Valentine’s Day gifts: from the quietest poster to the loudest
The question on 14 February is not what, but how much. A personalised gift always says something; everything turns on the volume. A heart filled with your photos explains itself and is seen from across the room. A city map says nothing to anyone but the two of you — often what is wanted while a story is still young, because a first name in big letters arrives fast. In between, the sky of one evening, the moon of your two births, your photo painted, stencilled, drawn as a 3D animated movie or reduced to a single line, the word LOVE or the definition of love, and the recipe whose secret ingredient is the other person. The fourteen are therefore sorted by how long you have been together rather than by product. Allow €19.90 at A4; for a large size, it all depends on the frame. And 14 February is the one date in our gift calendar that falls on the same day in all four countries we serve.
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Personalised 3D animated movie couple portrait poster — your photo as a 3D cartoon
Your photo as a frame from a 3D animated movie, with “I Love You” written at the top. For tenderness without solemnity: you are the heroes, and the title can say anything, from a first name to a date. Three tries per photo, the picture in thirty seconds.
From €8.90
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Personalised Love definition poster — your photos and its dictionary entry
A declaration that starts like a dictionary: “Love, noun”, and three definitions that make you smile before they touch you — keys in the lock, the last square of chocolate. Your photos underneath, one to six, and both your names.
From €8.90
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Personalised Four-photo heart poster — four photos, one heart
For a Valentine’s Day with only four photos: a single heart, cut in four by a cross, with a face in every piece — the two of you, or the two of you and your children. The cleanest version of the heart of photos, when you do not have ten to gather.
From €8.90
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Personalised Heart photo collage poster — your photos in a heart
Your photos, ten to twenty-four, arranged in a heart: the start of your story at the top, the latest trip at the point. A title, a signature, a date, and the preview takes shape before you pay.
From €8.90
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Personalised Love photo poster — your photos in the letters
The word LOVE on two lines, every letter filled with a photo of the two of you, with “Our LOVE story” around it. A Valentine’s gift you see as you walk into the room, put together in a few minutes on your phone.
From €8.90
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Personalised city map poster — the city where you met
The streets where you met, cropped by you. Hung at home by two people — which supposes a shared home, and makes this poster a gift for a couple already settled.
From €8.90
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Personalised star map poster
The stars genuinely above one address on one evening. Given for the night of a meeting or a proposal: the only one on this page whose picture changes with the hour, not just the day.
From €8.90
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Personalised photo print Musée de Nous — your photo, exhibited like a work of art
For a couple with photos of their own: one from a trip or a first summer, exhibited under a title — “Us”, “Where It All Began” — and, depending on the collection, a few lines of text. Printed in colour, in black and white or with film grain.
From €8.90
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Personalised magazine cover poster — the two of you on the cover
To make them smile on the 14th: a photo of the two of you on a magazine cover, “Love” as the masthead, your names in big letters and the headline of your story. Six layouts, from fashion glossy to film poster.
From €8.90
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Personalised couple moon phase print — our two moons
For a story that is just beginning: it needs no place and no shared memory, only your two dates of birth. Two moons that are rarely alike, and a third if you want to mark the evening it all started.
From €8.90
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Watercolour couple portrait poster, personalised — your photo, painted
A gift you can see before you give it: their photo together, painted in watercolour, their names underneath. Nothing to choose and no date to look up: a good photo is enough, and the portrait appears in about thirty seconds.
From €8.90
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One line portrait poster, personalised — your photo in a single line
A photo of the two of you in a single line, like a sketchbook portrait: the faces touch, the line never stops. Four line colours, two names underneath and a preview before you pay.
From €8.90
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Personalised street art couple poster — your photo as a stencil on a graffiti wall
The gift that shouts rather than whispers: your photo together on a graffiti wall, hearts everywhere and “You & Me” in big letters. A good photo is enough; there is no text to write.
From €8.90
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Personalised recipe for love poster — your couple’s recipe
Saying “I love you” without saying it: a recipe whose secret ingredient is the other person. The day it all began, a cooking time that keeps going, and what is hard to repeat every day, written out in full, to hang in the kitchen.
From €8.90
Which to choose, by how old your story is
| If… | Then |
|---|---|
| You have been together a few months | The city map: a place, not a name |
| You have been together a year or two | The star map of your first evening, the quietest |
| You share a home | Musée de Nous or the magazine cover, which need a shared wall |
| You have lots of photos of the two of you | The photo heart, or the word LOVE, one photo per letter |
| You want it seen | The heart in four photos, or the definition of love |
| One particular night is to be marked | The star map poster |
| You know both your dates of birth | The couple moon phase poster: the moon on the day each of you was born |
| You have a good photo of the two of them | The watercolour couple portrait poster |
| You want to say “I love you” without saying it | The recipe for love poster, whose secret ingredient is the other person |
| You want a gift that stands out | The street art poster: your photo of the two of you as a stencil on a graffiti wall |
| You want your photo of the two of you in one line, with a preview before you pay | The one line portrait poster |
| You want to be tender without being solemn | The 3D animated movie portrait: the two of you as the heroes, with a title you write |
The date, and when to order
| Occasion | When | When to order |
|---|---|---|
| Valentine’s Day | 14 February, the same day in all four countries | Order before 4 February |
| To Ireland | 48 h in the workshop, then two days more than within France | Allow ten days |
| Within France | no border to cross | A week is enough |
| After 14 February | Mothering Sunday, fourth Sunday of Lent | The next gift date |
| The anniversary of your first meeting | its own date, not the calendar’s | Nothing says it has to be February |
It is the one date in our gift calendar that needs no country-by-country table: Mother’s Day and Father’s Day each fall on four different days across the four markets.
Frequently asked questions
What do you give on Valentine’s Day after only a few months together?
A place rather than a name. The city map draws the neighbourhood where you met, a marker dropped on the bar or the street: to anyone who doesn’t know the story it is a map, which commits far less than a heart or a first name in big letters. Photos in a heart shape, on the other hand, sit awkwardly on a wall while a story is still young.
Does Valentine’s Day fall on the same day everywhere?
Yes, 14 February in Ireland, France, Germany and Spain — which makes it an exception. Mothering Sunday is the fourth Sunday of Lent here, the first Sunday of May in Spain, the second in Germany and the last in France; Father’s Day varies as much. Here there is one date to remember.
Is a personalised poster a usual Valentine’s gift in Germany?
No, and that is an argument for it. In German retail surveys, flowers and food come a long way ahead of everything else among 14 February gifts. A poster made from your sky or your photos is an unusual choice there, more personal than flowers — and it lasts rather longer than a bouquet.
What works for someone who dislikes visible romantic gifts?
A poster that only reads as one to the two of you: the city map, which looks like a street plan; the star map, which looks like an astronomy chart until you read the date; or the couple moon phase poster, two discs and two dates of birth. Nothing pink, nothing heart-shaped, and the person decides which room it hangs in.
How many days does a parcel need to arrive before the 14th?
Four to five days within France: 48 hours of printing in the workshop, then 48 to 72 hours in the post from the Aveyron. Two days more to Ireland or anywhere else in the EU. Order before 4 February to keep some slack — February has none of December’s congestion, but the date itself cannot be made up.
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Printed in AveyronComposed and printed in our family workshop in Aveyron, checked before it ships.
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Printed to order250 g matte paper, pigment inks: printed in our Aveyron workshop, whatever the size.
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Shipped within 48 hTo your door or to a pickup point, by La Poste or Colissimo.
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Ready to giveStandard frame sizes, easy to find.