It's Only a Book

Postcrossing

2012-02-11T12:23:00.001-05:00

Wonderful postcard I received from Aylesbury in England. She took the photo while on vacation in Wales. Lovelovelove!

From JJ all the way

2012-02-02T10:28:00.000-05:00

From Pretty Lilly

2012-02-02T10:26:00.000-05:00

From Mary Has Sound

2012-02-02T10:24:00.002-05:00

From Rebecca Nayland

2012-02-02T10:22:00.000-05:00

Christmas Crackers from Rebecca Nayland.

From Dosanko Debbie

2011-12-10T06:58:00.000-05:00

Etegami by Dosanko Debbie

From Kim Jungyoun

2011-12-10T06:02:00.000-05:00

From Roberto

2011-12-09T06:51:00.001-05:00

From Julie Bynum / Okami

2011-12-09T06:47:00.000-05:00

From Annabell

2011-12-09T06:45:00.000-05:00

From Alexandris Pharmakidis

2011-12-09T06:42:00.000-05:00

From Deb Clandening

2011-12-08T10:58:00.000-05:00

Envelope art! from Deb Clandening

From Mim

2011-12-08T10:56:00.000-05:00

From Mim.

From Rebecca Nayland

2011-12-08T10:51:00.000-05:00

From JJ all the way

2011-12-08T10:42:00.000-05:00

From Lindsey Stewart

2011-12-08T10:41:00.000-05:00

From Cuan Miles

2011-12-08T10:39:00.000-05:00

From cornpone

2011-12-06T18:02:00.000-05:00

From Wenchkin

2011-12-06T17:49:00.000-05:00

From Mary Has Sound

2011-12-06T17:46:00.000-05:00

From Laura Podob

2011-12-06T17:44:00.000-05:00

From Mabb

2011-12-06T17:42:00.000-05:00

Fall Colors from Amy Irwen

2011-12-06T17:40:00.000-05:00

From Karen Champlin

2011-12-06T17:38:00.000-05:00

From Nadine Wendell

2011-12-06T17:36:00.000-05:00

I won a prize!

2011-12-06T16:38:00.001-05:00

A big thank you to my sweet new friend over at The Desert Rocks ("an oasis for your heart") who just presented me with the One Lovely Blog award.

I've never been party to a blog award before, so I'm on a new adventure in following the rules that accompany the prize. Here they are:

The requirements of receiving the award are:
1. To thank the giver and link back to her site.
2. Provide 5 random facts that folks may not know about you.
3. Pass this award on to 5 other lovely blog sites and let them know you're awarding them.
4. Copy the award logo and paste it onto your own site.

1. Done.

2. 5 random facts folks may not know:
         I have naturally curly hair.
         I went to a one-room schoolhouse through eighth grade.
   My dogs are named Kokomo, from the line in the Jimmy Buffet song, and Laramie, after the city in Wyoming.
         My favorite movie is Terminator 2.
         I'm beginning a new art project involving vintage wedding gowns.

3.   The lovely blogs to whom I'm passing the prize are the following:
Seamless Skin
Etegami by Dosanko Debbie
Curious Collage
Elena's Quilling Projects
rus vanwesterveldt: Writing Authentically

4. Done

From Nadine Wendell

2011-11-30T17:25:00.000-05:00

From Cernjul Viviana

2011-11-30T17:16:00.001-05:00

From Cernjul Viviana in Argentina.

From Katerina Nikoltsou

2011-11-30T17:08:00.000-05:00

From Sue Bowen

2011-11-30T17:04:00.000-05:00

84 of 365

Observation 50, Mailart 365 /365

2011-11-27T10:56:00.000-05:00

365 / 365 / 50 of 50 observations on Mailart 365: Oh, what a night, what a day, what a year!

Observation 49, Mailart 365 /364

2011-11-27T10:53:00.002-05:00

365 / 364 / 49. The exuberance of mail artists is unrelenting, as is their creativity.

Observation 48, Mailart 365 /363

2011-11-27T10:51:00.000-05:00

365 / 363 / 48. Just exactly how was I going to use up all of these cereal boxes otherwise?

Observation 47, Mailart 365 /362

2011-11-27T10:48:00.000-05:00

365 / 362 / 47. The joy of color.

