February 2019 Blog Posts (184)

From November 2018: A little late in posting this awesome creation by Kathy Barnett (MO, U.S.A.) 

From the Lyons’ Den Herald: “Looks like love was in the air on Halloween 2018, as Maggie Sternum became the blushing bride of the talented Mr. Toes McRibs. It took some real backbone for Toes to propose, but…

Collages by Eduardo Cardoso from Portugal.
Thanks to Eduardo!

New mail from Ryosuke Cohen. Thanks to Cohen-san!

My name first appeared in this issue of the “BRAIN CELL” ("BRAIN CELL-1039").

These amazing stamps were issued in 2017 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Spanish video game La Abadía del Crimen (The Abbey of Crime), itself based on Umberto Eco's book The Name of the Rose, which was also made into one of my favorite films starring Sean Connery.…

A stunning cut-out! A4 size...How is this done?

I am planning to add it to a painted background,

something of a "collaboration" piece, and send it

to David Stone for his Black Bird zine...we'll see how

it turns out later :-)

And fun on the large envelope, too:…

I have had this envelope from Eric for quite some time. It is the perfect combination, as the beautiful stamps show the evolution of writing implements, and after all, stamps were created for sending letters. These two show a fountain pen and a reed, used as an ancient writing tool. Love the colors of this envelope from Eric, and the splashes of blue on the stamps. The blue cat watching the writer in the top stamp is fantastic.…

FROM MY BLOG: https://mailartbyjayne.weebly.com/blog/one-year-under-my-belt

So over breakfast today I happened to mention to my hubby, "You know, two days ago (February 22) was the one year anniversary of my involvement with mail art!" After a moment Ed said, "Ahhh...so I guess you earned your…

Always a joy to see Theo in the mail!

Here are THREE Add/Pass pages that I have added or will  be adding

and sending out soon:…

Two arrived within the same week, what fun! (for MOM...Kat :-)

And Cody sent these nice stickers...a few will be used on mail art and Add/Pass soon.…

Keith sent me this stunning print in time for Halloween 2017.

From October 2018:

Michael Goetz (Rockford IL) sent me two add & passes in October.

The a&p with the photographs of vintage things was initiated by me. Mike Dickau…

From August 2018:

First piece from Jack - Cascadia ArtPost, Olympia WA, a post card "Annals of Commodity Civilization." 

He certainly drives (pun intended) the point home about consumerism in America! Love the artistamp, vintage ads, and the bit about 'Ford versus…