VALENTINE'S DAY GREETINGS

Vintage Valentine - 1909

There is a lovely history behind Valentine's Day beyond what poopy-pant anti-Valentine people say (and you know who you are:).  It's not just a "manufactured" holiday, but rather an annual ritual that began in the middle ages and really got it's legs in the Victorian Era - that's when those gorgeous and elaborate (and confining) dresses had their heyday.
Valentine's day was named after St. Valentine (270 A.D.) - the Catholic patron saint of love.  He was a Roman priest who was locked up for defiance and legend says that he wrote a farewell note to his lady in waiting and signed it "from your valentine."
And there you have it - the start of a "holiday" that would forever be marked on our calendars.
With the busy lives that we all lead it would be nice to take the time to send a dear friend, a grandmother, a spouse or a child a little Valentine to let them know that you are thinking of them.


Here are some vintage reproductions circa 1950, which my girls will be giving out to their classmates (so, so cute!):

Here are some selections from Flaunt's Valentine 2012 collection:

FL429 Two Red Owls "owl always love you"

(on the top of our love list this Valentine's Day

are paper source and anthropologie for ordering 

so many of this card. xox)

FL428 Pink Guitar "you rock valentine!"

FL431 Globe with Heart "you are my world!"

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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Shannon