The alphabet was originally invented so that babies wouldn't realize they'd been tricked into thinking a few crummy wooden blocks were toys. However, it can also be used to string letters into words, as today's Groupon from Frame The Alphabet proves. Choose between the following options:

• For $65, you get a standard alphabet frame (a $134.99 value).
• For $75, you get a deluxe alphabet frame (a $154.99 value).
  
  

Additionally, with each shipped order Frame The Alphabet will include a $75 gift certificate for a future purchase.

Guided by the creative vision of a passionate professional who trained at the New York Institute of Photography, Frame The Alphabet mixes and matches black-and-white images of pseudo-letters shot in their natural surroundings, be it a D doubling as a floating lime wedge, an M disguised as a bike rack, or an O cavorting as the back of Aunt Eloise's head. Customers can spell out their own meaningful word or name with the collection of photos showcased on the site's interactive letter bank. Adventurous word puzzlers may wish to work in visual thematics, crafting names entirely out of sports images for the family athlete or create an ironic counterpoint to words such as nature with images of city signs, industrial faucets, and spinning cogs. Once you've spelled out a beloved word, abstract concept, or mnemonic device for remembering a spouse's name, the whole thing will be encased in a 39.5"x15.5" standard or deluxe frame in handsome black or brown and shipped directly to your deserving giftee.

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Jewelry can make an outfit sparkle, though only exposure to dangerous amounts of radiation can make it truly glow. Stay safe while looking sharp with today's Groupon: for $30, you get $60 worth of jewelry and accessories at A.T. Thomas Jewelers.

A.T. Thomas Jewelers, a member of the Independent Jewelers Organization, has dazzled shoppers with a vast showroom of necklaces, earrings, and custom-designed trinkets since 1977. The shop's jewelers hand-select all merchandise in styles ranging from traditional to contemporary to post-apocalyptic, including pearl stud earrings ($50+) and five collections of bridal rings. Pearl necklace strands ($60+) add luster to necks, and sterling-silver hoop earrings ($50+) provide invaluable hula practice for earlobes. An on-staff designer takes requests for jewelry customization and design.

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Writing your name on something gives you legal ownership over that item, which is why John Hancock signed the Constitution. Claim what's yours with today's Groupon: for $25, you get $50 worth of customizable silver charm jewelry from i declare! online.

To make every charm of her exclusive sterling-silver jewelry line as unique as possible, i declare! founder Annette Allen hand-stamps them with names, initials, and inspiring quotes. Choose from a variety of preprinted models and customizable designs. Empty bracelets can start with the single charm ($27), a basic flat silver circle that can be printed with a name, word, or set of initials. The 3-D charms ($17.50-$35) give modest marathon-runners a tactful way to boast as they rack up 26.2 shoeprints, and the mini-flower charm ($20) can be used to grant fireball-throwing powers in the event of a Goomba invasion. Devoted moms can avoid playing favorites with the hollow-circle charm ($65), which has enough space for several different names. Annette's attention to detail makes sure that no two charms are exactly alike, even among the preengraved models that feature words such as live, persist, and believe.

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Like lawns or children, nails grow whether you're watching them or not. Baby your fingers with today's Groupon to Ovation Salon. Choose between the following options:

• For $15, you get a moisturizing manicure (a $30 value).
• For $25, you get a chocolate, strawberry champagne, or lemon scented pedicure (a $50 value).

Ovation Salon’s skilled nail technicians groom and glamorize fingers and toes with the relaxing ministrations of manicure and pedicure treatments. Both digit-refining treatments begin by filing down tips and buffing nail beds, leaving finger- and toetips symmetrical and ready for polishing. Manicure treatments knead hands with a moisturizing lotion to seal in silky smoothness, and a house-made gourmet chocolate, strawberry-champagne, or lemon scrub luxuriously removes calluses and bamboo shoots from the feet during pedicures. Staffers then adorn digits with the polish color of the client’s choosing before sending them out of the newly renovated salon with a gift bag filled with chocolates, strawberry candies, lemon drops, or passion-fruit candies, depending on the type of pedicure scrub they opted for.

