Colour Your Own Vintage Puzzle Purses : 80 Regency-inspired love tokens to colour and send

Colour and create a vintage-inspired puzzle purse - featuring 80 detachable illustrated templates to colour, fold and send with your own meaningful messages inside.

"You are the delight of my life. Such letters, such entertaining letters, as you have lately sent! Such a lovely display of what imagination does!" - Jane AustenColour Your Own Vintage Puzzle Purses rediscovers the forgotten art of the puzzle purse, with 80 pre-illustrated sheets featuring 20 different Regency-inspired designs for you to detach, colour, write and slip into a loved one's pocket or bag or to send on any occasion - whether as love tokens, birthday greetings, well wishes, congratulations or simply to delight your friends and loved ones. Puzzle purses are elaborately folded letters that reveal layers of beautiful artwork and romantic messages as they open. Conceal your own message within the folds of these beautifully-illustrated letters, with different layers of meaning to uncover as your recipient opens it up to reveal the true core. A popular love token in the time of Jane Austen, puzzle purses draw their origins from Japanese folded letters (itogami) an early form of 'letterlocking'. This book is perfect for fans of letter writing, gift stationery, adult colouring and paper crafts, and for those who enjoy or want to recreate a Regency aesthetic. Colour Your Own Vintage Puzzle Purses features:- 80 pre-illustrated templates- 20 double-sided designs to colour- Suitable for all skill levels- Page size: 250 x 250 mm (9.8 x 9.8 ins)Other title available:Colour Your Own Japanese Puzzle Purses