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Give the gal a HAND...

and a Full Moon on the envelope,too, and inside:

Card with a window display, photo and…

Soft Spring colored envelope!

Beautiful postage, too.

And inside a finely textured card:

with…

Unbelievable!  I won't have believed this was possible if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.  Yes, those a are the cancelled postage stamps at the top.…

Asemics by IUOMA member Kerri Pullo (Tucson, Arizona, USA)

March 23, 2016 - Kerri Pullo’s asemic work has many fans and has received much praise and serious critical attention. Yet she prefers to…

I've just received a great postcard from "Amalgamated Confusion". Don't be confused by the text because as you can see, pulchritude is not what one get from the post service :)

Birdies , but not from Stripygoose,

these were sent by Pat Landon,

very nice indeed: FluXus!

and liking the postage, too:

Many thanks…

Kathy Barnett sent tickets and popcorn :-)

Came in a clear plastic envelope and nice added postal code.

A real container for my popcorn,…

Anna is flying high with her Banana show and travelling to unknown parts of the world.  Well OK, maybe the Pratt is not considered unknown.  And look at these…

Sheri Rice gets political.

Previously I was just working on the sofa with a wooden board on my knee, surrounded by cardboard boxes. Today my Nana came with some shelves and I have finally sorted all of my arty stuff out and now I have this space to get crafty!

So I've been making these little cuties:…

Okay, here goes...

Without intending to, I pushed res’s Add N Pass boekie past the 1/4" maximum thickness allowed for letter rate.  It's now a "large envelope / flat" and weighs 1.8 to 1.9 ozs, so the postage is 1.20 to send it around the USA at this point.  This is because I put part of a bunny in it (a Jersey Wooly named Princess Buttercup) ...and then I put part of a sheep in it (known only to me as Sheep #53 of northern Minnesota)....the rest of what I did to the…

Authentic Names, now that's a book worth reading. Looking forward to some good Mail Art from your coastal cruise.  It should be inspiring.  Then again sitting…

Mail art by IUOMA member Esther Kamkar (Palo Alto, California, USA)

March 21, 2016 - Esther Kamkar in sunny Palo Alto sent me this stellar asemic calligraphy that today graces this venerable…

Well the race is on and it looks like Marie is in the lead.  Anyway it looks like Marie.…

Mail art by IUOMA member Joey Patrickt (Oakland, California, USA)

March 20, 2016 - Joey Patrickt applies his laser wit in this definitely uncryptic commentary on DKult and Trashpo. This “gag” adds a…

How wonderful, a Happy New Year greeting from Martha.  The scan doesn't show it too well, but the bananas are glued on.…

What is Mail Art? Where is Mail Art? Why to make Mail Art?

Deadline: October 31, 2016

Sendo to: Caixa Postal 5331…

THEME: LOVE ... AND ITS THOUGHTS & STORIES

Please send a love object* and some explanation (your beliefs about love, personal meaning of love, thoughts, experiences and others, in 1- 500 words).

(*Liebesobjekte = love objects, objects d’amour = souvenirs, gifts, art works and handicrafts created out of love or for a…