Forget Me Not, Lovely Little Victorian Paper Lace Valentine with Cupid yellow schmid cups wise and mysterious nocturnal creature

wise and mysterious nocturnal creature

where it read like a minimalist painting--the combination of simple

then a few favorite details

and it's a resourcefully made one too: turning it over reveals that it was fashioned from a hand-written letter (still largely readable

) They are made of a hard

Forget Me Not, Lovely Little Victorian Paper Lace Valentine with Cupid yellow schmid cups wise and mysterious nocturnal creatureA handful of Victorian paper lace valentines today, because 'tis almost the season, and what a lovely thing to give to a beloved, including oneself. I'm fussy about ones I like, choosing this and a few more from over a hundred 19th c. examples I had the joy of perusing last weekend, which had been collected over many years by a major Maine based paper dealer, whose collection was not long ago acquired by another Maine dealer and friend. A note that