gift: Valentine's Day (Her Version)

There be time enough, time to buy something special for that lady in your life.  Yet that be said, don't be doltish and let time slip away from you.  I've scoured the far corners of the internet, those places where the sparks of imagination come to rest, and potentially alight the hearts of those ladies we love.

So let's raise a glass, take out our wallets, and pay, pay, pay...our way to love.




Aphrodisiac candy is not what it used to be, but you can get what it used to be, from Turkey, where there are definitely no camels.  Mesir macunu is said to have varying effects, one being getting you hot and heavy.  I don't need, but it would be an interesting science experiment, fire on fire.  Order this early as it is fairly difficult to get - or, try eBay if the first link is a dead end for you.  Mr. Ilter Mert, 21food.com, 90-532-6651663.

Keurig cups come in many flavors, but perhaps your love like the sweet fun of Tootsie.  Here's a K-cup hot cocoa, with Tootsie tastes.  It's Sugar, 12.99.

Etsy I love, if anything that the products come straightaway from the hand what made them.  This one stood out to me, looking best in natural light conditions.  You may include the song lyrics Lucky Star by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed.  petiteVanilla, Etsy, 9.90.






Scrutinizing the staid jewelry in the local shops, with its solid lines, I love irregular jewelry design.  This ring looks pretty and immediate, even when sitting there, but even more so when playfully worn by a beautiful hand.  LasyaJewelry, Etsy, 31.00.








Here's an easy one, that can be explained by what it is: personalized M&Ms in a heart shaped box. My M&Ms, starting at 39.99.

Want something a bit more lasting, and are actually committed for a year?  Well, e'en if it's not a year, but shorter, this gift will personalize a small token of affection, which you write, then nested in this cute locket.  It is so petite, it makes me weep.

Caveat emptor though - nothing sadder than a gift that continues onward when the romance has cooled.  Although I love those stories.  I love them so, so much.  shopRebeccaTollefsen, Etsy, 40.00.

A lock and key, you say?  This is for those ladies that have everything, except a practical lock.  Some of you may say, how is this romantic?  I don't know, something ancient and beguiling about it.  Perhaps showing you are serious.  Serious about locking her in your dungeon.  Olive and Cocoa, 38.00. 

So these 'screened graphics atop an antique page' has been out for some time, but how about something more anatomically correct?  It's a heart, so it says I love you.  It may say a lot of other things about you too.  Knock her dead, tiger.  MadameBricolagePrint, Etsy, 10.69.

Have a geeky girl?  S'no problem!  This pretty Groot Spores Bracelet will make her geek out and remember the time you tried to go to second base at the local AMC a few years ago.  Well, it was the start of something sweet either way.  I am Groot!  Think Geek, 14.99.

Speaking of mix tapes (*Guardians), how's about it?  I personally think it is a lost art form that was heroically brought back through Marvel.  Well, you can create your own, via http://8tracks.com/.  Pick your eight tracks, put your gal's name on it and let the lovin' commence.  I like this one by milldread http://8tracks.com/milldread/l-amour.  Makes me believe in love exists, somewhere.  Perhaps a hopeless romantic lost in the side streets of a brisk night along the Champs-Elysees, not realizing that's about as good as it's going to get, schmuck.

Original art is it.  It is original, personal and typically lovingly made.  Consider paintings from independent artists.  I've chosen Scarlett Clay, since her oil pieces of the sea speak to me.  She has a piece now at 45.00.  I heart it much.

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Spider-Gwen Tee - love the designs of both the new Batgirl and Gwen Stacy.  It would make a hawt pajama.  ThinkGeek, 19.95.

Jean-Michel Basquiat gets my blood warming up, with art that makes you react.  In Untitled, 1982 I see calculated destruction with mathematical preciseness.  Now on a plate.  I'd eat a hot dog from it.  Moma, 99.95.