January 2016 Blog Posts (330)

The uploader doo-hickey is behaving strangely (probably the effects of the Metro Transit Alien: Anyway to continue:

Gnome, I am forever in your debt for opening the secret world of Metro Transit Alien to me. Believe me, folks the photographs do…

ALSO in the package with "Another Crappy Mini Zine" was this bizarre and wonderful boekie, hand-decorated, stamped, blued, painted, and even sewn, made from a little pocket doo-hickey originally intended by the well-meaning Minneapolis Metro Transit company to help riders use their buss passes. Little did they know....…

first, the envelope. made from a fast food bag (he has a video showing how he does this). It even has nutrition information on it.

next, the Crappy Mini Zine itself, a thing of rare beauty, or, as the Barnes & Noble review exclaims: "A waste…

Here is side A of the envelope.  This MAil Art will go down in history as the mask of Guillaume.  My postal lady was shaking when she gave it to me.  I thinks she…

Heleen beautifully combined two mail art interests here. The beautiful hand painted card has hand lettered stamp perforations (the patience it takes to do that!) and a wonderful curious crow looking up at the clock, which has no hands. The flip side of the card has clocks (& chickens, one of whom may be a "Crow-ing" rooster?) and the envelope is covered with clocks. Love the thought that went into this piece.…

...ah but I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now....

Holiday greetings from Lynne, 

It is a Star...a fun folded card by Edge, with happy critters:

and this too,…

Is it a red rocket ship? A red folded flower? A red and white pointing arrow?

NO...it is a Holiday SANTA! Of course :-)

"Santa" came along with many "mail art omens" in the envelope from Tomoe,

beautiful stamps:…

Beautiful BLUE stunning envelope,

with "mail art on the go",and this fun stamping, too:

...an original…

Really stunning the way John "marks" his art,

It is Bay Area Dada from SanFran :-)

The back is also amazing with the perforations:…

Just have to say I am constantly amazed by the creativity and insane talent shown by so many IUOMA folks! Checking the recent blog posts with art from Meeah, Stripygoose, Marie, Carina. Wow. Just wow. And Fast Eyes and Grethe and Minneapolis Gnome. Amy Irwen. Now I'm in one of those Academy Award loops where if I forget to mention anyone they're going to be insulted. Well, don't be. I'm in awe of everyone of you! Richard C., that means you. You all are keeping the light burning in my little…

Always a treat to see a collage from Adrienne appear in my mailbox.

Another one of Meeah amazing envelopes arrived last week. I love these desert prophets with hair courtesy of the postal cancellation. (Nice cloakage too. I'm tellin' ya Meeah, ya gotta start doing some fabric design with your creatures.)  Meeah's envelopes are among the finest in the land but this one was filled with stuff too. As in...…

Who is that on the envelope?

Funny little guy, strollin' along...

hoppin' through an "acordion" folded boekie by Carina that came

in this stitched little packet:…

Beautiful BLUE hand-torn spirals from a security envelope,

atop blown watercolors and with a vintage postage stamp! Fabulous!…

Very minimal spray aye aye aye...OR could be 9/11?

but with fun/celebrating postage from Portugal :-)…

Walking home with a currious piece of Mail-Art that arrived at the P.O.Box in Breda. It seems to come from USA, but no senders name yet.....…