Tuesday Ten: Valentine's Day Gifts for Him
Let's be honest, most people see Valentine's Day as a "Hallmark holiday" which gives V-Day a pretty bad wrap. Naysayers aside, I see it as a great excuse to show a little love to the special people in your life. Whether you're single or attached, over the next few weeks I'll be giving you plenty of ideas to make your loved ones feel loved. I'll be posting some fun Valentine's Day DIY crafts and I'll be enlightening you on how to do V-Day in the singles lane. Best of all? I'll be rehashing my best and worst Valentine's Day experiences on February the 14th! Trust me, it's going to be juicy. In the meantime though, I've put together 10 great guy-friendly gift ideas to give to your man on Valentine's Day:
1. For the sappy (or long distance) lover, give a Love Letter Envelope and place your Valentine inside. 
2. Bake your sweetheart (or friends) these delicious red velvet brownies I found via Smells Like Home.
3. Give your honey your favorite cologne...
4. For anyone who's not a fan of good old V-Day, a funny card is a must. (The bacon card is from here and the pink card is from here.)
5. I saw this next idea on Pinterest and couldn't resist... Give your special someone a basket that holds 12 envelopes labeled with each month of the year. Inside each envelope are the details for one pre-planned (or pre-paid) date! Click here to read more about Shannon Brown's adorable idea! 
6. Give your guy the coolest shades money can buy: Limited Edition Steve McQueen sunglasses by Persol. Warning: These can be major ego boosters!
7. They say the best way to a man's heart is through his stomach. So why not bake up some heart-shaped calzones? Click here to check out Kristin Fitch's recipe on Craftzine. 
8. Get your tech-obsessed guy a sleek iPad cover like this one from Barneys! The silver lining? It's an unobtrusive way to give your non-metro man a quick pop of color!
9. If he's a music junkie, find his favorite LP album and frame it for him. Instant wall art that's as thoughtful as it is cool. (Heads Up: Urban Outfitters has a lot of great records for sale on their website.)
10. Or, last but not least, give him a "dude approved" picture frame, like this one, with a silly (or sweet) photograph of the two of you. 
What's the best Valentine's Day gift you've ever given a guy?
Mine was a home cooked meal :)
XO Lauren
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Heart shaped calzones! Yum! And red velvet brownies! Double yum! Sounds like I have some cooking to do! Thanks for the ideas :)
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I loved the sunglasses! My boyfriend is an actor, so I found a site (cancionespararegalar.com)where I entrusted a personalized song for hime. I wrote the lyrics about our anecdotes and profesional musicians of the page sang the song.
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I love the calizones! My boyfriend is Italian, so he'll love those (and it doesn't hurt that I will too)! The best gift I've given him was probably a puzzle that I made! When put together it had a picture of us and a border of hearts! I made a box for it too with funny pictures I cropped together!
Also, one year I gave him an ipod (he had already washed and broken two) and flip flops (we always joked about how terrible his were)! I put the gifts in a basket that I had and buried them in small pieces of paper that each had a different memory of ours or inside joke on it!
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I love the year of pre-planned dates idea! I think I'm going to save that for his birthday :)
I love the Persol shades and they would look amazing on my guy but he'd never wear them :(
I've also done a Valentine's Day gift guide, everything is $50 and under. Please check it out!
http://www.mishmashmosh.com/2012/02/sweet-valentines-day-gifts-for-50-and.html
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Oh, I'll do that fifth one to my boyfriend! Thank you for the ideas :)
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Yumm! Those brownies look delish!
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such lovely ideas! it really helped me! i think i will try to make the velvet brownies. they'll be definitely delicious :D
xoxo
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All of the idea are great! But my favorite??? The idea that has 1 different idea every month for a date!
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the red velvet brownies sound too good to be true! I also love the cards! thanks for the ideas :)
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Hey Lauren! I just wanted to thank you for featuring my Red Velvet Brownies in this gift round-up post! You've done an awesome job creating such a fun and innovative site - keep up the great work! - Tara from Smells Like Home
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Thank you for these awesome ideas lauren! But I would suggest people to also read the great ideas at Valentines day gifts for him 2012 because the ideas on here are quite conventional. Well, just saying :)
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A couple of years ago, I planned a fun night for my boyfriend (now my fiance!) and me to share. We both lived in Las Vegas at the time, so there was plenty to do! I secretly reserved us a room at a nice hotel, and went early in the day to check in and set up the room with champagne and candles. When I picked him up for the date, I had hand-made note cards with clues on them in decorated and numbered envelopes. Before each part of the adventure, he got to open another envelope to find out what we were doing next! I had dinner reservations, we went to look at the Bellagio fountains, checked out the Forum Shoppes, and also walked through the botanic gardens at Bellagio. He was so surprised to find that I had a room for us, too... It was so much fun!
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well last year was my only real Valentine's day so far and it was with my boyfriend (whom I am still dating) and it was actually a huge catastrophe, from running late, to losing our parking pass, to forgetting the gift certificates we were supposed to use to pay for dinner. But in the end I gave him a beautiful cologne set amongst choclates and other trinkets, while he baked me a heart shaped red velvet (my favorite) cake and put a Tiffany's necklace around the cake. He even got it engraved with our quote "You, and Me Forever Always J+K" :)
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I found this on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/pin/199988039672759588/ Such an adorable idea! I think I'll do it this year <3
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Thanks for sharing a beautiful gifts ideas , i hope it will be more helpful for lovers. If you are looking for Cute valentines gifts then you can browse through the internet and shop online. There are many online stores where you can find perfect Valentines Day gift.
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love this post, those heart pastries look adorable. cute for valentines, i've also got some lovely new undies for it too which i featured on my uk style blog www.mediamarmalade.com xx
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