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Hello Jon, Hanks for this treat! I love the pop art style card. I had to check up on Rutherford B. Hayes, and learned something about the 19th American president. Who says mail art is not educational!…

Stefanie sent me this cool painted disk pr palette. It is very sturdy and a pleasure to behold. I told her that my son, when he was about three or four used to paint and collage disks of all kinds. He claimed that they had magic powers. He made one for me to put above the bed, so it would protect me. Powerful stuff! Thank you,…

Katerina sends a generous and steady stream of good vibes, here a mail art omen for 2013. I wish you a good one too, especially as your big birthday should be celebrated all year! Also, there is an early spring omen, an egg promise of birth or rebirth and invitation to a call for all things egg! Thank you so much,…

Festive greetings from an Erni fan! The telltale signs are the chocolate gold bear wrapping and a crushed found object a bottle cap? Plus cheerful Santa and reindeer! Great company to enjoy!

Hard to believe, but yes, this is a Christmas greeting from Diane! The effects of her turkey and ham are indeed wonderful, filling the heart with plenty of love, joy and peace. You can never have to much of that! 

A sweet drawing from Helen, from her series "Where has the forest gone?" This one is with acuurious owl, peeking at me. Thank you very much, Helen!

But before the daffodils arrive I better catch up with blogging some more Christmas mail. Here are delightful greetings and a litte menagerie from Stripygoose. Firstly, pretty birds and a philosophical moose. Secondly, a new years resolution from a friendly fox.  Thank you very much, and somewhat late, I am wishing you Happy New Year too!…

Perfect collage made by a dog lover. And what a sweet dog it is, looking quite comfortable on his grassy stitched patchwork blanket. Makes me look forward to spring! Thank you, Angie and Snookie!

I have been busy making mail, and also experimenting with new ideas. After having sent off a stack of letters, I can focus a bit on blogging too. Some of you suggested that I do a foto compilation, which would make things easier, of course. But for now I have my heart set on blogging individually, even if it takes longer because it makes me pick up every piece and…

Ah, I bet Mim's girl is waiting for mail from this bloke. A letter all the way from Morocco sent by hma. And what does it bring? Plenty of good wishes for the new year! Reminds me of my only trip to Morocco, on a shoestring budget, staying with a farmer in the mountains. It was Christmas and the family lived with their animals in one room. There was a cow and an ox. It…

Dear mail art friends,

some real life distractions and minor setbacks have kept me from mail art longer than anticipated. In the meantime I have received lots of wonderful mail. Thank you all so much! However, now I am suffering from severe blog behindedness! 

I have started to scan received mail and I am working on mail to send. So fingers crossed you will see more again soon.

xx

I have received some marvelous mail from Vizma from Australia, Mim and Claire from the US, Eva from Morocco and a heavy package from Erni in Germany. I would like to blog it all properly, but do not have the time right now. It may have to wait until after the holidays. Thank you all so much for your lovely mail! I have had an amazing time here as part of this wonderful networkl

Here is official correspondence from Val. An Immigration Form (Immigration Officer's not, for official use, it says), which Val must have picked up on his recent trip to the UK, as souvenir. He added some notes of his own, that is marks and prints and dots. The paisley shape, or mango shape, is an auspicious symbol in the east ranging from Persia to India. I draw it myself…

Mail Art Martha sent a small but thick envelope. Here it is. I love that IUOMA stamp, it is one of the best I have seen. 

The envelope is full of treats. Firstly, I found a thick piece of paper with a collage painting by Martha.…

Christmas greetings arrived from Greece in a dark red envelope with Katerina - trademark stamps. I love how these stamps can be arranged and rearranged in ever new combinations.

Inside there is a charming collage, with a shiny red disk - a bauble, a red and orange sunset plus Santa and sparkle promising fun.…

It's been a week of surprises. This one came from Lithuania. The envelope is very pleasing, simply decorated with paper and pencil. But what is inside?

A most beautiful and intricate card in black and white. On a black background there are delicate white dotted lines. A punched round hole contains a small paper disk held by fine white thread. Very…

I think this is the first X-Mas card I received this year. With Pre-Christmas-leftovers. Dean is somebody with foresight. Or hindsight? The card includes a reflection on how this Christmas card came together and - possibly - a crash…

This was Assignment No. 4 in Moan Lisa's Art Academy. Starting point was a piece of everyday clothing. I might have been the only one to take this literal - I altered a ladies undershirt with paper and…

In the last last couple of weeks I sent out quite a few letters with various things inside including a piece of a puzzle. It is a fragment of poster of a painting; all in all there are 16 pieces. I hope all the recipients will post their piece online. The first one to guess the artist/ subject matter of the painting will receive a special price. …

This one makes me a bit sad. Erni sent this to me after he left IUOMA less than a week ago.

The typically large envelope full of stamps and stickers on the reverse side shows a large version of Erni the Art Hammer, which as far as I know, came from Antonin Grigori. It also includes also a message: Gestapo has just left the building.…