January 2014 Blog Posts (288)

The first one is a Christmas Card....Melissa is very creative and her wit is spot on...

and this small inset was printed on the envelope....

then, I just received another card last week...Brilliant *!*…

Anyone providing information to the identification of this person appearing in this happy photograph,

is kindly requested to contact this blog or the one below immediately:

White Wonder... Who sent it?????

(beautiful handmade…

Since my long bed scanner, which sat next to my lap top on the little desk space in my studio, stopped functioning, I had to rely on the scanner in my husband's studio. Okay, must also confess that his studio is just down from MY studio space, but getting up and going in there to put my stuff on the scanner, then walking back to my lap top to wirelessly scan (this is amazingly futuristic) then walk back and do another scan, sometimes is annoying. It breaks my rhythm of playing. Or perhaps…

A very lovely card and envelope from Fleur:

with a fleur from Fleur, of course!(TOP SECRET :-)

Thank you!…

Also in the mail from John was this add and pass...

So...I added: some "PEACE" to the left "ΕΙΡΗΝΗ"

and a bit of washi-washi on the lower right :-)…

What a white wonder card arrived in Greece.

Beautiful textured handmade pulp paper, stitchery and washi !

Now then, who sent it????

Her portrait is here  on the flip side,

but...I can't place-a-name-with-the-face…

Getting close to "his" day? Valentine's Day! 

But for now, let's see this altered card from Sigean..is that Val in the center of the group photo?…

Just lovin' this, Mim!

Thanks for the additions...

'Might think about doing "add n' pass altered…

C.M. Bennett does a great envelope (thanks, all well here!)

also some photomatic pics of both her, and is that John Bennett??? hahaha

And of course inside was also a wonderful VISPO boekie by John:…

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Just wanted to give a shout out to Dean Marks, Mim Scalin and Angie Cope for the recent mail art found in my box. Not a lot of time these days to post blogs here, so I'm providing a link to my main blog:…

by Tiziana Baracchi (Italy)

http://www.quequen.unicen.edu.ar/mailart/?p=311

by Fernanada Grigolin (Brasil)

http://www.quequen.unicen.edu.ar/mailart/?p=301

I apologize for the godawful pics of this awesome thoughtful mail art.  I love mail art that tells a story and explains the journey from finding to creation.…

Every once in a while a mail art piece arrives and just blows your mind.  This time it came in a plain Brown paper bubble envelope.

I opened the envelope and found a small box.  The kind of box you find engagement rings in.  I started by looking at the bottom of the box, and became very excited.

The cover of the box took my fanny immediately.  There was just…

Long long time ago, actually last November, this card arrived as a reply to my "Inspire the Next" which I had sent to Carina.

The twin towers of Finland never looked better

And one from today…

To the Greek post office to pick up a fun package from Off Scene Akademie Hamburg,

it was quietly empty at the post office, yay!…