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Haptic Werewolf strikes again and x4 :-)

Haptic Erni in Hamburg sends a great big envelope!

About 25 x 35 cm...UHU sticks but doesn't fit :-)

Not lost, however, the post gal carefully put it on top of the mail box!

Erni's envelopes and wrappings are art…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 10, 2013 at 11:59am — 2 Comments

Trouble with USA Postal Service?

Anyone else getting mailings returned that were sent to the United States?

Terry Reid posted a photo of one that was returned to him:

Copy of undelivered to Catherine Melle Ferret

And I had 4 Christmas mailings returned last week.…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 7, 2013 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments

Mail Art Monday of the New Year! From From Valentine Mark Herman, and Nadine, and JF Chapelle and DK Elgin

Full mail box this sunshine Monday.

Val sent , well a "resend" ...a "Blue 4 U" card

and the postage has fallen off the slippery card, but arrived. Yay!

Nadine also sent "Blue" with the "Pines of Loctudy" by Maurice…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 7, 2013 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Snowflake and circles from Mim!

For sure...always a joy to receive mail art from Mim Scalin!

Her special hand-made envelope and full of punched circles, YAY!

I will be using many of these circles for Birthday Mania 2013…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 5, 2013 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Petit Paquet from Lindsay Stewart

Looks like a huge Valentine on the outside,

nice red heart and white "lace" with vintage soldier photo.

Also, I like the "moose" in the Canadian postage stamp!

And the inside is full of fun items to be recycled into mail…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 5, 2013 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Nancy Bell Scott sends a packet of mail art treasures

Happy Holiday greetings on Nancy's envelope, puts a smile on my face.

And 'love her designs by the address! touch of BLUE!

Full of wonderful items inside:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 5, 2013 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

EAT ART from the "smiling doggie with the sharp teeth" CONTENTS! :-)

Not a HUGE box...about 22 x 16 x 10 cm. , but a nice textural corrugated box,

and it is amazing ALL that it contains :-) Erni knows how to pack 'em!

First:

sponges...red, yellow, green and one BLUE, I kid you not!

Very…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 4, 2013 at 3:00pm — 2 Comments

EAT ART from the "smiling doggie with the sharp teeth"? Late but not Lost!

When the Haptic Werewolf smiles...all is not lost!

The holiday postal shuffle made this parcel from Erni in Hamburg arrive really LATE to Kate in Thessaloniki.

Usually we can send from Greece to Germany, and Germany to Greece, and…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 4, 2013 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Recycled Buddha and other treasures from the Haptic Werewolf

Oh, Kate! The Haptic Werewolf strikes again...twice!

Yes, the New Year mail delivery brought TWO Haptic Erni…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 3, 2013 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Special sighting: mail art from Lesley Magwood Frazer in South Africa

Beautiful as always are Lesley's drawings!

Very happy to see this in my mail box.

It is in a lino "stamped" envelope, too:

Lesley is oh, so busy with family care giving.

Do appreciate the time she took out of her hectic…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 2, 2013 at 5:30pm — No Comments

First in the New Year 2013! From Theo and from Val, from Richard Canard, from Karen Champlin, and from Mail Art Martha

There was mail delivery today! Yay! Lots of holiday mail art, fun!

Even though most of the Greek shops are closed today,

it is good to see my post gal was working :-)

Theo sent one of his great snow-fields-and-sky plus poem on flip side:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 2, 2013 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Rare sighting: Bruno Neiva... beautifully minimal

Just this...

as always,

no banners, no stampings, no frills...

asemically haptic on corrugated,

beautifully poetic and rare.

Missing Bruno…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 31, 2012 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

BLUE envie...not envy...from Thom

Mmmm, nice painted BLUE envelope from Thom Courcelle

arrived on this last day of the year 2012.

Great stampings on the flip side:

and throughout the "calendar"page!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 31, 2012 at 2:00pm — No Comments

2013 Year of the Snake from Konstantin in Russia

Wonderful designed stamp from Konstantin in Russia

on a mail art card that is really part of a fantastic labyrinth "puzzle art"!

The black design makes the labyrinth path, but

also highlights the Year of the Snake! This is just…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 29, 2012 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Warm and Rosy Mail Art from dear Janine!

Not one, but TWO great envelopes from Janine arrived today.

Beautiful rose and slide and praying hands collage! Pink ribbon, too!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 27, 2012 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

Happy BLUE holiday mail art from Snooky and Suus and Viz

'Tis the Third Day of Xmas

...the true lovie dovies sent to me: BLUE

Arty slides from SnookyDog and Angie :-)…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 27, 2012 at 11:30am — 7 Comments

Happy New Year 2013 IUOMA from Ruud!

The world will not end tomorrow

because we need to celebrate all the New Year 2013

for IUOMA 25 years!

Some great pieces here, Ruud,

thank you very much,…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 20, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

Visual Poetry and fragments from Cheryl Penn

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 19, 2012 at 7:00pm — No Comments

"FEED THE WORLD" from Rod Summers

Rod Summers sent his smiling face and "Feed the World"

We all know about Erni's "Feed the world Art"...

well this card came from Rod Summers in the Nederlands:

everybody sing now:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 18, 2012 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Minimal Marks from Marks (Dean)...assault? a salt and battery :-)

So this is rare...just a red cardboard card and a bit of lithium...and salt (of the earth)

The salt (salz from the airplane , I think) is full and ready for use on my celery :-)

But the lithium battery, well...it just shines and…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 17, 2012 at 5:00pm — 9 Comments

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