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Mysterious BLUE from mysterious Atte Ourie!

Scribble card arrived in Greece from Finland, it is BLUE...and it is????

A Mystery!

As usual for Atte Ourie, there is no return address.…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 3:52pm — 2 Comments

Grigori-Cavellini sticker-red envelopes arrived!

A packet with 25 red envelopes arrived from Grigori Antonin

And I already know what and where I will send them :-)

Fun GREEN stickers, for Cavellini Year, 2014!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 3:39pm — No Comments

Andrea Jay sends New York, New York

And where is Staten Island??? The "bedroom" of Manhattan :-)...way at the bottom?

Very interesting commentary on back,

fun this is: 70 inches of SNOW! (that's a lot of snow...177 cm!)…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 3:33pm — 2 Comments

"Taped" beauty from Robert Ridley-Shackleton in UK

Just a small card, almost ATC size...but a beauty, vertical or horizontal:

masking tape and minimal rubbing makes a very creative piece!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 3:00pm — 5 Comments

Fascinating card from J.C.Sarpi in Marseilles

Wonderful "mail art" card arrived from southern France.

Collage and painted elements, very interesting:

And…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 2:55pm — No Comments

Banana Art arrived from Lynn Radford

Had a mailing for Feb. 21 World Banana Day, and Lynn's card has arrived today.

Lots and lots of banana stickers...from Honduras and Costa Rica...opa!

Happy…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 2:37pm — 2 Comments

Also from New Mexico? Roswell documentation from Keith Chambers

Another card arrived from Keith...about that "weather balloon" of 1947 in New Mexico.

This is the second card that Keith has sent...yes..I believe! (or am I a skeptic?)

'Liking very much the "prints" on the flip sides of Keith's…

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"Wind Ponies" from A.Sleep in New Mexico

Year of the Horse it is, and these wonderful "wind ponies" arrived in Greece.

Running watercolor streaks make it the "wind"...fantastic!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 2:14pm — 1 Comment

A beauty in pastel colors from xxJones

Lovely colors for Spring arrived from xxJones.

Details give some feeling for the amazing texture from the paint/print:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 2:01pm — 1 Comment

TIME from InSeine, too: a WATCH DOG!

See this WATCH doggie that Artist In Seine sent to the two-timer in Greece?

It comes with these tow pups , too. But BIG WATCH dog cannot be appreciated so well

on this blog, as it doesn't show how "rich" with diamonds, those…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 1:44pm — 6 Comments

The gal knows what she wants... from Raphael!

This is really a very interesting mail art card! She's a-kickin':

And the note explains it, but there really is a "Touch-of-Blue"...here:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 7, 2014 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

Valentine Mark Herman in my mail box :-)

Always a joy to see something from Val...with a "Big Step for Mankind":

He takes an ad or invite card and recycles it into Mail Art! Yay! Adds a bit of JFK:…

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x2 from Hamburg...Edmund likes!

Amongst all the mail art that arrived this week there were TWO collage cards

from Edmund's "hometown" of Hamburg. Erni sent some of his super art:

One with "exercise-for-new-born-to-come"and "sail along...":…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 7, 2014 at 12:55pm — 2 Comments

From Keith, too? Use a rocket ship!

Aha, Keith sent to Hamburg and to Thess...quick mail :-)

I believe! I believe! Up, up, and away!

Great fun…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 6, 2014 at 3:57pm — 5 Comments

Ex Postal Facto 2014 postcard from Cascadia Artpost

Seems Ex Postal Facto was a great success...'wish I was there!

Fascinating card of SanFran and also artistamps on…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 6, 2014 at 3:17pm — No Comments

SPRING mail art poetry comes from Emily Kabooshka in Canada

And it is stunning! Primitive in nature? Or Eastern mystic?

I am reading Rumi once again:

Perfectly…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 6, 2014 at 3:09pm — No Comments

Bill Porter sends a stunning watercolor, and stamps, too

This serene evergreen in a watercolor landscape arrived in Greece from Bill at Olathe Poste.

We shall be on an exchange of watercolor art,

spending time painting and making mail art...and not only on the internet :-)…

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SPRING is here (already in Greece :-) from Theo Nelson!

Oh, yes, beautiful Spring has arrived in Greece!

Theo also writes his poem on the flip side.

Always a joy to receive Theo's "Seasons Greetings"

Many thanks,…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 6, 2014 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Oh! Banana, banana, who made this banana?

This unsigned / no address banana art came from the guy who doesn't sign his name!!

But usually has fun with US postage..."Global"s :-)

Learned from InSeine's blog, that this must be David Stafford's work:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 5, 2014 at 8:49pm — 1 Comment

Matthew Stolte "alters where alteration finds..."

An envelope with a "Global Forever" US postage stamps leftover sticker arrived from Madison, Wisconin!

And a surprise "altered-altered" Athens postcard was inside.

The recycled material is fun detail…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 4, 2014 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

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