The ideal gift for Valentine's Day

Roses wither, flowers perish, but Delft blue always remains. Celebrate love this Valentine's Day with Heinen Delfts Blauw and surprise your soulmate with a nice gift set that we have put together especially for Valentine's Day. We have sets of jewelry in beautiful gift boxes, tableware sets for one person and various home accessories that will make you happy. Of course, you can also put together a gift from scratch and have us wrap it festively. Get the best inspiration here to find a truly special gift for your loved one this Valentine's Day. Celebrate love!

Giving jewellery as a gift on Valentine's Day

Jewellery is a lasting reminder of the moment you give it as a gift. It has been a custom for centuries to give jewellery as a gift to seal a relationship. In ancient Egypt, jewellery was an important part of the dowry and in Victorian times it was common to give jewellery as a gift to a loved one. Exchanging wedding rings or giving an engagement ring is of course the best-known example of the connection between jewellery and relationships these days. In ancient times, loved ones were often buried with jewellery and even though it is not a necessary item, people have always used time and energy throughout the centuries to make jewellery and give it to each other. A piece of jewellery is therefore the ideal gift for Valentine's Day and a lasting and tangible reminder of the love that exists between you.

Jewellery sets for Valentine's Day

Especially for Valentine's Day, we have put together three nice sets of jewellery with jewellery from our latest collection. The jewellery comes in a gift box and has a total discount of 10%, compared to if you were to purchase the jewellery individually piece by piece. We have also temporarily reduced the shipping costs for the jewellery sets, so that it becomes extra fun to give them as a Valentine's gift this year. It is also possible to have a card added with a handwritten message. You will encounter this option during the checkout process.

Find Valentine's Day gifts

Finding a special gift for Valentine's Day is not always an easy task. The gift is very personal, carries a certain message and you naturally hope for the right reaction from the recipient of the Valentine's gift. The most popular Valentine's Day gift has been candy and chocolate for years. The shops are full of chocolate bars with "I love you" on them and heart-shaped, bright red lollipops jump off the shelves. A nice gift for a real sweet tooth, but when it's gone, it's gone. Within a day it will be eaten and gone and you will no longer have a tangible reminder of Valentine's Day. The same goes for flowers. A beautiful bouquet of flowers is of course always a popular Valentine's gift, but these too wither. A nice alternative to a bouquet of flowers as a Valentine's gift is a beautiful flower vase. Something that still stands years later. Choose a beautiful porcelain Delft blue vase, write a personal message with porcelain marker on the bottom and you have the perfect Valentine's gift.

Personal Valentine's Day gifts

Every year the challenge is to find a nice, personal gift for Valentine's Day. Your partner is special to you, so you also want to give something special. Writing a personal message on the bottom of a vase with a porcelain marker is a nice option, but you can also choose to have a personal gift made. In the studio of Heinen Delfts Blauw in the Netherlands, the best master painters of Delft blue painting create hand-painted Delft blue pottery every day. They also do this for custom orders. For example, have a traditional Delft blue wall plate painted with your names on it or a date that has a special meaning for you. We have several fixed designs to choose from, but it is also possible to request a completely custom design. Do you want to have your loved one immortalized in Delft blue? Even that is possible. Please feel free to contact our customer service to discuss what we can make for you, so you can give a very unique Valentine's Day gift this year. Make sure you order your custom products on time, because they have a longer delivery time because they are completely handmade. Please contact customer service for the exact delivery time of a custom product.

Luxury gift for Valentine's Day

If you are looking for a more valuable gift for Valentine's Day this year than usual, perhaps because it is a special year for you or because you really want to surprise your loved one, then we also have beautiful Delft blue gifts for that. For example, our tableware packages for one person are a surprising Valentine's Day gift that is really useful to you. Choose two tableware packages and surprise your loved one with a homemade dinner for two on the new tableware. The nice thing about a neiwu tableware as a Valentine's gift is that it is really a luxury item that can make someone very happy. With the single crockery package you give a good basic set of crockery as a gift, allowing the recipient to further expand the crockery with crockery pieces that he or she needs. And because our large tableware actually remains standard in our collection, you can also take the time to collect the tableware. In the past, porcelain tableware was something that belonged to your trousseau, but nowadays it is a beautiful gift for special occasions.

