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A two chicken adventure

Stripygoose was one of the London Pub Collective 2014 who sent me mail art. I sent her an LPC packet, and she sent me this great homemade envelope. The bird's eye is a little freaky!

Inside, one of her trademark birds.…

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Added by FinnBadger on July 19, 2015 at 4:16pm — No Comments

Life collage from Jon

Vibrant life collage received from Jon.

Thank you!

Added by FinnBadger on July 18, 2015 at 2:15pm — No Comments

Linda F sent me this silk and plastic cupcake through the mail. It has a large label attached which partly covers some of the cool vintage stamps. These are from the 1984 set issued for the 23rd Summer Games held in Los Angeles, and feature the following sports: wrestling, kayak, diving and long jump.

The large postage label covered the entire message on the back - it peeled off enough to see that it was from Linda, but the rest of her…

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Added by FinnBadger on July 12, 2015 at 3:40pm — No Comments

Ronald McDonald (almost) gets Goofy

Another fascinating envelope from Keith.

Containing, among other things, this gem:…

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Added by FinnBadger on July 11, 2015 at 2:02pm — No Comments

Incoming from DKULT

Plastic bag folded into an envelope shape.

And double-sided trashpo.…

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Added by FinnBadger on July 9, 2015 at 3:54pm — 2 Comments

McStoa Men in Blue and Tape Asemics

Lots of mail art postcards to catch up on.

Great art and social commentary from Minneapolis Gnome.

Stoa Time from MomKat (a collaboration with her son).

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Added by FinnBadger on June 24, 2015 at 1:30am — 5 Comments

Tucker from Jon

Jon Foster sent me this bedazzled Tucker postcard. This effect is great, reminds of a 1960s/70s mashup. This is the kind of thing I am not good at. If I tried it, it would end up looking like a dog's breakfast instead of like this.

I always appreciate people who decorate the other side of their mail art, even though I almost never do…

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Added by FinnBadger on June 16, 2015 at 1:01pm — 4 Comments

The LPC

Mail Art Martha, MomKat (both of whom I already exchange mail art with), stripygoose, and Scott aka Positively Postal met up in a London Pub to create mail art earlier this year, and I was one of the lucky recipients (card arrived May 6).

Lots of stamps, birds, blue and yellow.…

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Added by FinnBadger on June 15, 2015 at 12:55pm — 7 Comments

Amazing envelope and add & pass from Keith Chambers

Keith created the most incredible underwater encounter on this repurposed envelope. These images are precisely cut out and securely adhered - I would never have the patience or the skill.

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Added by FinnBadger on May 15, 2015 at 9:13pm — 3 Comments

Mail Art Martha's DKULTUK Spring Collection Catalog

Received the same time as the Collective's collaboration, Mail Art Martha sent me this superb trashpo book, created partly by a secret weathering process that can only be undertaken in the Swamps of Retailia.

Arriving on the eve of the UK…

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Added by FinnBadger on May 13, 2015 at 2:24pm — 3 Comments

Kentucky banana, red asemics

Four postcards have made it through the letterbox.

Great collage from Brooke C.…

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Added by FinnBadger on May 7, 2015 at 10:00pm — 6 Comments

A taste of spring... and a book of Erniness

This arrived last friday, a very cold day at the end of March when we had freezing temperatures and snow flurries. Thankfully, Katerina's mail brightened my day with a message of spring.

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Added by FinnBadger on March 31, 2015 at 3:10pm — 2 Comments

Triple the Erniness!

Erni always sends the most amazing packages.

A very sturdy cardboard mailer, replete with stickers and stamps.

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Added by FinnBadger on March 25, 2015 at 5:09pm — 11 Comments

Glitchy snow dreaming

A spontaneous card from Alyssum & Mudhead...

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Added by FinnBadger on March 24, 2015 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

Big cats. And a puffin.

Heleen replied, thanking me for the 2015 mail snail. The zoo stamp is pretty amazing. And the puffin is a very cool customer.

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Added by FinnBadger on March 11, 2015 at 12:00am — 3 Comments

Transatlantic Queens of Trash

TrashPo arrived from both sides of the pond on the same day. Must be a message in there somewhere.

From DKULT, filled with trash...

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Added by FinnBadger on March 10, 2015 at 12:30am — No Comments

Bananas!

Here are the Banana Mailings I received in celebration of World Banana Day (Feb 21st) and International Banana Bread Day (Feb 23rd).

From Angie & Snooky.

Love all the non-banana elements, in particular the piglet.…

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Added by FinnBadger on March 8, 2015 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment

Road to nowhere

The Haptic Werewolf strikes again! Two pieces from Erni.

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Added by FinnBadger on March 8, 2015 at 12:00am — 7 Comments

Under a blarchful eye

Minneapolis Gnome sent me this interesting envelope.

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Added by FinnBadger on March 7, 2015 at 12:00am — 1 Comment

Blueprints

An envelope Jan constructed from blueprints, even though blueprints aren't blue any more. Great vintage stamps, too.

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Added by FinnBadger on March 6, 2015 at 12:00am — 2 Comments

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