Observation 46, Mailart 365 /362

2011-11-27T10:46:00.001-05:00

46. The pleasure of finding new uses for art forged in earlier fires.

Observation 45, Mailart 365 /360

2011-11-27T10:43:00.000-05:00

365 / 360 / 45. Persistence is its own reward.

Observation 44, Mailart 365 /359

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365 / 359 / 44. Fabric you never knew existed.

Observation 43, Mailart 365 /358

2011-11-27T10:39:00.000-05:00

43. How else could I justify sending you pictures of my good dog?

Observation 42, Mailart 365 /357

2011-11-27T10:37:00.000-05:00

42. A little light in the darkness, and a little mail in your own mailbox.

Observation 41, Mailart 365 / 356

2011-11-27T10:34:00.000-05:00

41. Stamps are appropriate mail art decor. Stamps postmarked from the home town / home island of the artist are especially delightful.

Observation 40, Mailart 365 /

2011-11-27T10:32:00.000-05:00

40. Always new.

Observation 38, Mailart 365 /353

2011-11-27T10:29:00.000-05:00

38. Sharing -- on your terms.

Observation 38, mailart 365 / 353

2011-11-27T10:26:00.000-05:00

39. Mailart: many different languages.

Observation 37, mailart 365 / 352

2011-11-27T10:23:00.000-05:00

37. Opportunities to share chickens are rare outside the mail art community.

Observation 36, Mailart 365 /351

2011-11-27T10:20:00.000-05:00

36. After all this time, I'm worried that when I reach 365, ideas for more mailart will still be bristling and tripping over each other in my head and on my desk.

Observation 35, Mailart 365 /350

2011-11-26T23:00:00.000-05:00

35. You learn your joy through the search.

Observation 34, Mailart 365 /349

2011-11-26T22:57:00.000-05:00

34. Geography, one postmark at a time.

Observation 33, Mailart 365 /348

2011-11-26T22:55:00.000-05:00

33. V A R I E T Y

Observation 32, Mailart 365 /347

2011-11-26T22:52:00.000-05:00

32. We are all in this together.

Observation 31, Mailart 365 /346

2011-11-26T22:50:00.000-05:00

31. Sometimes more is more.

Observation 30, Mailart 365 /345

2011-11-26T22:46:00.000-05:00

30. Mail art is a bridge between people and cultures and hair styles and preferences for dogs vs. cats.

Observation 29, Mailart 365 /344

2011-11-26T22:43:00.000-05:00

29. You are not alone. Mail artists are everywhere.

Observation 28, Mailart 365 /343

2011-11-26T22:37:00.000-05:00

365 / 343. Observation 28: Note to self: find out if all the 365-ers fell in love with fire hydrants this year or if it's just me. (Note: the color is off in this photo; the actual fire hydrant was bright red.)

Observation 27, Mailart 365 /342

2011-11-26T22:34:00.000-05:00

365 / 342 - Observation 27: Say thank you to Andy Geezer, who threw this 365 party the same year he got married.

Observation 26, Mailart 365 /341

2011-11-26T22:32:00.000-05:00

26. Don't bother explaining. If they have to ask, they're unlikely to understand.

Observation 25, Mailart 365 /340

2011-11-26T22:29:00.000-05:00

25. As time passes, the urgency increases.

Observation 24, Mailart 365 /339

2011-11-26T22:27:00.002-05:00

Observation 23, Mailart 365 /338

2011-11-26T22:24:00.000-05:00

338 / 23. Some people are dismayed by the prevalence of paint chips. Some consider it stealing. Others find it too ordinary.

Observation 22, Mailart 365 /337

2011-11-26T22:21:00.000-05:00

337 / 22 Trust your own desires and pleasures.

Observation 21, Mailart 365 /336

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Observation 20, Mailart 365 /335

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20. Don't get carried away with yourself.

Observation 19, Mailart 365 /334

2011-11-26T22:13:00.000-05:00

Observation 18, Mailart 365 /333

2011-11-26T22:10:00.000-05:00

18 / 333. Don't overplan.

Observation 17; Mailart 365 /332

2011-11-26T22:08:00.000-05:00

332 / 17: You can't go wrong with birds.

