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Beautiful watercolor card arrived in Greece from Martha.

"the moon in daytime, a wondrous sight", indeed!

It has the most delicate colors...and image of the rabbit-in-the-moon!

Also these painted cut-out figures are…

A fantastic ink-washed envelope...art-on-the-outside! This came in today's mail:

And then, inside was a surprise "Light House" altered card by Guido, too.

But also, as I unfolded the envelope...magic seeping ink image was…

Val sends a KISS and  "thank you" from our friend Rodin.

Also the flip side is full of my dear "Valentine Wisdom":…

Are the holidays emotional draining for you? Would you like to add some amusement? please consider signing up for the 3rd annual Barfa Spewart Tacky Gift Exchange.  You be assigned a partner to send to. Make something awful either handmade or store bought for $10 or less.  Being a member of MOBMA is not required but encouraged. …

a super trilogy on my doormat today - thank you Martha, Rebecca and Val. I'm very happy to receive mailart from you all.

Martha goes festive - what a characterful goose in full-xmasy gear. Delightful.…

ENGLISH BELLOW

cross posted on MARIE MEIER BLOG and DUO DESORDRE…

Along with the Haptic Werewolf came this very nice mail art from ArtTower.

I see a big cuddly BEAR, too!

Always a joy to see you in the mailbox,

Thanks so much, Gunter.…

Erni sends TWO of his amazingly fun collage cards!

One has an image of an Advent calendar perhaps...(the "world" sticks with UHU!)…

We missed Halloween this year so it was great when Vizma sent me this belated Halloween Boekie sans boner jokes. Of course, we were somewhat disappointed by the lack of boner jokes and she has since promised to include them under a separate cover. I scanned this extra big for maximal viewing so please take a look. The jolly roger is the cover.

And here's…

Actually I just threw in the part about Rocky Marciano...both for thematic consistency and because this bit of ephemera that Nancy sent me (see upper left) reminded me of fight posters. It looks pretty good on this A-Line number too. On the flip side Nancy asked me if I miss Gilda. Nancy, my reply is in the mail. Thank you,…

Received this none to early warning about the impending holiday. Unfortunately, it looks like Thom's wall is about to be breached by the Xmas Rocket, aka the juggernaut of capitalist excess. But if Thom could just get with the program and starting being a maker not a taker he could start his own line of products and be on the receiving end of that gravy train.…

This sunday I started the research for all memories in this project. The TAM-Archive has about 400 of the sheets and I am currently trying to find older ones that are in archives worldwide.

The research takes place on Facebook. If you are there, have a look at:

https://www.facebook.com/memorandommemory

thanks for your help.

Ruud Janssen

Alicia says this is her first attempt at tape transfer. I love the effect she has achieved with the background being transparent , then covered with metallic paint. Gorgeous…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Borderline Grafix (Austin, Texas, USA)

"Neoism is more interesting today than when it was happening."…

To ensure I get the latest Brain Cell I send Ryosuke a lot of mail....

Oh, I enjoy this fine 15-scrapper from you very much, Jim:  and this beautifully composed and stitched scrapper from Amy, which she says "is made of scraps just grabbed and put together--altho I used more than 3 pcs":…