The Victorians took mourning seriously. Black clothing, elaborate funerals, carefully arranged photographs, and absolutely no expectation that anyone would cheer up anytime soon.
This set includes twelve unique vintage-inspired notecards depicting the elaborate rituals and quiet sorrow of Victorian mourning. Veiled widows seated among gravestones. Solemn children dressed in black. Horse-drawn funeral carriages, cemetery processions, open graves, and grieving families who appear to have made a lifelong commitment to looking appropriately miserable.
Each design is styled as an antique Victorian photograph with faded sepia tones, aged textures, somber compositions, and the haunting elegance of nineteenth-century mourning traditions. A collection devoted to an era when grief was an art form, black was a permanent wardrobe decision, and even the family photographs looked like funeral announcements.
Card Style Options:
• Folded: Classic greeting cards with a blank inside.
• Flat: Single-sided flat notecards with a blank back for writing.
Details:
• Set of 12 blank notecards (one of each design)
• Choice of folded or flat
• 4 x 6 inches
• Heavyweight 300 gsm cardstock
• 12 A4 kraft envelopes included
• Professionally printed in-house with archival-quality inks
For sending thank you notes, mysterious correspondence, questionable invitations, or perfectly ordinary messages from a house you definitely should not have entered.
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