Valentines were now ever more popular.Printed Valentine cards first appeared in the 18th century, simple sheets with a written verse. Soon afterwards the traditional symbols began to appear ...

READ MORE: 10 Heart-Shaped Foods Restaurants Are Serving For Valentine’s Day Thankfully, there were plenty of options for cards to buy. Many of them featured quirky Valentine’s Day wishes from ...

We’ve laid out the steps to make your own Victorian puzzle purse below: What You’ll Need A square piece of paper (you want the dimensions to be divisible by three – for example, 21cm by 21cm) ...

Valentine’s Day cards are known to be sweet, but in Victorian England, cheaply made ‘mock valentines’ with sour sentiments became all the rage. We asked an expert to speak about their impact ...