Holly Cooper's Blog – August 2011 Archive (6)

a meager offering

I've been a little stuck with my mail art lately. I wanted to do a series on paper instead of fabric. Since school started last week here, I…

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Added by Holly Cooper on August 30, 2011 at 2:54pm — No Comments

Thom Courcelle fiber mail art

OMG! as the kids would say!

Last week I got this beautiful piece from Thom. Wow! So many interesting details.

Packaged in cellophane, some pieces move around. There are fleur de lis confetti's, pictures, faux postage, tickets, hand crochet and hand knit elements. And the tribute to fluxus chain stitched and cable knit into the back.

Thank you Thom. This thing of beauty will be a joy for many years.

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Added by Holly Cooper on August 23, 2011 at 5:18pm — 4 Comments

Mail from Diane Keyes

Thanks, Diane! I believe I forgot to post this one.

I received this monochromatic and mysterious card from Diane Keys, I love…

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Added by Holly Cooper on August 23, 2011 at 5:07pm — 2 Comments

Jen Staggs postcard

I'm a bit behind in documenting some of the fascinating things I've been getting in the mail the last 2 weeks or so. This one is from Jen Staggs, my fellow Texan. Thanks Jen!

Jen, I know you had rain and we didn't last week, but I think you've had more 100 degree days this summer. Tomorrow will be # 70 for us breaking an all time record and…

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Added by Holly Cooper on August 23, 2011 at 5:04pm — 1 Comment

Apologies for Postage Due

My sincerest apologies for the tamales candy cards which arrived postage due to some of all on my list of folks I owe mail to. They were 6 inches by about 3 1/4, which is not too large, but the smaller dimension was less than 3 1/2. There were some mylar confetti pieces, tape and ribbon stitched on the cards. Did they get charged extra because they were an odd size? Anyone have theories? I'd like to not make a mistake like that again.

Added by Holly Cooper on August 23, 2011 at 5:00pm — 7 Comments

More tamales

I've been unproductive in mail art lately due to my air conditioning breaking down and needing replacement when the outdoor temperatures were 105 (which it still is, but now I have a new AC system), and later due to working on finishing up a baby quilt. My apologies to those I owe mail to, and I somehow am not feeling like I'm being very creative with my ideas right now. But regardless of that, working on the theme of tamales, which I sent out a couple of weeks ago, couldn't resist…

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Added by Holly Cooper on August 18, 2011 at 4:53pm — No Comments

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