Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)'s Blog – March 2014 Archive (59)

Borderline Grafix sends FluXus stamps and add n' passes!

Some fantastic fluXus stamps here from Borderline Grafix.

Will be using them on mail art for sure. Some fun here (I spy a minXus):…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 18, 2014 at 3:42pm — 2 Comments

Watercolor beauty from Bill Porter

Another beauty of a card has arrived in Greece from Bill. This is titled: "Russian Sage No.2"

He has inspired me to pull out my watercolors and brushes, too.

The envelope has a most delicate, almost Japanese, detail.…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 18, 2014 at 2:05pm — 3 Comments

Security Protected Sticks and Stone from Valentine in Sigean

The packaging is from a well-known cafe/brasserie in Sigean...( this place I know :-)

and the Greek postal clerk, working late through the night: …

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 18, 2014 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

"Let the music begin..." from Rochleigh

Beautiful cut-out details on her card, full of "imaginations"! ...

and the other side is lovely, too:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 16, 2014 at 2:05pm — 1 Comment

Mouse eats cheese on the moon from Angie and Snooky!

This was in mail last week, now having time to blog this little mouse:

Wonderful papers and colors layered in the background,

loving the details as always and it is a Edmund favorite!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 16, 2014 at 1:55pm — 2 Comments

Suus knitted BLUE! YAY!

...and Edmund Hippo is lovin' it!

It is a beauty, really. Beautiful shades of BLUE on "energie" definitions? Great!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 14, 2014 at 3:54pm — 6 Comments

ONE artistamp from Pompei, too!

Here is a postcard from "dododadiano"....Domenico Severino in Pompei, Italy.

It had ONE artistamp and nice greetings!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 14, 2014 at 3:47pm — No Comments

MORE artistamps? Yes from Cascadia Artpost

Very nice postcard art from Cascadia Artpost in Washington state.

with 4 artistamps from the "I am a Walnut Tree" mail art call of Istanbiul, Turkey:

Ben Bir Ceviz Agacιyιm

And on the address side of the card...wonderful…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 14, 2014 at 3:41pm — No Comments

Lothar Trott also sends an A4 page full of stamps!

And in another envelope comes more stamps!

These are created by Lothar Trott and include imges from the mail art he has received.

You can spot one from Guido, from Bruno, from cascadiaPost and Nico VanHoorn, Buz Blurr!

"A card…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 14, 2014 at 3:29pm — 3 Comments

Mail Art Friday and add n' pass from Guido

Edmund Hippo helped me collect all the mail art that arrived in Greece today!

Here is mail art from Guido:

Absolutely fantastic painted envelope!

We displayed it on a weather-worn blue swing out at the seaside shack.…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 14, 2014 at 3:17pm — 1 Comment

Stamps and stampings from Claudia Garcia in Argentina

A series of letter stampings and a wonderfully stamped envelope from Claudia!

Also, she is designing a series of artistamps...and perforating them too:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 12, 2014 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Mysterious BLUE , number 2, from mysterious Atte Ourie, arrived today.

And in the mail today, was a second card from Atte Ourie, also beautiful BLUE!

Seeing it in all directions...…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 12, 2014 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Mysterious BLUE from mysterious Atte Ourie!

Scribble card arrived in Greece from Finland, it is BLUE...and it is????

A Mystery!

As usual for Atte Ourie, there is no return address.…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 3:52pm — 2 Comments

Grigori-Cavellini sticker-red envelopes arrived!

A packet with 25 red envelopes arrived from Grigori Antonin

And I already know what and where I will send them :-)

Fun GREEN stickers, for Cavellini Year, 2014!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 3:39pm — No Comments

Andrea Jay sends New York, New York

And where is Staten Island??? The "bedroom" of Manhattan :-)...way at the bottom?

Very interesting commentary on back,

fun this is: 70 inches of SNOW! (that's a lot of snow...177 cm!)…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 3:33pm — 2 Comments

"Taped" beauty from Robert Ridley-Shackleton in UK

Just a small card, almost ATC size...but a beauty, vertical or horizontal:

masking tape and minimal rubbing makes a very creative piece!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 3:00pm — 5 Comments

Fascinating card from J.C.Sarpi in Marseilles

Wonderful "mail art" card arrived from southern France.

Collage and painted elements, very interesting:

And…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 2:55pm — No Comments

Banana Art arrived from Lynn Radford

Had a mailing for Feb. 21 World Banana Day, and Lynn's card has arrived today.

Lots and lots of banana stickers...from Honduras and Costa Rica...opa!

Happy…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 2:37pm — 2 Comments

Also from New Mexico? Roswell documentation from Keith Chambers

Another card arrived from Keith...about that "weather balloon" of 1947 in New Mexico.

This is the second card that Keith has sent...yes..I believe! (or am I a skeptic?)

'Liking very much the "prints" on the flip sides of Keith's…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 2:21pm — No Comments

"Wind Ponies" from A.Sleep in New Mexico

Year of the Horse it is, and these wonderful "wind ponies" arrived in Greece.

Running watercolor streaks make it the "wind"...fantastic!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 2:14pm — 1 Comment

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