19Jan/120

Top Customer Picks for Valentine’s Day Gifts

Valentines Day Gifts for CouplesI know, I know. The 2011 holidays have just ended. We're all finally getting adjusted to writing 2012 at the end of our dates and most of us have whittled our list of resolutions down to 1 or 2 that we might keep up for another couple of weeks. It almost feels like there might be some time to take a deep breath and relax for a few minutes. Until you look at the calendar and realize that Valentine's Day is less that 4 weeks away!

Lucky for you (and yours), we've got you covered with a roundup of our most popular Valentine's Day Gifts. Whether you're looking for a gift that will give them a memorable experience or something that the two of you can do together, we have something that fits the bill:

11Feb/110

Congratulations to the Valentine’s Day Contest Winners

We wanted to help spread the love around this Valentine's Day by giving away ten gift certificates worth $50 each.  Thanks to all of you that entered!  Here's a list of the winners:

  • willshire23
  • wvadnais
  • nuttynatie18
  • cdspeedlimit
  • icaughtfire555
  • ceelolew
  • QueenAsh24
  • j868jenn
  • aubriemills
  • stan317

We've sent you all a tweet with instructions for contacting us to claim your prize - be sure to send us some pictures.  If you need some ideas - check out our experience gifts for couples.

Thanks to everyone that entered!

2Feb/111

Cloud 9 Living Valentine’s Day Giveaway

Cloud 9 Living Valentine's Day Giveaway

This Valentine's Day we want to show our love to our friends, fans, current/past customers, and gift recipients. We will be giving away ten $50 Cloud 9 Living gift certificates that can be used towards any of our over 1,600 gift experiences. Contest entries will be collected and awarded via Twitter.

Entering the contest is simple:

1Feb/110

Valentine’s Day Without the Cliché

Unique Valentines GiftsValentine’s Day.

It starts with handmade, heart-shaped paper notes exchanged (indiscriminately, democratically) in your kindergarten classroom.  A few years later there are school socials, maybe something at an ice-skating arena, gaggles of girls gliding along the edge of the rink while the boys, barreling down, skid to a stop with a spray of ice.  Maybe it ends in thirteen stitches on your chin, maybe not.  Some things are unique to personal experience.

Next, inevitably, you fall out of love with Valentine’s Day.  Maybe you even fall out of love with love.  You wear black on this “hokey” holiday in protest, and all your married/engaged/unsingle friends shake their heads.

And then, inevitably, you fall in love.  And suddenly it’s February and you begin to reconsider this lost holiday,