Gwendolynium's Blog (63)

Lots of cool artistamps and rubber stamp zine "Speak to Me" in a wonderfully exotic envelope. William Mellott is the rubber stamp maestro! Thank you for the…

Old printer's cut letterpress printed over inkwipe on wove texture cardstock, love it! And the address is far too lovely to blur or conceal. Thank you, Teresa!

As Fike notes on the envelope: None Genuine without all this useless crap! Grateful to receive more useless crap; we can never have enough, it's great to receive a personal letter, and Fike's envelopes are always thoroughly ornamented and with wonderful usps stamps and artistamps. Thank…

Thank you, mail art friends! I can't wait to see what's in there. Replies will follow, though perhaps more slowly than usual.

Fun postcards and a note from Amy: a funky fun repro collage about Seattle and a dotty-eyed original. Love the spirograph/collage envelope and the vintage stamps, too. Thank you! Looking forward to continuing our correspondence!

Lovely watercolor of a pomegranate: it looks like the Platonic ideal of a pomegranate, casting its shadow on the wall... Love the two-part bookmark of the goat and camel drawing, with solemn human-headed fish on the reverse,…

Sweet covid collage mail from Katerina, in an envelope with fun rubber stamps, thank you!  It feels to me like a lonely covid virus gazing wistfully out the window at the full moon; I hope the virus doesn't…

Thank you, Jack!

This is a wonderful sheet of stamps and sticker; thoughtful and appropriate commentary on the death and destruction in our daily news, sigh, and all wrapped in a handsomely embellished envelope. Thank you, Oscar!

This collaged envelope is spectacular< love this woman contemplating the spheres of past and present, earth and moon, all around her. And Richard Baudet's dramatic calligraphic address are unmistakable. I am pleased and…

Such a cool project, jam-packed with oligarchs and their fancy cars at HO scale and dry political commentary. Shrine to Ghislaine, perimeter secured with luxury cars, it's amazing, I love…

Psyched to receive Rubber Postcard #13 from William M with lots of cool stuff in it. I…

This is amazing; really enjoying reading about the oligarch exhibition, the PEZ truck, the vampire rhino... It is literally on my coffee table! Can we please seize the yachts and private planes of the American…

Lots of delight in this envelope, including another envelope! Heart beets, rainbow cats, and a sweet little foliage gouache with gold sparkles. So nice to get mail that gives generously, from so may different IUOMA comrades! So much better that reading the…

Thank you, Sabela Baña, for the charming and colorful images! I especially like the giant yellow bicycle stamp on the envelope, which did indeed make me smile. :-D

Thank you for all the fun stamps in the beautiful envelope. I look forward eagerly to the day that particular show at the Theatre of the Absurd closes forever! Meanwhile, yep, still wearing a mask.

Reading my valentine Bonzine cover to cover; it's packed with true romance tips and tales. I love it! So happy to receive and lose that "Left-Out-Feeling!"

A collaged envelope of musically themed images and charming printed papers! Can't show everything, because I've already started using it, thank you!

Thank you, Ficus Strangulensis, for your mail. Reply to follow!

Packed with flavor, builds strong character 12 ways, mm mm good.