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Vintage mail art and memories of my youth, from Alicia Starr

Alicia sent very unusual and vintage mail art that stirred all kinds of memories of my younger days in Illinois.

Yes, an old typewriter, with "Give All",...All! And a nice red "recycle" stick-on piece, too.

But most intriguing is the A4 paper that the typewriter is on

...faded, burnt, so vintage that it might crumble in handling.

Look…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 8, 2012 at 5:00pm — 13 Comments

Mail art on a rainy Tuesday, from Kerri, Debbie-by-Golly, Magda, and KDJ!

Many colorful things to brighten a grey, dull day in Greece.

From Kerri Pullo, this abstract painting, which is well liked by blue mouse and friend.

I was not sure if it should be viewed..as a sailboat on the high seas,…

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

Etegami from Dosankodebbie in Japan

This etegami from Japan arrived in Greece today!

What a joy to see the art of Dosankodebbie again.

This is a cow's tail...yep, you never know when it will come in handy:-)

Deborah Davidson (dosankodebbie) is no longer a member at IUOMA

but you can see all her etegami art at:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 5, 2012 at 5:30pm — 2 Comments

A "boekie woekie" from Imelda Wubber (Netherlands)

Just half the size of a postcard (7 x 10 cm) a little "boekie woekie" arrived in Greece today.

Thank you so much, Imelda, it is really very special!

"ART" stamped on the front and "boekie woekie" written on the back

tells us…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 5, 2012 at 5:00pm — No Comments

The Cookie Monster and Katerina-the-Witch from PrettyLily :-)

Once upon a time...

Katerina was very fond of her cookie tree. she was also very (selfish) generous....

She was just about to eat a cookie, when all of a sudden she saw a friend coming: the Cookie Monster!

Too funny,…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 5, 2012 at 3:30pm — 3 Comments

It was CHOP DAY for it...a piece of a masterpiece by Cheryl Penn

GOTIJ! In the mail box today, a beautiful piece of a masterpiece from Cheryl in South Africa.

Two-sided, one side with a photo image, perhaps of the "whole"?

and the other side: a piece of the masterpiece...painted on…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 2, 2012 at 3:00pm — 7 Comments

Leap Day, Feb 29, mail art from the ladies! Art-of-the-Envelope, too!

First from Angie Cope, well, really from Snooky Dog...with crown.

I always get a smile from the postal gal when she hands me a "Snooky" card! Thank you, Angie xxx

TiAr Raden sent the above card and greeting...mysterious foggy,…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 29, 2012 at 6:00pm — 7 Comments

BIG mail art from Erni...FEED ART TO THE WORLD!

This morning when I returned from a trip to the post office and supermarket and bakery and green grocer and... well, when I returned to the apartment building, there on my door buzzer, next to my name, was this little "non-delivery" notice...from the courier service of ELTA! Wow! That is rare.…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 28, 2012 at 6:30pm — 13 Comments

More from Paris today... thank you Mim and Chuck Scalin!

A great Mim collage arrived from Paris, #853! Wow! Go,Mim!

Mim and Chuck have their last day in Paris before heading home to Virginia.

Mim sending out through La Poste some mail art...received here in Greece nice and…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 23, 2012 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

Mail art from France and the "Road not Taken" from Valentine and Andy and Elena and Dean

On the way to Paris? Tickets ready?

There was a IUOMA mail artists' meeting in Paris this past weekend,

but a couple of us, while we had plans and tickets, didn't make it.We all made mail art though!

Valentine Mark Herman was to travel from southern France to Paris, train tickets ready, but cancelled:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 22, 2012 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

GOTIJ "ETHER" from Marie Wintzer in Japan

Yes, today, Tuesday was a GOOD Mail Art Day at Glinou 20!

(Note that postage stamps had fallen off, too slick was the paper? But my post gal kept them in her hand and delivered them to me along with the mail art from Marie...thus NO postage-due ;-)

Well, for sure, Marie sends amazing hand-crafted envelopes of fine Japanese...ads.

And while she…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 21, 2012 at 7:30pm — 10 Comments

GOTIJ Mail Art from Torma Cauli in Hungary

This most beautifully layered--textured-trash poetic card arrived in Greece today from Torma Cauli.

There are many layers of "stars and stripes" it seems.

And a softer textured material in Greek blue and white.

Folded, over…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 21, 2012 at 7:00pm — 2 Comments

From Angie ...and Snookydog...in the sunshine

One mail art card came a few days ago, and then right after that, another card

"with Love" from Angie and Snooky. Very vintage and very nice!

The colors and textures are just fantastic with the Grape soda cap!!

'Love the fun...Loads of love!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 18, 2012 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

Bound by Life then set FREE by Cheryl Penn with Lesley Magwood Fraser

Magic happens...when one takes an art book and sets it free....image of the original "Bound by Life"!

A full envelope arrived yesterday in Greece from South Africa.

Beside some beautiful vispo boekies, there was this delicate art piece!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 18, 2012 at 3:30pm — 10 Comments

Rainbow Vispo from John M. Bennett...and blue too!

A great package of vispo boekies and other art from John M. Bennett arrived in Greece on Tuesday

but I am finally able to blog today. One wants to take time to "read" and view the art of JMB, slowly and carefully.

Also the "pamphlets" need to have the pages sliced, or "caressed" open, something that makes the process of reading and looking even more…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 17, 2012 at 5:30am — 1 Comment

Beautiful Blue and deep thoughts from Nancy Bell Scott

Nancy is doing a fabulous job of putting ART into Mail Art!

It has me thinking, pondering, going deep-in-the-blue.

I am overjoyed to receive one of her painting pieces, 'tis an amazing series she is doing!

Even the flip side…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 16, 2012 at 6:30pm — 7 Comments

Valentine from Valentine and other Valentines!

An Exotic Valentine from the East from Valentine Marks Herman!

with a nice invite to get to Narbonne and then perhaps to Sigean?

Look at this handsome guy in the beret...where has he gone?

Sure wish he would return soon to…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 16, 2012 at 1:00pm — 7 Comments

DKult from DK in Elgin. Illinois...cerealism!

Cerealistic packaging arrived in Greece and opened to a treasure of DK treasures!

(Bar Code notice with postage stamping ;-)

These fine transparent "playing cards" are an inspiration

for me to…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 16, 2012 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

A Piece-of-a-Painting from Cheryl in S. Africa

This is a piece of the whole...

a deconstruction of a thick, tactile,haptic painting (beautiful aroma of paints here)

"The Authentic Massacre of the Innocent Image" or the "Flight of Art in the Mail"?…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 16, 2012 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Looking over the mountains...from Dean Marks

Always a joy to see mail art from Dean Marks smashed into my litle mail box.(No.116 of 366)

(Well, the postgal loves to stuff the mail art in, even it it does not fit.)

Fortunately, Dean's cardboard "folded" nicely and was not…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 9, 2012 at 8:00pm — 2 Comments

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