All Blog Posts Tagged 'bag' (7)

This seemed to be a thing back in the day. Mine would have - a small piece of string, a badge of some kind, a cut out , a tiny wee pig, a magic ring, the vanishing nose trick, half a Spondoolick, a whirling stodge, chalky ciggies, half a button, collectors card of Mr. Turnip, a list of friends, a pulling face, plastic pips, a sailor's woggle, a knitted…

FYI: At the risk of appearing to be a mean s.o.b. (I've been called worse, so, pfft), I am not here to piggyback umpteen little causes. I am not a college kid with ridiculous amounts of energy. I am an artist who, while trying to think as young as possible, realistically, is at the foothills of old age. I'm here to "drink beer (and) kill war" as Bukowski said so eloquently. Mainly, I am here to make great friends without pressure of any sort, to create mail art on postcards, envelopes, and…

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…

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…

Aha... a square envelop. The sender is Val from Sigean. What is it? What is in it? Smells nice. Smells of French cats!

Inside the envelop is a square box with warning: "Warning, NO trespassing". Why should we? Still smells nice.…

He knitted and sent me a bag, in colors that I especially love:

  It was like winning a prize to open the box and find this, because who…

Thom sent a knitted bag with oracle medallions attached, even though the tag on the bag reads 'made in China', we know Thom is known for his knitting skills and much more. this magic bag contains: 1) Magic DK Oracle instruction sheet with diagrams of how to read the pieces, 2) DK wooded scrabble pieces, 3) TOP food receipt with $5 off next purchase, 4) sweet little stickers, 5) small b/w photo of 3 women wading (love this), 6) original Thom drawing of a woman holding a chicken, since…