November 2014 Blog Posts (199)

Wonderful banana cut-out and stitched envelope,

beautiful pastel colors and banana yellow swirls!

And…

Also from the UK, came this banana and banana-birdie:

"Two Chicken splash out"? Yep, on the flip side:…

Hey Mr Tallyman, tally me bananas!

Here is a Snooky Special for Banana Day :-)

A collage creation by Angie that just makes me see "stars"…

Here is another Banana Mail Art special! STICKERS!

Not copied, oh, no, real stickers...from a whole lot of BANANAS!…

Going BANANAs! BaBaBaBa

Carina sent this fun card and had me laughing for days! BaBaWhat?

Also, it came in…

New blog here!

Banana Mail Art arrived in Thess...from the Artist in Seine

How to recycle old cell phones! Amazing

...and naked in the mail, no envelope of course.…

Have you ever thought who could ever replace Gary Larson?  Well look no further, because here's the man.  Funny as hell, if you don't mind me saying.…

Who doesn't remember Joséphine Baker?  I go swimming in a pool named after her, and always thought she was French.  But no, she was American.  Born in St. Louis Missouri. 

She performed the Banana Danse sauvage, wearing a costume consisting of a skirt made of a string of artificial…

I could find no fault with Mim's Banana Mail Art piece.  The name is spelt correctly, correct postage stamps were included, no messy glue traces, there is a banana present, and it's even yellow.  It's perfect.  Bravo Mim

Thank you Mim.  Now my turn at a try with…

Through 12/31/14 I am offering a free American Amateur Press Association bundle of journals, zines & printed ephemera to anyone who wants one anywhere in the world! Please send a postcard with your postal address. Frederick Moe AAPA Mailer 36 West Main Street Warner NH 03278 USA. Email or online replies will not be responded to postal replies will be responded to. I guarantee that all postal inquiries will receive a mailing. Thank you! 

our life = not digital?

Dean has nailed it completely with this one that arrived this morning. Paris to London, no packaging - hand-delivered by the postman (who was fascinated) - and it just proves Dean knows a thing or two about glue, as those pasta twirls are rock solid. This really…

I received this unusual 'naked' item in the mail from France.

And the back - a travel checkers game! And a great piece of airmail tape.

And on the back of the board, a lovely scene.…

With Guido-Vermeulen-stamp.

I was amazed by Jay's French culture.  Not even most French people know about this phrase.  It's a quote from général Bonaparte aka Napoléon I^er (you know the guy that was scratching…

Right on time, Bananas, Buns & yarn.

This Banana little number came right in time for interNational Banana apprecation day on the 18th of November.  The Banana group celebrates it every year with a Mail Art Call for Banana art.

The yarn was…

Doctor Who?  Banana Who?  Chickens Who?   Yes, that's the way to go in the banana group.  Just do what you normally do and in the end stick a banana on it.

This Banana piece came right in time for interNational Banana apprecation day on the 18th of November.  The Banana…

On behalf of mail-artists everywhere, DK conducted an in-depth interview with a former postal worker who achieved a high career rank in the USA mail system. DK’s source, now retired, agreed to answer all the gloves-off questions on the grounds that her identity is kept anonymous. The result is an insider view of the postal system with a close look at issues that impact the mail-art community.



DK: Since you work for the post office, can I do a…