Inexpensive, Not Cheap Valentines Ideas

Looking for cheap Valentines ideas that don't feel or look cheap? Here are our favorites:

1. Make homemade Valentine cards. Click on the lnk in the previous sentence and you'll see step by step how to make a lovely pop up card.

2. Memorize a love poem and recite it to your sweetheart. This one's completely free! Find the perfect love poetry that expresses how you feel and tell your honey that you memorized it for them.

Then, recite it to him or her. Nothing is more romantic than hearing your loved one's voice speak words of tenderness.

3. Write a love letter, and mail it. Even if the two of you live together and you're mailing it to your own address. A real love letter, with heart-felt sentiment and the time taken to actually write and mail it speaks volumes.

Looking for the right words? Be specific. Tell the person what it is that you love about them. Recall a specific event and how it made you feel. Finally, add a love poem if you wish.

For more writing tips, visit Writing Forward.

5. Dress up a store-bought bouquet of flowers. This is one of those cheap Valentines ideas that really pays off.

If you're on a budget, steer away from red roses for Valentine's Day. The week of Valentines, red rose prices triple!

Choose any other color flower, and you'll save money.

For photos and a tutorial visit our flower arrangements for Valentine's Day, where you see how to make a simple grocery store floral bouquet seem like it came from a high-end florist!

6. Create a themed photo tour. My sister has done this a couple of times with her husband. First they did what she called "the mirrors tour."

She took pictures of each of them -- herself and husband -- in mirrors.

These mirrors were all around Eureka Springs, Arkansas in art galleries, antique shops, hotels.

There are many free places to go and you can "shop" in this manner without having to buy anything.

She'd plotted out all of the places to go first and the "trophy" for each location were great photos of each person framed in mirrors.

She took a second series of photos called the "foot series" when visiting their mother-in-law in Datona Beach.

This one was a little easier to do because there was little preplanning.

She took pictures of both her husband and her feet, in sandals on a pier, barefoot at the beach, on tile at an interesting museum.

After photographing each series, she would place these unique photos in an album. Creating photo albums are realitively cheap valentines ideas that don't feel cheap.

She said her husband was very touched upon seeing these unique photos.

For five more creative Valentine ideas, click here.

The best inexpensive, not cheap Valentines ideas are those that really come from the heart. They may be budget friendly, but to the recipient they are worth their weight in gold.

When you take the time and care to make a heart-felt gift, it is appreciated.

For even more creative valentine ideas, view on many pages where you'll find a host of Valentine gift ideas, and unique ways to make your loved one feel special.

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