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Be Mine, Valentine ~ The art of the handmade card
By the time the Regency time period came around, sending letters to your special valentine was a firmly established tradition in England.
While a few manufactured valentines were finding their way into shops, mass-produced, pre-printed valentines similar to what we see today (minus the cartoon characters) didn’t really make an appearance until the mid-1800s. Therefore, when our handsome heroes gave valentines to our heroines, they had to make them.
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