December 2014 Blog Posts (228)

All Saints Eve aka Halloween is long gone. Even the Great Turkey has flown. Yet the saints keep marching in! How spectral is that? Meanwhile, back at the 200 Postcards/Got Mail Art project, folks are revving up for Xmas*. Partying with in-laws and no laws, stalking Black Season sales, and decking the motel halls with duct tape. Me no tell Santa if you don't...

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Mail-art by Alesandra Crowley (Berkeley, California, USA) and/or IUOMA member Meeah Williams (Brooklyn, New York, USA)

December 9, 2014 - Last week Borderline Grafix (Austin, Texas, USA) posted online documentation of…

Emily sent an Add 'n Pass boekie from Jon Foster in this fun envelope:

Penguins all over, having fun! Put a smile on my face, for sure :-)…

(And i hope soon a Ray bunny T-Shirt :-) hee,hee,hee..

This super tape-collage arrived in Greece, fantastic trasparencies!…

Mail-art by GX Jupitter-Larsen (Hollywood, California, USA)

December 8, 2014 - I am absolutely floored and, needless to say, elated to have found mail-art from none other than the GREAT GX Jupitter-Larsen waiting for me in…

Nice BLUE Royal Mail stamp and stampings on the envelope:

and also a reminder that the 2014 Year of the Horse is coming to…

TWO map cards from Roberto! Mona Lisa "doubled" on a lovely map fragment with BLUE:

and this fish, too:

But…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Finnbadger (Columbus, Ohio, USA)

December 8, 2014 - Finnbadger is sending out some very interesting, self-identified “bad mail-art,” which has captured the attention of none other than Queen of Trash…

New blog here ->

January 9^th, 2015, it will be exhibiting again the works received in the post call "Paths of water."
It will be at the “Casa de Cultura” de  Campello (Alicante) Spain. I hope to be as successful as the previous exhibiiton of February 2014

Today I learned what a 'punnikin' is. I've seen lots of yarn bombing and guerrilla knitting, but did not know that the little dangly things are punnikins. Now I know. Or do I?  Do I have this right?  --LInda

and brings the next year:…

Such an intricate collage!

This arrived in a large see-through envelope, about A4 size,

and Linda created it with more than 100 tiny bits and pieces. Flip side is "CAT MAIL" meow:…

Always a stunning envelope..."Peace and Love"!

...this side with washi and a "fleur" from Fleur.

and the card inside has a photogenic FLEUR on the metal gate :"Autumn Flower"…

Very happy to see a Judy Staroscik creation in my mail box.

The envelope is sooooo "sweet"!

And inside , a lovely card:…