It’s nearly Valentine’s day – a day guaranteed to strike terror into some of the hardiest of folk! How are you meant to show someone that you love them? What should you buy? Will they like it? Will they loath it? Will it be meaningful? Will it be a reflection of what you feel?
Fear not MIAMI can help you. What better way of showing your love and devotion than by making your own gifts. Whatever your talents, we have gifts will reach your loved one’s heart.
Baking
Surely the way to a man’s (an woman’s) heart is through their stomach? Show your devotion by them by baking all your love into delicious cakes and cookies.
By using this basic cupcake recipe from the 10 minute cook and adding your own bit of imagination you can create delicious heart filled cakes.
>> Caroline Miliartiss shows you how to make the original cupcake
And these great stained glass biscuits make fantastically unusual – and perhaps amusing – cookies.
>> Step by step guide to making stained glass biscuits
Making
Salt dough decorations are a fabulous and very personal way to dress up even the simplest of presents. Use them as gift tags or to decorate special rooms or venues for a surprise treat.
Follow these basic instructions you’ll make some really fantastic decorations – with the minimum of fuss and skill.
>> How to make salt dough decorations
Growing
Sow the seeds of romance with these lovely pots.
A really lovely and usual gift for the keen gardener (or even a novice) is to decorate a terracotta pot with a love heart – or just a tag – and fill a small plastic bag with seed compost and a small envelope with seeds. Try using seeds such as Nigella ‘love in a mist’ ‘sweet pea’ , Poppy – ‘love affair’, or even sunflowers to show someone that they’re your sunshine!
Knitting
Keep your love warm with this great knitted hat
>> How to make a hat like Cheryl Cole’s
Sewing
OK, you’re running out of time – we understand. You could always buy some lovely little cushions like these from John Lewis:
Or you could have a go at making your own. We’ve some great cushion tutorials for you to inspire you with loads of ideas and tips for creating a real work of art for your lover.
