Valentine Food Gift Basket

A food gift basket is one of the best personalized gifts you can present on Valentine’s Day. A pretty cane basket filled with both edible and drinkable goodies are sure to please your family and friends. Making your own Valentine food gift basket is quick, inexpensive and easy. All the food items may be purchased, or some delicacies can be home-made for that special, personal touch. Below are some ideas for Valentine Food Gift Basket depending on the budget you are willing to spend and the recipients’ preferences. Feel free to use your imagination and experiment with new gourmet additions. Do not forget to wrap the final product in cellophane and colourful ribbons.

• Chai/ Coffee Connoisseur Basket: Make a visit to your neighbourhood gourmet shop and pick up a box of Fair Trade organic green tea or coffee, tender whole wheat chocolate chip cookies, packets of unrefined (brown) sugar, and a pair of pretty zodiac coffee mugs or one of those hand-painted terracotta tea set. For health-conscious folks, you can skip regular versions with decaffeinated flavoured tea (chamomile, ginger-lime, oregano or rosemary), or coffee bags and a bottle of certified organic honey organic honey (natural sweetener) with few packets of multi-grain crackers, assorted cheeses and a jar of mixed fruit marmalade.
• Chocolate Basket: This option is ideal for great lovers of chocolate. Fill your colourful, stylish  basket with home-baked rich chocolate muffins, couple of good-quality dark chocolate bars, bottle of instant hot chocolate drink mix, pack of chocolate chip cookies, little bottle of chocolate chai, box of chocolate biscotti, and a packet of chocolate brownie cereal bars.
• Little Italy Food Basket: Delight the Italian cuisine lover, with a Thailand cane basket full of organic whole-wheat pasta packets, readymade heart-shaped pizza dough, bottle of red wine, jar of good organic tomato, garlic and olive pasta sauce, Italian truffle oil, Godiva chocolates, bottle of special herbs (basil, garlic and rosemary), balsamic vinegar, artisan cheeses, and pack of dried mushrooms and cherry tomatoes. Adding a pair of pasta tongs and cute olive-shaped pepper shaker will be the icing on the cake!
• Spice Bazaar Basket: If your darling loves experimenting with traditional cuisines, spice mix can be a great gift option. Most store bought regular herb and spice blends are expensive and a contain loads of anti-caking agents, additives or MSG.  Buy organic whole spices at your local health food store and roast at home. Now, put each mixture such as curry powder mix, lemon pepper seasoning, chilli seasoning, herbs de provence, taco seasoning, pizza seasoning, italian seasoning and salad dressing mix in nice air-tight glass jars or bottles. Do not miss to tie “spice-blend name” tag with a pretty ribbon.
• Snack-Lover’s Basket: Pack a gift box with a wide selection of delicious baked snacks, sauces, crème fraiche, preserves sausages, and lots of dips perfect for snacking.
• Soup Medley: Nowadays, many people love to combine a wholesome, healthy soup with dinner. Buy an assortment of different preservative-free soup powder packs, bottle of lime juice, a wooden pepper grinder, pack of dried mushrooms, bottle of chillies, tomatoes and garlic paste, seasoning herbs pouches, and a bottle of Italian Cheese Sprinkle. Sure to please any food lover.
• Sweetmeat Basket: Clay pots filled with Roshogollas, Gulab Jamuns, flavoured curd along with variety of Ladoos and dry fruits is sure to catch your Valentine by surprise and get them hooked.
• Mix Fruit Basket: This simple option would be surely appreciated by anyone. Visit your local market and pick up different fresh, seasonal fruits. Now, pack your teak-coloured cane basket with gorgeous towers of colourful fruits along with pretty glass jars filled with dried nuts and home-made fruit juice punch.

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Feb 14th - Happy Valentine's Day

Today is the day of love! Lovers from all around the world celebrate it as Valentine's Day.

Its the day of gifting, love and romance. Once you’ve bought the gift, browse through our Valentine ecards at DGreetings.com – you’re sure to find the perfect romantic accompaniment to any gift.







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Feb 13th - Send a Kiss Day

A kiss seals two souls for a moment in time. ~Levende Waters

When you love someone show it! Send a virtual kiss to your someone special and make them feel your presence. Send following 'Send a Kiss Day' cards:

Feb 12th - Thanks for Making My Life Beautiful Day

Has he/she made your life a heaven? Love changes everyone's life. So why not let them know about it. Send these beautiful cards and say "Thanks for making my life beautiful!"







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Say 'I Love You' on 11th Feb

For you see, each day I love you more
Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.
~Rosemonde Gerard

Are you finding it tough to say those 4 letters word? Well...today is the right time. Say 'I Love You' today to your love in a different way by sending a beautiful ecards with 'I Love You' written.

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Celebrate Love and Romance Day on 10th Feb

“Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.”

Celebrate such romantic day during entire Valentine week and this Love and Romance day also:

Say I Like You Day - Feb 9th

Express your feelings...Say 'I Like You' with these beautiful ecards:

Write a Love Letter Day - 1st Day of Valentine Week

To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart. ~Phyllis Theroux

If you want to express your feelings for your love but finding it hard to speak up than probably Love Letter is the best way to pour it out.

