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Conceptually its quite difficult to portray the words we cant say – without being obvious.  Once again though,  Marie has succeeded in subtly expressing an idea. This time, her concept is The Words Encaged.  Those words we want to express, but never do. 

For celebrating the 3rd year on NING for IUOMA the next card is being printed right now and will start to go out next week when we are 3 years on NING.

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Sprung from the head of Zeus! Yet again. Another sterling wunderwerk from Skybridge Studios arrived yesterday. Dressed in an understated gold lame envelope festooned with vintage southwestern stamps, this four panel folding book has kind of a hayseed feeling about it. For one, SB has been pushing the envelope of their printer again: all of the text is printed on thin wafers of wood. I’m guessing mahoghany veneer but I could be dead wrong. Anyhow this rusticity is lightly echoed in the nine…

I sometimes get in the habit of blogging multiple pieces of mail art due to time constraints and volume, even though many of the works of art deserve their own independent posting. One of those amazing pieces, that I didn't want folks to miss, was a recent gift from Svenja Wahl that REALLY MADE MY DAY!!

 If you are looking at the photo of Svenja's envelope art…

If mail art came in a candy sack, I would be dragging my haul along the ground back to my lair so I could roll around in all my sweets!  As it is, I got some really SWEET mail art in celebration of All Hallow's Eve--the day that marks the thinnest veil between this world and the other where our forebears ethereally mingle. Just look at this stash:

This is truly some…

Very French on the envelope from Lesley. And what could be inside?

Beautiful art, of course...with a red beret, so reminds me of Paris! sigh.…

This little packet sat on the table for 24 hours - an eternity - staring and tempting at each pass by.

A friend suggested that it NEVER be opened, 'it is perfect as it is'. I reached for the scissors and carefully cut open the edge without stitching. Diane, it is no surprise you are the reigning queen of trashpo. Here is a peek into this marvel. thanks.…

# 329 from Mim is a beautiful collage with vintage photos and not so vintage. Old and new side-by-side, through the haze of time.Thank you, Mim! We began making a-card-per-day back on December 1, 2010 and now we are on our way to completing 365 mail art cards by November 30.... 30 more to gooooo! …

Let's set the pace with a bit of ouzo from the Greek Island Mytilene that arrived here via Santa Fe, New Mexico, from David Stafford. Just to cheer us up amidst all the "Greek turmoil" ( where? when?, whaaaat?) David with his great humor created a three-fold card that dances with fun:…

John sends me - and others - the most wonderful things :-).  I have NO idea why, but they just YELL at me to add to them - I'm sure some of you feel that?  John is also a well known ZALOPIST.  ZALOPISTS inhabit ZALOP City in the World of Emphatics.

ZALOPISTS make maps to secret doors leading to ZALOP City.  Its very difficult to find you  see.  This is NOT a FAKE map -…

MMy first mail art from Samuel Montalvetti from Argentina arrived, it's a bag full of surprises!! I especially love his "etiquetas", and he send me the one I favorited a few days before - thank you, Samuel, I'm happy about it! 

But I like also a lot of the other stuff: …

To Mim :)

To Martha

To Skybridge Studios:…

I dared and I opened :-)) Totally worth it. Thom's Halloween envelope contained a great poem full of tricks and sweets.

And look a the ghostly robe! I agree with you, Thom, Where's the Love, where's the Love...

Thank you…