November 2013 Blog Posts (222)

Yay Yarn!



Especially for the ones for whom yarn bombing takes too much time (by the sizes needed), Mail Art is the way to go!

You can knit and send lighthouses, …

BF has been the apple of my eye this week.

I was astonished to receive an envelope full of rubber stamps made just for me. This gift had to have it's own place in my studio, so here it is...

The BF BOX!…

I've been over the moon and back again with the mail art received of late, so here's just a tiny bit of what's been delivered...…

I had lots of great comments in response to my 'airmail letter' style handwoven postcards recently (see earlier blog posts).  If you want to learn how to weave your own, please check out the latest issue of the UK's Crafty magazine where you will find a handwoven postcard tutorial by my very own self!  Find out more about…

Vizma made an innocent comment on a piece of art she sent me saying "We should do a fat fur book swap" or something to that effect.  She mailed it and long since forgot about it. I loved the idea and had to take her up on it. So I sent her a dreadful fuzzy book and this is what she sent back.  Not only is it soft as toilet paper as she says, it is furry, and it is a trashbook!  trashpo and Roadkill all in one--sublime.  The New Hair Product that she asked me to be a guinea pig for, was dug…

I just love Vizma, don't you?…

This is really a mis-nomer....as Nancy's art, even in its broken down form, is wonderful...little treasures that inspire...

thank you Nancy*!*…

A wonderful postal card arrived direct from Washington DC....

Thank you Jennie *!*

Fantastic mirror stamped envelope from Ruud arrived today.

In memory of Rain Rien Nevermind...and "copyleft".

Also a fantastic "30 years" for the TAM archives of rubber stamps:…

From Heleen a feel good drawing. A combination of watercolor, pencil and collage.

From Erni a cool triptych and collage. It can be folded into a square…

yes, that is what happens when you send Ryosuke Cohen a lot of mail. The brain cells of the last years. They will soon be added to the TAM-Archive where there are hundreds more (and even the #1)

I = Ice cream from Val

U = Umeboshi plums from Kate

O = Orange peels, dried and grated, from Erni

M = Mango mash, from xx

A = Apple Pie from Angie (and Snooky)! :-)…

Participant list to the mail art project: “A wish for Greece”

My thanks to everyone who participated to this project!!!…

Just thinking about what it is all about :-)…

You've got to accentuate the positive

Eliminate the negative

And latch on to the affirmative

Don't mess with Mister In-Between

You've got to spread joy up to the maximum

Bring gloom down to the…

and there are many more that do not fit inside :-)

'need other bag or two or three!

Thanks for what you do,…

Always sending the happiest of mail art

The Haptic Werewolf has a great sense of humor and fun!…