August 2014 Blog Posts (219)

So the precious #1000 award was already blog, it is an "atc" (artist trading card)...

but here is the envelope that Amy Irwen sent it in...

full of wonderful stampings and stamps...artistamps!…

There is an Art-to-the-Envelope, and Guido creates a Master-Piece!

It is titled on the flip side, always with a bit of Guido's humor!

Stamped lovingly with a Belgian butterfly:…

It was on my #1000 blog that Amy's mail art was posted,

and 6 mail artists received an "award"...and now so did I!

Aw, amy, that is so sweet! xxx

See the winner's here:…

Awesome work from Roberto...

arty envelope...

a new wonderful piece....

and a collaboration...

I love Roberto's…

This is latest mailing from MomKat - using a "Denny's" to go box lid I found shortly before our meeting. - Thanks MK!…

I thought I'd add some better scans from MomKat's last mailing - Many Thanks again MomKat!…

Eye-see-you! 

Beautifully textured card from Susan arrived in Greece.

Brilliant color on the flip side, too!…

May all be well in the new residence, Fleur!

Very nice shop you have in the neighborhood!

Thanks for this card and your new address,

...and the bunny!…

Yes, an original hand painted and hand spotted flower from the Queen.  Look at the unique texture.

And that is smiling Kevin, Martha's postal…

So is an invitation to a Valentine Mark Herman door & windows exposition and invite to come in or go out.

I think I prefer the invite to go out.  One…

A fun package was waiting in my "mail bag" as I came into the hot city.

Erniness Rocks! You see the familiar smiling guy here and you know it has to be special!

and everywhere on the outside of the packet, the mailman enjoys the…

Very RED mail art arrived iin Greece from Dorina.

She was visiting in Romania, so it has a beautiful postage.

And inside a most stunning card:…

Mail art from Anete has arrived in Greece

in this fun BLUE envelope.

Full of wonderful stamps and stampings…

I found this cookbook: Mother McCready’s Starving Artist Meal Timer. Made famous by her much loved recipe,“Sixteen ways to Imagine a Stale Cracker is a Slice of Bread Covered in Your Favourite Condiment”, it is a volume that has stood the test of time. In going through the various suggestions I found one I had forgotten: Majickformium in a Box. What Luck! I have five proper boxes (bubble gum boxes are the best!). Sadly, when I went to my cupboard I found I was completely out of…

I found this cookbook: Mother McCready’s Starving Artist Meal Timer. Made famous by her much loved recipe,“Sixteen ways to Imagine a Stale Cracker is a Slice of Bread Covered in Your Favourite Condiment”, it is a volume that has stood the test of time. In going through the various suggestions I found one I had forgotten: Majickformium in a Box. What Luck! I have five proper boxes (bubble gum boxes are the best!). Sadly, when I went to my cupboard I found I was completely out of…

That's right, that mail-art super group has a new record out next week. Right now the band is putting together the final touches on their third CD. Each CD package is handmade and completely different from one another.

Let me know if you're interested in such a thing and I will be glad to send you one on behalf of the band. Each CD comes with hand designed…