You've made your list and checked it twice. Aunt Joan is getting slippers and your brother is getting golf gloves. But the spot next to your sweetheart's name remains blank.

The pressure to find the perfect gift can be overwhelming. However, if you tap into your sense of romance and ingenuity, you might find that you have just the thing to elicit a delighted kiss from your sweetie on Christmas morning. Here are some ideas that will help get your creative juices flowing:

• Customize Your Affection: Anita Thompson, who creates kiln-fired glass jewelry that can be viewed at anitajewelry.com, suggests custom baubles for a tender gift idea. "If you don't know her favorite color, choose jewelry that complements the color of her eyes," she said.  Paintings, pottery or other artisan designs can also be created with your partner's taste in mind. Look locally - you never know what you may find.

• Fulfill a Dream: How many times has he said that "someday" he's going to own a hot Corvette convertible? Make him king for a weekend and arrange to rent his dream car.  Find a miniature model or ornament of it to wrap and tuck under the tree. When he opens it, explain that you plan to zoom away for a weekend of his choice in the wheels he's always wanted.  If a fancy sports car isn't possible in your town, a limo stocked with a bottle of bubbly for a night on the town with you may be just the thing to make him smile.

• Enhance Knowledge: Expand your partner's mind by giving the gift of education. Contact a Spanish tutor and purchase five lessons. Wrap the gift certificate with a beginning Spanish book and a coupon to a local Mexican restaurant.  Or you can plan to learn together. Contact your local dance studio for a beginner's package. In no time, your one moment of romance will blossom into many opportunities to hold each other close.

• Geocache Your Love: Give your sweetheart a treasure hunt in the form of a pocket GPS. Visit different points around town and program them into the unit. Purchase small gift cards at each place and tuck them into numbered envelopes that correspond with the numbered points in the GPS. Wrap them all together to slip under the tree.

• Craft Some Coupons: This idea is not only fun, but also inexpensive. Simply pick up a package of colorful index cards at your local office supply store and get creative.  Draw a picture of the fridge for a free kitchen cleaning, a picnic basket for a free "I'll cook" or a pair of feet to suggest a foot rub.

• Take Flight: Sweep your love off her feet in an airplane or a hot air balloon. "Flight has many appeals: freedom, nostalgia, romance, scenery, science," said John H. Campbell, Chief Glider Pilot at Mile High Gliding in Boulder, Colo.

• Be Insightful: Show your Mr. or Mrs. Claus that you've been listening to those little desires all year. Notice that he's wanted a new tool belt and give him one filled with the little tools he can't ever find at his fingertips. Remember that she wished for a deviled-egg plate, water ski gloves or a massage at the local spa.  Small things that are only mentioned one time in passing can seem very significant when wrapped and tucked under the tree. They show that you listened, cared and tried to find a sweet way to please.