December 2012 Blog Posts (238)

It's always incredibly fun to discover taidgh's art in my…

Just (admittedly belatedly) added a new Christmas Card design to my E.T.Printworks range.  It commemorate the Festive FAYC postage stamp design which has adorned most of my outgoing mail for the last few weeks. The card…

December was and is very hard month for me, full of hard days, hard works and sadly happenings. I forgot about IUOMA little a bit, but my mailbox was quite full actually. But as I say - there where a series of unfortunate events (oh,  Lemony Snicket!) and one of them - my Nikon camera is dead ( I hope for revival) and that's why I didn't post any blogs about received mailarts. 

But there is a good news - instead of crying, recovering, learning for exams, being annoyed about camera,…

Here is official correspondence from Val. An Immigration Form (Immigration Officer's not, for official use, it says), which Val must have picked up on his recent trip to the UK, as souvenir. He added some notes of his own, that is marks and prints and dots. The paisley shape, or mango shape, is an auspicious symbol in the east ranging from Persia to India. I draw it myself…

Mail Art Martha sent a small but thick envelope. Here it is. I love that IUOMA stamp, it is one of the best I have seen. 

The envelope is full of treats. Firstly, I found a thick piece of paper with a collage painting by Martha.…

Christmas greetings arrived from Greece in a dark red envelope with Katerina - trademark stamps. I love how these stamps can be arranged and rearranged in ever new combinations.

Inside there is a charming collage, with a shiny red disk - a bauble, a red and orange sunset plus Santa and sparkle promising fun.…

It's been a week of surprises. This one came from Lithuania. The envelope is very pleasing, simply decorated with paper and pencil. But what is inside?

A most beautiful and intricate card in black and white. On a black background there are delicate white dotted lines. A punched round hole contains a small paper disk held by fine white thread. Very…

I think this is the first X-Mas card I received this year. With Pre-Christmas-leftovers. Dean is somebody with foresight. Or hindsight? The card includes a reflection on how this Christmas card came together and - possibly - a crash…

My first Mail Art from Cristina 5 Blanks.  Very fun for the Seasons Greetings.

Yes it is very 3D.  Fibers and Bull Dog.

Thank you Cristina for this Mail Art, and hopefully many more…

My first EVER tape transfer from Jon! Now I can study it closely and see why/where/how I go wrong!

Works from Ana and Arac! These gals know their stuff. Lovely handmade envo and art package from Ana and super silly boekie from Arac. More…

I thought I was a lucky duck last week when I received Guido's collage book! Wow! And this week a fabulous full COLOUR calendar arrived!! "The Nesting Panic" Great name!! AND a huge painting inside in gorgeous greens!

Thank you so much Guido! I don't know what to send in return!! My first born?? No, I don't have nesting panic...that'll never happen. More mail art…

I thought Woo Hoo too when I saw the size of this gargantuan envo! And then I noticed one of the artist's stamps and couldn't believe my eyes!

Check these out!

My very own first ever gummed personalised stamps!! Three sheets!! (Is…

This is one slick guy, I dig his style

Hahaha, this one was just amazing. I couldn't stop laughing.

For my whole life I have been striving for this kind of recognition:…

I am so honored to receive all this amazing shit from the BF:

This is so great: A Get Out Of Hell Free card. YES.

This is the back of the GEOH card:…

I received some awesome glittery things from Thom! Thank you Thom. I already used some of them in some mailart. Here are the rest.

I love his large Ray Johnson bunny stamp…

Thanks for the new addy and the great card babe ;)…

Always a treat to get something from the 4th dimension, thanks Test :)…

I have a puppy much like this, thanks again Claudia :)…

I WANT TO SEND IT TO YOU! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TAKE IT!

In attempts to make myself feel less guilty about the lack of mail I've sent this year, I've put together some envelopes to send to some mail buddies and some real buddies. I have some leftover pre-packed packages and I was wondering if you'd want one?

YES, YOU.

The packages contain some or all or none of the following things:

Local art publications and newsletters with beautiful words and beautiful…