Looking for something a little bit different this Valentines? Roses are red and violets are blue, but a carve your own message gift might be the gift idea for you. It costs £7.95 is available from Firebox just in time for the love fest that is the 14th of February.

The Carve Your Own Message is a postcard-sized slice of cedar wood which you can actually carve on – and you can also send it in the post too. A little too unusual for Valentines? Perhaps, but it’ll last longer than a rose, doesn’t cost as much and can be personalised. Forget your chocolates, champagne, roses, love hearts and fancy trips to Paris – the gift every Valentine wants this year is a Carve Your Own Message wooden postcard…. maybe!

If giving your loved one wood (!) isn’t romantic enough for you then you might like the My Pink Gold Last Rolo, Personalised Love Hearts or USB Mix Tape (a modern take on the old music cassette so you can put your favourite soppy songs on!).