I'm starting to feel more like a friend than his girlfriend. Advice?

My boyfriend and I have happily been together for 8 months now, yet I think he is too comfortable with me now. I'm the romantic one in the relationship- I'm one of those girls that likes to be held and kissed a lot, and its something i can't help. My boyfriend has admitted he is not a romantic and isn't into doing those things a lot, and lately I'm starting to feel like he wants me more as a friend than a girlfriend. We text all the time and hang out all the time, but what can I do to get him to remember that I'm his girlfriend and give him a wake up call that I'm more than his friend? I read online that if I branch off and start making plans more with other people and start texting a bit less, basically being more independent with myself and doing more things outside of our relationship, that he should start to want to hang out with me more and would treat me more accordingly. Do you agree with this or have any helpful advice? Should I give him lots of space or text him less? I've talked to him and told him these things, but I don't want to know what I need to tell him, I want to know what I have to actually do. Thanks in advance.