Dear Abby - Vintage Dachshund Valentines

Dear Friends,

Happy Friday!  I hear that it is going to be Valentine's Day, the day of love, in a few days.  (This is, of course, one of my favorite holidays since I am all about love!)

I thought you might enjoy a few vintage Dachshund Valentines today.  These are all old fashioned cards that children exchanged on Valentine's Day.

A little girl paints a special card while her Dachshund helps by holding a brush:

"Dog-gone it!  I sure would like to be-long to you!  Be My Valentine!"

A Dachshund shares a Valentine with a great big dog friend:  "Over you I'm simply dippy - ask me and I'll answer YIPPY!"

This Dachshund wears a red sweater and hat - and carries a heart.  "I long to see you.  Dog-gone it!"

This little Dachshund went to school with a little girl.  "For My Teacher - I Like You."

This Dachshund is surrounded by hearts.  "I LONG for you to be mine!"

"Doggone right - you're my Valentine!"   Now this is a very TALL Dachshund.

I hope you enjoyed seeing these vintage Valentines!  I also hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day!  

I'll be back next week with some special pet memories!

Love,

Abby xoxoxo

Vintage Valentines: A Picture Gallery

I have always loved vintage Valentines.  When I was a little girl, my family liked to antique together.  When we wandered through antique stores, I always looked at Valentines and holiday cards.   When I first heard of eBay, I browsed for vintage Dachshund Valentines.  And then I started selling.  I mostly sold vintage children's books at first, and then I added in vintage Valentines and vintage Christmas cards and ornaments.  I still love finding a big box of Valentines, scanning them, and listing them.  All of the cards pictured today are located in my stores:  eBay Valentines department, Etsy, and Bonanza. 

Here are a few of my latest vintage Valentines:

Three dogs in a barrel at sea.  This card is spectacular!  It is mechanical and the barrel rocks back and forth when you move it.

This heart-shaped card is 1920's vintage.  It features a little boy and girl under a big umbrella.  

 A sweet little bear has a plate of Valentine heart cookies.

Love this Mid-Century illustration of a girl in a fancy dress and hat.  "A Valentine for a Swell Sister."

Fun 1950's owl Valentine.  "Do I give a hoot for you, Valentine?"

Fun Mid-Century card for a husband -- includes several pages of illustrations:

 A cute kitten drinks an ice cream soda at a malt shop:

1920's or earlier card featuring a little girl with ringlets talking to a bird.  "I'm all of a twitter my Valentine."

This is an unusual mechanical Valentine!   The little girl's eyes open and close.  "Don't give me the shut-eye my Valentine."

A calico cat plays with yarn -- mechanical card.  (The cat's eyes move.)   "I love you and that's no yarn my Valentine!"

Fun Deco Valentine featuring a boy and girl fishing.  "If you're fishing for me use your heart as bait my Valentine."

This mechanical card features a dressed dog in a butcher shop chopping baloney.  The card is mechanical - his arm and the knife move.  "It's no baloney when I say I love you!"

I believe this older card is a Grace Drayton illustration.  It features a little girl with dumb bells who is exercising as her dog watches.  The card is mechanical -- the girl bends at the waist.  "I'm 'most reduced to tears, I'm so skeered I won't get the Valentine I want."

This mechanical card features a little girl in a flower hat that pulls up and down.  "Pansies tell what I can't conceal.  Look under my hat and see how I feel."

This is a fabulous mechanical card.  The little boy's arm and pig move back and forth.  "Tom, Tom the Piper's Son stole a pig one day - and as for you, your taking ways just steal my heart away!"

This is a lovely Charles Twelvetrees illustrated card.  It features a boy and girl on a toy horse:  "With your arms around me holding tight, we'll gallop on my hobby horse - 'cause love's in sight!  Be My Valentine."  The card has a honeycomb detail -- the horse's back folds out into a beautiful honeycomb.

Another Grace Drayton illustration.  (You will recognize her work from the Campbell soup kids.)   A boy and girl stand with an organ grinder and a monkey.  "Don't monkey with my heart - be my Valentine."  This is a mechanical card -- the boy's arm, the winding device, and the children's eyes all move.

Wordless Wednesday: Stop Carping About It Fish Valentine

Almost Wordless:   "Stop carping about it - let's be Valentines!"   Vintage Valentine from Birdhouse Books.

Wordless Wednesday: I'm Not Lion ... You're My Valentine

Almost wordless:  vintage Valentine from my shop.

Wordless Wednesday: A Groovy Kind of Love

Almost wordless!  Groovy Vintage Valentine:  "Teacher - you're in a class by yourself."

Ring, Ring ... Vintage Phone Valentines Calling!

Hi all!

I'm listing lots of vintage Valentines these days, and I keep coming across cards featuring children and teenagers on telephones.  I think these images are so much fun, as they show how much phones have changed over the years.  I just wanted to share a few baby boomer vintage Valentines that feature telephones with you:

A girl talks in a phone booth, while her poodle dog waits patiently outside.  Now, when was the last time you saw a phone booth?

 A young girl talks on a red phone:

A blonde girl with a ponytail talks on an old fashioned phone:

Aren't these images fun and nostalgic? If you like these cards, you'll find more vintage cards that involve retro phones at Birdhouse Books.   (I even have a mechanical card featuring a Schnauzer dog on a telephone!)

A Collection of Vintage Bear Valentines

If you have ever thought about collecting vintage Valentines, this would be a great start!  It would also be fun for a vintage Bear collector.  This is a collection of 11 vintage Valentine cards.  They are cute little die-cuts, like children exchanged at Valentine's Day.  (Who remembers Valentine boxes?)   You'll find this vintage bear collection here:  11 vintage bear Valentines at Birdhouse Books.