I Made a Pretty Valentine for You

Card verse –
Dear little friend,
I send you here
With heart sincere,
A loving line;
And it will be
A joy to me,
To get from you
A Valentine
Be My Valentine!

A Victorian Valentine’s Day card  inspired my Bonnet Girl art. Thanks to the iPad, I no longer feel like a couch potato because I can draw and paint with my apps, anywhere. I completed this illustration on the sofa with the inkPad app, watching the Iowa Caucus [Feb. 1, 2016].

This card’s sentimental verse celebrates the beloved tradition of giving and receiving a valentine.

If you like vintage postcards, see a collection on my companion website Estate Trinkets & Treasures. Click the thumbnail, and it opens to a larger image with details about the card.

Pull out your scissors, colored paper, and glue and mail someone you love a valentine! Put a stamp on it!

Love Poetry for Mom

Inspired by the classic verse,  “Roses are Red, Violets are Blue …”  grandson Eric made a Valentine’s Day card for his mom during his frogs and snails stage, inscribed:

Roses are red, violets are blue. If you were a flower, I would pick you! -Love, Eric

Snooze Alarm for Valentine’s Day

If  you don’t have a Valentine on Valentine’s Day, life can be a bore – a day  to buy yourself chocolates and hit the “snooze” button.

As a child on Valentine’s Day, I loved sweetheart candy hearts. Not to eat, but to share with friends, stir the imagination, and giggle about throughout the day.

Quotable Valentine Candy

Popular sayings on NECCO Sweethearts candy –

• Kiss Me and Be Mine– 1902
• Dig Me– 1930s
• Fax Me – 1970s
• Let’s Do Lunch – 1990s
• Cool Cat and Purr fect – 2007
• Tweet Me and Text Me – 2010

My favorites were Kiss Me and Love U.

As well, I imagined a Stupid Cupid heart somewhere in a bag full of candy for those with a tale to tell, Valentine’s Day!