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"Worry Beads" from Laurence Gillot...delicately sent

Very softly stamped handmade envelope from Gillot in France with "komboloi" = worry beads.

Seeing the "Fleur", i…

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

"Faces on the Wall" Edition 10 from Guido

Another amazing collection of "Faces", ink drawings from Guido.

This edition is a collab effort with poetry by Steve Dalachinsky NYC.

wonderful "reading" and a joy to receive:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 2, 2014 at 12:37pm — No Comments

Beautiful packet from Janine

A handmade envelope with wonderful creations inside from Janine Weiss.

There are collections of tiny bits and pieces that are a joy to open and see.…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 2, 2014 at 12:23pm — No Comments

ChocoGoodies and more from the Haptic Werewolf arrived in Greece

Just in time for the New Year 2014 ...here came Smilin' Erni! (Prince Pudding, ha!)

The mailman loved delivering it, said he felt like "Agios Vasilis" ,

that's Greek "Santa" for giving gifts on the New Year!

This put…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 2, 2014 at 11:57am — 2 Comments

King of TEXAS? and a gem from Nancy Bell Scott!

Ok, is this from the "King of TEXAS" ? It is a good recycled cardboard :-)

so that the flip side displays a wonderfully haptic treasure from Nancy.

I am lovin' this!

Super nice US postage stamps, too:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 17, 2013 at 2:30pm — 4 Comments

Beautiful BLUE Winter from Theo Nelson

"Season's Greetings" come 4 times a year from Theo.

He does fantastic art work and adds his poetry on the flip side of the postcard.

Always a joy to receive from Theo.

Here are 4 years 2010-2013 of "Winter" landscapes from…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 17, 2013 at 2:05pm — No Comments

PEACE from Mim

Very MIMimal and beautiful greetiing from Mim

Christmas, or that is to say, gift-giving day, might different

from place to place in the world...but:

Peace to all and Happy Mail Art New Year, 2014!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 17, 2013 at 1:44pm — 1 Comment

Greek Trashpo boekie from Neil Gordon

Extremely "trashy" boekie arrived in Greece from Neil.

All "Greek" to me, of course.

A series of trashy pages filled with "Greek" items:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 17, 2013 at 1:30pm — 4 Comments

A HOLIDAY BOX, a parcel, from Erni and the Haptic Werewolf! Blog 4: Special Santas +

Well, yes, Santa Werewolf sent SANTAS from Hamburg

Choco, choco, and more choco...

BUT there were three very SPECIAL Santas inside Erni's Xmas box, too:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 14, 2013 at 3:36pm — 1 Comment

A HOLIDAY BOX, a parcel, from Erni and the Haptic Werewolf! Blog 3: MORE Contents

So, to examine the other goodies that Santa Werewolf sent to Greece!

Some jolly choco Santas! yummy:"EAT ART"!

"Die Gute"??? is:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 14, 2013 at 3:22pm — 1 Comment

A HOLIDAY BOX, a parcel, from Erni and the Haptic Werewolf! Blog 1:Art Work

There it is at home at Glinou 20, "Feed Art to the World"!

...after waiting in the Greek Post Office to pick it up.…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 14, 2013 at 2:43pm — 5 Comments

More color splash in the mail..."marbling" from Richard in France

Look carefully at this envelope painting that Richard sent...

a splash of marbling, and with his amazing calligraphic writing,

it is an ancient eastern technique called "marbling",

often used in book binding for interior…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 11, 2013 at 2:00pm — No Comments

November = "Colour My World" from Dimitra in Patra, Greece

Dimitra Papatheodorou in Patra has a year long mail art project : "Colour My World",

with each month for this coming year, having a special color (colour) theme, or not.

I have decided to send each month a mail art card with the…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 11, 2013 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Star greetings from TiAr in black and white and calendar/ maps, too!

Ti Ar sent the Star on the outside of a large A4 envelope

with very nice greetings on the flip side:

the large envelope is full of wonderful black/white( for Brittany) stampings:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 11, 2013 at 1:35pm — No Comments

X-MAS from Carina in Finland: CATS!

Cats for Kat arrived in Greece from Finland!

What fun, Carina...'love the cats but also all these details:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 11, 2013 at 1:00pm — 4 Comments

Alicia Starr has me in stitches!

Well, a fantastic card arrived in Greece from Iowa City today.

And the flip side reveals the wonderful stitched patterns.

Alicia adds such a haptic feeling to her mail art.

And the envelope is fantastic, too...silky slippery…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 9, 2013 at 2:41pm — 2 Comments

Rare and wonderful sighting: from Catherine Petre!

Yes, it is from Cathέrine Petrέ in Belgium! Lovely BLUE print..."double take" :-)

'Have been missing her beautiful art here at IUOMA.

So happy to see her in my mail box xxx…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 9, 2013 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Vispo, boekies and other gems from J.M. and C.M. Bennett

What a wonderful packet arrived from the Bennett's, with three boekies,

and always wonderful vispo, minimal collages:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 6, 2013 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

ERASER HEED's mail art in Greece

The envelope from Niklas is a treat in itself.

Always special to see mail art from the Eraser Heed!

Inside was this folded masterpiece...…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 6, 2013 at 5:00pm — 5 Comments

Washi tape collage and other cards from Kim in Korea

This delicate beauty came from Kim JungYoun in Korea.

Kim does lovely cards with her hundreds and hundreds of washi tape rolls!

Also she included these cards from her trip to SG = Singapore:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 6, 2013 at 4:30pm — 4 Comments

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