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GOTIJ Jon Foster...he went to China and...

He went to China...He wrote things down...He sent a booklet of amazing tales to Greece.

And note, dear sir Sloan, that he sealed it with BLUE tape ;-)

Good read, Jon, thank you so much for sharing you adventures and experiences.…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 7, 2011 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

GOTIJ! Human Artist Vending Machine sends a packet of mail art goodies!

Brent Leopold in Pennsylvania, land of Cheryl Penn's ancesters, sent a packed full envelope of his amazing prints and images! Some are stickers, all about postcard size, and all can be distributed around my Greek city as FreeArt! …

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 7, 2011 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments

Beautiful print from Cristina n Germany ( 5Blanks)

This dynamic red and black print, measuring 22 x 15 cm ( 9 x 6 in) arrived in my mail box today.

Cristina printed atop very fine paper and sent it with a protective felt backing. Beautifully simple and beautifully textured.…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 6, 2011 at 6:23pm — 2 Comments

From Judith Heartsong

Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 5, 2011 at 4:49pm — 1 Comment

From Dewi

Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 5, 2011 at 4:45pm — 1 Comment

Mail Art Monday GOTIJ from Mim and Dewi and Judith and Vizma and Michalis!

Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 5, 2011 at 4:30pm — 4 Comments

From Michalis! The Red Pullover guy!

Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 5, 2011 at 4:30pm — 3 Comments

From Vizma

Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 5, 2011 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

"E" is for ERNI! ERNI, ERNI, ERNI, ERNI, ERNI, ERNI, ERNI, ERNI.....

TWO packs from the wolf-pack! A large envelope and a baby one, too! Lots of Erni stamps and my membership cards for the E.B.Fan club! Yay!

The small envelope had a great mail art card as only Erni can create. Thank you muchly, it;s a HAM! (burg)…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 30, 2011 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

The Bird flies in Winter White...from TicTac in Germany

A most delicate, subtle expression of winter coming! Thank you, Patrizia!

And ticTac's envelope is always a joy to behold, full of stamps and fun...both sides!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 30, 2011 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Mona by Cheryl Penn...an/un original?

She came....with the glory of ZALOP! And the aroma of distant oil paintings and masterpieces.

ZALOP! My postal gal didn't want to give me the mail...she asked to have the stamps! Not! Sorry, but the South African fishies are mine, all mine. Well, I opened…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 29, 2011 at 6:30pm — 5 Comments

GOTIJ treasures from Prettylily from Norfolk, Virginia

Not one, but THREE envelopes arrived from prettylily today, and they are all fantastic

"Blue Roads" , a most textured card paiinted with the bluest of…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 28, 2011 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

GOTIJ Rubber Bands from Dean Marks in Paris, France!

This cannot be easy. Dean collected multi-colored rubber bands...and then, "wove" them to create a great happy haptic mail art piece. A joy to the eye and to the touch, and plink-plinck...music to the ears, too!

I can use it as a harp and wander the idlylic…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 28, 2011 at 5:00pm — 17 Comments

Autumn Flowers hold another haul of beautiful Mail Art! GOTIJ!

My autumn flowers are embracing GOTIJ from Roberto in Puerto Rico, mail art from Angie, and Jen, and Mim in the USA, and Giuliana in Brazil, and FLUXUS from CMB in Ohio! And more...

The Milano gentleman comes with GOTIJ from Roberto! Great mail art envelope…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 22, 2011 at 3:00pm — 5 Comments

Announcement from Jen Staggs amongst the autumn flowers

Well, when you care enough to send the very best....

Now we've all seen Jen's FAB print on vintage paper, truly lovely.

A lovely way to announce to the world...oh, wait, she is NOT?

Just a FAB vintage pic to remind us modern-day ladies how lucky we are after the "revolution"!

Thank you, Jen! (But if it is…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 22, 2011 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments

"Pulp-po" or beautiful hand-made paper poetry from Nancy Bell Scott!

Hmmmmm? A feast or the eyes, and you should feel the textures! Nancy sent a package full of bits and pieces of her hand-made papers...lots and lots, see below:

Can't wait to begin a series of trashpo/ asemic/ MinXus mail art....my autumn flowers like all…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 21, 2011 at 4:00pm — 6 Comments

Autumn flowers hold a week's Mail Art.

My red-violet autumn flowers like the mail art that arrived during the week while I was traveling. Here is the perfect blue-taped-envelope from Karen Champlin and inside, a wonderful ATC! There isn't a map fragment, but I so spot the front of a gondola from Venice printed there or is that an asemic symbolThank you, Karen, 'love the "Lό ve", too!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 20, 2011 at 9:00pm — 5 Comments

Winnie the Pooh and Pooh sticks from our dear Valentine!

See, a yellow Pooh stick, and a black one, too! Along with the Pooh sticks came special banana and fruit stickers for our Anna Banana Bingo project. And also, there is one of the special "slide art" pieces that Valentine Mark Herman is making, this one announces his exhibit.

There are some dear friends on Val's envelope:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 11, 2011 at 7:30pm — 8 Comments

Haptic Werewolf works magic on 11.11.11. A special gift in the mail!

The Haptic Werewolf and Herr Haptic Erni greet the postal clerks as they hunt up a package that arrived today at my Greek post office. It is a sturdy box measuring 12x14x18 high in centimeters, or if you prefer: about 5x6x7 high in inches. Now a box like that has 6 nice sides...and Erni does a grand job of filling those sides both outside (on the wrapping paper) and inside (on…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 11, 2011 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments

Received from John M. Bennett, master of vispo...SOUL!

A fantastic envelope, full of the art of JMB arrived today.

This first pamphlet has the same title as a art magazine in Greece: SOUL!

John takes us on a soul-journey...in collaboration with another artist, too:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 8, 2011 at 10:00pm — 7 Comments

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