every year i get very involved in my valentine making -- i always have (as an adult anyway.) there are years where all friends and family get valentines, but this year isn't one of them, since these pojagi-style valentines took a lot more time than any i'd ever made previously. the one on the left is for ben, and the one on the right is my dad's. i based the dimensions around a package of blank cards i have here for use with the press, so these cards fit perfectly into the plain envelopes.
there is a specific kind of pojagi that is made of paper, in fact, oiled paper, but i am sure these papers are nothing like what is used traditionally. some pojagi were made entirely of oiled paper, but others were cloth on one side and paper on the other side.
since i had other february birthdays than just my own to commemorate, and had so much valentine-making paper left over, these gifts also got rather pojagi-inspired packagings.
this year as we often do we are avoiding the restaurant cattle call for valentine's day; we are staying home for a meal of homemade gravlax, pot roast, oven fries, a salad, and creme brulée; and a stack of MST3K episodes on bootleg DVD. sounds like glamour and romance to us.
ben
and i are two peas in a pod; we have been from the day we met.