March 2020 Blog Posts (171)

In case this may be of use or interest - I found that the auction site Delcampe has a dedicated Virus page that lists various countries together with a brief description of the state of their snail mail and links to their postal authorities sites.  I followed along to Royal mail and they have a long list of countries updated every day. Russia is listed as closed for business and Germany listed as #problematical' but Spain seems to be open which surprises me given the news from there.  Most…

The series of Bon-Zines continue,  With a bonus issue of Ova-Zine!  In color!  Always full of good images in fabulous juxtaposition.…

A favorite friend to find in the mailbox, reply in the mail tomorrow!

Norma Soulet sent a whole book on spring, each page is quite 3-D  with paint, collage and stickers in the brilliant colors of life.…

She is a beauty,

and arrived weeks ago,

so time to blog :-)…

This envelope is soooo small 2x4 inches (5x10 cm)...

amazing that it made it through the post,

This guy arrived weeks ago,…

It's awfully annoying to get mail that's been butchered by the postal service - especially a piece of mail art.



​Well, you know what they say, "Sh*t Happens!" Yes, it does happen, but you can't help thinking about the time and care that went into making the mail…

Great stamps, William M!

Hi!

Please look at the Arty Slide International Group which I started in 2012. It was as Mini as I could think of then. We held 2 good Slide Art exhibitions in France. I still have the Arty Slides (somewhere!) that IUOMA colleagues contributed. Bianca has died, alas. I have gained a Stidio and moved to bigger bits of art.

Here is the text that started it all:…

An origami folded envelope/MA arrived from James.  The inside is a calendar page with lovely bits of paper glued down.  Could be a comment on the current lockdown, maybe just a visual image.  Thank you for the intriguing design!

many thanks for this terrific envie!  love her attitude!!  mail is coming to you this week!

During this time of social distancing and quarantine I have been looking for more projects to keep myself busy. My son Jackson who is 11 years old has been spending substantially more time drawing. I walked into is room a week back and saw these fantastic monster drawings he was doing on post it notes.  I snatched one unbeknown to him and decided to turn it into a rubber stamp. I was THRILLED with the result! I showed him and he was so excited, asking, if I keep drawing monsters, will you…

I will never think of Boondocks in the same way.

Adam included a transcript from his family history which brought these stamps to life. Thanks for sharing with me, Adam.

Thank you Stan…

Oh it's such a special day when Nancy Bell Scott's art hits my mailbox! Gorgeous! Thanks so much, Nancy!