January 2017 Blog Posts (222)

Thank you Ana

Thank you Katerina

This is the "front" of the postcard -- the image on it fascinates me. Tall-hat people with long skirts and conical straw houses, playing ice hockey. Hmmm. It's not Oregon and I don't think it's Carbondale, either. But the real treat is I told Richard he might be…

Wonderful comment on our food industry, I'd say. The red background is sort of darkly creepy and somehow cheerful all at the same time -- Amerika the Beeyoutifull! Or maybe it's just that I watched Mulholland Drive last night and David Lynch is still hovering around my tired old consciousness. Anyway, I love this card and would love to know how you got the corn and cow images…

Wow, isn't this amazing? The piece with the black squares looks woven but it's not--the colored squares a glued on -- I would make such a mess if I tried that! The upper left ATC is a complete jam that I started, William M., and Fleur added to. William added the guy leaning over, Fleur added an orange star, a butterfly, a mushroom, and a strawberry! And the little valentine…

Wow, beautiful ATC's from Ruth, of course they don't show up nearly as sparkly as they are for real. The combination of colors, shapes, and text on these is really fascinating. Then, because I'm completely ignorant, I had to look up the "Stay gold" and S.E. Hinton. I've never read "The Outsiders" so I guess I need to do that. And the "Stay gold, Ponyboy" quote comes from…

Pinkie has a new skirt, although I had to Google the original to tell. I love the butterfly and the text -- inexpressive girlishness indeed! Thanks Sheri!

Coincidental reds from Judy Staroscik and Jan Hodgman. Judy's card (top) is beautifully textured with different kinds of paper layered with text and even some bits of barely woven orange thread within a circle. Jan's welcomes me to "Blue Rondo" which she says can double for orange lovers! She's doing the Mailart 365 and this card was #8. Beautiful, both of…

Happy New Year everyone!  For this first blog post of 2017 here is an impressive accordion book from Dean Marks.  It contains all sorts of surprising objects such an enamelled earring, buttons, an electronic circuit, a cd, stamps from all over the world, a…

Someone in Australia has lots of fun rubber stamps...

These are amazing, Vizma!…

Crayon, oil pastel, rubbing? 

A book from a tree...

and on the flip side: L'inspiration…

Beautiful textured paint with an Impression...

...a journey!

Very nice indeed, Brenda,many thanks…

Ruth is a new friend of mine here at IUOMA and I'm very happy to share her lovely mail-art. Thank you…

RF Cote sent back this add to and return that I sent him.



The add to and return that Denise returned. a little over a third of the ones I sent out have been returned now. Ruud did you mail the one I sent you? I saw a picture of an envelope addressed to…

Well, OK,  there was that "smashed can" of COMET illusion from r.c.,

but also arrived, in a box from the Haptic Werewolf,...REAL

smashed cans, ...lots of mashed and smashed cans,…

"...traditional holiday greetings..."

"bird-watching,"(well, maybe black-bird-arrow pointing?)…

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From Richard Baudet:

From Toni Hanner:

From Heleen de Vaan:…