Tell your beau to express some leather love this VDay with a red-hot Leather Handbag from Lillian Vernon. Yep, the catalogue company's flauntin' some cool top-zip handbag fashion savvy, and this one even comes with a free leather/petit point lipstick case. More for the smoochin'! (Leather Handbag, $24.98, Lillian Vernon.com)

~ G.L.

Broke, but don't want to leave him brokenhearted? This VDay (or any holiday), send a one-of-a-kind photo greeting card on Printasia's Photo Greeting Card paper, which is a handy and convenient way to make personalized cards in lieu of gifts. Pop it into your PC and reproduce your own digital artwork, or download some from the site -- here's a cute pic at right) for a better-than-card-shop greeting! (Printasia's Photo Greeting Card Paper, $9.99/pack of 10, www.printasiafun.com)

~ G.L.

Besides buying gifts that benefit you and your loved ones this Valentine's Day, why not get one that'll contribute to making a positive change in the lives of millions? Your purchase of gifts such as a Hope Grows Here Mug and Plate or Seeds of Hope Gardening Kit and Mini Plaque, from The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, will spread strength, courage, hope, and love around the world. Eighty percent of sales proceeds go toward breast cancer research and community outreach programs nationwide. (Hope Grows Here™ mug - $16.50, plate - $27.50; Seeds of Hope gardening kit - $10; Courage Mini Plaque - $7.50, www.komen.org/market)

~ K.M.A.

You don't need Cupid to get a glowing complexion. Spread Pinkie Swear's Shimmer Glimmer All Over Shimmer on your eyes, lips, and cheeks, or wear it alone as a highlighter. Either way, you'll glow girl! (Pinkie Swear, Shimmer Glimmer All Over Shimmer, $15, www.pinkieswear.com)

~ K.M.A.

When love is in the air, make your lips luscious and tasty with this limited-edition bubblegum flavor Valentine's Day "BE MINE" Pookie Lip Balm. Delicious flavors like vanilla, blue hawai'i, tangerine/vanilla, and melon are going, going, almost gone! We've got a cherry-flavored one up for grabs. (Pookie "BE MINE" lip balm, $7, www.pookiestore.com)

~ K.M.A

Store your Valentine's Day memories in this decorative and Fun Journal from Fred Flare packaged in a red felt sleeve and complete with a heart-shaped felt bookmark and pencil. Doodling your thoughts has never been this charming. (Fred Flare's Heart-Felt Pillow Book, $10, www.fredflare.com)

~ K.M.A