History of the Valentine's Day gift

Some people love Valentine's Day, others think it's nonsense and don't really want to participate, but then secretly buy a present anyway. No matter how you celebrate Valentine's Day or ignore it, it is a day with a special history. Countries all over the world celebrate this day of love and each country has its own customs, but the origin of this holiday is the same everywhere. Or actually, the origin is not so clear at all. There are different stories, but in all stories Saint Valentine plays the leading role. This Christian martyr is said to have been a prisoner of the Romans in the third century. The old story goes that Saint Valentine healed the prison guard's blind daughter so that she regained her sight. Just before his execution, he had sent her a card signed "your Valentine". Other elements were added to the story later. For example, Saint Valentine is said to have performed the marriages of Christian soldiers who were not allowed to marry by the Roman Emperor. We will never know exactly how the story unfolded. What we do know is that sometime in the centuries that followed, it became tradition to send an anonymous card to your loved one on February 14 with no name written on it, but 'your valentine'.

Valentine's gift for her

You will find the most beautiful Valentine's Day gifts for women at Heinen Delfts Blauw. Our team consists largely of women and they know exactly what makes other women happy. Valentine's Day gifts for her are usually jewelry, chocolate or lingerie, but after years of receiving the same kind of Valentine's Day gifts for women, we're taking a different tack. Unique Valentine's Day gifts for her include beautiful porcelain tableware, a beautiful Delft blue vase or a collection of new mugs. We have also put together nice gift packages, containing decorative wall plates that match tea mugs, a cute set of gold-colored jewelry or a small pampering package with tea, syrup waffles and tea mugs. This makes the search for the ideal Valentine's Day gift for her a lot easier.

Valentine's Day gift for him

Looking for a unique Valentine's Day gift for him? Then we have nice suggestions for you! The standard Valentine's Day gifts for him are often a men's perfume, special beers or socks, but we thought that could be done differently. Men are also happy with beautiful porcelain tableware with a more rugged look, such as our Avondbloem tableware, modern coffee cups with bicycles on them or the hilarious wall plates from Redmer Hoekstra. Or maybe you make your husband very happy with a fresh cup of coffee in the morning. Then our slow coffee set from the Blauw Bloesem or Blauw Vouw collection is a nice Valentine's gift for him.

Valentine texts to keep

In addition to a nice Valentine's Day gift, a Valentine's Day card is often also given. This card is often filled with a personal message and nice Valentine texts to keep. Whether it is a funny text for Valentine's Day or a Valentine's Day text that is taken from the heart, how nice is it if you can immortalize such a special text for Valentine's Day on something that will last longer than a card! With our wrapping service we offer the option to add a card with a personal Valentine's Day text, but you can also have your Valentine's Day text written on a Delft blue tile. Tile sayings and wisdom is a well-known phenomenon in the Netherlands and something you already encountered in the toilet at grandpa and grandma's. You can have us make such a tile with your own Valentine's Day text as a custom order, but you can also order a tile yourself and add your own text with a porcelain marker. Just bake it in the oven at home and your special Valentine's Day tile with texts is ready!

Order Valentine's gift online

Online shopping for Valentine's Day gifts has its advantages. You don't have to go to the crowded shopping streets, you can easily and quickly compare several potential Valentine's Day gifts and they will be delivered to your home quickly. If you place your order at Heinen Delfts Blauw on working days before 3:00 PM, we will ensure that your Valentine's gift is packed and shipped the same day. Depending on postal delays, this means that you will receive your Valentine's gift the next working day. You can also choose to have us festively wrap your Valentine's Day gift and we also offer the option of including a handwritten card with a personal message. You can also have the Valentine's gift delivered directly to your loved one's home as a little surprise. If you want to receive your Valentine's gift even faster, you can also pick it up at one of our stores in Amsterdam or Delft. It is also possible to collect online orders from our warehouse in Putten. If you are still unsure, please feel free to contact our customer service and we will be happy to help you find the ideal Valentine's Day gift for you.