Pretty Papers

I know I haven't been using my blog in quite the way I always used to. Time has got away from me somewhat this month- And I have so many family commitments in the next couple of weeks (on top of everything else that has to be done), that I am hoping things will slow down a little next month.

- But just to calm things down a little on my blog at least, I thought I'd share with you a few of my recent antique paper finds...all from a more gentler era. I hope you will enjoy taking a look.

There is this fabulous album filled with an assortment of old postcards. I love how these were collected and treasured by the recipient over the years.

Another discovery was this photograph album dated 1899. It charts the first few years of life of a little girl called Winifred...

Here she is at just eight days old.

She obviously thrived! ;-))

Definitely from a well-to-do family is she is often seen with a Nanny as well as her mother, and is always beautifully dressed.

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I love to find intricate Victorian Valentine cards - This little collection made me very happy...

The fact that these flimsy pieces of embossed and cut out paper survive so intact is always a surprise.

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Then there are these sweet little calling cards. They must have made receiving a gentlemen-caller even more special! ;-))

And colourful pop-up cards sent with love...

Inside miniature decorated envelopes...

Victorian paper scraps made creating these little treasures even more personalised.

The ladies dressed in their finery below, are hand-tinted examples and probably date from the mid-Victorian era.

The detail, colour and quality of printing of all of these, in my view, is unequaled in their modern counterparts today.

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Enjoy the rest of your day,

Niki x