Valentine’s Gift Guide ♥

Nearly time for the most commercially romantic day of the year. Do you celebrate it? Is every day the most romantic day in your relationship? Here’s some of our favourite finds that are just perfect for your perfect partner, valentine, galentine or even yourself this year. Gorgeous gift ideas for gorgeous people. Click the prices to buy direct with amazing small businesses around Scotland.

Butterfly and Toadstool The Butterfly & Toadstool, Newton Stewart

The Butterfly & Toadstool have a busy online shop which is constantly being replenished with beautiful handmade nature inspired jewellery. We’ve chosen some of our favourite picks for Valentines.

♥♥♥ Left – This lovely little heart bottle necklace is filled with homegrown and handpicked purple heather from the west of Scotland. £12 plus p&p from the Butterfly & Toadstool ♥♥♥ Top Right – Handmade using original illustrations, these adorable butterfly stud earrings are available in pink or blue. £6.50 plus p&p from the Butterfly & Toadstool. ♥♥♥ Bottom Right – This popular acorn pendant is filled with purple heather so you can carry a little bit of Scotland wherever you travel. These beautiful pendants are also available filled with dried lavender, lucky white heather, moss and acorn terrarium. £18 plus p&p from the Butterfly & Toadstool. ♥ Profile Page ♥

Milomade, Kinghorn

Milomade’s Enduring Love Collection is a Valentines dream. A beautiful collection created from discarded teaspoons which have been recycled and remodeled into beautiful new forms giving them a whole new lease of life. Use code LAUNCH20 with Milomade for 20% off all purchases made until the end of February.

♥♥♥ Left – Handmade heart drop earrings. Sterling and eco silver as fully recycled, these hearts have been hand cut using a little hand saw. £48 plus p&p from Milomade. ♥♥♥ Top Right – A stunning one heart pendant hand cut from a recycled Sterling silver teaspoon. Hung on a 16″ chain the heart is approx 2.5 x 3cm. £80 plus p&p from Milomade. ♥♥♥ Bottom Right – A two heart pendant created in Sterling silver from recycled cutlery. This double heart pendant is also hand cut and is approx 2.5 x 3cm. £90 plus p&p from Milomade. ♥ Profile Page ♥

Ortak
Ortak Jewellery, Orkney

♥♥♥ Top Left – A Charles Rennie Mackintosh inspired bracelet. Sterling silver and approx 11mm wide and 190mm length. £190 plus p&p from Ortak Jewellery. ♥♥♥ Top Right – A silver kiltpin incorporating a classic Scottish thistle and sparkling amethyst within. £112 plus p&p from Ortak Jewellery. ♥♥♥ Bottom – A beautiful looped love heart upon a 16″ chain. Sterling silver. £62 plus p&p from Ortak Jewellery. ♥ Profile Page ♥

Off With Her Head Millinery, Leven

Off With Her Head Millinery has been designing amazing and alternative head wear from their Fife base since 2008. Everything is entirely handmade including these gorgeous hair flowers. These flowers are currently all on sale at a hugely reduced price of just £4.25 each. No two flowers are identical.

♥♥♥ Top Left – My Funny Valentine Hair Flower. Handmade using 8 layers of magenta pink satin surrounded with a lace trim and a vintage 1940’s Bakelite button centre. £4.25 plus p&p from Off With Her Head Millinery. ♥♥♥ Top Right – Something Wicked Hair Flower. Made with 8 layers of pumpkin orange taffeta and black tulle, a silver stamen and a black button centre piece. £4.25 plus p&p from Off With Her Head Millinery. ♥♥♥ Bottom Right – Firecracker Hair Flower. Created using 8 layers of magenta satin and taffeta with hot pink stamens and a brilliant button centre. £4.25 plus p&p from Off With Her Head Millinery. ♥♥♥ Bottom Left – Rainbow Pride Hair Flower. Handmade with 8 layers of rainbow toned satin, taffeta with colourful stamens and a vintage button in the centre.£4.25 plus p&p from Off With Her Head Millinery. ♥ Profile Page ♥

Mechelina Studios, Glasgow

Mechelina Studios produce a wide range of naturally dyed and eco printed textiles inspired by nature, colour and light. Due to the way these beautiful scarves are created no two are ever identical.

