Heleen de Vaan

Female

Netherlands

Profile Information:

Mail-Artist since:
2009 (and not aware being mailarting since 1979)
My Website (without http://):
http://heleendevaan.blogspot.com
Why I am involved in Mail-Art:
Making illustrations is my life. Love rubberstamps, coloured pencils, watercolour, black fineliners.
And how great to see other people's creative outbursts, creative additions to envelopes. Including those by the postal services (even a pen cancellation can have it's charms). I love the small pictures stamps show. And like to communicate via art works. And isn't it fascinating how snail mail works? We put a stamp and address on an envelope and a whole system of people and transportation means is bringing that single envelope to other places.
Count up all previous words and see: Mail Art is inevitable.

P.S. If you want to create and send me mail art about your favourite (weird or common) animal I will be most happy; I'll like to post it on my http://realweirdanimals.blogspot.com blog.
My Mail-Adress (snail and/or E-mail)
Postbus 581
1180 AN Amstelveen
Nederland

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  • Suus in Mokum

    Graag gedaan!

    Feb 2, 2015

  • Ruud Janssen

    http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/blogs/two-envelopes-sealed-w...

    Feb 17, 2015

  • FinnBadger

    I'm glad the 2015 snail arrived in good shape!

    Feb 22, 2015

  • Servane

    Thank you Heleen. Glad it arrived ok. 

    Mar 11, 2015

  • Tamara C

    http://mailartdm.blogspot.com.br/

    Apr 1, 2015

  • Kym Wolfe

    Glad to hear my little birds completed their journey safely.

    Apr 1, 2015

  • Regan Shrumm

    Thank you Heleen! I just received your drawing. Funny enough, I am the proud owner of four walking sticks myself. I'm glad my drawing inspired your's!

    May 26, 2015

  • Prairie Kittin

    Thank you for the "Zendoodle" postcard! I will be abandoning it today at the mental health facility. (If anybody needs a bit of cheer, it's them! LOL)

    Jun 10, 2015

  • stripygoose

    You're welcome Heleen. Glad she arrived safely. The background was in part chalky pastels and I had to find a spray to stop it all floating away in transit! :>)

    Jun 12, 2015

  • Keith S. Chambers

    Wrench seems to have taken its time . . . I guess there's a lot of fire-hydrants between here and there.

    :o

    Jun 15, 2015

  • Denise Souray

    You are very welcome Heleen I'm happy you like it and that it made it there in one piece. And thank you for posting it where you did! It fits in perfectly there ;) I painted him blue for you :)

    Jul 4, 2015

  • Gü

    Thanks Heleen, that was quick huh?!

    Jul 18, 2015

  • Mail Art Martha

    Thanks Heleen for publishing the rubbing portrait of nobody. The music is from Google Images, I am hopelessly unmusical so i do not think we will be doing beautiful music together any time soon, hee hee!

    Jul 19, 2015

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    Thanks for letting me know it arrived, Heleen...

    as I sent it from the seaside village post office and not knowing how 

    often they pick up to send out

    Thanks for blogging, too. and it is 

    "summer SWING time"

    ...no need to rush with mail art now...just relax

    and enjoy the summer! xxx

    Aug 3, 2015

  • SamaLama

    Heleen!! Thank you for the wonderful mail art and add and pass. I will work on these and send them around of course. Thanks again. I will post photos soon. To be an owl of course. (: Cheers

    Aug 27, 2015

  • paloma paprika

    hello heleen. finally posted yr mail. please let me know when it arrives

    Sep 9, 2015

  • Tulio Peraza

    Hello Heleen!!!! Your nice artwork is already with us!!!! Thank you very much!!!!

    Sep 20, 2015

  • Tulio Peraza

    Hello Heleen!!!! you can see your artwork at the camel's blog

    Thank you again!!!!! :-)

    Sep 20, 2015

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    Loving blogspot, Heleen, thanks for adding my ChocoPo!

    I enjoying seeing your blog and all the critters that others send you!

    Happy mail arting, xxx

    Sep 26, 2015

  • paloma paprika

    yr welcome, heleen! so glad it arrived safe and sound. thanks for sharing the pics

    Oct 6, 2015

  • Ungala

    You are more then welcome! So glad you liked it!

    Jan 16, 2016

  • Toni Hanner -- tonipoet

    you are most welcome. thanks for the lovely blog post!

    Feb 9, 2016

  • Carlos I. Botana

    MAILART PROJECT

    Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez
    Size: Free
    Technique: Free
    Deadline: August 15, 2016
    Exhibition: September, 2016
    No sales. No jury. No return
    The work is publisehed in the "blog": mailartlasmeninasdecanido.blogspot.com
    Send your work to:
    Carlos I. Botana
    C/. Javier López López
    Nº 11 - portal 2 - 3º E
    15009 - A Coruña - Spain

    Feb 15, 2016

  • kay rodriques

    Looking forward to receiving your mail art! I will also send you something, but probably not until the weekend. Just took my dog for his nightly walk -- as we get ready for bed you are about to begin a new day!
    Have a good one.

