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Some blue, and not so blue, mail art

Roland Halbritter, instead of sending a pink slip ,"re-used" the blue card I sent him.

He added his little deer and stamps...interesting!

Beautiful BLUE came from Helene. She does lovely art

and then plastic laminates the card.…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 25, 2012 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

Haptic Werewolf strikes again...and again today!

Another trip to the post office to pick up a SECOND package from Hamburg!

Zombie Kitty Kawaii is visiting Greece, so she has been helping me unpack Herr Erni's gifts!

What a nice box inside!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 24, 2012 at 12:00pm — 4 Comments

Serious Cerealism from the Haptic Werewolf

Well, of course, first there is the package!(red and green...what, no blue?( Aha, "PRIORITY" is blue!)

Art work and philosophical moments for the postal gal clerk at the post office pick-up counter to examine:

Oh, Erni! Big birds and…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 23, 2012 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Happy Blues in the mail box from Suus and Mim and Fleur!

Suus and I are having a "BLUE" exchange...

and she now has begun painting her own papers and they are fabulous!

Look at the tones and strokes and spots ad dots!...oh, so very nice, Suus! Thank…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 22, 2012 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

MinXus Solar Festival souvenir from Marie in Japan

Elegant!...and perfect for displaying on the side of my bookshelves.

Surely will bring good vibrations to the studio apartment!

Musical messages in asemic-style (for me), on chopsticks, knotted together...…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 22, 2012 at 12:30pm — 10 Comments

GOTIJ! Mail Art from HeeBee JeeBee Land and from Istanbul, too!

Rare items in the mail box today, and they are soooo appreciated.

TestTower sends the "Squid Patrol" to help collect te "kalamarakia", I am sure!

Always fun to get a card from Test...and the flip side has the TestTower sea and a…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 17, 2012 at 9:57am — 1 Comment

A touch-of-blue cat mail from Angie and Snooky

So, where is the blue? oh it is there between the fan and the kitty...

and also on the flip-side, a nice BLUE heart:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 16, 2012 at 10:00am — No Comments

Blue CAT brick from Janine Weiss

What a treasure was in today's mail. Thank you, Janine!

Janine is busy making art "bricks" and they are wonderful.

This is 16 x 20cm and 5 cm thick of sturdy corrugated cardboard.…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 16, 2012 at 9:30am — 3 Comments

Arty Slides...yay! From Janine

Thank you so much, Janine! Lots of Love to you too!

Three arty slides with great tiny images arrived in Greece.

I'm not doing too many of these arty slides, as i find the "space" so tiny!

But Janine and others are creating…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 9, 2012 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Beautiful tape-trans from Jon Foster

This is another beautiful tape-transfer from Jon.

(See the BLUE.."to use"?)

He has a wonderful way of "picking-up" text and images

with packaging tape and then creating these mail art pieces!

Always a good mail art day…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 9, 2012 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

BLUE etegami from Debbie in Japan

Always a joy to receive a card from Deborah Davidson in Japan.

She is no longer here at IUOMA, but has a very active blog and

continues to send many "etegami" cards.

Here is a beauty in BLUE inspired by a Robert Frost poem

"Desert Places"…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 9, 2012 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

#999 from Mimimal Mim Scalin

This is a beauty! Mim did a great series of this "holes" and "anti-holes" idea!

using fantastic color arrangements and surprises! Keeping it MIM- minimal !

After completing her first "365" mail art pieces, she went on to do "1000"!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 9, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

Medwolf is BACK...and ZACK?

Medwolf was away for a while for health reasons,

but a fun package arrived in Greece and he is BACK to mail art!

Many a reference to the natives of Saskatchewan, beautiful leather and beaded crafts:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 9, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

BLUE BlogJam with a gift BlueBag from Rebecca, and wonderful BLUE mail art from Suss in Mokum, Louise Kiner, Amy Irwen, and Rebecca in AZ,!

Rebecca Guyver sent a BlueBag...with all these artists listed as using Cerulean (GREEK) BLUE!

So now I have a wonderful BLUE Bag...for collecting the BLUE mail art that arrives in Greece!

Look, Look...BLUE from Suus:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 31, 2012 at 11:30am — 12 Comments

The (Almost) Lost Letter from Louise Kiner

Watch the birdie!

Here is one of 15 rare bookies from Louise.

It is fabulous...just "read" it "visually" :-)…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 31, 2012 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

Wonders from SA in the mail box! The Dynamic Dual: Lesley and Cheryl

It's a GOOD, GREAT mail art day when you see South Africa stamps on TWO envelopes! Wow!

This is in a fold-out, like a small boekie from Lesley Magwood Fraser:

Lesley sends amazing drawings, never can see enough...each one more…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 17, 2012 at 2:54pm — 2 Comments

It's RED hot from the Haptic Werewolf :-)

Soooo, not everything is BLUE in my mailbox?

Well, Buddha is...with BLUE background, that is!

This red hot…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 17, 2012 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

Blue Blog Jam : Mail Art pick-up, in the city today :-) Suus, Erica, Sarah, TestTower, Svenja, Dean, M.Nidham, Debbie, DK, and Thom!

What wonderful art awaits in my mailbox after a ten day absence!

BLUE reigns supreme, of course! A real beauty from Suus in Mokum. Many thanks, dearie!

And from Erica Durante, BLUE "SHINE": …

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 17, 2012 at 1:30pm — 7 Comments

REISEPASS - PASSPORT to Art from the Haptic Werewolf

Surprise little packet (10x15cm) in the mailbox and the friendly Haptic Werewolf strikes again :-)

Erni does a get job on the package, always! Oh, Erni:

And then a great red passport Hamburg Reisepass case inside...full of…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 5, 2012 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

From Dean Marks and the London Mail Art Meeting

Now this card definitely came from England! "Let us eat cake"!!!

And it seems to be a great "add 'n pass around -the-table-as we drink"...tea? ale? wine?

Look at these fun details...characters one and all:

Thank you Stripygoose…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on June 28, 2012 at 4:00pm — 5 Comments

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