GOTIJ from Valentine Mark Herman.France.12.30.11

[Amy Irwen]

Thank you for the wonderful Holiday Card!  How do you find such clever pieces that fit you perfectly!!!

It's kind a disturbing that your picture is on a lot of products...the endorsers must be fighting for your next promo *o*....

Actually, last night at dinner, I thought your facial image was floating in my beer...course we were there during happy hour where the beer was 2 fer 1....that may have had something to do with it....but at some point I thought your lips were actually MOVING!!!  

Thank you for your friendship this past year and always keeping me guessing as to what will show up in my mailbox next...Happy New Year!!

[Valentine Mark Herman]

OK, Katerina..;when they start casting for someone to play the Queen, I'll put your name forward. Val

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

"...for his forthcoming Hollywood movie"? Of course!

Great blog, Amy! 

Great info, Val, now we know all! (But MINE was from the Queen ;-)

[Valentine Mark Herman]

Bonjour!

Where do I find such pieces, Everywhere...I sort of collect things wherever I go, put them in a big cardboard box, and when it's time to make some Mail Art just sort of stick things together. For this one:

* the beer card came from my local bar where it was supposed to be promoting the special Xmas beer until I liberated it

* the British Xmas stamps came from my swap box of British and Commonwealth stamps

* the picture of me came from a promotional flyer for my forthcoming Hollywood movie....

and on the reverse side:

* the Australian stamp came from my sister who lives in Australia

* the picture of the man from a flyer for a museum in the south of France

* and the 'big postcard' picture from one of the local town halls that was promoting some civic building scheme/plan or other last summer.

And was I in your beer last night? Of course I was. And were my lips moving? of course they were. And what were they saying? HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Val