Dancers and Smiling Dogs...New Mail Art

I received these 2 wonderful pieces of mail yesterday afternoon.

"Smile Dogs" from Angie Cope ( and Snooky)
Angie is currently mounting a Mail Art show called "Celebrate The Dog 2012" of which there have been many wonderful mail art pieces submitted. I submitted one myself and received this very cheerful collage from Angie. How did she know I loved pugs? They always look like they're smiling. Thank you for the lovely card, Angie and good luck with your show!

"Dance, Dancer, Dancing"
Another sweet surprise that arrived in yesterday's mail was this collage postcard from Ursula Rodgers. I love the vintage yet modern feel and again the pure joy that radiates from it. But, the real surprise was the sketch on the back of the card:

It's so lovely, you really can feel the dancer's movement, like she will dance off the page at any moment. Brilliant! Thank you, Ursula, for sending me this beautiful mail art.

The Mother Of All Mail Art Roundups

Yes. Truly my fault. I've left this posting for so long that I have much mail to blog about today. Not that I'm complaining. I love receiving it and sending it as it makes life that much more interesting (and I think my Postal Person finds it amusing.), but I should stop messing around and get on with it...

"Wha'??" from Thom Courcelle

Actually, "Wha??" seems to be my all around catchphrase most of the time for most things. I doubt that Thom actually knows this, which is why it was rather funny to me when I opened his mailart. The inside message actually had me in stitches; "Wake up kisses from Prince Charming are fine, but I'd rather have "GOTIJ"." "Gotij" meaning "YES!!! I have received FAB Mail Art!". And, it includes stickers. I love stickers! This mailart was "Gotij" indeed!

  Braincel #821 from Ryosuke Cohen

Every time I receive one of these "Brain Cels", I feel like I've won a lottery. I can look at them for hours. And, when I go back to look at them, I always see something new in them. Brilliant.

 Two Boekies from Moan Lisa (Formally, "I'm A Superhero, I Fly And Shit")

Moan Lisa is really quite the Mailart Superhero, if you ask me. I am always amazed with some of the things he comes up with. Most people (such as myself), keep their mailart, collect it, so to speak. Not Moan Lisa. He recycles it into something new and sends it along. I love these "boekies". They are a treasure trove of fun.

"Blue Greek Tall Grass And Fabric Cutting" from Katerina Nikoltsou

There are 2 really interesting things about this mailart; one is that the piece of fabric was sent by Amy Irwen to Katerina, who included it in the piece, so it is traveling "along the mailart highway!" But, the other interesting thing is that there is this really cool subtle "grass-like" texture, which unfortunately doesn't show up in this photo. Trust me, it's there and makes this a really splendid piece.

Recycled Birthday Card #1 from Sarah Churchill

I have tons of Birthday, Christmas, Valentine's Day cards etc. squirreled away in all varieties of furniture in all corners of my house as I have some sentimental attachment to them (fool that I am); I keep vowing that I'm going to go through them and do a clean up. Then, I get this lovely mailart from Sarah and I am floored by the clever re-use of the simple birthday card. So, not only did I get a great piece of mailart, I go a reason to start tidying them up and recycling them and sending them back out into the world. Thanks for the inspiring mail art, Sarah!

Fan #37 by Lilian Mariutti

I have to admit, I'm a real fan of works with markers. I love working with markers; maybe, aside from crayons, they make me feel like a kid again. But, that's for another blog post. Anyway, I love the pop arty feel of this piece by Lilian Mariutti. Lilian, by the way, is one of our amazing Zombie Kitty Kawaii! Travels The World Correspondents and her photos/commentary can be seen starting here.

At The North Sea Where Ensor Lived

Masks Were As Common As Fish On The Market Place
By Guido Vermeulen
I love trading mail with Guido. His works make me think as the titles of them are always thought provoking. And, when I get it, it usually makes me smile. Thanks, Guido.

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by bil copeland
Please read. Carefully.

A Series Of Mini Graffiti 5:7
by Carina Granlund
Every time I look at this piece, I see something new. I love that. I also love the "Banksy" styled animal woodcut, which does give it that graffiti touch. Nice.

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Mystery Message From Dean Marks
I've figured it out finally, have you?

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A Mystery (History) of The Greytones
also from Dean Marks

Two more great pieces from Dean. Both works gave me a great laugh and top one really had me thinking and looking hard at it for a quite a while; a message without a bottle. Clever. The big mystery to me is how it gets through the Canadian Postal Service in one piece, but I am glad that it does. I think it also amuses my Postal person to no end, which is why I always get my mail at a reasonable hour of the day. Thanks again, Dean.

So, the round up has come to an end for now. But, as I started writing this a few weeks ago, I am behind again. Uggghhhhh!

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.

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 !

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."