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5 V-Day Ideas To Help You Plan In Advance

Year and after year, you send yourself into a blind panic on Valentine’s eve. How about doing something different this year? We got our thinking caps on early this Valentine’s Day and have jotted down 5 awesome ideas for you to surprise your Valentine.

1. Surprise Vacation

cozy outdoors‘Plan in advance’ is the key to execute this idea. Book a weekend getaway not too far away from home, but beautiful enough to leave her mesmerized. You can give her a surprise by packing her bags and picking her up from office. Gift her a bunch of flowers and hide the tickets to your vacation in it. She will love it!

2.Give Her A Bouquet That Suits Her Personality

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If nothing, a floral surprise always works. Gift her an arrangement that will suit her personality. She will appreciate the effort you in put in, in choosing the flowers. Valentine’s Day flower delivery services are spread all across the globe.

3.Balloon Boom

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Insert a surprise (ring, love note, concert tickets) inside a balloon, add some confetti in it and blow it up. Let her pop it to get the surprise.

4. Pop Up A Proposal

proposalWhat better day than Valentine’s day to put a ring on her finger? Ask her the question she’s been eagerly waiting to hear this Valentine’s. You can hide the ring in a bunch of fresh flowers or in a box of chocolates of her choice.

5.Treasure Hunt

flowersIf she’s the kind who loves adventures, then she’ll love this surprise. Give her clues that’ll lead her to the gift that she has been waiting to get. The adrenaline rush to get to the gift will keep her excited all throughout. And she’ll only be more happy when she finally gets the gift.

Don’t stop at our ideas, let your imagination go wild this Valentine’s Day. You still have more than a month to plan a fantasticValentine’s Day surprise. We hope you have a memorable Valentine’s Day!

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Carnation – January Birth Flower

A wild Pink nestled in a garden bed,
A rich Carnation flourished high above her,
One day he chanced to see her pretty head
And leaned and looked again, and grew to love her.

–Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Though the cold and chilly season seems like an unlikely time for Flowers to bloom, nature has formulated flowers which love the extreme weather. The flower associated with the month of January is Carnation. There are various different stories and theories on how the carnation got its name. One of the theories suggests that the carnation was named after coronation ceremonies as in Greece, carnations were used in art and decor and to make ceremonial crowns and flower garlands.

Pink CarnationOriginally called Dianthus by the Greek botanist Theophrastus, it is believed that Carnations were first cultivated in and around Egypt. There is evidence that they have been cultivated for nearly 2,000 years. They also happen to be the favorite flower of Jove, the Roman king of the gods.

The January birth flower, Carnations are said to symbolize deep love, love of self, fascination and distinction.Carnations are found in many colors that convey different meanings. Specific colors carry significance, but all carnations are a potent spiritual medium. Pink Carnations are usually associated with affection, while red carnations symbolize passionate love. White carnations convey pure love and innocence whereas yellow carnations mean rejection or disappointed. Purple carnations, one of the prettiest carnations symbolize capriciousness.

All across the globe people send birth month flowers as gifts to their loved ones to celebrate special occasion or events. Carnations are popularly used to celebrate the birth of a child. They are also extensively used at weddings and are used in wedding bouquets and other floral arrangements. On May 10, 1908, carnations were established as the official flower of Mother’s Day by Anna Marie Jarvis. She started the tradition of wearing a carnation because it was her mother’s favorite flower. They were also given this honor as it was felt that the white variety symbolizes all the virtues of motherhood.