DECOS - Do you miss them?

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Do you miss Decos? What’s a DECO? It’s a sort of mail art friendship book, but with a theme. Each book has around 6 to 10 pages inside and a THEME. You do a page according to your art style and following the theme, and you mail it to another DECO person. It’s like an ADD/PASS, in a way. When it’s full, it goes back to the person who started it.

I started doing DECOs back in 2004, but then people started making them too heavy, gluing all sorts of heavy embellishments, etc., and I couldn’t afford the postage. Then, the DECO world sort of died out. I’d like to see if any of you are interested.

Let me know if you have questions! Hugs, Bonniediva

Bonniediva, 1726 Lind Lane, Gurnee, IL 60031 USA

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Add/Pass BOOKS are becoming popular 1 Reply

I've noticed that Add/Pass books are becoming more popular these days. Kinda like a deco. I love the freedom of being able to add anything I like.Continue

Started by Bonniediva. Last reply by Kayenderes Apr 27, 2019.

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Comment by Linda Rogers on October 12, 2018 at 11:57pm: I had a deco come back to me "insufficient postage" which was annoying as the post office had affixed the postage. They looked at it shook their heads and said, "that postage is correct but the validating stamp covered the first digit so someone thought it was $.80 not $1.80. They cleaned the stamp off, stuck it back in the post. Hope for better luck this time.

Comment by Norma Soulet on October 12, 2018 at 1:38pm: Hi Carolyn,

You can send the two decos my way. Just make sure, I haven't worked on them.

Thanks!

Comment by Norma Soulet on October 12, 2018 at 1:19am: Does anyone have any Decos to pass along? I can take two if I haven't worked in them. :)

Comment by Norma Soulet on October 10, 2018 at 9:30pm: Hi Bonniediva and Carolyn,

Today I mailed out a completed Deco to both of you.

Bonniediva your" Idols and Icons" Deco.

Carolyn, your "Make your Mark" Deco.

Norma

Comment by BoozyBarb on October 10, 2018 at 2:24am: I’ve received Decos orginating from BonnieDiva,Carolyn Cline,Kayenderes, and Amazonia Wallin. I’ve completed some pages and I’m sending them back out into the world. Happy mail is on the way my friends.

Comment by Kayenderes on October 5, 2018 at 3:15pm: Dear Linda.

Thank you but just asking where and when one will come home to me before I send on more. I love mail and this is my only communication with out side world. I am home bound in St. Regis. So I go to mail box once week and shop every 2 weeks. I have to hire car to go. But, I am reliable to mail.

Comment by Linda Rogers on October 5, 2018 at 2:10pm: Kayenderes, I received one of yours and passed it on to someone else in the group but it still had several pages to go then. I've only received 3 decos so far and one was yours. All have now been passed on. I haven't started any myself. I haven't been keeping record of these. I probably should.

Comment by Norma Soulet on October 5, 2018 at 1:00pm: Hi Carolyn,

On Monday you said," you were having Deco withdrawals" so I already have one in an envelope ready to mail out today!

I will send you Boozy Barb's Deco in a separate envelope today too, ok?

Thank you.

Comment by Norma Soulet on October 5, 2018 at 12:55pm: Hi Laura,

Ok, I will send you 2 Decos that Kayenderes started.

Thank you.

Comment by Kayenderes on October 5, 2018 at 12:42pm: i DON'T WANT ANY DUE TO I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED BACK A FULL ONE AND I'VE SENT OUT MANY AND SENT HOME MANY. ??? MY BIG QUESTION IS WHERE DO THEY GO?

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