Forget Me Not, Lovely Little Victorian Paper Lace Valentine with Cupid yellow schmid cups where it read like a

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

which reads wide eyed-happy-attentive from one side

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

especially one of these hand-painted candleholders with wire footed birds perched here and there in the manner of Aurelio Flores

and he is sturdily attached to his base which sits flush

Forget Me Not, Lovely Little Victorian Paper Lace Valentine with Cupid yellow schmid cups where it read like aA 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