Love is in the air, and with Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I have found myself yet again gift-less. Normally I would run to the store and find whatever chocolate goodies and cute cards were left, but this year I was determined to make my own Valentine’s gifts.

I have found some simple homemade gifts that are perfect for friends, family or that special someone in your life. They are both inexpensive, easy, and quick to make. Believe me, if I can cut, staple and paste, so can you!

Below is a link to a video from The Early Show on CBS that gives instructions on how to make these gifts as well as a few other Valentine’s Day favorites!

        For That Special Someone: Message in a Bottle

Materials you’ll need:

-1 cleaned empty glass bottle

-popsicle sticks

-colored pen

        For friends and family: Stuffed Hearts

Materials you’ll need:

- 2 paper hearts cut out

- a stapler

- Whatever type of candy you wish (should be small candy so it can fit inside)

- small piece of paper for note

Lulu*s Valentine’s Day Contest!

Win the Vogue Dress for Valentine’s Day!

To enter, first go to http://www.cryptogram.com/hearts.  Write a cute phrase on a yummy heart, save the image, post it on our Facebook page . Then, write the picture caption as what dress from our site would match the phrase or design of your candy heart!

You can enter every day until the deadline! (1 entry per person per day). 1 winner will be chosen EVERY day from February 1st to 5th from that day’s entries. (And from entries before Feb 1st, we will have 1 dress winner that will also get a $25 gift card)

Contest ends Friday Feb 5th.

Good luck!

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we’re wondering which new celebrity couples will be celebrating the romantic holiday together. Here are a few of the love birds out and about.

Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner

Katy Perry and Russell Brand

Renee Zellweger and Bradley Cooper

Carey Mulligan and Shia LaBeouf

Spread the love: Do you have a favorite celeb couple of the moment?

Valentine’s Day is officially a month away, and what better way to celebrate than with a box of chocolates and a good old chick flick. Bring your beau or head out with the girls, ’cause the new film Valentine’s Day is sure to be a hit.

Set in Los Angeles on Valentine’s Day, this romantic comedy follows the story lines of different couples experiencing the butterflies and also the pressures of the most romantic day of the year. This combination of various integrating plots reminds me a lot of He’s Just Not That Into You and Love Actually — both films I also really enjoyed.

The film has an all-star cast, including Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey,  Hector Elizondo, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner, George Lopex, Shirley MacLaine, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts and Taylor Swift.

Watch the trailer here, and go see the film Feb 12th, 2010!!