Love token

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Well, here we are, January 24th and I need to get several sets of angel wings made by the end of the month. After a lull, I'm getting requests for them again and so I'll need to make a trip to our local framing shop to buy some mat board large enough for the bases. By February 4th, I should have a large variety of love tokens ready. There will be more than a dozen puzzle purse valentines, a dozen or so soldered heart in hand charms, several more framed love tokens {the ones listed in my Etsy…

Victorian Love Tokens, also known as origami puzzle purses, hold a special place in the world of romantic gestures. These intricately folded paper purses unfold to reveal a secret message, and were originally exchanged by lovers during the 19th century as a symbol of affection and devotion. They also make charming invi

“Love Token for Sarah Newlin with Envelope, American Folk Art Museum. #fontsunday @DesignMuseum @TypeTasting”

Today, as the art of handwritten notes gradually fades, one common way to court someone is to slide into his or her DMs.

My Great-Great-Great Grandmother left dozens of these love tokens made from cut and woven paper. She used every scrap for practice - wrappin...

An intricate and exquisite illustrated love token, probably American and possibly by a late-18th-century New England artist. The token is executed on a singl

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Jewelia Howard - artist✨ on Instagram: "for valentines day i drew up these cute lil victorian love tokens (link to buy the file in my gumroad store in my bio) and they took a bit of getting my head around so i made a video to show yall how to fold them!!! so stoked with how they turned out💖 . . . #printables #valentines #valentineday #lovetoken #valentinelovetoken #nzart #nzartist #nzartists #gumroad"