Realistic Heart Valentine--Hot Air Balloon

 

I saw an old valentine on the New York Public Library Digital Collections web site (find the original here) and just couldn't resist adding an anatomical heart. It wasn't available in as high a resolution as I would have liked, but if anyone wants to print a few copies of my altered version, here is a sheet of four. You can also find a similar valentine I made in 2020 here. 

Realistic Heart Valentine

I've removed the original picture from the center of this old-timey valentine and replaced it with an anatomical heart, just because I thought it was funny. Here's a sheet with nine copies of it, in case anybody else wants to print out a few. Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day Twins Paper Dolls

I've always enjoyed the twin paper dolls by Jessie Louise Taylor--they're so sweet and lively, and they have both front and back sides (I do love double-sided paper dolls). For Valentine's Day this year I thought it would be fun to make my own version of one of the sets, so here are the French Twins in a new Valentine's Day variation to be printed out and played with. I have recolored nearly everything and added some small details to fit the Valentine's Day theme, as well as removing the background so it uses less ink to print. The original version was published in the Ladies' Home Journal in March 1922.

Edit: I'm sorry these print out so small--the base file I had at the time was not the best. I have better ones now and might eventually redo these.