Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)'s Blog Posts Tagged 'Mim' (106)

Pick-up-Sticks from Mim Scalin

Mim does some fabulous MIMinal mail art.

And I have received several of her new series

using these sliced colored strips, that were

once called "pick-up-sticks":…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 19, 2013 at 8:00am — No 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

Snowflake and circles from Mim!

For sure...always a joy to receive mail art from Mim Scalin!

Her special hand-made envelope and full of punched circles, YAY!

I will be using many of these circles for Birthday Mania 2013…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 5, 2013 at 12:30pm — No Comments

First in the New Year 2013! From Theo and from Val, from Richard Canard, from Karen Champlin, and from Mail Art Martha

There was mail delivery today! Yay! Lots of holiday mail art, fun!

Even though most of the Greek shops are closed today,

it is good to see my post gal was working :-)

Theo sent one of his great snow-fields-and-sky plus poem on flip side:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 2, 2013 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Happy Blues in the mail box from Suus and Mim and Fleur!

Suus and I are having a "BLUE" exchange...

and she now has begun painting her own papers and they are fabulous!

Look at the tones and strokes and spots ad dots!...oh, so very nice, Suus! Thank…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 22, 2012 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

#999 from Mimimal Mim Scalin

This is a beauty! Mim did a great series of this "holes" and "anti-holes" idea!

using fantastic color arrangements and surprises! Keeping it MIM- minimal !

After completing her first "365" mail art pieces, she went on to do "1000"!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 9, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

Blue from Nadine, #950/1000 from Mim, and Cavellini from HeeBee JeeBee!

Good Mail Art Day in my mail box :-)

Nadine in California writes that "Pacific Blue is NOT as Blue as Greek Blue" So, true!

But this is a great card and fun guy by-the-seaand 'love the ocean waves! Thank you, Nadine

Mim…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on June 28, 2012 at 7:30am — No Comments

New MAIL Box full of MAIL Art from the MAIL Man :-)

I had to buy a new, larger mail box to place under my little box by the stairs of the apartment building. This is half A4 size, so it can handle mail art bigger than post card size. And it will store many days of mail while i am at the seaside shack for days/ weeks on end :-)…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on May 3, 2012 at 2:30pm — 9 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

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

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

GOTIJ Mail Art Monday with surprises from Mim and Jon and Niklas and Guido and Erni and Cristian!

Some Mondays are just super wonderful, they are Mail Art Mondays...

a time when my postgal finally decides to bring all the mail that accumulated the week before?

Well, here was that big yellow box from the Haptic Werewolf, Erni in…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 16, 2012 at 5:00pm — 8 Comments

GOTIJ Mim completes "365" and BrisChris sends her #70

Mim Golub Scalin joined me and others  at "365" last December 1, 2010. And making mail art daily and sending 365, we completed "365" on november 30, 2011. Mim did a spectacular finish making several small landscape painting beaming with blue and greens and light!  It is her #365! Congrats, girl! xxx…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 7, 2011 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Mail Art "365" in my mailbox today! thank you, Mim and Sue, and Jennifer!

# 329 from Mim is a beautiful collage with vintage photos and not so vintage. Old and new side-by-side, through the haze of time.Thank you, Mim! We began making a-card-per-day back on December 1, 2010 and now we are on our way to completing 365 mail art cards by November 30.... 30 more to gooooo! …

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 1, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Tiny Town wonders from Mim Golub Scalin

The Lady in Blue came to Tiny Town for a visit. "The painted women stopped by - the residents of Tiny Town were reminded of some thing today". So write Mim about her Tiny Town visitor. 

Others have come to Tiny Town and to Greece during the past few…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on October 27, 2011 at 6:30pm — 4 Comments

The Art of Envelopes: inside and out from Marie in Japan, Mim, Dean Marks and Ruud!

From Cherry Blossom, Marie, in Japan, comes this envelope with a beautiful "woven" piece inside. BUT the envelope is also a work of art outside here, and when opened completely: inside, too!

The envelope is a beautiful container for a beautiful paper…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on October 25, 2011 at 3:30pm — 4 Comments

Fun from Mim in Virginia

'Tis  wonderful mail art from Mim, who has survived an earthquake in Virginia and now awaits Hurricane Irene!

She sent a hand-made envelope full of fun things to see and to be used on future mail art pieces! The envelope is made from a Virginia map and historical info page...just great fun to see and read!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 25, 2011 at 10:00am — No Comments

Minimal from Mim and Bruno

by Mim

by Bruno

Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 10, 2011 at 6:00am — No Comments

Mimimal Mim sends a beauty.... Mt. Washington and added elements

Minimal form with sunshine yellow tape creates a most wonderful image by Mim Golub Scalin! This is number 234 of our "365" mail art works, and it is always a joy to receive from Mim! Her handmade envelope, when opened,

revealed the mountain theme...here is Mt. Washington, NY (?)…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 4, 2011 at 7:30am — No Comments

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