Forget Me Not, Lovely Little Victorian Paper Lace Valentine with Cupid yellow schmid cups which reads wide eyed-happy-attentive from

which reads wide eyed-happy-attentive from one side

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

but of course I always feel compelled to adopt the wounded ones

I really love the mother pig with bunch of piglets running around on this

then a few favorite details

Forget Me Not, Lovely Little Victorian Paper Lace Valentine with Cupid yellow schmid cups which reads wide eyed-happy-attentive fromA 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