August 2011 Blog Posts (312)

Intriguing Collage from Neil Gordon

I like how he has composed all these elements-some of domestic bliss and the hand drawing looks either like a hershey's kiss or a bomb. nice juxtaposition thank you Neil!

Added by DKeys on August 10, 2011 at 4:17pm — No Comments

Nancy's Trash

Nancy was feeling bad for me because I told her I was completely out of trash at the moment. I count on various trash suppliers and sometimes there is a dry spell. She was kind enough to send me her trash. She has assured me it all came out of her own house so it was… Continue

Added by DKeys on August 10, 2011 at 4:00pm — 4 Comments

Cathérine Petré Spoils Me--Exhibits Multiple Talents in One Envelope

Yesterday My mailbox contained my first blessed gift from Cathérine Petré. Oh! You know how, sometimes you receive an article in the mailbox, and you just know it's going to contain something amazing, and you open the envelope with a reverence as though it were a thousand-year-old document archived at the Smithsonian, and you pull things out of the envelope without breathing…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on August 10, 2011 at 6:10am — 5 Comments

When birds fly from Turkey to Greece. Thank you Ahmet Demir!

Rose-wing beauty!

Elegant Pelican!

Ahmet Demir also creates amazing mini-artistamps with these birds. Puzzleposta reigns!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 10, 2011 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

Minimal from Mim and Bruno

by Mim

by Bruno

Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 10, 2011 at 6:00am — No Comments

An envelope full of art from Brent - The Human Artist Vending Machine!

Cards, stickers, prints, images, watercolors, too. all the makings for a few new add n' pass works!

This watercolor portrait card I shall keep and treasure, not to be passed along ;-)…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 10, 2011 at 5:30am — No Comments

Mail Art drop off day at the summer shack! Wonderful treaures!

Thanks to Judith Heartsong, Alexeeva Natalia, Valentine Mark Herman and Brent Leopold!

Judith sent shredded US dollars,,,great shredpo…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 10, 2011 at 5:30am — 1 Comment

Received from Alexandra Pharmakidis_8.9.11

Your "Power Monster" made me laugh...Loved how you made your enevelope...I'm assuming this is the "Power" to vote based on precinct info and no "dangling chad"...HAHA...Thank you Alexandra...

Added by Amy Irwen on August 10, 2011 at 4:14am — No Comments

Received from Cernjul Viviana Rodriguez_recvd 8.9.11

A great "Face" mail art piece from Viviana plus envelope...Thank You...

Added by Amy Irwen on August 10, 2011 at 4:11am — No Comments

Carl T. Chew Made Me Blow Beer Out my Nose!

***SPOILER ALERT: Don't read if you wish to discover the secret of the "Most Valuable Stamp Mystery" on your own!

I get home from a workday I'd like to forget, and what's waiting for me in my mailbox? Hmmm... a non-descript envelope, no return address. I crack open a bottle of Big Sky Summer Honey Ale -- 'cause it's been that kinda day -- open the envelope, which is full of cut-up pieces of paper... unfold them and the enclosed "anonymous" note, and literally BLOW BEER SUDS OUT MY…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on August 10, 2011 at 4:09am — 1 Comment

Received from Tori Mann, USA--Visual Pathway

I like red and green being opposites on the color wheel. New IUOMA member Tori Mann uses these complementary colors in this piece to make her mail art pop. It has a nice haptic feel to it too. Thanks, Tori!

Added by Bifidus Jones on August 9, 2011 at 4:52pm — No Comments

Diane Keys

Added by Alicia Starr on August 9, 2011 at 4:34pm — No Comments

Diane Keys , a little bit of asemic heaven.

Thanks Diane, an envelope is on its way to you.

Added by Alicia Starr on August 9, 2011 at 4:33pm — No Comments

donuts and fish+sticks from Diane Keys

Added by Alicia Starr on August 9, 2011 at 4:31pm — No Comments

My Triple Turn from Marie Wintzer - Japan

We had been in despair Marie and I about lost Mail Art. I know its part of the process, but ALL THAT WORK – just lost in the Ether – it doesn’t seem fair somehow. But yesterday was different. Yesterday was My Triple Turn.

First off – a shoe polish box Marie found at an antiquarian in Prague. A shoe polish box that went from Prague, to France, to Japan and is…

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Added by cheryl penn on August 9, 2011 at 1:08pm — 10 Comments

Received from Superhero_8.8.11_Nathaniel Gabriel Rossmiller

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Added by Amy Irwen on August 9, 2011 at 2:21am — No Comments

Received from Karin Greenwood_8.8.11_Out of the Shadows

Karin, I love this piece...and the envelope is very cool....thank you!…

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Added by Amy Irwen on August 9, 2011 at 2:00am — No Comments

Homem/torso de MULHER E EU

http://www.mariajoaofranco.blogspot.com

Added by Maria João Franco on August 8, 2011 at 8:58pm — 1 Comment

grito de alerta

Added by Maria João Franco on August 8, 2011 at 8:54pm — No Comments

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Added by Maria João Franco on August 8, 2011 at 8:49pm — No Comments

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