Text and images by Sarita Rajiv
Mushy. Cheesy. Over the top. These were the first few words that came to her mind when I asked a friend what she thought of Valentine's Day. Not-so-complimentary ha: whatever happened to love and romance ? Looks like love and romance got buried under the avalanche of overtly mushy and corny stuff we see these days; Valentine's Day just so happens to be one of those holidays that's been commercially milked for all its worth.
So what's gal to do? How do you say 'I ♥ you' to your valentine without being cloyingly saccharine about it? How do you show your love without doing what everyone else seems to be doing? Here's how. You do it differently. These fun Valentine's Day cards will do the trick, I promise.
Download the free printable for these Valentine's Day cards here . Just print the cards out on card paper if you have a colour printer at home (I printed mine on photo paper to get that glossy effect ). Or else, you can get these printed at a photo printing shop too...they're not too expensive.
Did you like these non-mushy ways to say 'I ♥ you'? If you live in Denmark, you might want to check this. out too: 5 Scandi ways to celebrate Valentine's Day in Denmark
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Sarita Rajiv is a writer, gifting specialist and founder of The Orange Gift Bag. She’s on a mission to uncover the ‘best gifts after love’. When she isn’t dreaming up unique gift ideas, she writes for The Copenhagen Post and The National Geographic Traveller India among others.
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