February 2013 Blog Posts (219)

The day before his Birthday, A classic Snappy from Snappy himself arrives in Paris.

Thank you Snappy, and have a Happy Birthday tomorrow.

The FluxFest will never be the same.  The Swat team in Chicago have been warned in advance.

Thank you Lisa

Amazing.  This little 18 page boekie is packed with fun images to keep you smiling for hours.  And it must have taken many smiling hours to make.

   And yes, those are real diamonds on the bike wheels.

Thank you Janine, a great surprise.

BF, you might think twice about sending this card to Angie and Snooky but how about a horse card for the folks in England? And keep an eye out for the Peta people. Thanks. p.s. do hear confessions?

" Waking up this morning i smile. Twenty four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes if compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh

Wonderful surprise mailing from Horst Baur arrived in todays' mail.

Both compositions are entitled "Chinese Economic Poem"

and filled with symbols and images of the East.…

Glowing GOLD with Guido's ink drawing 

and a few "eyes" have it, too!

Guido is doing a fantastic series of "Faces" with black china ink.

Almost calligraphic with his brush strokes. Very dynamic.…

A cool collage from beautiful Hamburg!

And a generous envelope alá Erni. Great Erni Bär Fan Club pic :)…

Sexy Banana Mail from MomKat. She's got that see-through thing happening. Nice stamp too Kat!

Suus in…

Was the package marked "rusty iron" that arrived today and appeared to be empty mailed not long ago? Methinks it might have gotten here PRONTO due to its weight--almost lighter than the packaging paper itself, almost lighter than air. But I was fooled:

Not quite yet, though at first after snipping an end off, I found that Erni had apparently enclosed nothing.…

Carina's Godzilla, too good not to show again.

High brow banana art from Dean. And look who is peeking out from under the bar code.…

Whaaaw - Whaaaw....

Nice Claudia *!*

A nice collage and a reindeer in summer time!

Thank you…

Today it is the World Banana Day, which we are celebrating in the group Bananas, here at IUOMA! Check out more at the Bananas page. Here's a hilarious card from Rebecca!

Oh my... Erni's done gone and overdone himself again!  I recently got a great big box from Erni--it was awaiting me on my doorstep when I got home one evening in January.  I opened the door, and then tried to grab it to bring it inside... but it was so heavy that I nearly felled myself over!  With the iconic images and wisdom sayings on the outside package, it couldn't have been from anyone but Erni...…

Leslie often takes a turn of phrase or theme that I've sent her and creates a whole new  art experience with it.  Here are her amazing figure studies done on a doubule-sided folding card:…