Jayne Barket Lyons's Blog (166)

Received this post card from Richard C. on February 11, 2019:

Post card from Richard C.

Post…

Received April 17, 2019:  Art By Mail came from Migvel Tepes, Portugal. 

Artist Trading Card (front & back) by Migvel Tepes.

This is the first mailing from Migvel Tepes. Migvel has…

June 17, 2019:  

Above photo: Picasso Gaglione and Jayne B. Lyons

My family and I set off earlier this week for a road trip to Florida. The main…

Received June 13, 2019 ...

Oh, wow...a chocolate covered pretzel! Yummy!!

N-O-T!!!

I was surprised to receive this gag doggy poop today! Sent to me by Grigori (Antonin, I assume) from Minneapolis! …

WHERE IN THE WORLD DID MAY 2019 GO??  So happy Summer is just around the corner.

The LYONS' DEN mail box received 23 pieces of mail art in May.

Lots of add & passes, original art, and STAMPZINE # 20 are among the items I received…

From February 2019: Mail art from the legendary Richard C.

Poem by Richard C. (Carbondale IL) "Dinah Shore / Dinosaur."

I can't recall ever getting a serious piece of mail art from Mister Richard Canard, and that's fine with me! I enjoy his sense of…

February 2019: An envelope filled with add & pass stuff came from Toni Hanner. 

Envelope with various postage stamps, and an add & pass from Boozy Barb, with adds by Toni Hanner.

One add & pass came in…

Mail from February 2019, from Y'r ol' Bud, Fike: 

Top: Colorific Tub! Fike print, Bottom: Two C. Mehrl Bennett stamp works altered / made into Fike prints.

So stoked to receive mail from Ficus Strangulensis! Fike, a longtime networker, is an engaging and rather interesting…

THE LYONS' DEN RECEIVED LOTS OF TERRIFIC MAIL IN APRIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE FOLLOWING CURRENT AND NEW CORRESPONDENTS:

*  Musicmaster (Tom Cassidy)

*  Tammar Stubblefield (iHanner PC Swap)

*  John M. Bennett :)

*  Amy Irwen (2 items) :)

*  Kayenderes

*  Thom Courcelle

* …

Mail from January 2019:

Mail from Linda Rogers (Toronto ON). Linda’s post card offers a great deal of texture. ​Love the rubber stamp moose image.

Thanks, Linda!

Mr. Bill Porter of The Olathe Poste is a wonderful correspondent. He always takes the time to write a friendly letter. We like to share about our mutual hobby - philately! ​

Bill sent an original add & pass, complete with original watercolor work. He…

Amy Irwen (Rosemount MN) always sends awesome mail! 

As a mixed media artist, Amy is one to reuse / repurpose materials. Both the addressed envelope (inside not shown) and the rubber stamped decorative envelope were made from security envelopes. It looks like the ATC was made from part of a tissue box and bits of…

FIRST mail art piece of the year:

My neighbor to the South & fellow IUOMA member, Mike Parsons (Ames, Iowa) sent me this post card. “IHanner Post Card Swap”

Thanks, Mike!

The mail art of Nancy Bell Scott has been featured on the LYONS' DEN blog in the past. The following is the last piece from NBS in 2018.

Front and Back of three 3-Scrap Collages, Nancy Bell Scott, 2018…

More mail art from Mary Grellner in 2018.

Homemade card with original artwork, and photos from M. Grellner (November 2018)

Copy of…

Mail from Linda Rogers, August 2018:

Post card from Linda Rogers, August 2018

Linda and I are in the CIRCLES group on IUOMA-ning. In her post card to me, she makes mention of circles. The artwork on front includes circles, however at first glance, the eyes are drawn to the…

Four more original Add & Passes (from the Lyons' Den studio) are making the rounds.  Made in January, I used ephemera from my personal collection.…

I like to write blog posts for most of the mail I receive, but I get backed up. Ideally, I should acknowledge people the day mail is received - but, I ain’t livin’ in a perfect world.

So here is a shoutout to all who’ve sent me mail 1st Quarter, 2019. Thank you so very much:

January (pictures posted on Facebook)

• Mike Parsons
• Toni Hanner
• Veronica Fortune
• Jules S.
• Richard C.
• Jan Dritsas
• Sandi…

In November 2018 mail came in from Catherine Kanvik, my first from her.

Add & Pass and a couple of fun goodies from C. Kanvik. Interesting postmark on envelope.

The Add & Pass was sent on after my adds. ​

Thank you,…

Mail Art from September 2018:

Another Deco made its way to me, this time from Toni Hanner. 

Carolyn…