December 2015 Blog Posts (196)

All the seasons of the VQR

Eva sent me this great piece of mail art encased in a plastic CD cover (I think). And there's Spain's Europa stamp for 2015.



The stamp has the smell of pine trees. At first I didn't smell it, then after touching the stamp the scent was strong - like a pine air freshener. And I love the vintage German airmail…
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Added by FinnBadger on December 17, 2015 at 12:30am — 2 Comments

Thank you Richard Baudet¡

Thank you very much Richard¡
I love your mail art. Beautiful painting and typography
Soon you will receive my news

Added by Reyes Muñoz on December 16, 2015 at 10:03pm — No Comments

Huge white packet from Richard Canard

Big envelope from the State of Illusion...

and wondering if State-side someone "checked it" before sending it on?... read English :-(…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 16, 2015 at 2:52pm — 9 Comments

Radio Daze: Global Forever...or Forever Global?

It's that postage stamp again, but within a vintage radio a-playing...

on this card from David Stafford, (though unsigned...we KNOW!)…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 16, 2015 at 11:50am — 4 Comments

Kim Jung Youn, Richard Canard, Maria Morisot (Moriarty!), and RCBz

My Seoul Mate Kim sent me this quiet wish for peace. (The numbers are the digits to her Swiss Bank Account). Thank you, Kim

The Aphorist from Carbondale (possible folk hit) has struck again with four 4 (count'em) One, Two,…

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Added by David Stafford on December 16, 2015 at 1:10am — 6 Comments

Scott's big red envelope

Fab double-sided mailart from Scott...

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…and it came inside this bright, festive red envelope. And the Magna Carta stamp is also larger than the average special stamp size.

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I’m terrible at adding things to normal envelopes. Scott is a master!…

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Added by FinnBadger on December 16, 2015 at 1:00am — 4 Comments

Otto Sherman, your post has landed

The inside of a holiday card from the Otto Art club in NY.  Thanks!

Added by borderlinegrafix on December 15, 2015 at 9:09pm — No Comments

From N-Kik

From Naterina Kikoltsou…

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Added by Mail Art News on December 15, 2015 at 4:27pm — 4 Comments

From Wolfgang Günther -

Thanks! Danke! Hundreds of pages of mail art from Wolfgang G.

Added by Mail Art News on December 15, 2015 at 4:08pm — No Comments

Maryland Bird from Stripy Goose

"Millions of years ago, when all the countries were gigantic birds, the Maryland Bird thought, and thought, and thought. She became so very wise that she was able to create a reflection of herself and double her wingspan."

-Stripy Goose, via Royal Mail…

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Added by Mail Art News on December 15, 2015 at 4:00pm — 9 Comments

Splatter by Erin Young

A lovely painting came to me recently.  Thank you

Added by Jay Block on December 15, 2015 at 2:46pm — 1 Comment

Amy Irwen takes my breath away

A fiber collage that is amazing in presentation as a package and as a tactile/visual sculpture.  I thank you for this amazing piece of work.…

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Added by Jay Block on December 15, 2015 at 2:44pm — 3 Comments

Asemic Vispo by Jay Block (Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA)

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Mail art by IUOMA member Jay Block (Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA)

December 15, 2015 - I am very pleased to share this postcard-size work from Jay Block in Massachusetts.…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on December 15, 2015 at 1:20pm — 3 Comments

Artbymail from Monsenhor Envide Nefelibata Ruben Gomes

Hello Ruben

Thank you for your artbymail.

What do you mean by saying "just detach the ATC"?

Greetings

Birthe

Added by Birthe Petersen on December 14, 2015 at 8:39pm — No Comments

Mail art from Suus in Moluum

Dear Suus

Thank you very much for your lovely mail art with beautifull colours.

Added by Birthe Petersen on December 14, 2015 at 8:33pm — 1 Comment

Mail art from Juana Almager

Dear Juana

Thank you very much for your fine coyote. I like it very much.

Added by Birthe Petersen on December 14, 2015 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Mail art from Pascal Coupechoux

Dear Pascal

Thank you for your two mail art. "The kiss " on the black background. Very delicious.

And the other one with all the figures, which seemed to tear along.

I like them. :-)…

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Added by Birthe Petersen on December 14, 2015 at 8:24pm — 1 Comment

Mail art from Diana Hale

Thanks to Diana for this lovely mail art.

Added by Birthe Petersen on December 14, 2015 at 8:13pm — No Comments

Halloween Card by Thomas Brown (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)

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Mail art by IUOMA member Thomas Brown (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)

December 13, 2015 - I am thrilled to receive mail from Thomas Brown. A once faithful Baltimore correspondent seemed to have gone…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on December 14, 2015 at 2:00am — 2 Comments

How I make "Bagvelopes" (reusing fast food bags for envelopes)

Per flattering request, this blog entry is about how I reuse fast food bags by turning them into envelopes. 

After reading it, you may want to start saving your fast food bags, paper bags from the grocery store, the paper they put on your plastic tray while eating in and any paper sandwich wrappers which come out clean enough.

The basic jist of what I do is this:

1.) I cut the bag from top to bottom along the seam.  The seam is where they've glued it…

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Added by Minneapolis Gnome on December 14, 2015 at 1:00am — 4 Comments

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