Vintage Valentine Hankies — Whispers of the Heart

Time to share a few of my vintage Valentine hankies and show how I use them for decoration. These were popular in the 40’s and 50’s and you can still find them on Ebay, and in vintage stores if you look carefully. They are often buried in baskets and boxes of linens at thrift stores and antique malls.

I love the scallops on this one and the written phrases. I especially like hankies with designs that cover the hankie completely.

This is an unusual hankie with an unusual shape and it is not as common as some of the others. The design looks more like the 40’s to me.

A typical Valentine hankie with lots of scallops and hearts and tiny rose buds. I like the use of greenery on this one.

Another unusual design with boxes of candy. This is the only one of these that I have ever seen.

I like the round design and rows of hearts on this one. I have seen a few of these for sale on Ebay in the past.

While this is not exactly a Valentine hankie I included it here because it is a red rose. I have several single flower hankies and they really make a statement.

Another fairly typical design with several borders of hearts and flowers. This one adds the color blue to the usual red, pink and green.

This is one of the more unusual designs, a very busy hankie with lots of different elements and a courting couple in the middle.

This Cupid design is one of the more unusual ones. I have only seen one or two others like it.

Another fairly typical design with hearts and birds and “be my valentine”.

The addition of the color blue to a Valentine hankie is more unusual. Most only have the colors red, white, green and pink.

This is a larger hankie and the fabric is like linen instead of cotton. I haven’t seen another one like this one before.

This is my absolute favorite Valentine hankie. I had it framed many years ago. It hangs on the wall in the guest room and I enjoy looking at it often.

This is a vintage Valentine Puzzle hankie. When it is folded a certain way, it creates a new different design. Find out about other unusual vintage Valentine Puzzle Hankies here.

I have just started a Facebook Group, Vintage Hankies, Handkerchiefs, https://www.facebook.com/groups/897980928627111 to share photos of my hankies. I am hoping that others will join and share their hankies too!