Vintage Valentines Day Ephemera Collection

Vintage Valentine's Day Ephemera Cards and Scrap for Scrapbooks and Junk Journals. Includes: 100's of cards, scrap images, tags, frames and clip art to use for any notebook, journal or scrapbook or decoupage project. Each page is blank on one side for easy crafting. You are free to copy, scan, transfer, or resize images. Great for altered art, decoupage, journal pages, card making, gift tags, and scrapbooks. Designed by www.paperrosecottage.com

Romantic Valentine's Day Scrapbook / Journal Kit. Includes: Ephemera, Tags, Cards, Vintage Photos, Clip Art, Frames, Circles, and Flowers to use for any notebook, journal or scrapbook or decoupage project. Each page is blank on one side for easy crafting. You are free to copy, scan, transfer, or resize images. Great for altered art, decoupage, journal pages, card making, gift tags, and scrapbooks. For Personal Use Only.

The most romantic and florid expressions of love were the fashion in the Victorian Age, which was to be expected of a time that masked and ornamented the erotic impulse. The end of that era was coincident with the golden age of the postcard (1890 to World War 1) and so we have tens of thousands of Valentine's Day postcards, many displaying high levels of imaginations and design. Each age leaves an impact of its character in its greeting cards and other paper ephemera. We see in the beautiful postcards of the late Victorians that era's predilections in both love and design. The imagery in Victorian Valentines Postcard Book is largely formal because, to the Victorians, love was a serious business. We see beautiful women, well-groomed children, and the classical February 14 icons of cherubs, ornate hearts and many beautiful flowers. This is a thoroughly decorated universe, featuring baroque typography, bows and ribbons everywhere, and the occasional touch of lace. So felicitously do Valentine's Day and Victoriana mesh that much of what we think of as traditional Valentine's Day imagery is Victorian in origin. We have selected 30 favorites from our collection for this gathering. That complex of attitude and tendencies that we call the Victorian Age did not, of course, vanish on the Queen's death in 1900. It persisted and evolved until the First World War. For this book we have confined ourselves to postcards published before 1910.

Valentines, A Collector's Guide, 1700s - 1950s, is a thorough reference for accurately dating and identifying valentines. The book's dating system uses nearly 1,300 photographed cards arranged in chronological order based on extensive research. Besides the visual arrangement, collectors will find researched lists of design trends, card subjects illustrated, and important publishers for each decade and for each different type of card. These key facts placed at the fingertips of the collector make dating and identification easy, accurate, and enjoyable. Illustrated valentines include those by anonymous and early makers from the United States, Germany, Great Britain, and Canada. Feast your eyes on lacy Victorian valentines, romantic couples, adorable children, hearts, flowers, whimsical mechanicals, dimensional tissue paper cards, sarcastic vinegar valentines, and dimensional fold down cards. Beyond the illustrated valentines, lists of non-illustrated cards by more contemporary manufacturers are compiled so collectors can identify way beyond what is illustrated. Enjoy these sentimental, entertaining tokens of love and affection in a clear, easy to understand presentation that will be an indispensable reference for anyone who loves and wants to date and identify their valentines. 2011 values.

Victorian Shabby Chic Ephemera Collection - Vintage Collection The selected photos in this book are an outstanding selection of vintage Victorian - Shabby Chic ephemera pieces. You should make your own cards, embellish your journal, scrapbooking projects. The bits are easy to cut and use in your art. Features: 16 sheets of paper (8.5x11) More than 180 pieces 100 gsm of paper Vintage Victorian - Shabby Chic Style cards, vintage prints, stickers and other festive ephemerals. Neutral, coffee-colored paper as backgrounds Bonus - 3 background papers to cut out and work with. Add the book to your cart now and start crafting!

This delightful treasury of vintage Valentine's Cards has been lovingly reproduced from rare originals housed in the collections of Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village. Each charming card features exquisitely rendered images of children, cupids, flowers, doves, and idyllic scenes of romance accompanied by tender phrases of love. Perfect for sending or for keeping, these lovely collectibles — presented in a beautiful book format and easily detachable — will capture the hearts of every faithful romantic!

This fun-filled volume includes folklore, rituals, songs, and literature surrounding our most romantic holiday, with images of over 200 antique valentines.