Thursday 31 January 2013

Valentines cards that don't make me want to vomit

I am not and never have been a fan of Valentines Day.  For one, I'm not all that romantic in the traditional sense; overblown gestures involving roses and candlelit dinners strike me as a bit cheesy, and I've spent too many years as a single girl to be able to wholeheartedly celebrate the date.  In my twenties, my best friend and I used to go on platonic Valentines dates: she'd bring me a bunch of tulips (my favourite flowers), I'd make her a card, and we'd have a nice meal out somewhere.  But to mark the frankly bewildering turn of events that have led to me spending Valentines Day in a relationship (and, thanks to Easyjet, able to spend the 14th with the object of my affections), I took to Etsy to see if I could find a nice card that didn't make me want to pull puke faces...


I really like the urban graffitti range by Eyeshoot Photography.  But I reckon 3 months is a little soon to be throwing the word 'love' around willy-nilly.


One for the How I Met Your Mother fan in your life.  But still with the 'l' word...


I adore this card but it's perhaps too far in the opposite direction from the hearts and flowers and love nonsense.


You can't go wrong with song lyrics on a card.  Unless they're from a James Blunt song, in which case: no.


Ding ding ding, I think we have a winner folks!  Not sure what the badge is all about, but the card is fab.  Not too gross and romantic, no 'l' word, nice graphics and a lovely message. 

6 comments:

  1. Great choice! Valentine's Cards can be so awful!

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    1. Part of me is quite tempted to get one of the ghastly ones, with kittens and stuff on!

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  2. Or you could make your own, always a winner :)

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  3. I ordered one of these. Not saying which in case Rob decides to be nosy ;)

    By the way, I nominated you for a blog award. Please don't feel any pressure to fill in the questions, but I thought you deserved it! <3
    http://nekomentsu.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-liebster-blog-award.html

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