March 2019 Blog Posts (253)

It took me a bit to figure out who this one came from...then I remembered sending mail to someone in Santa Fe and it all came together.  Thanks David for the great Super Cosmic bookmark and the Hard Cold Cash.  I will try not to spend it all in one place.  And...you must know I LOVE Elvis and John Lennon.  I am hoarding a sheet of each of those stamps...along with a sheet of Janis.  :-)…

This is my first mail art received from the fabulous Richard Baudet in France.  What a lovely surprise to see the beautiful calligraphy pieces.  Thanks so much Richard.  :-)

I am in love with the Dylan poster...I don't want to pass this one on.  Thanks for the lovely collage too...I am starting a collection of them in a journal.  :-)

Thanks to Katerina Nikoltsou for the great ATCs.  This is my first mail art from Greece.  I love the stamps and the ATCs.  Katerina also reminded me that I am IUOMA member #5000...lol.  

I received some flux bucks and an ATC duo from Amber Scribble.  My first flux bucks.  I love the ink backgrounds on the ATCs.  Now...what do I do to finish them.  :-)

I am a couple of weeks late posting this one but I received a great valentine and collage from Bonniediva.

This week I received an AMAZING envelope of art from Norma Soulet.  I love the fiber ATC.  It makes me want to pull out my fabric and sewing machine and start a new project.  I haven't used the sewing machine much in the last few years.  :-)

Norma also sent a couple of add and pass for me to play with.  I am getting a stack of these now. I suppose next week will be busy trying to get them out.  I am not as creative as you guys...I need to step up my game. …

A really fun collage made from postage stamps by Ilya Semenenko-Basin. Outside his work - I don't seem stamps used quite in this way before. …

Received mail from Alan Brignull.   

Vol 1 of Melissa's great Zine! She is so clever with her captions -- really fantastic! And she sent me an A&P deco, a page of which is below:…

Caroline sent me a couple of A&P's and an A&P boekie, which have already left the building (gone to live on farm). BUT I love her envelope, here shown:

Robyn Banks says she loves being in school -- better her than me, I say! She sent me this beauty, made of a tea bag! Alsoo some A&P's which have already moved on (they were sent to live on a farm, just like my turtle when I was 10) and a Trio Jam which will be recorded on the ATC Jammers page. Thanks…

Dare Cher Richard, fortunately, it's not my job to discern what is poetry and what is not. I leave that up to the New Yorker and all the literature professors across these Undy-States. Howsomever, I like what you do, whatever it is!

If you are interested in sending and receiving some mail art from me, please add me as a friend or send me a message and we'll trade addresses. It's been a while since I participated in mail art, so I am looking for new contacts.

-Lani

I love this piece from Tiny Whisk; hand drawn, collage, shiny envelope... it has it all!

Mail from December 2018: 

The Lyons’ Den received a very first piece of mail from Moscow, Russia via Ilya Semenenko-Basin. Ilya used postage stamps and glue to create an interesting collage. 

The collage I received was done on a post card, and features a number of circles and other shapes.…