Puzzle purse design ideas

Helen Cann is an artist and illustrator specialising in maps, children's books, drawing and hand lettering based in Brighton, UK. She exhibits and teaches widely.

Red River’s greeting card papers are perfect for Valentine’s Day cards but for something really special, use Red River’s 12×12-sized paper to make a Valentine Puzzle Purse that will enthrall your beloved and endear you to them forever. Puzzle Purse Valentines made their first appearance in Jane Austin’s time and were the rage from 1700s […]

Making a Victorian puzzle purse, or note, or letter.... it was all about the folding

Signature: February 14, 1826.Inscription: [Around the central square with the Endless Knb ot of Love:]A. On the inside sweet Turtle DoveB. I’ve wrote the moral of my loveC

Earlier in the week I got into the Valentine’s Day spirit by examining museum images of three folded paper “Puzzle Purse” Valentines from c. 1790 – 1800. I felt moved to put…

Illustrator Susannah Garrod shows us how to recreate the romance of a Victorian love affair with a puzzle purse perfect for Valentine’s Day.

Dear Delilah Design on Instagram: "I’m obsessed with Puzzle Purses at the moment! Here’s my watercolour flower garden design - available now as an instant download. You can edit all text and move around the flowers to make it your own. Download, edit, save and print as many times as you like! Also comes with instructions on how to fold and some tips for how to nail the tricky pinwheel fold. 🫶"

So I made a wee thing for my teen boy for Valentines. When I told him, it was an replica of a Valentine's puzzle purse c1800, made by German settlers in southwestern Pennsylvania from @FreeLibrary, he exclaimed..."You are such a nerd"... 🥰 Nerd but proud! ♥️ #HappyValentinesDay

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