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Dear Pascal

Thank you for your two mail art. "The kiss " on the black background. Very delicious.

And the other one with all the figures, which seemed to tear along.

I like them. :-)…

Thanks to Diana for this lovely mail art.

Mail art by IUOMA member Thomas Brown (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)

December 13, 2015 - I am thrilled to receive mail from Thomas Brown. A once faithful Baltimore correspondent seemed to have gone…

Per flattering request, this blog entry is about how I reuse fast food bags by turning them into envelopes. 

After reading it, you may want to start saving your fast food bags, paper bags from the grocery store, the paper they put on your plastic tray while eating in and any paper sandwich wrappers which come out clean enough.

The basic jist of what I do is this:

1.) I cut the bag from top to bottom along the seam.  The seam is where they've glued it…

Brooke sent me this fun piece of mail art…

…inside this excellent homemade envelope.…

Next up, mail art with paint chips (paint samples) with a big thank you to Meral Ağar in Turkey for the inspiration.  More about that here: 

http://tofuartsf.blogspot.com/2015/12/inspiring-paint-samples.html

... island-birdy transformation art... New blog here ->

Mail Art Martha altered part of what I sent her for the LPC and returned it. The hive layer on the bottom is mine, and the rest is new. There’s even a bee… 

Philip is going to be riding the waves of happiness into the New Year on his new toy.  Or is it just an imitation game?  Or even just Smoke & Mirrors? No…

Great surprise from Eva, a black and white envelope, stamps and card.

The postcard shows a cod fish shop! And Eva bought it in Portugal 18 years ago - I am amazed she kept it this long and managed to part company with it.…

thank you, thank you Mars for this wonderful collage postcard...love the images, the blues and the birds in the background...I have been a follower of your on FB...

and, I got the biggest kick out of your political cartoon...super!!!

 wish we…

Tokaji, Hungarian famous dessert wine, and mail-art from Torma! Egészségére & Happy Holidays, Torma!

A lovely monoprint and package from Martha! I read that Wassail is "a hot, mulled punch often associated with Yuletide drunk from a 'wassailing bowl". Maybe Martha has the recipe? I would not say no to a spicy punch right now.

Thank you for the lovely…

More genius faces on an envelope from Theo in the Republic of Whimsy, accompanied by a huge artistamp.

And another train vs sun comic.…

Rebecca Guyver Blog Day!

Here is the mysterious Banana Art that arrived some days ago, 

no name and only a Brit postage stamp as a clue:…

And had you saved your bouffant? - David Stafford…

True Colors; Altered, !00% French, and some naughty fun...

and on the back...a color pallet with texture and color galore!  thank you Dean *!*

Florence Welch and The Banana.  At first I thought this was Rebecca herself, but then I did some research. Actually I had never heard of…