Nostalgic Paper Memories by Valerie - Victorian Papers Gifts

We worry about computers crashing, loosing precious photos, documents and even our birth & marriage license down at the ole' State Capital. I do hope we never loose the things that we can actually hold in our hands in our modern world.

We are Intrigued by the delicacies of our Grandmother’s and Great-Grandmother’s era. Such is the case, when my Mother presented me with a tiny, rusted-out recipe box filled with bits of treasure I’d never seen before.

Filled within its tiny walls, and fragile with each touch, were yellowed pieces of papers. It contained: poems, newspaper clippings of the times, beautiful script lettering, war memories, a birth announcement, postcards, names of Mesdames and Mrs., a card ad for “sarsaparilla”, a gift card with my name on it, and finally, a post card from a little German boy. This Easter post card was from great-grandmother's little grandson who he and his mother were eventually killed in a concentration camp during WWII.

With each intrinsic unfolding and mesmerized by the discovery, my mother explained that she had “rescued” what was only a tiny portion of an entire trunk full---nostalgia that met its fate and departure from this world by burning!

Oh, what would have been found at the bottom of this trunk? Only precious sentiments that others had lack of respect for. Possible originals that we can only reproduce now. So sad when heartwarming memories are forever lost. A joy that had been savored by my great-grandmother, "Lizzie".

So, fill your box with treasures and save for discovery by your great-grandchild some day. Capture the essence of yesterday, so that tomorrow brings delight and remembrances for others.

........And finally---safeguard your priceless,
Nostalgic Paper Memories!

This was my inspiration for offering Victorian Certificates and other Victorian & Edwardian products

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...and hold it in your hands

Valerie Joyce Tillery
Great-granddaughter of
Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Farmer Whittenberg
December 17, 1875-1966

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Nostalgic Paper Memories ....a true story about lost Nostalgia

Nostalgic Paper Memories
....a true story about lost Nostalgia