Of Bananas, Guinea Fowl And Birds On Wires...

...Mailart: The Animal Kingdom Edition...
Yep. I'm really behind again on blogging my most recently acquired mailart. But, at least I've mostly caught up on sending it back out...so everything is good on that end...

Bananas from Dean Marks

Yes. I know bananas are not an animal, but monkeys eat bananas and, therefore, fit the bill as far as I'm concerned. Dean, has a group on the International Union Of Mail Artists called "Bananas" and when not torturing my "Kat", Zombie Kitty Kawaii!, must have created this "banana" inspired mailart.  Dean, I owe you some "banana" mailart and will get it to you soon. Thank you for the tip about putting bananas in the refrigerator. I do, however, have one in my freezer. You could knock someone out with it.

Guinea Fowl from Sue Hobbs

Guinea Fowl are native to Africa, where this piece of mailart was sent from. They remind me a lot of the wild turkeys that wander my father-in-laws property, but smaller. This is a lovely and delicate piece of work. I really admire it's mixture of quilting and paper work. There is even a small feather from a guinea fowl within the piece. It's really rather neat. 

Like A Bird On A Wire From Guido Vermeulen

"Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free."

Songwriter: Leonard Cohen

Love the song. Love the piece. Thanks, Guido! 

A "Steampunk" Poem And Zombie Kat Fairwell from Vizma Bruns 

Of Zombie Kats and Cows

Vizma was one of our "Zombie Kat hosts" and official correspondent from Down Under. She finally sent away her charge, "Zombie Mini Kawaii!" after many hilarious misadventures. Something tells me she is missing "Mini Kawaii!" already. 

Air Kraken Over The Aegean Sea from Katerina 

What exactly are "Air Kraken"? Why their flying octopus, of course. After, sending Katerina an Air Kraken Day card (March 17th, in case you are wondering.), she sent me this one in return. How lucky she was to have spotted these Kraken above the Aegean Sea. It must have been quite the sight to behold!

A few weeks later, I received from Kat the "Greek Green Spring", which cheered me immensely. I heard the other day on a radio show that if you wanted to get in the mood to do something creative, one should look at the colour "green". I can't remember why or the rest of what they said on this radio program as I was in the dentists chair and got a bit too distracted by what was going on at the time. It's a lovely card in any case, Kat, so thank you.

I Love Zombies And I Love Toys...

...how can you not love that?....

A very nice article has been written about my other project, "Zombie Kitty Kawaii! Travels The World", so I am going to implore you to drop everything you are doing at this very moment and have a look:

 http://zombiesandtoys.blogspot.com/2012/03/thhppt-zombie-kitty-kawaii-goes-on.html

So? What are you waiting for?! Go on!

 

 

Yes. I Do Get Great Mail...Steampunk Edition.

My other blog, Zombie Kitty Kawaii! Travels The World, has been keeping me happily very busy, but I've been sadly neglecting my duties on this one. So, without any further ado:

Two From Angie:

A few weeks ago, I made a comment that if there was a television program made of my life, it would probably be called "Hipster Mom Stuck In The Suburbs And Constantly Waiting For Her Son's Bus". Truth is usually stranger then fiction. Anyway, dear Angie (and Snooky) sent me these two lovely cards. The first is a a very Steampunk Snooky helping me wait for my own bus (probably a steam powered one.). The card cheered me immensely needless to say.
Almost a week later, I received a 2nd card! This amazing "Joseph Cornell" card! He is one of my "Art Hero's", Angie, and I thank you again for such awesome cards!

A "Steamy" Card From Deb By Golly:

From By Golly Engineering comes the "Steam Machine", a vehicle after my own heart! Drive one of these and nobody will ever steal your parking spot ever again. Looking forward to seeing more of your "Steamy" creations, Deb!

From Cheryl Penn:

 Not really Steampunk, but it is brown and brown, after all, is the new black. But, kidding aside, this is some kind of wonderful piece and because it's done on a film-type material it looks different every time I look at it from all angles, back and front, held up to the light, etc.which is why I'm posting 3 different photos of it. In fact, this is so lovely that the photographs cannot really do it justice. Really "Gotij", Cheryl! Thank you.

