December 2012 Blog Posts (238)

Thank you Martha for beautifully painted trashpo collage! Love…

Finally my last batch of mail art done for the year - at least before Xmas. I've sent around twenty off. Phew! Time to celebrate! Not only do my IUOMA friends keep me busy but also others outside of our circle. But busy is not bad, no busy is great! It's great to keep creative. I've hidden them so you can't really make out who I'm sending these envelopes to. Now off to…

What sparkle! What joy! A cereal box top design by Ana Kawajira (sequins!) and squares by cubistic Dean Marks:

Collab mail art they created on Oct. 28...before Ana left Paris to return to Brazil.…

Beautiful card from Rebecca! A dream watercolor...

and magic forest on the flip side:

Also Xmas arty slides from Rebecca arrived on this sunny Mail Art Monday:…

Do we humans think that the earth belongs to us?

Ha, ARAC shows the other view of the planet. Good reminder.

The back side of the card seems to have been a rip-off? Pieces missing?

But I love the ancient Greek Comedy mask…

Always so great to receive mail art from Test Tower at HeeBee JeeBee Land!

In November Test Tower writes that he was able to attend the Grand Opening

of MOA = Museum of Artistamps in Seattle! How great is that!

On the flip side of the card is more MOA:…

Some of you might have had the pleasure to exchange with Christina A.Tarantino over the past couple of years... she lost her battle with cancer December 7, 2012. She will be missed and her words of encouragement will be echoed in the mail art world.

I have been asking everyone to add red lips in her honour. She would have enjoyed that...I'm sure.  RIP Christina darling!…

Your mail art is always charming, Nancy. The old photograph and the little booklet are wonderful.…

A fitting bifurcation of "...Syracuse, NY..." and "...central Florida, east of Sarasota..."…

Some wonderful art and poetry from Guido. He also included his card and an invitation to an exhibition about book-themed mail art. Definitely will take part!!! Thanks Guido!!

That was the front. Here is the back:

The…

I was so honored to receive this parcel. Man, it was full of some goodies:

So bright! The back is very beautiful and funny. There is a wonderful copy of an analysis of ten-year-old John writing to his auntie. "Was he being satirical when he says the towel was the best towel her had ever seen?"…

a beautiful mail art envelope...thank you Roberto *!*

Mim altered a MOMA postcard for me. It's much better now!!! Thank you Mim!!

It says, "'We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of reorganizing and appreciating what we do have.' -Fredrick Koeing"

That's very apt!!! I would think it is akin to Mail Art. But, seems like…

Here is a piece by Moan Lisa as part of her Mermaid project...Love it!!! but it looks like Ms. Moan has gone off the grid again...She has a gift on the layering to actually create texture...so mystic and beautiful...Thank you Moan Lisa *!*

and then a second piece was received 2 days after..."blind judgement > understanding"...I don't know if this is just a statement…

One of these mail art coincidences: lots of pictures of animals from Alaska (Dall's sheep e.g.) - and I'm thinking about going to Alaska for the next summer holidays! How on earth could you know that, Nancy??

Thanks a…

Received one of Ruud's great envelopes with IUOMA-devetionalia! Thanks!…

I received two wonderful packages from Claire, I blogged all of it together here

Claire - THANK YOU I do love everything! XX