November 2017 Blog Posts (94)

Always fun cards from jimmy connors,

a bit torn in the mail, or perhaps that is how it is meant to be?

The…

These are stunning...

and embossed, very beautiful...on BLUE!

Came in an amazing PINK envelope:…

This Wednesday was a great Mail Day for me. Received the following:

From Ed Giecek: his wonderful envelope with his own prints and other goodies.

From Yayoi: a cute painted bird .

From William Mellott: a lovely…

Toni sent this to me awhile back and I don't believe I ever posted about it. My favourite thing she has sent me so far. A silhouette, a spoon and 1868.



More recently she sent along this trashpo card which she informs me she'd been hanging onto for awhile, and (i assume) a more recent embossed eraser stamp card. Thanks Toni!…

Mail art by IUOMA member Mudhead (aka Chris Reynolds) (Payson, Arizona, USA)

November 23, 207 - I am thrilled to document – even if a tad belated – correspondence art from the great mail artist Chris “Mudhead” Reynolds in Arizona.…

very special mailart from Charlotte, painted, collaged, and partially sewn. Lovely mix of nature, and vibrant colors and the sun is uplifting in the dark rainy days!

From Celestial Scribe: when you view his mailart you are transferred to his own world :) …

There's an old Buddhist saying: When a person gives you a dog don't thank them until they give you a second dog. Probably a poor translation but I think the meaning is quite clear: I now have the two dogs. It's time to thank. Above: Dog one. We like to keep him on a lead otherwise he gets carried away. …

Ed sends this fabulous block print, on the envelope, both sides:

and on an Add 'n Pass, too:…

...with CIRCLES! very nice indeed,

Even the envelope was a bit torn :-)

but with rabbit and lovely stampings:…

Fantastic First Day issue for bees and butterflies!

Vatican city stamping is great, too!

Thank you,…

You love it!  Admit it, you ALL love it like _I_ love it, yes? 

If my job would let me change the screensaver on my work computer, this postcard from Irina in Saint Petersburg, Russia would already be my new screensaver.  I'll be hanging it on my wall so I can still get my fill of this eye candy on a regular basis.

This gorgeous, intricately designed, botanical…

But what is "IT"? What can this be that he is struggling with?

It's BLUE ...and on the envelope, coming from Albuquerque, New Mexico (where it is dry and grapes grow fine)!

Aha...an explanation, on the back of the envelope, by the…

...and there should be no going back!

...not for this guy,

or any other human being.…

There is something missing in this address?

It is in a plain envelope so as not to upset any 

German postal clerk...but it stil was returned.

Perhaps we have to have the street address of the 

Post Office?

we're singin' "NIXIE"!…

A really fun altered postcard from Jimmy Connors. The reverse side appropriately features postage stamps of flowers.



A fun sort of abstract rubber stamped card from Magda. The first time receiving mail from her(him?). …

Mail art by IUOMA member Patricia Landon (Delray Beach, Florida, USA)

November 16, 2017 - Patricia Landon’s tee shirt project is circulating through the network with some wonderful results. I am so pleased she included me. This is a…

Will America understand: "Making a killing..."?

Stampings on the envelope, and otherworldly Halloween art:…

Have no fear!...

Danke! Thank you for this!…