March 2019 Blog Posts (253)

Debra sent me  a large MA  (7"x9") with all sorts of extras attached.  Heck Yes, Debra! Mail carriers rock, and always deserve a big thanks.  

Mail from August 2018:



Judy S. and her lovely dog Joey sent me a post card featuring circles. Judy's note reveals that the card was made by Inge Hauser (Austria) for Judy to send to someone. As I am in the CIRCLES group (IOUMA-ning) with Judy, she decided to send it to me.…

Mim Golub Scalin sent this slithery post card in October 2018. The card was made for Day 9 of "Creative Sprint,  a project requiring Mim to combine two things that don't go together or are opposites." Her card features a snake and a white rodent. …

Thanks so much, TIP! Love me some…

From Sabela Bana- a cute Valentine

From Linda Rogers - a lovely postcard done with a stencil, paste and lots of fun colors.

A bright and shiny butterfly ATC with beads and collage from Linda…

From Richard Baudet and Bill Porter: a lovely watercolor A&P started by Bill with a lovely watercolor vase of flowers. Richard finished it off with a lovely watercolor scene! Thanks to both of you for doing this for me.

Here is Richard lovely envelope with notes to me.…

It’s really unusual and special to receive something as big as 12x18, but Jane sent me this gorgeous encaustic monotype which I really love! I have never done encaustic myself, but I often admired the process.

Not sure if the orientation is correct but maybe vertical like this reminding me a tree?

 Many thanks Jane!…

From David Stafford Santa Fe New Mexico USA

This great superhero envelope did travel quite fast from France, taking only 5 days back in 2018.

I love the idea of a shy superhero...



I also liked how Eric used two reddish Marianne's to…

Barbargirl isn't afraid of color on her envelopes, Fab!!! This one has a interesting tidbit about "Mona".  The contents are bold too (just like Mona)!  Love set of three ATCs.  Thanks BBG…

I absolutely love the abstractions of Yayoi. So happy to get this…

Mail art by Jean-Marc Rastorfer (Lausanne, Switzerland)

March 5, 2019 - I am thrilled to have received this exceptional correspondence art from Jean-Marc Rastorfer in Switzerland (apparently not an IUOMA member).

Jean-Marc is not an artist I recall personally from anywhere along the “long dusty trail,” but I am certainly thrilled to make his acquaintance now here in the New Order of things. Apparently…

Received an Add and Pass from Ashazart and letter from Caroline Cline.

 I just love the snail. Thank you so much. What beautiful work and I like the envelopes too.

This is only my second piece from this Israeli mail artist and I think she's off on a roll! I love this! And she sent me a bunch of funny money, one of which is a "real" Viet Namese Dong. My uncle, who was an "adviser" before and during the Viet Nam war, used to get a great kick out of asking me "wanna see my dong?" It was funny the first 8,000 times…