Valentine’s is another holiday just waiting for things to go wrong.  There’s a lot of hype and expectation, maybe even more than the holiday season we just went through.  You see Thanksgiving and Christmas are big family days, so there’s friendly fire and collateral damage all around you.  You’re not likely to take a direct hit from misery.

Now Valentine’s Day, on the other hand, is just you and your loved one, and you’re walking through a relationship mine field.  Don’t worry.  We’re here to make sure luck is on your side.

Not only does Brand Thunder offer a great Valentine’s Day browser theme – but our latest contest is now running until February 13.  You’ll have a chance to win a gift card from Amazon.com, which will help you add a little bonus to this day of romance.  Just get the browser theme, click the Contest button then enter your name and an email address.  It’s that easy.

Even if you don’t win the contest, we’ve got you covered.  You’ll have everything you need to make it a very special day regardless of your budget.  Click “Dine In” to help plan that special meal which is sure to please, or if you prefer to tax your wallet and not your kitchen click “Dine Out” for recommendations straight from Zagat.

Polish your plans with creative ideas for activities and more, as well as the perfect gift.  You can see that the Valentine’s Day browser theme is going to make this day a winner, whether you take home the contest prize or not.  What better way to make sure you’re getting lucky?

Here’s a great Thanksgiving browser theme to add color and context to the up-coming four day weekend.  We know your basement is all prepped with the Christmas lights and inflatable Santa’s, but before you go Clark Griswald – enjoy a moment of serenity with this browser theme.  It honors the fall harvest, gives you some great recipes and other helpful links to get you through the long weekend of intense family gatherings and insane shopping.

Go ahead and use the Deals button and get your Black Friday specials right from the browser and the comfort of your home.

Enjoy the Thanksgiving browser theme.

Less than a year ago we launched our first Christmas theme and kicked off a year long cycle of building a theme for many of the major holidays. It was something purely fun and it went over big. The latest can be found at www.brandthunder.com/christmas.

So in the list of family, friends and coworkers, one of the things I’m thankful for is the little idea that went big. We had a steady pace of new products and users outside our core business. An added benefit to promising the holiday themes was the built-in deadline. Despite the non-client nature of these browser themes, dates needed to be hit to coincide with spikes in searches and consumer interest.

If there’s a bigger lesson here, it’s probably to keep the side projects alive and give at least some of them the runway they need to get a true market test. It’s certainly been helpful to us.