Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)'s Blog Posts Tagged 'Heleen' (83)

A small plastic container arrived in Greece...

with this fun guy caring for safe delivery and this one too:

It…

Wise owl in beautiful BLUE...

brought a packet full of goodies from Heleen de Vaan!

Envelope has nice pics and…

This lovely painted bird flew from the Netherlands to Greece,too! (it took a year?)

on a beautiful BLUE envelope, full of wonderful goodies!…

Perfect! This GREEN allows me to use my one hand

to cut up the Greek feta for breakfast without it slipping all over the table

(that's life when the left hand is still in a cast...sigh)…

This is one of those weird creatures

that Heleen de Vaan loves to illustrate beautifully and funny!

Yes, I have another one of these cards from years ago,too,

but  i made a few blob fish for Heleen and for a mail art…

It came in plastic from ELTA...but it did arrive!

Hope nothing got lost? Yummy Ben and Jerry's!

Heleen in the Netherlands was sure to put enough beautiful postage,

all paintings by Van Gogh:…

Still Holiday Season in Greece, 

The Onion and the Banana are still celebrating! (and the little snail in the corner, too)

Heleen's watercolor illustrations are so joyful! Keeps us smiling!

Heleen created a Red Rooster stamp for…

Finally there was mail delivery after all the holidays,

Lots of mail art in one big pile! :-)

We are still celebrating the Holiday Season and have a three-day weekend

coming with Jan.6 Epiphany, three Kings Day :-)

More…

...we have some bananas today!Going Bananas!

Here are a few of the Banana Mail Art cards that arrived

for Banana Appreciation Day, November 18, 2016!

First, from the Artist in Seine comes the "Banana Hammer"...really:…

Someone else never throws ANYTHING away :-)

Heleen sent a fat envelope full of many, many,many items...InSeine calls 'em "Mail Art Omens"...

good for trashpo DADA baggie boekies and other mail art creations!…

...with Greek DADA :-)

it's the add 'n return baggie boekie (second one to arrive back in Greece)

Fun additions...banana art and Minions,…

How many owls do you see, from Heleen?

Fantastic illustration, an original watercolor "postage stamp" design.…

This is the smallest mail art card..just ORANGE!(and Emile :-)

I am surprised that postal services will allow it, but YAY! 

It arrived just fine.

Perfect for the"Circle " group...and "Mouse 'n Rats" :-)…

Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel..

Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel...

like the spiral that you find on SNAIL mail...

...must have some Greek yogurt…

Mail art from Heleen also arrived postmarked  for "Leap Day": 29.II.16

Very special envelope, with "snail mail" inside:…

Yes, we had to wait patiently for Feb. 29, to open Clock Lover's mail art, time-it-right :-)

and Heleen's is well worth the wait, in a hand-made envelope with Monkey business:…

What an "all-'round" card arrived today from Heleen,

I can still celebrate my birthday ,

and with the monkeys,…

Yes, another mailing from Heleen...a "fat pack" with great postage stamps!

for Christmas greetings, and with a doggie and his "mail" :-)

Also a super fun, and very practical , GIFT was inside, with chocopo santas:…

What wonderful mail art "stamp": cards arrived from Heleen

and fish friend stamp on this one!

in a stunning…

Lots and lots of stamps on the envelope!

Love seeing ALL these various stamps...wow,and butterflies too!

Monte…