Morning Fairy cards

The Victorian Papers outlet store in Kansas City yields many gems and surprises. These Morning Fairy cards, with artwork derived from a 19th century Fairy Soap advertisement, were on a rack there. I've never seen these cards in their store or their catalog, and I've been frequenting their store and browsing their catalogs for nearly 20 years now. I was delighted to find this surprise.

I am actually a big fan of fairies, but don't like the cheesy kind - I'm picky about my fairies - and I'm kind of surprised I haven't blogged about fairy cards or stationery before.

One of my favorite things about the small 3.5x5 Victorian Papers cards is the die-cut envelopes with the beautiful back flap, which I hope this photograph captures.

I wasn't able to successfully photograph the back of the card, which has printed Lord Byron's "She walks in beauty, like the night" poem.

Victorian Papers stationery

I've been using this stuff since I was in high school. The designs are lovely and the prices are quite reasonable, and most of the papers take fountain pen ink fairly well. The design shown here is called Antebellum.

The design sweetly wraps around the flap of the envelope to the back:



I've sealed this one with a sticker featuring my cat Magic, from moo.com.