Showing someone special that you really care isn't always easy. Ludicrously expensive trinkets are good (actually, let's face it, they're really good) but we're not all made of money. And even if you are, money can't (necessarily) buy you love. So how do you strike that perfect balance between ironic plastic roses and P Diddy-style bling bling? Easy, you present the object of your desire with a gorgeous Sterling Silver or Gold-Plated Love Heart.

Yes, romance fans, these incredibly cute pieces of hallmarked sterling silver and gold-plated gifts are modeled on the classic candies we all passed around on the playground during Valentine’s Day. And although it isn't edible it's bound to bring the memories flooding back.

Beautifully crafted, the Love Heart is an ideal way to say you know what - whether it's for the first time or the umpteenth time. Indeed it's so romantic we were expecting fireworks to erupt amidst a crescendo of orchestral strings the minute we opened the plush presentation box.

Best of all both the Silver and Gold-Plated Love Heart evokes innocent memories of that first crush, those frantic (well, all right, desperate) kiss chases around the playground and solo slow dances at prom (or was that just us?). The difference is it's a lot more appealing than scrawling 'My friend likes U' on a piece of notebook paper.

Although telling someone how you feel is awkward when you're a candy-chomping young ‘un, it's even harder when you're a gadget-loving grown-up (well, you're on this site, aren't you?). So why go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like "I love you" when you can express the sentiment just as eloquently with a gleaming Love Heart.

Opening the box: