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Also today in Greece from South Africa: Cheryl Penn and Sue Hobbs!

Me too, me too! Today's mail brought two from South Africa, too!

From Cheryl Penn, "WORDS" with altered photos...beautiful poem enclosed.

..both sides now:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 18, 2012 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

Erni and the Haptic Werewolf strike twice! Volume Two: tiny package MEGA treasure!

So let's see what Herr Haptic Erni has wrapped in a tiny package

(see scissors for relative size)

The…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 10, 2012 at 8:30pm — 27 Comments

Erni and the Haptic Werewolf strike twice! MEGA treasures!

Ok, we have to see two very important packages that arrived in Greece today. I had to go to the post office to claim them, as the postgal could not carry them to my door...sigh. But well worth the trip...as MEGA treasures were inside!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 10, 2012 at 8:00pm — 4 Comments

Spring BlogJam! Flowers and fun from Fleur, Postmuse, Karen Champlin, Blue from DK, Green from Svenja and many others!

It is Spring again...and mail art is light and bright and full of colors and flowers from Fleur Helsinger in California! Lovely!

Vintage card from Bonnie Jean, PostMuse, and stamps from Portugal and Italy. "Dream Travels" as economic woes…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 10, 2012 at 5:00pm — 11 Comments

Dean Marks' art is the cutting edge!

A bit scary? No, although the postgal came close to losing a finger or two.

How did Dean know that I am the daughter of a carpenter?

In order to see what is going on here...I picked up the hammer and saw!

Real metal cutting…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 9, 2012 at 10:00am — 21 Comments

Can you find the mail artist? (on a barf bag...handsome guy!)

Oh, yes, the postgal was very happy to see this mail art piece, though I don't think she really knew what the "base" was? The dude is just too distracting, yes? Could it be a portrait of Dean Marks? Oh, yes!

And then again, on the other…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 6, 2012 at 6:00pm — 7 Comments

A hanging "Dream" from Janine Weiss...beautiful and fun!

Janine "dreams"! With beautiful blues and birds and then all the colors of the rainbow!

'Thank you, dear Janine, I was very careful and did not break anything, I hope!

The large A4 envelope was such fun to see...all those smiling…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 5, 2012 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

Amy Irwen sends fabric and stitches from minnesota

GOTIJ! An envelope full of great surprises from Amy arrived today in Greece.

It is always fun to see how Amy "reuses" and "recycles" our envelopes to address her envelope: ZALOP!

Inside were many colorful pieces of fabric that will…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 4, 2012 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Dean Mark's bar codes...sent from the Canary Islands!

Special stamp announces the arrival of bar code mail art from the Canary Islands!

A very special BarCode Creation from Dean Marks has a very special and unusual bar code:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 4, 2012 at 10:54am — 1 Comment

Bruno Neiva sends a minimal mystery!

It is so good to have mail art from Bruno, minimal as always...but also mysterious

A simple brown A4 envelope, a rubber band, bent on the side...

even though Bruno clearly states : Do Not Bend:

Is this the art? the Art of the…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 3, 2012 at 6:30pm — 4 Comments

From Guido...and a black and white "fairytale"?

First the envelope, of course. From guido it is always a masterpiece of COLOR!

And then inside was this unusual image, full of dreams and nystery:

A strange floating fish…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 3, 2012 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Cherry Blossoms in Japan from Cherry Blossom in Japan (Marie Wintzer ;-)

So beautiful comes the Art-of-the-ENVELOPE from Marie, that one hates to open it!

Blossoms and colors, postage stamps and Japanese calligraphy abound, and one knows it is from Marie!

I always carefully slice the sides of the…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 29, 2012 at 1:00pm — 12 Comments

Beautiful BLUE from Thom Courcelle!

Ships and hints of BLUE on the package that arrived today.

Wrapped carefully with "bubbles"...

A wonderful…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 27, 2012 at 12:00pm — 11 Comments

When one has been away on a week's trip...Mail Art Monday (and Tuesday) is FAB!

Red Bag from Vizma starts this blog....just enjoy the view of ALL the art that arrived in Greece:

From Vizma in Australia:

From BIFIDUS! Wow! Soooo good to see ya in the mail xxx…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 27, 2012 at 11:30am — 9 Comments

Vispo J.M.Bennett...read and enjoy!

no comment...

enjoy the visual...enjoy the poetry...enjoy the collaborative pieces...enjoy the vispo!:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 21, 2012 at 12:00pm — 5 Comments

Mail Art from Japan: Tomoe Nakamura in Osaka

One of those familiar brown long envelopes from Japan arrived in Greece today.

Not from Brain Cell, Ryosuke, but from Tomoe.

It had an interesting postage seal, as it was stamped ONE year and ONE day since the tragedy in Japan...

11.3.11....12.3.12 !…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 15, 2012 at 3:30pm — 3 Comments

Artistamps...the Art of Postage ( and like) Stamps...in my mailbox today!

Some beautiful and interesting "stamps" arrived in Greece today. I love stamps..postage and artistamps!

TicTac has made an amazing series of artistamps with the Mona Lisa and with Amy Winehouse images.

I received these "special editions" and I shall treasure them (or...use them on mail art :-)…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 15, 2012 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments

GOTIJ Mail Art on a sunny Spring Day

Green and tiny blue flowers, walk-in-the-park, and mail art received.

On the upper left is a great card from Neil Gordon.Fun 72% choco glam and a message

that reads: If I keel over in WalMart drag my body to Neiman's! Great! And on…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 15, 2012 at 1:30pm — No Comments

GOTIJ! Mail Art Monday from Guido and Erni and Rebecca and Sarah and Wilma and others

Monday's are always fun when mail art loads up the mail box!

Dynamically painted envelope from Guido!"The masses against the Loner"!

Super images and gold highlights, a short version,part of a tale....for Guido's "Rebel"…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 12, 2012 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Mail Art on a rainy Thursday...(still raining) from Marcela, Limongelli and Maurizio , Svenja Wahl, and Karen Champlin

Wonderful mail art arrived today, bringing cheer on yet another dull grey rainy day.

PAZ - Peace and smile! An envelope full of envelopes from Argentina!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 8, 2012 at 7:00pm — 2 Comments

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