Jayne Barket Lyons's Blog – April 2018 Archive (11)

Fellow Minnesotan, Amy Irwen has sent me lots of mail art goodies...three Add + Passes, some FAKE $$$$, a Humming Bird note pad AND...an envelope with cool postage stamps and unique rubber stamp images!

Love it, Amy! Your prolific work with mail art really inspires…

NATURE, lovely nature! From France! I'm a sucker for backyard birds and flowers ~ heck, I love all nature. So, of course this beautiful mail art from Elena is a welcomed piece for me. Thank you, friend! 

In Elena's note to me she referred to the mail I sent her. She mentioned that I speak French well. Truth time, Elena ... I cheated by…

This blue-eyed "sadsack stuffy" add + pass made its way to me from Winter Garden, FL. Arrived in my Minnesota mailbox on April 14. Thanks, Amber...This will be an interesting (and cute) A+P to start!

April 13 brought this FAB mail art from Jon Foster! Love it, thanks Jon! 

The mail includes a note about Add + Passes ~ how they are fun, but can pile up quickly. He suggests just having fun, and not spending much time making them perfect.

Jon ends with telling me that when I want to work on a collab book, to let him know.…

Who is this FD Standpipe?

Person of mystery?

Person of interest?

Real name or pseudonym? IUOMA member? Guy or gal? Young or old? Tall or short? Long hair or short hair? Working or retired? Serious or funny? Dog or cat? Chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry? White, black, red, yellow, purple, or green??…

Washington, Kentucky - that's where this mail art came from. The sender - NRD! Arrived - April 9.

So happy with the penguin theme - handmade envelope made from book page features a penguin, and a hand carved and printed penguin adorns the card. 

NRD - thanks so much for taking the time to write a lovely note, and for acknowledging my…

Bonniediva's collage art is right down my alley - I love the whole vibe of this piece! I received this on April 7. Looking forward to replying to you! Thanks, Bonniediva!

First time mail receipt from Jules S. It arrived in the mailbox on April 9.

I like the 'girly girl' stamps and the encouraging sentiments (worthy - loyal - beautiful). I especially love the gal with the long eyelashes. Zoom in to see the blue tips at the end of the lashes - Awesome! Oh, BTW - there's even a Janis Joplin postage stamp (not shown),…

This envelope of goodies came from Billy Haddock. Just received it on April 5. I corresponded with him for the first time after Ed Geicek passed along Eerie Billy's card / address to me. As a new mail artist I am…

MomKat's mail to me came a couple of days after I sent one her way. She just informed everyone that she's going on holiday, so she probably won't get my mail until the end of April. Katerina forwarded a few Add & Pass sheets from David Aponte, and included a couple of her pieces of art. Thanks so…

The month of March ended with mail from Mary J. Grellner! Mary shared one of her new collages, which I like very much because of the vintage elements. Lovely piece!

Included in the envelope was a post card of a marble statue of Joan of Arc by Francois Rude, French sculptor (1784-1855).

The pooch pictured here, is Mary's cute dog, Mimi!  As…