What do you think of Valentine’s Day? Luckily for my husband, I do not go in for jewelry (diamonds aren’t THIS girl’s best friend) or cut flowers (they are one step away from being dead). Chocolates… well, OK, maybe. Belgian ones!
On the other hand, a day spent making pink and purple cookies with my girls and a bunch of their wonderful friends is a day well spent!
I collect vintage Valentines because I adore the graphics of bygone eras, especially the 30s and 40s. I also like the idea of kids having Valentine’s day parties in school and exchanging them in little envelopes, or putting them into specially made bags or boxes. Kids still do this when they are very young, I guess, but they seem to outgrow the custom very quickly. How sad.
The handwritten names on the backs of these are precious!
As much as I love those very vintage ones, my favorite ones are the ones I’ve had for 35+ years. I kept all the cards that were given to me in grammar school.
I remember each and every one of these. I still remember who gave me most of them.
The names on the back are hard to read because I have stuck and unstuck and re-stuck them into albums over the years. Now they reside in binders like my other flat ephemera.
Sally, Becky, Gail, Jimmy, Jeff, Keith, Chris, George, Chrissy…just some of the names. It was perfectly legitimate to exchange cards like this right through sixth grade. I can’t imagine today’s sixth graders doing it.
I like to look back at these every year, and keep life in perspective.
Happy Valentine’s Day to you!
Oh Liz I love love love these! And I wish it was still cool to give them out until the 6th grade! What a collection!
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I love these old valentines! I am so jealous you still have all of yours. I also gave and got until 6th grade. It was wonderful to do that all those years ago.
These are adorable!!! Brings me back–some look very familiar!