As Valentine’s Day approaches, we get all up in our feels. And as a result, set out to accomplish a singular goal: to shower our loved ones with unique gifts. We look for the kind of gifts that demonstrate how well we know them and how much they mean to us. And while flowers and chocolate are lovely, they simply don’t get the nod for our Valentine’s Day gifts.
That’s not to say we don’t have people on our list who deserve a little something from us but are better suited to a less personal token. For those peeps we bust out the fun, non-cheesy Valentine’s Day gifts.
For our one and only bae, our paramours, BFFs and parents, we went in search of exceptional gifts that could be personalized. And we were not disappointed. In fact, we uncovered some legitimate treasures. Since we are totally crushing on these personalized Valentine’s gifts, we thought you might enjoy them as well.
—Editors’ Pick—
Up to 40% off Engagement, Wedding & Anniversary Rings at Kay Jewelers
10K White Gold Diamond Anniversary Band — Kay Jewelers
Why We Love It: Light up their world this Valentine’s Day with personalized jewelry fit for the occasion from Kay Jewelers! This White Gold Diamond Anniversary Band is perfect for celebrating milestone occasions, and it’s $50 off during the brand’s Valentine’s Day sale. Engrave the band with a personalized message, like a line from your wedding song or the date you first met for a unique and thoughtful gift they’ll never forget.
Things to Consider: The stunning anniversary band is styled in versatile 10K white gold and adorned with round diamonds totaling 1/20 carat in weight. No matter their personal style, this versatile band is a sentimental and beautiful reminder of the love you share. When you add the Protect Your Jewelry For Life plan, you’ll not only get free engraving to add a personalized touch, but you’ll also get ring sizing services, prong/stone tightening and more for true worry-free wear year after year.
The Cost: Starting at $199.99 at Kay Jewelers
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Best Personalized Gifts for Bestie
Personalized, Laser Engraved Tumbler — Amazon
Why We Love It: Give her something she can totally use! The vacuum-insulated, stainless steel, 20-ounce tumbler we found on Amazon is the perfect personalized Valentine’s gift for the girl on the go. You’ll have 14 font options and eight color options, including white, glitter seascape, glitter black and light pink when personalizing this unique gift for your bestie.
Things to Consider: There is a wide variety of customizable, insulated beverage containers available on Amazon, from coffee cups to wine tumblers. Our choice, this 20-ounce tumbler, has a 4.9-star average review rating from over 2,000 reviewers.
Cost: $24.95 at Amazon
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Personalized Charms — Pandora Jewelry
Why We Love It: With Pandora charm bracelets and charms, you can start a new tradition or build on one that your bestie has been cultivating for years. Shopping by theme or collection will help you narrow down your choices, since you’ll be faced with almost 400 of them.
Things to Consider: Even if charm bracelets aren’t her thing, you’ll still want to take a peek at the earring and necklace choices at Pandora Jewelry, because the selection is amazing. In fact, we snagged a pair of fabulous rose gold link earrings just for us. Why drop hints when you can simply “add to cart?”
Cost: $55 at Pandora Jewelry
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Best Personalized Gifts for Men
Picture Frames with Personalized Mat Captions and Story Pockets — Framebridge
Why We Love It: If he’s got a favorite photo of himself with his buddies at a wedding, football game or on the golf course that lives on his phone but not on his wall, get that photo to Framebridge. This totally cool site has fantastic frame options that make excellent personalized Valentine’s gifts. You can add a caption to the mat on the front — maybe names and a date, for example. Or include a printed message or inside joke that will be tucked into a secret, story pocket on the back of the frame.
Things to Consider: Although Framebridge has frame choices that are both thin and thick, their selection of frame styles and colors is pretty standard. Framebridge has excellent frames, just not terribly unique or ornate.
Cost: Mat Captions are $25 extra and Story Pockets are an extra $5 at Framebridge.
Deal Alert: Share the Framebridge site with a friend and the friend will receive 15% off their first order and you’ll get $15.
Engraved Apple Products – Apple
Why We Love It: Need a Valentine’s Day gift that he will truly love? Let Apple engrave his name, an emoji or a short message onto a set of AirPods, making a truly unique gift for that special dude or dad. Engraving can be included on 2nd Generation Airpods, the new, 3rd Generation AirPods, AirPods Pro or even the AirPods Max.
Things to Consider: You’ll be limited by the size of the product, so if you chose an iPad or larger item, you’d have more space for your personalized message.
Cost: The cost to include engraving on applicable Apple products is FREE and available only at Apple.
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Leather Charger Roll Up — Mark and Graham
Why We Love It: Have his initials stamped in colored foil or have them blind debossed on this beautiful leather roll-up from Mark and Graham. Even if your guy isn’t a traveler in need of cord and small essential organizing, you should check out Mark and Graham’s Valentines Day Shop for oodles of unique gifts, perfect for any and all of the special men on your list (ours would also love the personalized Corkcicle Whiskey Wedge Glass).
