Sing Us A Song

 Valentine:

To my singing teacher

From Lauren King

Found in "Trixie Belden and The Mysterious Visitor" by Julie Campbell. Published by Whitman, 1965.

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Swap

Valentine's Day card:

My Heart keeps beating hard for you

And doesn't want to stop -
And so the only thing to do
Is ask you for a swap!


To Muriel

From Alice S.

Found in "The Wide, Wide World" by Elizabeth Wetherell. Published by Lupton, no date.
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And There's A Picture Of A Train

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Will You Be My Valentine

Homemade valentine.

The front reads "WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE?"

Inside:

I've lost my heart
around some where
just give me
your and call
it square

Reverse side: "From Willard - To Everett Bond"

Found in "Toby Tyler" by James Otis. Published by Harper and Brothers, 1923.

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Forget Me Not

Valentine, the front reads "Forget Me Not."

Inside:

From thy Valentine

On Love's own festal day
No distance true lovers can part
And near or far away,
Thou only dost reign o'er my heart

Found in "Samantha at Saratoga" by Josiah Allen's Wife. Published by Lupton, circa 1890.

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Vintage Valentines

With tomorrow's giveaway, I figured today was the best day to share some of these vintage Valentines Day cards.

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By Candle-Light

Valentine's Day card:

You're the apple of my eye
Please do love me. Won't you try?
How can I help loving you -
The sweetest pippin that ever grew

Written on reverse:

Doris Smith
From Bobby + Alice

Found in "By Candle-Light" by Gertrude Knevels. Published by Appleton, 1926.

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Have A Heart

Five heart-shapes invitations to a "Valentine Social."

Found in "Duino Elegies" by Rainer Maria Rilke. Published by Norton, 1963.

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Sweets For The Sweet

It's become somewhat of a tradition around here to post some vintage postcards on holidays. I'm a sucker for tradition:

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Never Mind

Valentine card, the front reads "Be My Valentine, Teacher - You Are So Nice." Written on the reverse side, in pencil, "Never Mind!"

Found in U.S. Crime magazine, Volume 1, issue 4, May, 1952.

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Be Mine

Happy Valentine's Day

I was going to post this on Sunday, but I thought some of you might like to use these before then.

Here's a bunch of vintage Valentines and romantic bits I've found and held on to. There's also some interesting photos and links at the bottom.













From http://fasteddiesretrorags.blogspot.com:


From http://whipup.net:


From http://twocrazycrafters.blogspot.com:


From http://cre8tivegang.files.wordpress.com:


From http://www.innatelygray.com:


There's also a great gallery of cards here.
Enjoy!