    Feb 23, 2016

  • Toni Hanner -- tonipoet

    Heleen I LOVE my new 29 February crow and monkey. Your envelope is perfect. AND a special treat -- an Add & Return! I'm already thinking about "what she sees." Thank you!

    Mar 1, 2016

  • Ruth Tapp

    Thank you Heleen.... Trying to get my bearings....!! Happy to be a part of the site! :-)

    Mar 2, 2016

  • Minneapolis Gnome

    http://iuoma-network.ning.com/photo/image-952?xg_source=activity 

    Ruth Tapp posted a photo of your graceful triceratops and I went gaga over it, here's a link.  I've been an admirer of your art on IUOMA for awhile!

    Mar 4, 2016

  • Ruud Janssen

    Hi Heleen. Did this card arrive? I sent it on 29th Feb, in the hope it gets the special date stamped. haven't published the card anywhere yet, but sure hope it arrived at your place safe.....

    Mar 6, 2016

  • Grethe Bjørnhaug

    Hi Heleen. Thank you so much for the card you sent to me, it is really beautiful and I just love it :)  I'll send the other card back to you ASAP. I'm just being curious - where in Jutland have you been? Grethe :)

    Mar 13, 2016

  • Jade H

    Hi helen I will be sending out something for you today! :-)

    Mar 24, 2016

  • Grethe Bjørnhaug

    Thank you Heleen. I think it's an impressive work you have done with your blog :)

    Mar 25, 2016

  • Ficus strangulensis

    Thanks, Heleen. I also found out who it was on Google which referred me to an IUOMA post. And then De Villo Sloan sent a note spilling the beans on Keith. Y'r [new] ol' Bud,      Fike

    Apr 16, 2016

  • Alana Schlotter

    Thank you so much for the knitted mail art! I love it. Knitters of the world unite!

    Apr 30, 2016

  • Alana Schlotter

    Yes I did find the sheep and mole! :)

    Apr 30, 2016

  • Petrolpetal

    mail out!

    May 2, 2016

  • Carina

    Hi Heleen, your sweet banana mail has arrived! Thank you. Your clever add&pass girl looks like someone from Pieter Bruegel's paintings! I will try to figure out what she is looking at...

    May 12, 2016

  • kay rodriques

    You're welcome for the mail art, Heleen. Hope you didn't mind that I altered your lady's dress!

    May 21, 2016

  • The Post Whisperer

    How lovely indeed! :-)

    May 27, 2016

  • FinnBadger

    Glad it arrived, Heleen, I had fun putting it together.

    Jun 1, 2016

  • Suus in Mokum

    Ha Heleen, nice blog. Breien was makkie maar de steken oppakken moeilijke klus. En dat werden er steeds meer dus... Keerje afspreken in Cobra Museum?

    Jun 5, 2016

  • Toni Hanner -- tonipoet

    Heleen, you've been blogged!

    Jun 30, 2016

  • Toni Hanner -- tonipoet

    Glad you like the baggy suited lizard!

    Jul 20, 2016

  • Minneapolis Gnome

    OMG - look what Heleen sent to me!  THANK YOU!!!!

    http://iuoma-network.ning.com/photo/mail-art-butterfly-from-heleen-...

    Jul 20, 2016

  • Willemien Visser

    Leuk VRIENDINNEN te zijn

    en FIJN dat je mijn mail art mooi vond!

    Jul 30, 2016

  • Sara Marie Niday

    Thanks! I'm excited to be back / get started!

    Aug 9, 2016

  • vizma bruns

    Hope you will use the mini orange boekie for tiny drawings, perhaps! Don't be scared to use it!

    Aug 11, 2016

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    Glad the baggie boekie arrived, take as long as you wish to add 'n add :-)

    (even until Christmas, no hurry).

    'just knew you would like the pink elephant...and the cats washi!

    Isn't Benjamin Franklin too funny? Ha!

    Aug 26, 2016

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    The "minion" is a magnet...for the fridge,

    or

    also can be clipped on a page as a book mark!

    (Clever little UHU!)

    The store in my seaside village only had three of these...you  got one :-)

    Aug 26, 2016

  • RUTH GILES

    Glad you like the animals!

    Nov 14, 2016

  • Keith S. Chambers

    Hi Heleen, glad to know the envelope made it's way to you and that you are enjoying the contents. No worries about getting anything back at me in any pressed time . . . next week, next month, next year [we're almost there], or the next blue moon . . . I've no expectations, so only if you have the time and desire. Peace out . . . K.

    Nov 24, 2016