The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-14
HOMEMADE VALENTINES.
Some Simple Ideas That the Children Can Try as Well as the Grown Folks.

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 Can Try as We'll as the Grown Folks Some. very pretty valentine fayors
 and souvenirs can be made by chill
 dren, even when they are not skillful,
 by following some of the rules given
 here.
 The only materials needed for make
 ing the striking little things are tiny
 bottle of very pure, thin mucilage and
 a small paper of fine gold or bronze
 powder.
 l Dip clean, bright, new steel pen
 into the mucilage, and write Let me
 be your valentine 2 or .This day very
 much incline to be your little valen-
 tine" on piece of perfectly smooth
 paper. After the mucilage is dry,
 dampen the inside of a small round
 bottle, or vase or tumbler of clear
 glass Be sure merely to dampen it
 and not to wet it so much that any
 water will remain on it.
 When it is thoroughly damp, roll
 the piece of paper into tube in such a way that the mucilage writing will I be on the outside and show throughout I it's whole length.
 Now introduce it into the bottle, and with thin, long instrument, press | it carefully outward against the glass
 sides until the mucilage lines have
 transferred themselves perfectly to the damp glass.
 Now withdraw, the paper quickly
 and drop bit of your gold powder in I to the bottle. Twist turn and shake | it so that the powder will be sure to i gather all over the place where the
 mucilage lines are.
 The gold powder will adhere more
 or less to the rest of the glass till all l the moisture has dried. Then 1t IS l possible, by shaking the bottle or I tumbler violently, to remove all the l gilt except that which has settled on the mucilage lines. You will have a i pretty little glass valentine which will
 have your valentine wish inside of 1t l in your own handwriting, and every
 body will wonder how you managed to
 write inside of the bottle or tumbler. l Another still more simple way to | make some pretty valentine or valen- l tine cards to send to friends is to write ,lthe wish or sentiment on a piece of l fine. heavy notepaper or Bristol board with mucilage instead of ink, taking l great care to let no more mucilage run
 on than is absolutely necessar Y. Before it gets dry dust the gold
 powder over it. You can get effects
 of various colors by buying green, sil- yer, red and purple bronze powders. I You need only a few cents worth of each, for very little is needed to ad- I here to the mucilage, and the rest can I be shaken off the paper and used over
 again.
 I To get various colors on one valen-l I tine 1t is merely necessary to write on I ly part of the wish at q time, and then \ to dust the powder of a certain color on I it; then write the next word and dust another color on, and soforth. If you wish to make more preten- | tious valentines, here is way to make a really beautiful one, which will look \ quite as if it had been produced by an I artist
 Pin your sheet of note paper firmly I on flat surface. Decide how wide a border of gold you would like to put | around the edge of the sheet, and mark I off this width on bit of light, thin
 stick, shaved perfectly smooth. Dip the
 stick into the mucilage just to the. depth of the mark you have made on I it.
 Now draw it carefully down one side Jr.t rrys@l l reasonable skill it will leave a per fectly true, smooth border of thin
 mucilage. Dust your gold powder
 over it and repeat the process on the. I next side of the sheet.
 After the four sides have been cor1- pleted and the gold powder is per
 fectly dry you can proceed to write or draw what you wish on the valentine, I but not before.
 I In order to save the gold border
 from being soiled or rubbed while you
 work, cut out of another piece of pa. per a square opening that is only as large as the space left inside of your l gold border. Then you Can lay this I paper on your valentine. It will cover everything except the space iil which | you wish to write.
 Instead of cutting a square or an oblong into this second piece of paper l you can cut a triangle or heart or some l other odd shape, Then, when you l lay it on the valentine, it will expose I a symmetrical opening and by keeping
 your writing inside of this you will produce very pretty effect. Write
 your sentiments or wishes on the val 1. entine with mucilage and dust the l powder over it as before. I A sheet of really fine, heavy note-
 paper, with no other ornamentation
 on it than just the simple gold border and the verses written in some. pretty shape in gold letter, will make a worl- l derfully attractive valentine; If itis
 done with care it will look so hand-
 some that few persons will be willing ] to belive that you have made it your-
 self.-Charleston News and Courier.