Victorian Valentine Hearts Forget-Me-Not Greeting Card

There's something almost ominous about the enthusiasm radiating from this design, where two hearts fashioned entirely from forget-me-not blossoms are inscribed with 'Heart to Heart,' because apparently subtlety was also a casualty of the Victorian era. A gold padlock dangles between them like a tiny metal chaperone enforcing the 'no escape' policy referenced in the cheerfully threatening text below: 'There's no escape, sweet Valentine, I have locked your heart to mine'—rendered in the same breezy font one might use for a picnic invitation. Pink ribbons loop around the whole floral hostage situation with a festive bow at the top, and gold ornamental bells hang in the corners, as if to celebrate the precise moment romantic pursuit became a legally binding imprisonment. Forget-me-nots, the card says. More like forget-me-or-else.