For those of us who are cynical and not at all enamored of the Valentine’s Day festivities that bombard us every February, tomorrow will be a difficult day to get through. It’s made even worse when you have a partner who disagrees with you and expects to see some sort of love-expressing trinket come Cupid Day. Do you stick to your convictions and shun the whole thing, risking the ire of your sweetheart? Or do you hack your way through the “holiday” with some clever recycling and subversive messages? You know the answer to that!

1. Say it with pictures. Photojojo gives you two creative ways to use photographs to express your fondness for your favorite guy or gal. “How, you ask yourself, can I impress my one and only Schmoopy armed with only a camera and my boundless creativity? Not to worry, dear chum, Photojojo’s got your back.”

2. Blood and gore are always welcome gifts. These bleeding heart cupcakes give new meaning to the term “sweetheart.”

3. Take the day off with your better half. Spend the day doing nothing at all, or do those things they’ve been wanting to do but you’ve never had the time for. Go out for coffee and have the kind of deep, intense conversation that you haven’t had since the early days.

4. Are you planning to make a soulful and sensitive mixed CD full of emo ballads for your loved one? Show them how Earth-friendly you are by giving it in an origami CD holder made from recycled paper.

5. Speaking of recycling, how about you finally get rid of all of those magazines lying around that house that your S.O. is always complaining about? Make them into beautiful paper beads, then string them onto a necklace to decorate your love’s lovely neck.

6. Make a notebook from an old record cover, then fill it with 100 reasons you love your special someone.

7. Let the roses live. Reduce your consumption of pesticide-laden plants that will only last for a few days and fill your bedroom with paper roses that you buy or make. They’re just as romantic (more, even, because they took effort!), and they last forever.

8. Feeling geeky, adventurous, and just a little reckless? Make a totally unique etched Altoids tin using stuff you already have lying around.

9. If, on the other hand, you’re feeling a bit angry about V-D, Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories leads you into the temptation to shoot little candy hearts with rude messages at all of those loved-up people carrying around stuffed animals and ridiculously oversize cards.

10. Make an unbelievably sweet and cheesy video for your Valentine. This fine example uses light drawings, stop-motion animation, personal photos, and endearingly off-key singing. If your Valentine doesn’t melt for something like this, you can be reasonably sure you’re dating a vampire or some other soulless creature of the undead.