Things to Consider: It’s important to consider the number of cords and small travel items he carries because this roll-up doesn’t hold a lot.
Cost: $49 at Mark and Graham.
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Best Personalized Gifts for Women
Personalized Longitude/Latitude Bracelet — Amazon
Why We Love It: If your first meeting took place somewhere special, this personalized longitude/latitude bracelet available on Amazon, marking the exact location of those coordinates, would make a perfectly unique gift. This could also be a great collectors gift for the future — each time you enjoy a new adventure, treat her to a longitude/latitude bracelet to commemorate the experience. It comes in three color choices: gold plated, silver plated or rose gold plated.
Things to Consider: The bracelet is extremely delicate. There are coordinate bar necklaces made by the same company that might be a better choice for some.
Cost: $21.99 at Amazon
Romantic Personalized Gifts — Personalization Mall
Why We Love It: For the romantic person who wants to give a unique gift for Valentine’s Day but isn’t quite sure what, the Personalization Mall is the perfect place to start searching. We found a personalized Valentine’s gift that we would be over the moon to receive: the You’re All I Need Personalized Romantic Wood Jewelry Box.
Things to Consider: The Personalization Mall is all about personalized gifts, obviously, so you may want to take your time combing through the options here. If you don’t find anything that rings true for her on the Personalization Mall site, yet she’s always dragging you into your local Abercrombie & Fitch, consider these 11 favorite finds from her favorite store.
Cost: On sale for $29.99, marked down from $42.99 at Personalization Mall.
Deal Alert: Get up to 50% off Valentine’s Day gifts at Personalization Mall.
Personalized Doodle Gifts — Trending Custom
Why We Love It: For Valentine’s Day gifts with an extra dose of personalization, sneak a peek at Trending Custom, where they honor your personal characteristics with ultra-customizable caricatures or “doll couples.” Choose from personalized cups, pillows, shirts, ornaments, mugs, blankets, posters, hoodies and more. If we were shopping for sweet Valentine’s Day gifts, the Couple Kissing Valentine‘s Day Gift Personalized Pillow would be at the top of our list.
Things to Consider: You can personalize your doodle person’s skin color, eye color, hairstyle, clothing, glasses and more, depending on the product. However, when we styled our doll couple, there was no “age” choice, so our caricatures ended up looking like a very young version of us.
Cost: Marked down from $37.99, this pillow is on sale for $27.99 at Trending Custom.
Deal Alert: After we placed our order for a naughty coffee cup, we were notified that we could receive 15% off everything on our next order.
Best Personalized Gifts for Mom
Best Mom in the World Customizable Puzzle — Minted
Why We Love It: Shopping for the mom who appreciates art and unique gifts? You cannot go wrong by starting at Minted. You’ll find illustrations, textiles, photo art, puzzles, aprons and so much more — all designed by Minted’s community of independent artists and designers. We are mad for the Best Mom in the World Puzzle that our friend purchased for her daughter-in-law.
Things to Consider: You’ll want to be sure to have a look-see at the entire selection of personalized Valentine’s gifts while you are shopping on Minted.
Cost: The 252-piece Best Mom puzzle is $42 at Minted.
Deal Alert: Get up to 25% off with minimum spend when shopping online at Minted.
Teeny Tiny Stacking Sterling Silver Ring By Hannah Design — Amazon
Why We Love It: We thought these adorable, teeny stacking rings we found on Amazon would be perfect for our friend who is both a cat and dog mom to four furry children. But, obviously, they would also make a great gift for the mom of one or a dozen. We loved the delicate, yet slightly rugged design and as long as we kept the name under 10 characters, we were good to go. Also, names aren’t the only option. You can have dates and short messages — really anything up to 10 characters — imprinted on these tiny rings.
Things to Consider: The letters are extremely tiny. In fact, the description makes a note of that fact and states, “the letters are so tiny only someone close to you can see it.”
Cost: $25.99 at Amazon
Silver Color Stone Family Dog Tag Necklace — Kay Jewelers
Why We Love It: The contrast between the sweetness of honoring one’s children and representing them on a military-style dog tag strikes us as pure perfection when it comes to motherhood. At Kay Jewelers, however, your choices for Valentine’s Day gifts for Mom appear limitless — choose from rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings and more.
Things to Consider: If you haven’t done your shopping yet, do yourself a solid; order it online and pick it up in the store. And if you are planning on taking Mom out for Valentine’s Day, you’ll want to get a load of these 60+ Valentine’s Day restaurant deals.
The Cost: Starting at $137.08 at Kay Jewelers
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