Cupid's calling: Gifts for your Honey Bunny, your BFF and more

We are huge fans of Valentine's Day. Not just for romantic, lovey-dovey signs of affection between the recently lovestruck, but as a day for sending funny cards and little gifts to special friends and family, and perhaps one fabulously memorable, one-of-a-kind gift to your sweetie.

The 14th of February falls on a Sunday this year, which means that there are about two weeks left until your surprises must be in the mail. So we want to offer you some ideas for a Valentine gift that should lead to a big smile and perhaps even a hug around the neck and a squeeze around the knees.

We have a unique handmade bottle opener with a heart-shaped cap popper shown here, a perfect possibility for your sweetie who tends bar when friends drop over. Lusciously feminine and flirty charm bracelets from La Vie Parisienne are now in stock in heart shapes as well as crowns.

Or consider something a bit more lyrical. . . an antique chocolate mould for making Valentine hearts, vintage 1940's French photo frames suitable for a portrait, vintage sign letters and numbers for creating an artful gift, vintage globes for reminding someone that he or she "means the world to you", heart-shaped French soap, sterling cuff bracelets from Toby & Max to remind someone that you are "always here" for her, a vintage abacus found in France for the one to whom you want to say "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways" and much more.