The Thrilling Adventures Of Captain Balloon Glasses...

Now, if you think the "Lucky Card" was a stroke of mail art genius, Dean M. has outdone himself again. Enter "Captain Balloon Glasses says; Up, Up and Away!" which I received a few days ago. Part Jules Vern, part Terry Gilliam, with a bit of kitsch thrown in for good measure, is the only way words could ever describe it, so I shall let the photos speak for themselves:

Needless to say, "Captain Balloon Glasses" now holds a place of honor with all my favorite things, at my work station where I can bask in it's glory.

But, just in case you really, really need to know what "Balloon Glasses" are (and I know you do), they were a mail art project that I sent to Dean a few months back. Here is one of the photos Dean took of "Balloon Glasses" and his commentary:

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"Balloon Glasses says; You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.

How do they expect the horse to turn the handle?"

"Balloon Glasses" are fun indeed.

The Fantastical Envelope...

... as received from Debbie C. By Golly of Victoria, B.C.

Lucky Card! Lucky Me!

Look! I received a Lucky Card (001) last week from my mail art pal, Dean! And, it actually works because not even 2 days later, while thumbing through one of my favorite Mixed Media magazines, I actually discovered that they used a piece I had submitted to them. As they sent the work back with just a "thanks for submitting" letter, I would have had no idea otherwise . How lucky is that?
Oh, and of course, I'm really lucky to be receiving such awesome and always humorous mail art from Dean. I count myself very lucky for that.