April 2012 Blog Posts (355)

It must be a map to find a treasure, or something, I hope for Nancy to help me to get behind the secret. Anyway this card is a treasure itself! Tak the mücke ( sorry for german writing) to Finland

if I get such cards I´would like to have more courage to handle more intensive colours, and a great envelope too. Thank you very…

Great sketch on newspaper arrived me thank you very much,

ON April 16 2012 I made a sign for words of the day.{it something i have seen on some site i have visited}anyway i made my signHOLY CRAPI got on the bus with my sign and camera.my sign…

Sue Hobbs sent me some lovely pottery from South Africa, enclosed in a handmade envelope.

This are the most recent mail art pieces that i received to TAKE1 project, many thanks to all :)

37# DAVID STAFFORD (USA:New Mexico - Santa Fé)

David had made this great and very…

I received this secret message from Russell Manning a couple of weeks ago. 

Anyone who says that the secret messages are impossible to photograph just didn't try hard enough. 

Please forgive my late posting ... sometimes life gets in the way of mailart.

PS. Secret messages are…

After the Greek Easter holidays, mail art came all at once...what a delivery! Thank you one and all!

from Carina in Finland...a vintage automobile . "Love it!

Jon Foster sent a great "vintage" LIFE tape-transfer and check out the…

Poor Greek Soldier...how to survive the postal system dressed in a skirt? (It's NOT a "skirt" it's a "foustenella")

Tears of laughter!!!

So you send a collage...poorly pasted and expect NOT to have a leg ripped off?…

Thank you Sue for wonderful envelope and blue tones!

and Thank you Cheryl for wonderful Mail Art Painting, I'm blessed! Cheryl writes:

THE AUTHENTIC

MASSACRE OF THE

INNOCENT IMAGE

CONTINUED.

MAIL ART…

Thank you for your lovely painted card "Cobre I", Roberto!

the novel that exploded ; la vente à la criée du Lot 49 ; dia 6x6 impossible à imprimer alentour ; repris au numérique contre une vitre ; l'infortune de Tune & Taxi dans  l'exvoto d'une chapelle du sud de la france ;

Don't ask me why.  I googled; "Banana Day" and then an idea came to mind.

  

If you would like to make and send a Banana Mail Art piece on August 27, 2012, let me know and I will put a list together.  No rules, you can send as many or as few as you want to the members on the list.

If you haven't yet joined the Banana Group, please feel free to do so.  Most of the members are, well should we say; "Bananas"

This is what Google gave me:

August 27, 2012 is…

To start here is the back of Vizma's envelope declaring it a two-for-one with a warning.  She warns me not to fall for the really bad pick-up line inside,

The Pick-Up Line  Silly Vizma...I would never fall for this line again, It doesn't take me 3 times to learn my lesson but it sure is nice to know you care ;)…

Through a nice bit of serendipity, Arac sent me a piece on frosted flakes. My husband's name is Tony so we collect Tony the Tiger things. Arac…

Received this excellent piece from Claudia giving a family update. Her abstract characters are entrancing and their objects have a life of their own. thanks…

Well, the envelope says De Villo but I know that the one who did ALL this work is Dark wall. Dw has been a fervent and very prolific producer of Minxus art over the past months. Until now I had only seen his collection through the pictures uploaded in his gallery, but with this package I am now the very happy owner of several major, authentic and original…

Ooh, I love it when I have no idea who has sent me surprise mail art, and that happened a few times last week!

This from Jim SantAmour with a photo and vintage stamp, VERY nice!

From Kris Naylor- SPECTACULAR pearly envelope with stamps, and collage inside..…