November 2015 Blog Posts (193)

Mail art by IUOMA member Gü (aka Gina Ulgen) (Norwich, UK)

November 7, 2015 - I am absolutely thrilled to announce that the three original…

'Gotta luv these birdies!

They came in clear plastic envie, so the postman was happy to see them too!

An original watercolor card included as well:…

It looks good...

but it is FAKE :-(

Lots of fun to see in the mail however, and a stamp-covered envelope (from "Thrace):…

Always nice to open and envelope in Greece and see "funds"!

Very nice, must add 'n pass, 'liking the ORANGE envelope, too!

Also this amazing collage card from Brooke:…

http://www.diekunterbuntekatzenseite.de/blog/mailart-no-104

cat mailart Nr. 104

a great collage by An.U. Its been a while that Annette has participated in exchanges due to family and life. Welcome back AnU....we have missed you *!*

it reminds me that "Winter is Coming"

Mail art by IUOMA member Amy Irwen (Rosemount, Minnesota, USA)

November 6, 2015 - Amy Irwen is a talented and prolific mail artist. In addition to more “classic” correspondence art, she makes image-text collage that is of…

This is to be framed...an original by Art Tower,

and with this stamp: definitely a Happy Mail Art Day!

Also this card was included, too funny:…

Recycled old, old, and rare Greek air mail envelope arrived from res!

Sooooo nice to have, and it was filled with goodies:…

So, if you send an owl...

you get an owl, or two from res, or more!

from Fleur.…

....with owls by Helen Amyes,

and other fine stampings on toilet tissues :-)…

This is a beauty, a mosaic beauty, who?who?

and also the card with minimal cut 'n paste landscape...

a Fleur from Fleur!

Precisely cut and flowing with BLUE:…

November 6, 2015 - I am thrilled to display this lovely mink ranch-themed work. However, I do not know who sent it. I  would very much like to give credit, so any help would be appreciated, especially since I know I have seen this somewhere before but cannot remember where.…

Gü is working on her branding again. I think this could be sort of like a change of address card for her new name: Gü (formerly G___ U______) but still in Norwich thank god. In which case: Duly noted Gü though I may occasionally leave the ümlaut behind to save valuable time. In the cellophane bag a lower case "u," inscribed on side: "What wood u do without G?"…

Correspondance créative pour un monde meilleur

A surprise "banana" envelope arrived in Greece

Many fun banana stamps from Anna Banana's big event in Victoria, Canada:…

And then, many years later, Coca Cola came along.

And there was Light.

(Or even Lite in some markets)

And there was Zero.

And there was Life

And there was even Cherry Cola, as in.....

"I met her in a club down in old Soho/ Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola/See-oh-el-aye cola."

(It was originally Coca cola, but the Coke people wouldn't let the kinks call it that -- but…