Sweet surprises for her
1. Send her a personally-designed
2. Buy her stylish jewellery. The Cara lariat heart necklace, £55, designed by Babette Wasserman, has a small diamond-cut heart at one end which slips through a larger open heart to close the necklace. Matching double heart ear-rings, £39, have removable rims leaving a small diamond-cut central heart. From the Gilbert Collection at Somerset House, Strand, WC2 (020 7420 9400). Or be inspired by the J-Lo look with a gold necklace bearing the word "sexy", "babe" or "love". Available in small or large sizes, they cost from £34.99 to £44.99 at branches of H Samuel.
3. Shower the floor with roses - photographic images embedded in cork-based tiles with a tough PVC top layer. Harvey Maria's walk-on work of art costs £39.95 per sq metre. Packs come with easy fitting instructions. Orderline: 020 8516 7788 www.harveymaria.co.uk
4. Brighten her life with a string of 18 red-heart fairy lights, £19.95, or fill the bedroom with scented red pillar candles, from £4.95, and red-heart floating candles, £4.95 for four, from Wax Lyrical. Stockists: 020 8561 0235.
5. If you like her body, help her like it even more with Cr?me de la Mer. Originally developed by Max Huber, a Nasa scientist, this moisturising skincare now has a celebrity following. The latest additions to the range are a Body Serum, £125, and Body Lotion, £95. From John Lewis, Oxford Street, W1 (020 7629 7711).
6. Score brownie points with the Persian Rose organic skincare gift-box containing rose water, hand cream, eye gel, rose-andaloe vera gel and lip balm. It comes in an attractive wooden crate and costs £29 from Les Senteurs, 71 Elizabeth Street, SW1 (020 7730 2322).
7. Tiny budget? Head to Marks and Spencer, which stocks perfectly acceptable valentine gifts for under a tenner, including Fabulous Fruits strawberry body duster, £6.50, red satin purses with diamant? hearts, £5, Daniele Ryman Sensuality body oil, £6, and body cream, £6. Or, if you can splash out more there's a tactile red leather heart-shaped jewellery box at £35.
8. Pick up a beaded handbag designed by top florist Jane Packer, and filled with fresh flowers. Choose from deep pink St Cecilia roses, £75, pale pink Stirling Silver roses, £75, or scarlet Grand Prix roses, £90. Central London delivery at no extra cost. Jane Packer, 32-34 New Cavendish Street, W1 (020 7486 1300).
9. Forget diamonds. A hand-painted enamel box is also forever. Halcyon Days has a choice of St Valentine's Day 2002 boxes - circular with painted hearts inscribed Love To You, £88, or a dated miniature heartshaped box, £75. Halcyon Days, 14 Brook Street, W1 (020 7629 8811) and 4 Royal Exchange, EC3 (020 7626 1120).
10. So you've booked the surprise trip - now buy the travel wallet in which to slip the tickets. Smythson's soft supple leather travel wallets can be personalised with a heart motif, initials or a message. Smythson, 132 Sloane Street, SW1 (020 7730 5520).
11. Give her a big tick. Cupid's Bow is the latest design from Swatch. It has a clear translucent strap and face with a red heart and black ink figures bearing red hearts on the strap. It comes in a clear square cube on a bed of pink foam hearts and is tied with a red gauze ribbon. £37.50. Stockists: 023 8064 6830
12. Say it in silver. Witty ideas from Links of London include a sterling silver Dali-style lips box, £160, with hot pink lining and a charm bracelet, £48, with the letters TMPTD? dangling from it (charms £28 each). Links of London, 160 Sloane Street, SW1 (020 7730 3133).
13. Small (and inexpensive) can be beautiful. Crabtree and Evelyn's pink glycerine heart-shaped soap costs just £2.65. It is scented with the delicate fragrance of tea roses and comes boxed. Stockists: 020 7603 1611.
14. Give a gift that's literally out of this world - heart-shaped pendants, £25 (small), £35 (large) and ear-rings, £35, with meteorite stardust encapsulated in coloured acrylic and surrounded by Swarovski crystals. Gadgetshop, 272-274 Oxford Street, W1 (020 7493 8098). Online orders: www.gadget.shop.com
15. Salvatore Ferragamo has created a range of cheeky teddy bears using his signature silk scarf designs. Female bears are covered in soft florals with a neck-bow while the bolder coloured boys wear silk ties. £95 each. Ferragamo, 24 Old Bond Street, W1 (020 7629 5007).
