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7 OH! Birthday Mail Art mini exhibit on my Real Floor

A wonderful deluge of mail arrived for my 70th birthday, and I wish to share the joy.

Special thanks to ALL! xxx

Pink was from Sarah Churchill with beautiful stitchery:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 10, 2013 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Even MORE Friday Mail Art...a packet from Sigean, France .

Yep, this is the second time a La Rotonde packet arrived in Greece and it was unharmed this time!

Valentine Mark Herman in Sigean, France, knows how to "stuff" a narrow package.

"The cards are right"! Lots of fun cards and a super…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 1, 2013 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

More Friday Mail Art Day! Yay!

This is a hand made envelope , very colorful, primitive, and with an "Aussie" interior.

Look, Val, look:

But it comes not from Australia...but from Imelda in the Netherlands!…

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

Great mail art day! Birthday wishes and Valentines too!

Mail Art Matters...from "heart" ArtTower!

It is February! "KALO MINA" and that means it is time for fun cards in the mail box!

This "heart " is from Judy Staroscik, with a mini card and beautifully painted envelope, too:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 1, 2013 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Bifidus sighting!

'Tis rare to receive a card from Bifidus, but so worth the long wait!

Excellent, as always, is the fine cut 'n paste items on the card and fantastic details...like the Czech stamp!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 1, 2013 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Haptic Werewolf sends C.A.R.E. package from Germany to Greece

Oh, Kate!

Always ready to help in time of crisis..."FEED ART TO THE WORLD"

and all that! Great parcel arrived in Greece from Herr Haptic Erni!xxx…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 31, 2013 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments

Birthday mania wishes from Guido and Alicia Starr

Getting ready for the big 7 OH on 7 FEB!

Guido sends a "not too scare ya" birthday mania greeting:

Fantastic painting on the envelope

and when i cut open the envelope, the inside is fun mysterious:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 31, 2013 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Oh, Erni! More fantastic collages from the Haptic Werewolf

Oh, Erni!

...another amazing parcel arrived in Greece today.

The outside is as fascinating as the contents, of course!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 30, 2013 at 4:15pm — 4 Comments

THREE (3) mail art treasures from Janine Weiss! Wow!

All the mail from Janine came on one day...what a thrill to see them all. All for...KAT :-)

No.1) The small card may not have been the first that arrived but it is lovely and simple on one side,

very nice collage on the other: LOVE! LoveCat LoveCat or CatLove CatLove....Seeds of LOVE!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 30, 2013 at 3:00pm — 5 Comments

From the Far Land of Oz: Helen Amyes sighting!

Has been a long time since mail art from far west Australia arrived in Greece.

But it is a beauty, and sooooo happy to see something from Helen!

Tall colorful trees in a row and "sewn" card...well, backside shows off the "staple pattern" better:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 29, 2013 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Beautiful BLUE wishes from Angie

What an amazing collage, girl! Happy BLUE! Just fantastic, thank you xxx

Queen postage stamp and a bit of asemic upper left! And the bird is?

And the postage stamps on flip side are great, too, Angie! …

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 29, 2013 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

A tit-for-tat? A Squid-for-Kat...from that David?

What is the point (points?) of this? A gal-in-the-sea? Mermaid? Drowning maiden? Wonder Woman?

And who sent it?

Well, if it is an unsigned card-with-a-story ( and a letter-designed address), it must be from David Stafford!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 25, 2013 at 4:00pm — 29 Comments

La Poste delivers...from Val :-)

The French Post takes special care to deliver odd mail art...

in nice yellow sealed plastic, so Val's mail art could arrive safely in Greece.

Care was also taken to open the plastic bag, as Val's

envelope had been…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 23, 2013 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

Mail art specialities from Latvia and from California!

Always a joy to open the green mail box and see happy surprise mail art.

Here are a few more pieces that arrived in Greece today.

Large collage from An.U.in Latvia...Child's eyes:

with haptic textures of various fabrics and…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 22, 2013 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Anna Banana sends a puzzle piece and arty stamps!

What beautiful envelopes that Anna Banana creates...

great color and design. This one is almost like spattered batik!

...with Banque of Bananada money inside.

Also inside, a surprise piece of a puzzle:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 22, 2013 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

Recycled plastic bags made into a bag...from Mim

Here is an "air mail" pouch bag from Mim.

'Love the stamps and the "air mail" sticker that are printed on the pouch.

Close examination, and you'll see the "weave" is made of shredded plastic bags!

Well, amazing treasures…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 22, 2013 at 4:00pm — 3 Comments

Oh, let it SHINE from Carina!

OOOH...

Special tape art from Carina

"Oh, let your little light shine

Shine, shine, shine

Let your little light shine...

Shine on good humor

Shine on good will

Shine on…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 22, 2013 at 9:00am — 9 Comments

"No Cheese Mail" from Vizma in Australia!

Another map in my mailbox too, This one of the whole wide world!

(and in BLUE) Inside view of the envelope:

Lots of stampings on the envelope and a joy to check out all the details:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 22, 2013 at 8:30am — 6 Comments

Mini boekie from Manoir aux Visons...Marie Wintzer in Japan

It arrived in a colorful hand made envelope, fun Japanese images

and beautiful postage stamps, as always!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 22, 2013 at 8:00am — 5 Comments

Karokalender 2013 from the Haptic Werewolf!

Oh, Erni...it's a great package that arrived in Greece today!

And we know that the package itself is an Erni-work-of-art:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 18, 2013 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

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