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Dear Delilah Design on Instagram: "I’m obsessed with Puzzle Purses at the moment! Here’s my watercolour flower garden design - available now as an instant download. You can edit all text and move around the flowers to make it your own. Download, edit, save and print as many times as you like! Also comes with instructions on how to fold and some tips for how to nail the tricky pinwheel fold. 🫶"

Papier on Instagram: "Recreate the romance of an old-fashioned love affair 💌 Papier pal and designer @susannahgarrod shows us how to make a Victorian paper puzzle purse perfect for Valentine’s Day."

Today, as the art of handwritten notes gradually fades, one common way to court someone is to slide into his or her DMs.

12K views · 1.6K likes | Lyn Edwards | Textile Artist on Instagram: "Traditionally the Victorian Puzzle Purse was made to send to your sweetheart on Valentine's Day ❤ I've made this one especially for a friend whose birthday is 14th February ❤ #victorianpuzzlepurse #valentines #valentinesday #love #paperart #illustration #penandink #explorepage #origami #rhs #botanicalillustrationart #watercolour #vintagepaper"

Step-by-step watercolor Victorian puzzle purse tutorial, composed with meaning, aimed to celebrate your creativity.
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Adrienne Rozzi. Artist and Printmaker. IG & TikTok: @PoisonApplePrintshop PoisonApplePrintshop.com

A queered puzzle purse love letter with a poem by Sappho. Puzzle purses (also known as cobweb letters, birdcages, beehive, letterlocking or tatogami), were folded meticulously to conceal tender verses and sentiments within their layers. Popular from Japan’s Heian era and later in 18th-19th century England and America, these origami love letters often bore intricate designs and were unfolded to reveal heartfelt messages, only to be re-folded, a challenge in itself. While not inherently queer…

Victoria Yahara Studio on Instagram: "Victorian Puzzle Purse - Valentine 💌 💘 #victorianvalentine #victorianpuzzlepurse #puzzlepurse #origami #valentine #watercolour #bees #hummingbirds #botanicalart"