Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)'s Blog – July 2017 Archive (39)

David Stone's poem

Always a joy to see David's poetic parrot in the mail,

Here is his poem:"Citadel"

(top half)

(lower…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 28, 2017 at 10:19am — 1 Comment

Surprise book from Mike Dyar

Mike took a small postcard that I had sent in June:

and he enlarged the image, colors, shapes, the stamps, etc. and printed a A4 size boekie!

He ran a bit more of orange paint, too !…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 27, 2017 at 9:37am — 2 Comments

CatMail from Henry Denander in Sweden

...Henry loves to spend summer in Greece,

on Hydra Island...full of CATS! I'm lovin' this card!

Wonderful series of artistamps, too, Henry:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 25, 2017 at 8:22am — No Comments

Kit for Kurt? from Roland Halbritter

Always good to see Roland in the mail!

I may have to "add 'n return"? Don't know German...let's see

can someone translate please :-)

Me thinks there is a CAT...wrapped in its tail?…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 25, 2017 at 8:21am — No Comments

Mail Art card in lovely envelope from Sa Mue

I spy a BLUE cat amongst the nice stampings,

...two kit kats, actually...maybe three?

Beautiful Year of…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 23, 2017 at 12:58pm — 1 Comment

jimmy connors sends a cut-up card

F. Schneider in Germany uses recycled cardboard,

and this one came with a corner missing...

it arrived safely and with a great fun portrait.…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 23, 2017 at 12:54pm — 2 Comments

The envelope is a baggie from Eric Bruth

Great creations by Eric in France to recycle paper bags,

and he added an inspiring card inside, too!

I have…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 23, 2017 at 12:30pm — No Comments

WIPE 104 has arrived from Australia

Gotta luv the Field Study toilet tissue zines.

Here are the participants for #104:

and a few of the…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 21, 2017 at 9:26pm — 4 Comments

Second one from Finnbadger on the next day!

Fabulous to Find Finnbadger on Friday...what a surprise!

A wonderful handmade envelope from Columbus (ColumBest), Ohio,

with a special "interior" ad...brought back teenage memories of trips to

the neighborhood "Sportsman…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 21, 2017 at 3:12pm — No Comments

Beautiful BLUE from Finnbadger

Handmade BLUE envelope arrived in summer BLUE Greece,

and inside a wonderful surprise boekie from Finnbadger!

Beautifully done, and inviting me to add to the many pages:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 21, 2017 at 3:11pm — 1 Comment

Ti Ar sends owls plus+

Fun owl stampings on Ti Ar's mail art card,'love 'em!

Always a joy to see Ti Ar in my mailbox.

Here is the BLUE side:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 20, 2017 at 10:15am — 2 Comments

Michael Ley sends owls

...but not to Athens :-) "Eulen nach Athen tragen"!

There are so many owls in Athens, no need to carry or send any...

a German saying that means you don't have to do a job that does not

need to be done! "Take no owls to…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 20, 2017 at 10:14am — No Comments

DADA from C.M.Bennett

Would Putin say DA DA to DADA?

Well, it is fun DADA mail art from C. Mehrl Bennett!

(and I'll be adding to Theo's AddPass soon)…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 19, 2017 at 5:48am — No Comments

Keye C. in Canada sends PINK!

Yes it is PINK...flamingo on the envelope,

another one too, with lips on Canadian postage, wow!

Then on the back of the envelope: making mine PINK :-)…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 19, 2017 at 5:45am — No Comments

Enchanting Robot from David Stafford?

Well this original watercolor guy is from David, sent from SanFran,not NewMex.,

but I am not sure if the robot is "friendly"? Though 'tis a FAB illustration, as always!

There is a fine story to go with this robot, drone, and animal,…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 18, 2017 at 10:36pm — 3 Comments

Pat Landon sends a RED hot envelope

What a treat, with recycled elements from my sending:

'Tis a beautiful portrait inside:

framed in postage…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 18, 2017 at 11:09am — 2 Comments

Mail Art in handmade envelope from Fleur

Full of vintage images and peace doves:

And a cactus card inside:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 18, 2017 at 11:09am — 2 Comments

Tea Time boekies from Neil Gordon

So good to see Neil in the mail...

and his envelope had two tiny boekies (each only 6x8 cm).

Pages and…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 17, 2017 at 1:09pm — 2 Comments

Funny Money and lots and lots from Amy Irwen

There's money-in-the-mail :-)

Well, Play Money, and Playing Cards (tiny) and an Owl and...

many other goodies in a "window" envelope from Amy, whahoooo! :…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 17, 2017 at 7:39am — 2 Comments

Funny Money came from Kathleen Higgins, too

Looks good, if only the Eternal Network was the World Bank!

Lots of fun items came in Kathleen's envelope...

from very HOT Arizona to very HOT Greece (we have 38o-40oC these days whew!)

Cactus:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on July 17, 2017 at 7:37am — No Comments

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