Observation 16, Mailart 365 /331

2011-11-26T22:05:00.002-05:00

Observation 15, Mailart 365 /330

2011-11-26T22:03:00.000-05:00

Observation 14, Mailart 365 /329

2011-11-24T20:50:00.000-05:00

14. Use what you've got.

Observation 13, Mailart 365 /328

2011-11-24T20:47:00.000-05:00

13. More lace, and also grosgrain ribbon

Observation 12, Mailart 365 /327

2011-11-24T20:45:00.000-05:00

Observation 11, Mailart 365 /326

2011-11-24T20:41:00.000-05:00

11. Speed is not the point.

Observation 10, Mailart 365 /325

2011-11-24T20:39:00.000-05:00

10. It's called the Eternal Network because after the first 200 or so days, you are never not thinking about art. It's a constant (eternal) presence.

Observation 9, Mailart 365 / 324

2011-11-24T20:36:00.000-05:00

9. Experiment with techniques.

Observation 8, Mailart 365 - 323

2011-11-24T20:33:00.000-05:00

Observation 8. Keep your eyes open for the unexpected.

Observation 7, Mailart 365 - 322

2011-11-24T20:30:00.001-05:00

Observation 7. It takes all kinds.

Observation 6, Mailart 365 - 321

2011-11-24T20:28:00.000-05:00

365 / 321. Mailart observation 6. Glow where you're planted.

Observation 5, Mailart 365 - 320

2011-11-23T11:37:00.001-05:00

320. Gussy things up, for fun.

Observation 4, Mailart 365 - 319

2011-11-23T11:35:00.005-05:00

319. Simplify.

Observation 3, 365 - 318

2011-11-23T11:35:00.004-05:00

318. Look behind from time to time to see where you've been.

Observation 2, 365/317

2011-11-22T10:47:00.000-05:00

Observation 1, 365/316

2011-11-22T10:42:00.000-05:00

In the final 10 days of completing 365 pieces of mailart in one year, I opted to use my last 50 official pieces for this project to talk about the project itself and my evolving philosophy of mailart. Once I reached that decision, the pieces flew through my hands.

Mailart 365 - 315

2011-11-21T18:51:00.002-05:00

Mailart 365 - 314

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Mailart 365 - 301

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Mailart 365 - 313

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Mailart 365 - 312

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Mailart 365 - 311

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Mailart 365 - 310

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Mailart 365 - 309

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Mailart 365 - 308

2011-11-20T14:44:00.000-05:00

308. Koko likes goldenrod.

Mailart 365 - 307

2011-11-20T14:43:00.000-05:00

307. I took a whole bunch of bad photos in poor light with an indifferent camera. Some parts of many of them turned out to be quite pleasing once the excess was removed.

Mailart 365 - 306

2011-11-20T14:41:00.000-05:00

306. Am I happy to be part of mailart365? Yes, indeed. Would I do it again? Absolutely. But first I have to mail the 100 last-minute pieces of mailart.

Mailart 365 - 305

2011-11-20T14:39:00.000-05:00

305. Did you ever get the feeling you're going backwards?

Mailart 365 - 304

2011-11-20T14:38:00.000-05:00

304. This squirrel used to throw nuts at my yellow Lab and screech. Happy to share the little varmint with someone else.

Mailart 365 - 303

2011-11-20T14:36:00.000-05:00

303. As the days of mailart365 dwindle down to a precious few, I'm feeling a little bit pensive and a whole lot of urgency! And I love it.

Mailart 365 - 302

2011-11-20T14:34:00.000-05:00

302. Fire was a great invention -- and so was glue.

Mailart 365 - 298, 299, and 300.

2011-11-20T14:14:00.001-05:00

Mailart 365 - 298. I put taped a small group of art to the door so I could photograph them. The trim -- in this case, orange pumpkin-faced balls -- is too deep to allow for scanning. Isn't it attractive, the way I included both the door and the masking tape in this photo?

299. Sheer lime green fabric imprinted with velvet kittehs, with spider trim.

300. More fat pumpkins, just in time for Thanksgiving.

Mailart 365 - 297

2011-11-20T12:17:00.000-05:00

297. No, really. I'm fine. Why do you ask?

Mailart 365 - 296

2011-11-20T12:14:00.000-05:00

296. I'd be further ahead in this project if I hadn't been discombobulated for the last few weeks.

Mailart 365 - 295

2011-11-19T18:23:00.003-05:00

A poem is a lifeline . . .

Mailart 365 - 294

2011-11-19T18:23:00.000-05:00