June 2014 Blog Posts (204)

This arrived right on time for the 21th of June.  A delight from the first sight.

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.…

Very clever Mail Art from Mim.  Referring to my Lost Mail Art Group by sending me a map of Paris.  And exactly the quarter I live in.

Thank you Mim.  I am lost for words.

I received a plethora of items from DK, including a collage piece which I will get back to her soon.  The collage compilation is a cool way to show the results of lots of work:

Thank you!

Mail-art by IUOMA member Rebecca Guyver (Suffolk, UK)

June 24, 2014 - Wearing her Trashpo hat and serving as a member-in-good-standing of DKULTUK, Rebecca Guyver sent me (aka "MINKRANGER") this ingeniously altered junk…

Alan Bealy

Alexander Limarev

Alfonso Careavale

Amy Irwin     

Anja Mattila-Tolvanen

Anna Banana

Antonia Mayol Castello

C. Mehrl Bennett

Carina Granlund      

Carmela Rizzuto       

Christian Burgaud   

Claudia García          

Clemente Padin        

Dan Mouer    

Daniel C Boyer

Daniele Principe       

David Stafford          

De Villo Sloan

Dean Marks

Diane…

I'm happy to be a new member of IUOMA. And I look forward to many creative correspondences, as well as discovering the mail art of others. No doubt I'll be asking for tips and know how.

...I don't know how often I will post a blog on here, as I have other blogs. That and I tend to become overwhelmed with the internet. If you're interested, you'll find my blogs at www.ladyvonhalbach.wordpress.com &…

A very fascinating piece arrived in the mail....an unknown member to me...with a warm hello attached...

It took my eyes a while to see the hidden surprise among the yarn and thread fibers...

thank you for this unique and fun piece....

Vintage postage from Britain...the YOUNG Queen as BODYGUARDS!

Some urban-wildlife here too:

From Positively…

a wonderful collage postcard from Tina...."Movement"

Very nice to hear from you Tina....thank you and happy mail art to you *!*

Always grand to see an envelope from Guido in the mailbox!

And this is titled:"I have fired my real self"!

Inside was a beautifully colored , designed  card...I see a dove!:…

This nice CAT arrived in Greece...from WI = Wisconsin????? or not?

Meow!

Might be Snooky who sent it, and…

If it is TWO for beer, that must be Val and the Artist In Siene!

Excellent collage card arrived ...without a French envelope :-)…

Dancing, Martial Arts light bulb, flowers and a blue sky. Could it be.......?

back…

Incoming mystery card from Val titled, The Fall. Thank you!!!!

front

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Colorfully stamped envelope from Ruud,

at Breda!

and full of mail art goodies, lots of archive…

http://snailmailout.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/shellie-lewis-sends-me-full-envelope.html

Lovely mail-art came in last week with some actions needed on my part.

The envelope:

the envelope, that looks lovely, has a rubberstamp by Moan Lisa in it:

A stamp that I want to use on outgoing mail-art, so I mounted it on a piece of…

Jeanne and I have been collaborating on a mail art postcard with AWESOME results....here is the progression

Jeanne sent....

I returned....

and...Jeanne finished....…

An awesome addition to my Rolodex Art project....

Thank you so much Claudia....I have something coming your way....have a great…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Allan Bealy (Brooklyn, New York, USA)

June 19, 2014 - When actress Karen Black died last year, Allan Bealy created a set of FAB stamps honoring her memory. He was kind enough…