Love is the most powerful emotion of human beings. Valentine's Day is the ideal occasion for people around the world to express their love and innermost feelings to their dear ones. Sending beautiful Valentine's Day cards or e-cards is one of the best ways to wish your friend, family or sweetheart and make their day sweet and extra special. When it comes to choosing the right Valentine's Day card, you have plenty of options to best suit your taste. The following tips will help you to give a perfect Valentine's Day card to your loved one. Buy your card sufficiently early so that you can avoid the crowd and choose the card in a relaxed mood. Valentine's Day cards are available in a variety of colors and designs. Always choose colors that your sweetheart loves the most. Select a design which is simple but stylish enough to attract her. If you are a person with a poetic bent of mind, write a verse expressing your true feelings and desires to her on the blank side of the card. Depict the reasons for your love to her and praise the way she taught you the true meaning of love. Use perfumes and flowers to make your card more attractive and place it under her pillow or the windshield wiper of her car.

Creating your own Valentine's Day card is a great way to surprise your beloved and be more expressive in your love for her. She will admire your creativity and allow it to flower in the spirit of love. Self-made cards are a good alternative to expensive cards you cannot afford to buy. There are many websites that help you to design a card yourself. Many such sites offer variety of covers and writing scripts to choose from. Remember that even if the card you make is not perfect, it's your thought that counts.

E-cards have become a very common way of greeting during special occasions. Valentine’s Day is no exception. Sending Valentine e-cards is a very fast, easy and inexpensive method of expressing your love to your sweetheart. Ecards are more attractive than ordinary greeting cards because of the sophisticated graphics and animation techniques used for their creation. From the websites that help you to send e-cards, you can choose the graphics and messages of your liking. A great advantage of e-cards is the opportunity it gives to the recipient to return the gesture to the sender forthwith.

Choosing the right type of card depends a lot on the depth of your relationship with the recipient. Someone to whom you have an intense relationship is different from someone you have dated only a few times. This makes the difference between a card expressing undying love and a casual Valentine’s Day card.

The time you spend and the effort you make are more valuable than the money you spend to buy your card. Valentine's Day cards symbolize true love that comes from the heart. Whatever be the type of the card you choose, make sure it is the solemn reflection of your true love towards the recipient.