September 2014 Blog Posts (175)

The LIFE SUGGESTION BOX makes its' first stop at the Elgin Fringe Festival

this is a year long travelling exhibit. Feel free to leave your life suggestions in the comments section of my blog as well.  All are posted here!!  …

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Added by DKeys on September 16, 2014 at 9:20pm — 40 Comments

More gorgeous mail art received from Marni Webber

So I said there were TWO envelopes from Marni in my mail box, right?  Here's part of the contents of the one postmarked 09 SEPT 2014 with it's rainbow embroidery, visual, olfactory and tactile goodness:

That's a real teabag, with a wolf inside and words and red thread, and a handmade ea bag envelope and OH MY!  Fresh, exciting, creative…

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Added by Minneapolis Gnome on September 16, 2014 at 5:21pm — 1 Comment

Equally Wowing

from J. Block. Pop out wonder.

and from Keith Chambers- this stunning collage. Thanks a…

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Added by Alicia Starr on September 16, 2014 at 4:55pm — 2 Comments

My first mail art from IUOMA arrived, and it's wonderful. Thank you Marni!

On Sunday I discovered TWO awesome mail art pieces hiding among the junk mail on my front porch.  I have no idea if they both came on Saturday or if they arrived separately and were there for longer, but they made me so happy, thank you Marni!  The first one is postmarked 04 SEP 2014:

The envelope is made out of a magazine page with added tiny little black paper sparrows…

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Added by Minneapolis Gnome on September 16, 2014 at 4:32pm — 1 Comment

Mail Art IN - Germany, Willemien Visser

New blog here >

Added by Suus in Mokum on September 16, 2014 at 3:42pm — No Comments

StraDaDa celebrating Cavellini and IMAGINE PEACE!

Very nice envelope filled with artistamps for Cavelliini Year!

and IMAGINE PEACE:

Giovanni and Renata have a…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 16, 2014 at 12:49pm — No Comments

Buz Blurr sends more fun artistamps

When it is from Buz, it is always an envelope  filled with surprises: "ORT DER ANGST"

and this time he sends these artistamps, and getting ready for the 1943-2043 Buz Event :-)

A bit like Cavellini! It is also a MomKat Centennial then…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 16, 2014 at 12:03pm — 4 Comments

Passenger Pigeon from Mim!

Do you know the tale of the passenger pigeon...and the last one , named Martha?

Mim sent this origami pigeon, A3 page , and I shall be constructing it soon.…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 16, 2014 at 12:00pm — 5 Comments

Fast exchange going across the Big Pond from/to Brooke Cooks!

Okay, this blog disappeared, but it is back now :-)

Lovely envelope from Brooke...

And it is to "B" or not to "B"...it is from Brooke Cooks.

Beautifully textured card inside:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 16, 2014 at 11:42am — No Comments

From the Priory by Thom Courcelle

Thom Courcelle was in Seattle but now has moved to "heavenly" Vermont.

Is that Jonah and the Whale on his envelope??? Nice BLUE water "bubbles"!

Looks like that guy swimming from Hamburg, doesn't it?…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 16, 2014 at 11:30am — 4 Comments

Mail art omens from Jack Oudyn in Oz

An envelope with little ants bringing many mail art treasures from Oz (Australia :-)

Jack enclosed four (4)…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 15, 2014 at 3:13pm — No Comments

TicTac creates Dali artistamps!

These are an amazing series of "stamps"! and I shall copy and use on mail art surely!

Also a BLUE card was inside...funny eyes!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 15, 2014 at 3:10pm — 1 Comment

TOFU sends a map art card

Mail art  arrived from ToFu of SanFran...Bryce Canyon and all!

'Loving all the fragments:

Many thanks…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 15, 2014 at 3:09pm — No Comments

Mail from Piro

Piro sent TWO amazing cards enclosed in a fabulous envelope. The envelope (not picturse here - sorry) even had maps of Washington State.  Very personalized.  Love the layers and the colors.  Thanks so very much.…

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Added by Brooke Cooks on September 15, 2014 at 12:13am — 1 Comment

Thomas Brown's brown postcard

Another pen drawing gem from Thomas.  Thanks so much!  More mail soon.

Added by Brooke Cooks on September 15, 2014 at 12:10am — 1 Comment

Red postcard from Jan Hodgman

Thanks Jan for the lovely red card.  I surely need the wishes you so thoughtfully provided.  I'd love to know more about your printing. 

Added by Brooke Cooks on September 15, 2014 at 12:08am — No Comments

age marks

Just finished another little artistbook "age marks" . The stained,waxed pages were made by Trace Willans a little while ago and I have been slowly transforming the pages according to the messages already there in the stains. There are more images on my websiteif you are interested.…

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Added by Jack Oudyn on September 14, 2014 at 9:48am — 1 Comment

outgoing stampsheets....

received some sheets back from Heleen, so some new ones on the way....

Added by Ruud Janssen on September 14, 2014 at 8:03am — No Comments

I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF IUOMA......

........for exactly FIVE YEARS!

  Happy IUOMA Birthday, Val

Added by Valentine Mark Herman on September 14, 2014 at 5:00am — 14 Comments

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