July 2017 Blog Posts (133)

Gail's mail art is always whimsical --really nice background papers in this one. Thanks Gail!

This card absolutely blew me away. I just sat and gazed at the distressed tan side with the little bird. The faded postmark, everything about it, is simply wonderful.…

So happy to hear from Sheri Rice again -- I love all of her work and especially this French themed card. And Edward has a wonderful thing going with these black and brown collages. This one is great!

Marvelous collage and envelope from Fleur. I'm pretty sure she make these envelopes but they're so well done, they look professionally made! The ATC was started by Robyn Banks and added to by me and finished by Fleur--simple and lovely. Thanks…

"Speak", an original painting/drawing for One ten park in Canada http://www.tiinafromfinland.com/mail-art/speak-an-original/ #mailart #paintings #drawings

Hello, all! recently i've been a lazy lout, haven't done any mail art or much else. Some folks sent me beautiful and clever pieces i haven't acknowledged nor responded to.

Because why? Because i've been pretty broke. Because i've been feeling low. Because I got run over by  a car on Friday 06/02* (it's true!). Because me and my partner and our pets all live in a tiny little hotel room and I can't always get it together to clear a big-enough space to spread out my making…

Original painting: Squirrel, to Connie Jean of Squirrel Museum Cocoa Beach http://www.tiinafromfinland.com/mail-art/squirrel/ #mailart #paintings

Always nice artistamps, this new circle BLUE and another:

red dragon/ phoenix bird! And red-hot card inside with great textured details:…

So there is a story for this little gal...

on a lovely card from Edward...

Fascinating!

Thank you,…

Eric sent me this envelope based on a single theme word: 'Borders'.



I love the colors, and the fun zigzag.…

From Edward From MomKat My pages in an add and pass boekie that started with Roope Laine in Finland, then to Amy Irwen in USA, then me

and now…

Incoming from The Sticker Dude: awesomeness! http://www.tiinafromfinland.com/mail-art/incoming-from-the-sticker-dude/ #mailart #envelopes #ephemera #stickers

This is such a nice picture I'm going to have to think long and hard about adding to it....by the way, can anyone fill me in on who the person in the picture is? My first guess was Thoreau....

Always a great Mail Art day when there's Art from Amy! Just look at these colors and textures. I love the tangled sewing! Thanks Amy, you have so many wonderful techniques!

Very cool--spool-knitted spirals -- I never heard of this technique before. This is a really lovely piece. Thanks!

A lovely French Post Card, which arrived naked and intact! and a very cool collage from Edward, who says it came back and he had to repair and send it back out again. I'm very happy to have it after all that! Thanks!

This is a bit like the shroud of Turin, actual tracings of the DKult Bunny Feet, with the runic "Rumple Ray Johnson Patel" written on top. Could be a curse or a blessing. I'm hoping it's a blessing, after all, I have been nothing but kind to this bunny. And here's the flip side:…

Eric matched the cats' fur color on the stamps perfectly to the grey of this paper bag envelope.

...and sends fun banana stamps,

many to be used for Banana Day mail art in the future :-)

Also Anna Banana eats bananas (organic!) daily it seems, all month long,

according to this A4 calendar that she sent:…

The USA will have total solar eclipse on August 21 this year,

it starts in the middle of the Pacific, crosses the USA, and ends in the middle of the Atlantic,

so Europe will not get to see it...except on US postage stamps!…