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This wonderful little boekie (or three scrappers as Nancy like to call them) arrived two days ago. Good to see your work again, Nancy!! (So long, artist's block!)

Angelica sent me this clever collage along with some great letterpress ephemera. (at least I think it was from Angelica.) Thank you, Angelica.

And after a long hiatus:…

Katerina sent me this overstuffed envelope from Greece, containing two boekies, one chockful of images for a collage yet to be born. (I'll see what I can do). Thank you, Katerina.

How it all unfolded in not quite real…

Stripygoose's charming birds make a wonderful comedy! (with some help from Shakespeare, Stripygoose writes) The old matchbox works perfectly for this little boekie. Love it! Thank you so much, Stripy!…

Thank you for the THANK YOU.  I goes without saying.  Very Nice

Best Wishes Jokie

PS: The assistant who stamps the date on incoming mail has been "let go".  If anyone is looking for a professional nincompoop, please let me…

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Trashbook cover by Amy Irwen (Rosemount, Minnesota, USA)

September 20, 2016 - How can a Trashpo exhibition be comprehensive and significant without Trashbooks? Many believe the Trashbook is the most important and enduring form…

Beautifully enhanced with the traditional "marble" technique...

Like planets in the solar system!

Also this black and white print was inside:…

Fab envelope full of muti-colored circles...

and inside treasures:

The beautiful BLUE collage of beautifully…

...with a touch of Beautiful BLUE, of course!

as it is titled: Beach Shack...by the sea...brown beach? :-)

I am liking it both ways up!…

A rare inside look at the headquarters of the Stafford Corporation.  The Auditing Department is normally considered the heart of any major Corporation and equipped with the latest technology.   But on a Friday afternoon in the heat of the summer only one sound could be…

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..."because they wanted to be small"!

About the size of ATCs, two beautifully created "scrap" collage cards arrrived

from Nancy Bell Scott....who need not worry about being "quiet at art"...take it slow :-)

Even the flip sides…

Well these are simply gorgeous.  OK, two years old, but already they look vintage.  I can't imagine the time it took to put these together.  Fabulous.

Thank you  Borderline Grafix

Mail art by IUOMA member Jason Motsch (Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, USA)

September 17, 2016 - The greatest trash show on earth continues with brilliant work by trashpoet and committed Kulter Jason Motsch. Those versed in…

It's an old Dutch fairy tale about the night where the bedbugs came down from the mountains and carried away all the children boots.  But wait a second, there are no mountains in Holland, and if this is an age old Dutch fairy tale, children would have been wearing wooden shoes. 

Thank you Willemien.  Can't wait to see the one about the little Dutch boy who plugs a dike…

Deep BLUE and the Lido in Paris! Wow!

What a collections of cards-leftovers :-)

I am thoroughly enjoying…

When a larger than A4 envelope from San Francisco arrives,

it just has to contain stunning TAO ART from Mike Dyar,

...this time it contained TWO masterpieces, thus two blogs needed :-)

First is a three-fold 16x44cm long (about…

Mike also sent a larger masterpiece, dressed in black,

Open...and unfold...…