Victorian letter folding

⭐️Stardog Puzzle Purse!💫 by e.k.mosley (Letter or Valentine) Origami This was my first time making a puzzle purse and I had so much fun painting each little picture on all the hidden folds. These beautiful little paper creations can be dated back to Japanese paper folding techniques called tatogami and origami from Japan's Heian era (782-1185 CE). In Japan they were called Tato and used to hold small objects like buttons, stamps, needles, thread and other small bits and bobs. But when they…

Puzzle Purse Valentine reproduction based on an example in the Free Library of Philadelphia's fraktur collection, dated c. 1800.

e.k.mosley on Instagram: "How to open and close a Stardog Puzzle Purse💫✨ . A pdf digital download is now available in my Etsy shop! Link in profile 🫶🐸⭐️ . . This was my first time making a puzzle purse and I had so much fun painting each little picture on all the hidden folds. These beautiful little paper creations can be dated back to Japanese paper folding techniques called tatogami and origami from Japan’s Heian era (782-1185 CE). In Japan they were called Tato and used to hold small…

When I first started looking at online images of letters from Jane Austen’s era last summer, I often felt confused about what I was seeing. Maybe it’s because I haven’t handled re…

50K views · 5.9K likes | Julie Bertho ✨ on Instagram: "You’re an artist & you’ve created a magic love card 🎵 This magic love card is a Victorian Puzzle Purse (a tatogami which was a folded love letter during the 1700’s & specially in the UK). I’ve created this Puzzle Purse with gold watercolor on a dark paper 💌 I’ve painted elements about music, flowers, love, moon & the ocean. If you want to create your own puzzle purse at home, I’ve made a tutorial to learn how to fold a Victorian…

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

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Julie Bertho ✨ on Instagram: "Create with me a Victorian Puzzle Purse 👋💌 I’ve made a slower tutorial for you to learn “How to fold a Puzzle Purse”. I hope this art tutorial will help you with these little folded card 🥳 I’ve opened my shop, where you can find my collection of Victorian Puzzle Purses made for some with watercolor & others with digital art ♡ You can find some for many occasions. 🤍these folded cards where love letters in the 1790’s, with love notes and illustration for…