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.

Junk Mail, Junk Mail, Cool Mail...

"Balloon Glasses"

Just when I thought it might be a pretty dry week and that all that would be received were flyers from the local businesses with promises of Black Friday deals (no, it really doesn't exist here in Canada, but that's another story.).

Can you spot the "Balloon Glasses" in this mail art?

My first piece of glory came from my mail pal, Dean, who really is one of the funniest people in this universe. If you go back a few posts, you can view some of the postal comedy he has sent me. This time around, I have received this wonderful piece with a history of Hot Air Ballooning. I'm kind of mad about Hot Air Balloons and want to own my own dirigible. I sent Dean a pair of "Balloon Glasses" previously, hence the theme.

And, now for a bit of "ballooning history"

The other lovely piece I got was what I like to refer to as the "unexpected surprise". Mail art that just comes out of the aether. This is better then chocolate, ok? So, a big thank you to you, Sherri from California, and I would be very happy to join your "7 Deadly Sins" mail art call.

Lovely, isn't it?