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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

Rod Summers sends his SMILE...and a bit of AUTUMN

Rod summers' "VEC" will be 40 years old in 2014! Wow!

Congratulations, Rod, and "many more years" : ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΠΟΛΑ!

Beautiful "minimal" leaf and bits for Autumn...

thank you so much, Rod!

xxx…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 5, 2013 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Painted envelope from Guido and Helder's add 'n pass inside

Thank you, Guido!

This is so colorful, made the postman smile

and wanted to know the story .

Very nice "vintage" ledger from Helder in Portugal for "TILT" : Money!

And already a few pages added.…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 5, 2013 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

My blog #666: It's from my dear VALENTINE!

There is a place in Sigean, France..."La Rotonde"...

'was there with Val and a good glass of wine.

Now that Val has "given up walking...now flying" , my he be well!

Here is the "art side" of the altered card that my dear…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 5, 2013 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

When you GIVE...you GET ...from Hamburg: Blog 3-choco lebkuchen!

Yes, it takes THREE blogs for mail from Off-Scene Akademie Hamburg!

Erni is kind enough to FEED Art ...and also CHOCOLATE to Greece :-)

Sooooo...take a German Lebkuchen, with sliced almond atop:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 5, 2013 at 1:16pm — No Comments

When you GIVE...you GET ...from Hamburg: Blog 2-collages plus

So, the box from Erni is OPEN and what is inside?

Under the paper towel:

And all kinds of fun surprise!

It is always like Christmas, when a parcel arrives from Hamburg:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 5, 2013 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

When you GIVE...you GET ...from Hamburg

So today I packed up a parcel for the Haptic Werewolf (left) and went to the Greek Post

Office to send it TO Hamburg. Postal clerk Matina was all too happy to GIVE me a parcel

FROM Hamburg, too! (on right, see?). Talk about making our postal service HAPPY:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 5, 2013 at 12:46pm — 2 Comments

Santa Doggies with the Haptic Werewolf arrived in Greece

WAU! and Holiday greetings from the Kunsthund Santa!

TWO collage cards from the Off-Scene Akademie of Hamburg are here!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 3, 2013 at 1:43pm — 1 Comment

WIPE 78: toilet paper boekie from Australia

Another boekie made up of sheets of toilet paper

stamped or "added" by mail artists around the world arrived in Greece.

What a great project..."Field Study" from David Dellafiora in Australia.

Here's a sampling of the pages…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 1, 2013 at 3:37pm — 8 Comments

Minimal beauty from Cristina of 5Blanks

This card of simple and yet powerful dynamics arrived in Greece today.

...spell-bound like a black comet in a pink sky!

wonderful textural burst!

Thank you, Cristina!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 29, 2013 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

Puddin it mildly: FEED ART arrived from Off Scene Akademie Hamburg! PART 2

And now to open the Pudding Box!

Inside lid has this guy and question:

The answer is YES!

And those are EMPTY pudding containers!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 29, 2013 at 11:30am — 4 Comments

Puddin it mildly: FEED ART arrived from Off Scene Akademie Hamburg!

Special package was waiting at the Greek Post Office today...

Necessary labels for the postal clerks to read and adhere to :-)

And images to put a smile on their faces:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 29, 2013 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Moon watching in the day from Mail Art Martha

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…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 27, 2013 at 12:30pm — 3 Comments

Insect buzz from Guido

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…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 27, 2013 at 12:11pm — No Comments

A Kiss from Rodin...in Sigean :-)

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

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

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 27, 2013 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

A very HAPPY Mail Day from ArtTower!

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.…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 25, 2013 at 12:58pm — No Comments

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