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Dancing is a healthy way to physically connect to someone, preferable to giving them a painful bear hug or sewing your head onto their body. Get cheek-to-cheek with today’s Groupon: for $29, you get a Sweet Heart Dance with a one-hour rumba lesson for two at The DelRay Ballroom and Lounge on Sunday, February 12, at 6 p.m. (a $60 value).

Styled to pay homage to dance clubs from the 1940s, The DelRay Ballroom and Lounge's vast expanses of blonde hardwood flooring and curtains the color of red wine beg visitors to glide rhythmically. The Sweet Heart Dance, a one-hour lesson that dissolves into a two-hour party, arms students with all of the fundamentals necessary to gain a basic grasp on dance before showcasing moves with peers. The studio's owner draws upon nearly 30 years of experience, and instructors coach couples through the foundational steps of the rumba, often termed the “dance of love” to highlight its similarity to candlelit arm wrestling. After class, duos display their new prowess on the dance floor, swirling complimentary glasses of champagne as they slip past the dessert bar, which groans beneath its dulcet cargo.

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Writing your name on something gives you legal ownership over that item, which is why John Hancock signed the Constitution. Claim what's yours with today's Groupon: for $12, you get a copy of I Like Book, (a $19.95 value) with shipping (a $5.50 value) from The I Like Book, redeemable online (a $25.45 total value).

I Like Book provides an innovative way for people to compile written compliments from their loved ones. The version for couples encourages grown-up turtledoves to fill in daily pages with loving statements, whether it be how much they enjoyed a significant other's thoughtful gesture or their performance in the weekly neighborhood cage fight. The eco-friendly notebooks organize the romance-sparking sentences in a 12-month journal format, and romantic duos can bolster their bonds by reading aloud the positive thoughts contained within their book's heart-swirled covers. The original I Like Book for children was featured on the parenting blog Mile High Mamas and designed by a couple with two young sons, who were then inspired to create a couples' version by their own memories of filling normal notebooks with "I like" notes to one another. Customers can purchase multiple Groupons, allowing them to gift books to other couples or alternate-universe versions of themselves.

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Fresh flowers spruce up Valentine's Day dates easier than making your own candy or paying your nephew to dress as a Cupid-themed living statue. Arm yourself with amorous bouquets with today’s Groupon: for $20, you get $40 worth of flowers and gifts from FTD. FTD offers same-day delivery in most areas for orders placed by 2 p.m. in the recipient’s time zone. Service or shipping fees vary widely based on order and delivery dates but typically range from $15.99 to $29.99. For detailed instructions on how to redeem your FTD Groupon, click here.

FTD steeps rooms in the fresh scents of spring with hundreds of thoughtful bouquets delivered by artisan florists or sheathed in gold organza and shipped in an award-winning gift box. Yield to Cupid’s arrow and persistent text messages by presenting a loved one with an FTD-exclusive Sweethearts bouquet, a heart-hued collection of red roses and burgundy mini carnations elegantly interspersed with sprigs of greenery in an etched glass vase ($44.99–$64.99). Or follow a more polychromatic path with the My Everything Valentine's Day bouquet, an unexpected marriage of deep-red roses and white Asiatic lilies ($29.99–$59.99). Red roses and pink lilies spring forth from a sculpted red vase in the Lasting Romance bouquet ($69.99–$94.99), and a spray of 12 long-stemmed roses ($49.99; $59.99 with vase) stands firmly on stems that measure around 16 inches without heels. FTD backs each floral arrangement with a satisfaction guarantee, which pledges that flowers and plants will remain fresh and keep their bedrooms tidy for at least seven days.

Those looking beyond the bloom can peruse FTD’s gift galleria, which encompasses a smorgasbord of specialty gifts, including jewelry and chocolates. Live plants, such as orchids ($39.99+) or miniature roses ($19.99+), outlive their clipped comrades with a simple regimen of watering and pruning, and silk floral displays brighten up sunless corners and survive solely on nightly bedtime stories.

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