Stripygoose's Blog – November 2013 Archive (14)

bird mailart from claudia

Claudia McGill has really hit the spot with this one. It's whacky and slightly poignant. Fab paint effects which the scan doesn't quite do justice to. Thank you very very much Claudia.

Added by stripygoose on November 30, 2013 at 10:04pm — No Comments

lavender from elena in Vietnam

delicate lavender painting by elena, whose in vietnam and missing the plants and green fields of England just a bit.

Added by stripygoose on November 30, 2013 at 9:59pm — No Comments

a snailmailed email from positively postal and ?

a beautiful goose (not a stork) carrying a beautiful note composed by positively postal (as an email) and handwritten by a stranger for me. This one's a real treat. Thank you so much you both. The mailart was made by someone in Quebec, Canada (even with bird stamps on the envelope) but I can't quite read the name on the the outside of the envelope - doesn't…

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Added by stripygoose on November 30, 2013 at 1:21pm — No Comments

2 birds and a comic strip...

a super trilogy on my doormat today - thank you Martha, Rebecca and Val. I'm very happy to receive mailart from you all.

Martha goes festive - what a characterful goose in full-xmasy gear. Delightful.

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Added by stripygoose on November 25, 2013 at 7:26pm — No Comments

serene leafprint and bird bonanza - thank you Emily

This is a serene and delicate print - that was treat enough but then a whole flock of bird pics as well. Best surprise after a long day at work. Really thoughful and really really appreciated. Thank you Emily. See you in the post very soon.…

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Added by stripygoose on November 23, 2013 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments

slightly surreal from dre crisispanty

Added by stripygoose on November 10, 2013 at 4:39pm — 3 Comments

Mailart meet-up in October!

October mailart meet-up - brischris, mailart martha and stripygoose in the Morpeth Arms in London - great fun (and Vic Chris's hubby managed to keep himself entertained as we got into the mailart). Here's what we made together - all in the post to various round-the-world destinations...

Sadly not everyone got the dress-code email...

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Added by stripygoose on November 10, 2013 at 4:23pm — 9 Comments

bar code beauty from Dean

Always happy to receive bar code mailart from the main bar code man. Thank you Dean - got to love those stripes : > )

Added by stripygoose on November 2, 2013 at 8:33pm — 3 Comments

disaster - what can have happened???

This card got ripped in half on its way from U.S.A. and arrived in an apologetic envelope. Oh dear! I think the handwriting looks like Thom's - am I right? I don't have the half with the sender's name on it. Anyway, thank you - the half I have is much…

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Added by stripygoose on November 2, 2013 at 8:26pm — 9 Comments

a classic from Sarah Churchill

Hi Sarah - thanks for the spots, swirls and Pride and Prejudice which arrived (sorry) last month. Hope all's good for you! : > )

Added by stripygoose on November 2, 2013 at 8:11pm — 1 Comment

beautiful blues from Dimitra

Dimitra - this is gorgeous. Did you use marbling inks for this? I love that figure half visible in the corner. Thank you so much! : > )

Added by stripygoose on November 2, 2013 at 8:00pm — No Comments

phone habits according to mailart martha

I'm a bit worried about her sunburn but this made me smile! Thanks Martha.

Added by stripygoose on November 2, 2013 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

From Andy Hoang when in Romania now in Vietnam

Andy as he sees himself - the adventurer. He and Elena are in Vietnam having quit their jobs and decided to travel. Check out their blog at postcardsfromus.com - good luck you two! 

Added by stripygoose on November 2, 2013 at 7:59pm — No Comments

petrolpetal ties a yellow ribbon

Thank you Petrolpetal!

Added by stripygoose on November 2, 2013 at 7:51pm — No Comments

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