Love Token Collection 2021

Please email me with your choices. Just comment "SOLD" and the item number. You can send me mailing info later. I take orders in the order I receive them.

Email: lanamanis@gmail.com

Shipping in the U.S. is a flat rate of $8.

I tried to get good photos of the paperweights but I'd forgotten how hard it was to photograph them. They truly do look better than in the photos. Some of the images look distorted but it's due to reflections and the glass.

::::: ALL SOLD :::::

1. Heart in Hand Round Paperweight -  Stamp Heart

SOLD ~ thank you so much!

$35

2 3/4" diameter

Background is copy of 1700s indentured servant letter.

Stamp is from an envelope postmarked Dec.16, 1910 Stockbridge, Mass.

The wedding band is 1/16th of an inch thick. It's a teeny tiny snippet off a 1910 gold embossed Christmas card. 

2. Heart in Hand Round Paperweight - Blue Cuff

SOLD ~ thank you so much!

$35

2 3/4" diameter

3. Vintage Dome Paperweight - Lace Cuff

SOLD ~ thank you so much!

$45

3" diameter

4.  Vintage Dome Paperweight - Blue Cuff

 SOLD ~ thank you so much!

$45

3" diameter

5. Vintage Dome Paperweight - Red Shiny Heart

SOLD ~ thank you so much!

$45

3" diameter

I do love the little bubbles in this glass dome! But it's so hard to phtotgraph!

Cuff is from a copy of a 1700s indentured servant letter. Heart is from the lining of a vintage greeting card envelope.

6. Hearts in Open Hands Paperweight

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$40

2 3/4" x 4"

Hands are made from a letter from the 1930s. Hearts are cut from an envelope dated 1930s. Back covering is from the back cover of a 1940s ration book.

7. Heart in Hand Paperweight - Foil Heart

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$45

2 3/4" x 4 1/4"

Background is a page from late 1800s memo book. Hand is made from the back side of a cloth book cover. The red foil heart was the lining of a vintage greeting card envelope. The cuff is a catalog illustration of a young girl’s skirt. The back of the paperweight is from the back cover of a 1940s ration book. Note the song titles.

8. Heart in Hand - Photographer's Mat - Gold Embossed

NFS

3 5/8" x 4 1/8" closed

The embossed gold ring and the cuff are cut from vintage wrapping paper. The heart is snipped from a watercolored copy of a 1700s indentured servant letter. Framed in an antique photograph mat.

9. Heart in Hand - Blue Heart

NFS

4 3/4" x 7" closed

The flowers on the cover and the cuff are cut from an early 1900s lithograph. Framed in an antique photograph mat.

10. Heart in Hand - Red Heart

SOLD ~ thank you so much!

$30

4 3/4" x 7" closed

Heart is a watercolored copy of a 1700s indentured servant letter. The cuff is cut from an envelope from the 1930s. Framed in an antique photograph mat.

11. Cobweb Valentine - Her Heart

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$45

2 3/4" closed

6 1/2" x 8 1/4" open

“Her heart is like her garden! Old -fashioned, quaint, and sweet.

 With here, a wealth of blossoms and there, a still retreat.”

Made from 1830s French document.

12. Cobweb Valentine - Heaven Bless You

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$45

2 3/4" closed

7 7/8" open

“Heaven bless you day and night, fill your heart both day and night.”

Made from 1830s French document.

13. Puzzle Purse Red Box

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$45

2” closed

3” box

“Keep a green tree in your heart, and perhaps a singing bird will come.”

 Please note: the bird’s head is partly concealed.

14. Puzzle Purse Blue Box

SOLD ~ thank you so much!

$50

2 1/2" closed

3” box

“Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.”

Paper Whimsies

SOLD OUT - thank you!!!

I have a small collection of paper cut art to share with you. After a few days, I’ll move them over to an online shop.

All are made on antique or vintage book covers. Please see each photo for a list of the ephemera used on individual pieces. Sizes are approximate in inches.

Each one is titled and given a biblical reference for the thoughts behind the design.

$45 each
$5 shipping no matter how many you purchase. If outside the U.S., ask for a quote.

Email me with your items and I’ll send an invoice.


1. Little Blessings SOLD - Thank you!

    5 x 8
    $45

2. Abundance - SOLD - Thank you!
    5 1/2 x 8 1/2
    $45

3. Bountiful  - SOLD - Thank you!
    5 x 7
    $45

4. Sweet Solace  SOLD - Thank you!
    5 1/2 x 8 3/4
    $45

5. Merciful SOLD - Thank you!
    7 3/4 x 5 1/4
    $45

6. Everlasting - SOLD - Thank you!
    8 1/4 x 5 1/2
    $45

7. Sweet to the Soul - SOLD - Thank you!
    8 x 5 1/4
    $45

8. Sweet Meditation - SOLD - Thank you!
    8 x 5 1/4
    $45

9. Patience - SOLD - Thank you!
    6 1/2 x 4 1/2
    $45

10. But God Knows Best - SOLD - Thank you!
      4 1/2 x 6 3/4
      $45

2020 Puzzle Purse Valentine Collection

PUZZLE PURSE VALENTINES

Visit my Etsy shop to purchase.

Honeysuckle Lane

www.etsy.com/shop/honeysucklelane

2018 Love Token Collection, part 2

Puzzle Purse Valentines
SOLD OUT!

These are inspired by love tokens originally made in the late 1700s and the early 1800s.

Messages of LOVE are written on these Valentines which are folded in a precise intricacy so that as you open it according to the numbered sections, you read a verse or a phrase, and tiny hand painted pictures are revealed. The very inner most part of these Valentines have woven paper hearts or a woven paper heart and hand. They are sometimes tricky for the recipient to re-fold, which is part of the charm of the puzzle purse.

All artwork, which is a combination of naive / schoolgirl art / fraktur influences, is done with watercolors and India ink on aged parchment paper or original, antique, French documents.
 I have referenced American folk art books for ideas for flowers, birds, and other early American designs. I use poems of the 1700s and 1800s along with some of my own original phrases. Keep in mind these are hand done, so each one will be unique. Many steps are involved in the process of making these one of a kind tokens of love. I'm sure you and your loved one will appreciate the time and care it takes to create them.

The valentines measure 2 1/2" square closed and 7 1/2" square when fully opened.

Each valentine comes with a 3" papier mache box decorated with hearts. The boxes with shredded paper and coordinating tops are my own idea that I began using several years ago. As far as I know, the puzzle purses were not delivered in boxes.


Numbers 5, 6, 7, and 8 are made with original antique French documents.
(#5 & #7: mid to late 1800s)
(#6 & #8 early 1900s)

$35 each
$7 shipping in the US (no matter how many you purchase)
email to purchase: lanamanis@gmail.com

1. SOLD ~ thank you!
Remember me when gone away
And I the same will do
And when you are with your friends at home
Then I'll remember you.

2. SOLD ~ thank you!
Will not my sighs and pity move thee
Say that thou wilt be mine
Then bless the heart that fondly loves thee
And be my Valentine!

3. SOLD ~ thank you!
Keep a green tree in your heart
and perhaps a singing bird will come.

4. SOLD ~ thank you!
May friendship's constant kiss be thine
from this sweet day of Valentine.

5. SOLD ~ thank you!
Hand and heart
shall never part
when this you see
remember me.

6. SOLD ~ thank you!
May our hearts
forever be
as closely bound
in Unity.

7. SOLD ~ thank you!
With fond affection true
I write these lines for you
By this token you may see
I still remember thee.

8. SOLD ~ thank you!
When this you read
remember me
and know my heart
belongs to thee.