February 14th is right around the corner, which means it’s time to purchase all those last-minute cards. To assist you in your search, I returned once again to the wonderfully weird annals of Etsy to find 6 places to buy offbeat valentines for your sweetheart. Because not everything has to be chalky hearts and boxes of chocolates.
Post Love Designs
Snarky, hand-drawn cards are fun all year, but as the saccharine, slick messages of February 14th roll around, we all need a little more humorous levity in our lives. Enter Post Love Designs. Simple, colorful drawings and sayings like “I would climb a moderately sized mountain for you” are too perfect to pass up. After all, there’s no reason this Valentine’s Day can’t be romantic and sidesplitting.
Sunflower Kitty Cat
Aces at repurposing art, Sunflower Kitty Cat is a purveyor of all things strange and otherwise offbeat. However, their homage to the 1971 classic weird film, Harold and Maude, is probably my personal favorite piece from the catalog. Although it’s not a conventional Valentine card (it’s an acrylic and oil painting), this is one gift that should be sure to make your oddball sweetheart swoon.
Mariah McLaughlin
Sometimes simple can say so much more. Mariah McLaughlin’s no-muss-no-fuss black and white drawings are super cute and super appealing for anyone who’s tired of the usual “Be Mine” valentines. And that adorable amorphous cat with the fangs? It’s too insanely cute for words.
With Wild Abandon
Maybe all this modern-day technology is getting you down. Perhaps a little throwback to the times of yore would be more your speed. Then look no further than With Wild Abandon. Their catalog of amazing vintage clip art will get through Valentine’s Day… and Halloween and Christmas and more. Easy to download and reasonably priced, these cute designs will make the perfect Valentine for the retro paramour in your life.
Darkroom and Dearly
Cute Valentines are one thing, but when someone can incorporate cool fan references into the love-crazy mix, that’s when you know you’ve got a keeper. And celebrating fandom is precisely what Darkroom and Dearly specialize in. Harry Potter, Star Trek, and Star Wars are all here as is a darling t-rex improvising longer arms to express just how much he adores you. Ideal for the geeky darling that orbits your world.
Pinwheel Print Shop
Virtually every kid loved them in school. Now Mad Libs-style revelry is back to spread its irreverent joy on the Valentine’s Day circuit. Printed on recycled paper, this card joins dozens of other items in the Pinwheel Print Shop store. Your Valentine won’t know what hit ’em.
Happy haunting, and happy Valentine’s Day!