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It's that postage stamp again, but within a vintage radio a-playing...

on this card from David Stafford, (though unsigned...we KNOW!)…

My Seoul Mate Kim sent me this quiet wish for peace. (The numbers are the digits to her Swiss Bank Account). Thank you, Kim

The Aphorist from Carbondale (possible folk hit) has struck again with four 4 (count'em) One, Two,…

Fab double-sided mailart from Scott...

…and it came inside this bright, festive red envelope. And the Magna Carta stamp is also larger than the average special stamp size.

I’m terrible at adding things to normal envelopes. Scott is a master!…

The inside of a holiday card from the Otto Art club in NY.  Thanks!

From Naterina Kikoltsou…

Thanks! Danke! Hundreds of pages of mail art from Wolfgang G.

"Millions of years ago, when all the countries were gigantic birds, the Maryland Bird thought, and thought, and thought. She became so very wise that she was able to create a reflection of herself and double her wingspan."

-Stripy Goose, via Royal Mail…

A lovely painting came to me recently.  Thank you

A fiber collage that is amazing in presentation as a package and as a tactile/visual sculpture.  I thank you for this amazing piece of work.…

Mail art by IUOMA member Jay Block (Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA)

December 15, 2015 - I am very pleased to share this postcard-size work from Jay Block in Massachusetts.…

Hello Ruben

Thank you for your artbymail.

What do you mean by saying "just detach the ATC"?

Greetings

Birthe

Dear Suus

Thank you very much for your lovely mail art with beautifull colours.

Dear Juana

Thank you very much for your fine coyote. I like it very much.

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 ->