January 2015 Blog Posts (247)

As anyone knows,  Natine's mail art brings a smile and definitely excitement whenever it arrives. I have two to post...the first postcard is of a bygone era of the Santa Monica Beach...note the beauty...

and the back side always a warm note and of course the smile...…

with digital code inserted!

thank you David *!*

Mail art by IUOMA member Linda Faye French (Two Harbors, Minnesota, USA)

January 7, 2015 - Linda Faye French of Minnesota sent me some wonderful mail art. This piece, approximately 4 X 6 inches, is painted (or otherwise…

What a fantastic hallmark: Heleen designs stunning postage stamps...postcard size!

and here with BLUE and  GREEK YOGURT!! "KATHAROS" = "Clean" and "Clear"  = Pure :-)…

So good to see Neil in the mail box! Yay!

It has a BLUE ...circle of fun from Florida!

...and some interesting details:…

This is a fantastic photo-art piece!

and is perfect for Georgia Grigoriado's mail art call:

Photo Based mail art exhibition 2015

It has…

Stampsheet of the formal logo....

This arrived for the New Year 2015...lots of KEYS and a bit of pink washi.

At first I thought it might be from Buz Blurr and his "Ford Folly" project...…

This original painted canvass postcard arrived safely in Greece before the New Year.

It has wonderful texture, and deep, dark colors...a touch of BLUE, too...…

Oho! Here he is...a Ray Johnson Bunny on a T-shirt!

And Edmund Hippo was more than happy to "wear" it :-)

A bit too big for Edmund, but perfect fit for MomKat. Thanks, Jon!…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Erica Durante (Waldwick, New Jersey, USA)

January 5, 2014 - Erica Durante in New Jersey has been a consistent correspondent. I am proud to post her first piece for 2015. Although it is dated 2014, it…

Received this wonderful Gelli Print from Terry today...just lovely...

Thank you so much Terry!!!

Yes we are still celebrating the Holidays in Greece, 'tis the Eve of the Epiphany tonight,

the Tree is still all lit up, and now there are "Suus Snowflakes" on it! THREE!…

Always beautifully calligraphic on the envelope,

Richard created a nice RED Xmas Tree and sent

this tiny, lovely, little card ( 6 x 7 cm):…

Great card from Chuck Welch with his piece at MOMA exhibit:

We all remember Crackerjack, don't we?

Now on mugs…

This arrived with the last mail delivery of the old year

'Gotta love the stamps and stampings on the envelope:…

A larger than A4 envelope arrived at the end of the old year,

full of great postage from Positively Postal: Royal Mail!

and it had this fun collage created by  Scott:…

...not really, although they did come through the mail slot.

Minneapolis Gnome used a homemade envelope I sent him as a template for this beauty.

The Gnome Post artistamps are fantastic. Here's the bonus one from the back.…

Now we may have seen this card: David relaxing with Xmas tree near-by,

and this Big Fish comes to say hello! Fun!

It put a smile on my face!…

Here was a nice card in the mail box...red painted plus Native American stamp,

and grass hopper...opa!…