2025 Valentine's Day Picks - Part 1!

Valentine's Day Gift Guide
Valentine’s Day isn’t just a holiday— it inspires a season filled with love and gratitude… for some. For most, it's another annoying commercial holiday that inspires envy and loneliness within our psyches. This year, we’re bringing a different energy. Escape the egregious display of corporate greed at big-box stores and shop local for Valentine’s 2025! Love is all around us— you just have to tune out the Instagram stories and soulless mass-produced products of it all in order to see it. Check in with us every Tuesday for a new installment of our Valentine’s Day Gift Guide if you’re looking to spread the love this year.

Top Picks

Fine & Raw Chocolate
We’ll start off with everyone’s favorite Valentine’s Day tradition. If delectable handmade chocolate with ethically sourced cacao is what you seek, allow us to point you to this scrumptious sea salt chocolate from Brooklyn, NY! Whether you want to delight a loved one or get yourself a little treat (or both!), we’ve got you covered. Just head on over to the sight and get ready for the most mouth-watering chocolate you’ve ever tasted.

Meet Me At the Treehouse
Show your partner in crime how much you love them with this print that tells a thousand words. Designed and printed in Detroit, “Meet Me at the Treehouse” features hand mixed blue and orange inks on French Sno-Cone paper. You can’t help but feel the love just by looking at it, and it’s sure to bring a smile to that special someone’s face.

Orange Tabby Plush
If you love someone who loves cute things, don’t miss the chance to make their year with Tayto the Potato and his exciting new look. Tayto stunned when he burst onto the fashion scene in his Grey Cat with Taiyaki piece, and he’s been turning heads ever since. His new Orange Tabby Cat ‘fit doesn’t disappoint, and he makes an excellent gift for the cute things appreciator in your life.

Keepsakes
You know what real ballers do? They put their own picture in a locket and give it to someone they love. If you want to ensure that your lover always keeps you with them, a stylish locket might be just what you need. Whether your Valentine is a whimsical, mushroom/acorn locket type or the traditional heart locket type, we have everything you need to cement your importance in both their lives and their outfits.

Loved Soap Bar
Valentine’s Day being in the frigid winter season makes it a great opportunity to supply yourself and your loved ones with valuable tools to fight the brutal weather. If someone you love has been complaining about their dry, dehydrated skin, they’ll be grateful to have a bar of Musee’s Loved soap this winter. Moisturizing and luxurious, this soap is guaranteed to keep their skin healthy and show them how much you care!

Love Who You Love Socks
We can’t talk about Valentine’s Day without acknowledging our friends who have to fight for their right to love. Why not spoil your LGBTQ+ loved ones a little extra this Valentine’s? If you or someone you know is struggling, Youth Pride RI is a nonprofit dedicated to meeting the needs of LGBTQ+ youth and young adults. We support you and we stand with you, always.

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