♥♥♥ Left – A bright pink silk scarf which has been dyed using a shibori tie dye technique. Approx 15″ x 60″. £34 plus p&p from Mechelina Studios. ♥♥♥ Middle – A beautiful blue and white shibori silk scarf which has been hand dyed using an indigo itajime shibori dye and technique. Approx 15″ x 60″. £39 plus p&p from Mechelina Studios. ♥♥♥ Right – A purple silk scarf, hand dyed with logwood and madder natural dyes. Approx 14″ x 51″. £24 plus p&p from Mechelina Studios. ♥ Profile Page ♥

Harris Glassware, East Whitburn

Launched only last year Harris Glassware have grown quickly and significantly thanks to their unique hand painted Copa, wine and flute glasses. Glasses can also be personalised for that extra special touch. Here are 4 of our favourites. All glasses are made to be used and are dishwasher safe.

♥♥♥ Top Left – Juniper Sprigs. Beautiful juniper berries gin themed gin glass. 645ml. Hand painted. £14 plus p&p from Harris Glassware. ♥♥♥ Top Right – Rambling Rose. A new design, hand painted on a large 645ml gin glass. £14 plus p&p from Harris Glassware. ♥♥♥ Bottom Left & Right – Poppy Fields, hand painted. £14 plus p&p from Harris Glassware. ♥ Profile Page ♥

Green Loch Chocolates, Falkirk

Green Loch Chocolates have created a decadent range of handmade chocolates full of incredible flavour combinations, inspired by Scotland’s wild places. All chocolates are available in boxes of 6 to 24.

♥♥♥ Top Left – Scottish Sensations. A luxury box of 6 of Green Loch’s finest chocolates. Flavours you’ll taste here include dark chocolate with layers of bramble jelly, praline and feuilletine wafers and milk chocolate filled with a Scottish heather honey and fresh thyme infused ganache. Amazing! £6.50-£23.50 plus p&p from Green Loch Chocolates. ♥♥♥ Top Right – Ginger Creams. Delicious dark chocolate shells encasing crystallised ginger encased in a ginger fondant cream centre. £6-£23 plus p&p from Green Loch Chocolates. ♥♥♥ Bottom Right – White Capped Waves, Sea Salt Caramels. A milk chocolate shell filled with a soft sea salt caramel filling. £6-£23 plus p&p from Green Loch Chocolates. ♥♥♥ Bottom Left – Peppermint creams. Dark chocolate shells holding a peppermint fondant cream centre and decorated with crystallised mint leaf fragments. £6-£23 plus p&p from Green Loch Chocolates. ♥ Profile Page ♥

Bedecked Beads, Broxburn

Bedecked Beads have been creating jewellery and accessories since 2009. All Bedecked Beads items can come gift boxed or bagged.

♥♥♥ Top Left – Sparkling Swarovski crystal hearts hand wrapped onto silver ear wires. £14 plus p&p from Bedecked Beads. ♥♥♥ Top Right – Black, blue and white patterned cufflinks created by hand with a polymer clay. £14 plus p&p from Bedecked Beads. ♥♥♥ Bottom Right – This adorable heart necklace in blues and white has a slight concave so sits beautifully on its 18″ chain. The heart itself is approx 1.5 wide. £16 from Bedecked Beads. ♥♥♥ Bottom Left – This compact mirror features a bee which has been handmade with polymer clay. £12 from Bedecked Beads. ♥ Profile Page ♥

♥ Wee Dug ♥

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Valentine’s Gift Guide ♥♥

Valentine’s Gift Guide ♥