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.

Catching up...

 Well, I've finally have a chance to sit down and play "catch up"on blogging about last weeks incoming mailart. And, a very quality haul it was:

 Beware of Copies Which Can Be Found On Coffee Mugs from Dean Marks (France)

Wow, a lot of juicy reading on this card! Now I know the NATO Phonetic alphabet (very useful), when the clocks go forward and back (always trying to figure that one out), British History Rulers (in order), how to figure out my BMI (that may be embarrassing), Dean's Birthday (hope it's a great one!), and many bits of information that I'm always wondering about at one time or another. Thanks, Dean. Who needs Google when I've got this with it's wealth of info!

 Next: this lovely card from Sue in South Africa. It's so delicate. Thank you for your greetings, Sue. I hope your holidays were fantastic as well.

 Toronto has been very mild, weather wise, but also very grey. So, "Mellow Yellow" from Emmy of The Netherlands was the best thing to receive (next to a shot of vitamin D), to chase the winter blues and greys away! Receiving it immediately warmed me from head to toe. Thanks for the boost, Emmy!

 And then, there are always the surprise packages I receive from Superhero Lobster Johnson, which can keep me busy to no end. I haven't even gotten around to last weeks "challenges" (But, I will. Really.). Anyway, if any of you are on Google+, you need to check out the "Lost Art" project, he has going and all the magnificent "Lost Art" that has been coming in to this project. A very busy man, our Superhero is. I can't keep up.

So, there's the mailart round up for last week. May your week be filled with interesting mail and not junk nor bills.

This Weeks Incoming Mail

January, as expected, is one of those go slow months as everyone is coming off holiday mode and trying to "get back to normal" mode (whatever "normal" is for you.).
So, here is this weeks latest:

"Lumenes" by Sabela Bana of Spain

A package full of surprises from Superhero Lobster Johnson

A splendid poem from bil copeland

I Have Always Wanted...

...my own Tiny Town Post Office!!

While checking out the McCord Museum in Montreal yesterday, I spied this fun object in their Toys2 exhibit.

I think I'll make my own.

Bonne Annee, mon ami Laurence! Bonne Annee, mes amis!

Yesterday, I had posted much of my December mail art haul for this blog. As I received most of it at the end of the week, I was just wanting to get the post done before the years end. One piece in particular, I hadn't opened up fully. It's from my new mail art friend, Laurence in France. So, without any further ado:

Merci du bel art, Laurence !

December Mail Art Round-Up! Yee-Haw!

I have to admit, I've been a bit lax lately on this blog. My other blog, "Zombie Kitty Kawaii! Travels The World" (http://zombiekittykawaii.blogspot.com/) has kind of taken over my free time (laugh track) and, of course, there were the holidays (which, if you still have school age children, are still going on.), among other things.
So, I've decided to post all my December mail art for your enjoyment here. Now. Before the New Year rings in:

"GOTIJ" mail from Cheryl Penn. 

"Victoria, B.C." inspired mail from Thom Courcelle.

Drawing on envelope by Thom Courcelle

From Iowa City pal, Superhero Lobster Johnson

Backside of Envelope (too good not to share.)

Lovely "cottonwood" from Marcia Cirillo

"The Red Laundry" by Guido Vermeulen

From new mail-art "ami",  Laurence

A beautiful postcard collage from Lee in California

What A Haul!!!

I got all this in the mail today!
W00t!

Mail Art Received (Part 2)...

Brain Cells #799 and #807 by Ryosuke Cohen. Happy Sunday!

Mail Art Received (part 1)

I received this very festive postcard last week ( I know. I've been a bit distracted by my other project, Zombie Kitty Kawaii Travels The World.). The message with it, made me howl hysterically. As it is only 6 (6!) more days until "that day" as I am writing this, all I can answer to you, Mary, is "Yes. Yes I am."