September 2014 Blog Posts (175)

this is a year long travelling exhibit. Feel free to leave your life suggestions in the comments section of my blog as well.  All are posted here!!  …

So I said there were TWO envelopes from Marni in my mail box, right?  Here's part of the contents of the one postmarked 09 SEPT 2014 with it's rainbow embroidery, visual, olfactory and tactile goodness:

That's a real teabag, with a wolf inside and words and red thread, and a handmade ea bag envelope and OH MY!  Fresh, exciting, creative…

from J. Block. Pop out wonder.

and from Keith Chambers- this stunning collage. Thanks a…

On Sunday I discovered TWO awesome mail art pieces hiding among the junk mail on my front porch.  I have no idea if they both came on Saturday or if they arrived separately and were there for longer, but they made me so happy, thank you Marni!  The first one is postmarked 04 SEP 2014:

The envelope is made out of a magazine page with added tiny little black paper…

New blog here >

Very nice envelope filled with artistamps for Cavelliini Year!

and IMAGINE PEACE:

Giovanni and Renata have…

When it is from Buz, it is always an envelope  filled with surprises: "ORT DER ANGST"

and this time he sends these artistamps, and getting ready for the 1943-2043 Buz Event :-)

A bit like Cavellini! It is also a MomKat Centennial…

Do you know the tale of the passenger pigeon...and the last one , named Martha?

Mim sent this origami pigeon, A3 page , and I shall be constructing it soon.…

Okay, this blog disappeared, but it is back now :-)

Lovely envelope from Brooke...

And it is to "B" or not to "B"...it is from Brooke Cooks.

Beautifully textured card inside:…

Thom Courcelle was in Seattle but now has moved to "heavenly" Vermont.

Is that Jonah and the Whale on his envelope??? Nice BLUE water "bubbles"!

Looks like that guy swimming from Hamburg, doesn't it?…

An envelope with little ants bringing many mail art treasures from Oz (Australia :-)

Jack enclosed four (4)…

These are an amazing series of "stamps"! and I shall copy and use on mail art surely!

Also a BLUE card was inside...funny eyes!…

Mail art  arrived from ToFu of SanFran...Bryce Canyon and all!

'Loving all the fragments:

Many…

New blog here

Piro sent TWO amazing cards enclosed in a fabulous envelope. The envelope (not picturse here - sorry) even had maps of Washington State.  Very personalized.  Love the layers and the colors.  Thanks so very much.…

Another pen drawing gem from Thomas.  Thanks so much!  More mail soon.

Thanks Jan for the lovely red card.  I surely need the wishes you so thoughtfully provided.  I'd love to know more about your printing. 

Just finished another little artistbook "age marks" . The stained,waxed pages were made by Trace Willans a little while ago and I have been slowly transforming the pages according to the messages already there in the stains. There are more images on my websiteif you are interested.…

received some sheets back from Heleen, so some new ones on the way....

........for exactly FIVE YEARS!

  Happy IUOMA Birthday, Val