If you're anything like me, you aren't a big fan of sentimental mushy stuff come Valentine's Day. In fact, if you're really like me, you'll go down kicking and screaming to avoid hopping on that bandwagon at all. But even I get suckered into Valentine's festivities at some point each year. That may or may not have something to do with my obsession with celebrating...
Last year I whipped together a Zombie Valentine cupcake kit and sent it across the country on the cheap, without cheaping out on quirkiness. What did this experience teach me? Zombies are a remedy for romance. Zombie cupcakes + zombie B-movies = a Valentine's Day I can stomach.
Now that I know the cure, lil' ol' philanthropist me thought it'd be nice to share it with you. SURPRISE! Now you can have an undead Valentine's Day, too! Go ahead, print it to your heart's desire. It can be a valentine's card, postcard, or year round decor. Whatever you want to do with it, just take it and let it work its drooling magic on your Valentine's day festivities. Why? Because if I'm going down, you're going down with me. Craving brains.
Get your free Zombie Valentine download right here.
Need more dry humour or vaguely romantic V-Day ideas? Lookie here!
Last year I whipped together a Zombie Valentine cupcake kit and sent it across the country on the cheap, without cheaping out on quirkiness. What did this experience teach me? Zombies are a remedy for romance. Zombie cupcakes + zombie B-movies = a Valentine's Day I can stomach.
Now that I know the cure, lil' ol' philanthropist me thought it'd be nice to share it with you. SURPRISE! Now you can have an undead Valentine's Day, too! Go ahead, print it to your heart's desire. It can be a valentine's card, postcard, or year round decor. Whatever you want to do with it, just take it and let it work its drooling magic on your Valentine's day festivities. Why? Because if I'm going down, you're going down with me. Craving brains.
Get your free Zombie Valentine download right here.
Need more dry humour or vaguely romantic V-Day ideas? Lookie here!
As Valentine's day approaches, I find myself on the lookout for pretty much anything that doesn't activate my gag reflex. Sure, that's the least romantic thing V-Day could conjure up for me reflexively, but I can't help it.
I am not a fan of succumbing to mushy stuff.
There, I said it.
Last week, I shared a super cute and easy DIY with you with a very low "gag score". For my purposes, gag scores refer to the item in question's ability to make me gag. A ten guarantees it, while a one is awesome without the nausea.
Moving on, here is today's Etsy roundup of low gag-score items!
The Happy Dappy Bits store in New York has a ton of really cute, almost gagless cards for the occasion. I give the whole shop a gag score of 4, which makes it an excellent alternative to the standard fare. I especially like the understated style of the cards... which I suppose lends to the splendidly understated romance and thus gag factor. Check out this handsome nerdy devil:
Sad Shop doesn't have a lot to choose from, but what they do have earns them a gag score of 3. Simple typography choices and borderline romantic messages get them in my good books. This card is very true, very amusing, and very much something I can see myself giving:
I am not a fan of succumbing to mushy stuff.
There, I said it.
Last week, I shared a super cute and easy DIY with you with a very low "gag score". For my purposes, gag scores refer to the item in question's ability to make me gag. A ten guarantees it, while a one is awesome without the nausea.
Moving on, here is today's Etsy roundup of low gag-score items!
HappyDappyBits |
Happy Dappy Bits |
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Sad Shop |
Sad Shop |
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Julie Ann Art |
Julie Ann Art's etsy shop is filled with hilarious greeting cards with unconventional messages. The shop gets a 2 overall on my gag scale. Between the dirty humour and the dry wit, I love this shop. The only downfall is it isn't Canadian.... and there have definitely been worse crimes.
Julie Ann Art |
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Bringing it back to Canada, I love these Yummy Pocket fortune cookies! Anything with fortune cookies and I'm sold, though, so this isn't an unbiased opinion. The geekery combined with the Chinese culture for these suckers just pulls my heart strings. They get a 1 on the gag scale, and are pretty dude friendly, too.
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I may have already given kudos to Canadian Thunder Peep Designs for this, but this is great timing to say it again: I love this card. I bought myself two copies at the Made by Hand show and am looking forward to framing one and gifting the other. Great font, great design, and a not-so-mushy message. It gets a gag score of 2:
Have you seen any low-gag-score items so far this year? Share them with us in the comments!
Love, Clementine
Yummy Pocket |
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I may have already given kudos to Canadian Thunder Peep Designs for this, but this is great timing to say it again: I love this card. I bought myself two copies at the Made by Hand show and am looking forward to framing one and gifting the other. Great font, great design, and a not-so-mushy message. It gets a gag score of 2:
ThunderPeep Designs |
Have you seen any low-gag-score items so far this year? Share them with us in the comments!
Love, Clementine