If you are finding it even more difficult to writing it in a letter than folks you would definitely like this.

Love Letter Ecard:

Send any of these ecards to your lover/beloved and say I love You in the easiest way.

A Review on Blue Valentine

Love, romance and with it accompanies its problems, shown beautifully and realistically in Blue Valentine. The movie is directed by Derek Cianfrance. Away from the lovey-dovey romantic movie concept and bit too close to reality, this movie is made for real people with similar fate in love. Watching Blue Valentine, you will neither feel romantic nor imagine a dream sequence. Instead, you will feel the pain, agony and harshness that come free when marriage is on rocks.

A review on Blue Valentine:

Brilliantly made film made by Derek Cianfrance that brings out the emotions of one time lovers, who try hard to improve their relationship. Played by Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling, the movie is a story of the real struggle of lost love and companionship between the married couple. The plot swings back and forth between the good times in the past and the sour present. In hope to mend the loosened strings of their relation, the two rent a room in the hotel and try to reconnect with their intimacy, only failing to do so too.

Right from the hotel suite to the changing features and look of the actors, special care has been taken to add to the agony of the characters. An attempt to have a fresh start with estranged wife goes wrong. The movie gives you no chance to sympathize or get angry on any one character and the shift is phenomenal.

Blue Valentine performances:

Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling play the characters of Cindy and Dean. They are the married couple who have lost their once found love and are struggling to get it back. Performances by Gosling and Williams are just like real life people in a failed relationship. They bring out the emotions and struggles of the characters to life with their splendid performances. A must watch and a great experience is what you will get watching the movie Blue Valentine.

Present flowers on Valentine’s Day

A day as special like Valentine’s Day must be celebrated in memorable way. With this thought in mind, you may have devised innumerable plans. Some of these plans must be a secret and some, your signature style in pleasing your beloved. Present flowers on Valentine’s Day to your sweetheart and see the precious smile that you love to see. This year, make the occasion extra special by giving these fragrant blooms with significance.

Present special flowers on Valentine’s Day:

Valentine’s Day is the day to pamper your darling, so why not do it with a purpose this time. Flowers can be used to convey your heart’s desires and may also express feelings. Some of the flowers presented on Valentine’s Day are more like traditional gifts that have been presented since years on the occasion.

Flowers for Valentine’s Day:

Roses are the most common yet the best flowers to give on the occasion of Valentine’s Day. Roses of various colors express different messages. Red rose is gifted for love, appreciation of beauty and passion on Valentine’s Day. Pink color rose signifies admiration, grace, and “Please Believe Me”. Yellow expresses delight, friendship, delight and joy. Lavender color can be given to your sweetheart if it’s your love at first sight. A thorn less rose also signifies love at first sight.

Apart from the traditional rose, sunflowers, tulips and orchids too are some of the favorite Valentine flowers that are given in form of bouquets or single flower.

Valentine’s Day flowers:

On a day as special and romantic like the Lover’s Day, the fragrant gifts of blooms can be given as tokens of your love. Not just as bouquets, but you can also present flowers on Valentine’s Day in other ways. You can use these for decorating the venue of your romantic date on the special day. You can also present the Valentine flower by teaming it up with greeting cards or ecards. If you are confused what to gift to your lady love, blossoms are indeed the best thing to give on an occasion like this. The fragrance of these, are sure to carry your deepest emotions to your beloved on Valentine’s Day.

Valentine's Day Presents

An occasion as special as the Valentine’s Day cannot be complete without interesting presents. Some pick up the usual gifts like, a bouquet of roses, a soft toy, assorted chocolates or a branded fragrance, while others prefer giving something different and unique on the occasion. With a range of options available for Valentine’s Day presents, all you have to do is pick the one you feel would bring a smile on your sweetheart’s face.

Special Valentine presents for the week:

Valentine’s Day presents need not be given just on the day. You can pamper your sweetheart even during the Valentine week. Have a special Valentine week with selected Valentine gifts. You can give a rose and celebrate the Rose Day on 7^th, Propose your darling on 8^th, give chocolates on 9^ththe Chocolate Day, gift a cute teddy bear on 10^th the Teddy Day, make an honest promise on 11^th or the Promise Day, gift the best kiss on 12^th the Kiss Day and give a warm hug to your beloved on 13^th the Hug Day. You can make every day a special day for your sweetheart even before the big day.

Unique Valentine Presents:

If you are planning to surprise your dear one with something unique this season, you can certainly do so. Unique Valentine presents like a chocolate bouquet, an aroma spa gift basket, personalized sweetheart pendants, handmade love pillows and a heart shaped Jacuzzi. See the gleam of joy in your beloved’s eyes with Valentine’s Day presents as unique as these.

Valentine’s Day presents may also include a romantic cruise tour, a beautiful beach holiday or just a special day for your sweetheart at home. With just a little effort you may end up giving the best gift to your loved one. This Valentine’s Day let the presents act as tokens of love than being just gifts given for the sake of it.