

  $9 at Burt's Bees

  Kirtsy This | Posted 14 Sep, 2004 by Margaret Mason

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