gold hearts and numbers

hearts made from an antique maths book: "A key to the complete practical Arithmetician" by Thomas Keith; the 1846 or 1901 edition. So either Victorian or Edwardian....but originally published in 1790
The maths heart sits on a delicate gilded paper heart.


a card





a garland

neat hearts, not fluffy

hearts, stamps
1950s, 1960s, 1970s


all in handmade with paper section of etsy shop

book hearts

little ones


bigger ones


Jane Austen and James Joyce....

in this section of Etsy shop

a bit bookish

Currently, on eBay I have quite a lot of items listed under books and magazines...any one who looks at my listings will not be surprised about the magazines, but I've rarely listed books. A curious mix.
There are one or two things that aren't books