Wishlist: Cute pink heart shaped doilies

This week Esther N McCarthy gets loved up for arts, crafts, tabletops, jewellery, bathbombs — and toast.

* Dressing up your Valentine’s Day dinner table couldn’t be easier with these cute pink heart shaped doilies. €3.50 for 24 pcs and available from The Pavilion Garden Centre in Cork. www.thepavilion.ie

* If you’re dressing up your table for a rose-mantic meal, Newbridge Silverware might have something special for you. There are a number of new collections and extensions to its jewellery collections, giftware and homewares ranges for 2014. The glassware range has a beautiful selection of items perfect for table centrepieces, including an Opic Glass Vase (€120), Optic Candle Holder (€85 for large and €80 for medium) and Optic Glass Centrepiece (€140). Available at the Newbridge Silverware Showrooms in Co Kildare, online at www.newbridgesilverware.ie and from leading stockists nationwide.

* If it’s gorgeous, we love it. If it’s Irish and gorgeous, it just makes my day. If you really want to impress on the 14th, dress your table in this beautiful 100% Irish linen. Designed and handcrafted here in Ireland, they have elegant table cloths, gorgeous linens and sublime colours including this duck egg blue. The standard table cloth sizes are on special offer at present; 150cm x 130cm (60” x 51”) €92, 183cm x 130cm (72” x 51”) €106, 250cm x 130cm (98” x 51”) €135. For bespoke sizes go to www.AgnesHdesign.com or [e-mail].

* If you want to give a gift on the 14th, this Enibas love pendant, €97, would definitely send the right message. Sabine Lenz’s two Enibas shops in West Cork (one in Kinsale, the other in Schull) has additions to her best-selling ‘Beautiful Heart’ collection. Free shipping and gift wrapping for Valentine’s Day. www.enibas.com.

* Designist are having a bit of fun for Valentine’s. If you’re making breakfast for your sweetheart, really butter them up and press the love stamp firmly into one side of the bread before toasting. Brownie points for sure. €4.50 from www.designist.ie.

* Born in Lima, Peru to Danish parents, Anna Nielsen grew up in Denmark and also in Ireland. She started a small craft company in November 1994, making a range of prints and cards from her drawings. “What I draw is life. My craft is first and foremost illustrative story-telling, inspired by my family,” says the artist. “These are black and white pen and ink drawings with words attached. Each original print is drawn by hand and takes about six weeks to complete.” She recently won the Irish Book of the Year Award for her design contribution, the cover and illustrations, of Filíocht Ghrá na Gaeilge, which was published by Cois Life. Check www.giveirishcraft.com for a list of high street retailers that stock this print, €55. www.annanielsen.com/

* Toucan (geddit?) enjoy this gift as it’s got two romantic products to try out — sharing is caring, you know. The best-selling Tisty Tosty bath bomb for a romantic treat and the new sweet-scented, luxurious massage bar, Close To You, all wrapped up in colourful paper. What more could you want for Valentine’s Day? A partner, I suppose.