Outgoing: Valentines & Alphabet: L, O, V, E

Alphabet Month A & B

 "A" (above) going out to Andy from myREALwall... who also started Mail Art 365

"B for Buffalo" (below)  - I'm very proud of this one!

See if you can follow this sentence: "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."

Incoming 2-7-2011

 

A postcard from my aunt in Florida.  I usually am not the kind of person who prefers exotic beaches and palm trees, but this postcard has captured my desires perfectly.  After this much snow and icky slush in Boston, I am ready for the beach!!

A postcard from Andy Geezer, the creator of the MailArt365 project and the website http://myrealwall.blogspot.com/.  Thanks Andy!

Also, here is the great stamp he used.  I love these Winnie the Pooh stamps from the UK! Last year I reread the Winnie the Pooh and House at Pooh Corner... They still make me laugh out loud...

“If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.”

A postcard from Morrissey, another 365er... I love her sense of humor.

A postcard from Jennie Hinchcliff... I bought her book, Good Mail Day, (co-authored with Carolee Wheeler) before I had joined the MailArt365 project, so it's been really cool to get mail from her!

From RiaViewMirror, her blog here.


The piece of paper in the middle looks like it's from a check- very interesting.

Michalis in Greece, sent me a monotype.  The paper it's on is almost tissue thin!  I was impressed with his stamp placement on the envelope too.  He layered stamps over one another.  I would be scared to do this myself, because it seems like something the postoffice wouldn't like, but it worked for him and it looks great!

 And finally, my favorite one, because my dad made it. He made this envelope out of seed packets that we bought and planted together.  He sent me an article about a border collie that knows over 1,000 words!

Our dog, Mattie, is an Australian Cattle dog, similar in temperament and energy to Border Collies.

I think she's that smart too. 

Outgoing 2-6-2011

I've been sick for quite a while, so I haven't done much mailing, but I'm finally feeling better and today I put together a little package for a cousin of mine who had a birthday recently.

I included two magazine/catalogs that I pick up for free at the university.  They are great for making envelopes out of, and my cousin expressed interest... All of it packaged in a cereal box- my favorite kind of cereal! Special K with red berries.  When I studied abroad in France I ate this cereal except that it was EVEN BETTER! In France it had strawberries, raspberries and cherries in it! Sadly, I haven't been able to find it that way anywhere in the US.

  A drawing I did on the inside of the card.  Recently I've been getting back into drawing... inspired by the MailArt 365 project.

Back of the cereal box/envelope- Some clipped photos from a brochure for a Boston aquarium.  You can see I did the sketches from some of these little photos.

Incoming & Outgoing

Going out to one of my aunts- she didn't get an envelope at the Christmas party, so a little package to make up for it.

A sketch I did of Foucault- I'm reading him for one of my classes... I didn't make his forehead big enough at first... that huge brain of his, you know.  Going to a 365er

A sketch I did of a stegosaurus, going out to my dad who was a champion dinosaur drawer in elementary school (or so he tells me).  The background is a pillowcase that I made for my dinosaur loving boyfriend.

Incoming mail from a 365er and my friend, Dana.

Incoming/Outgoing

 

INCOMING

A pile of recent mail... including Christmas cards, postcards from Swap-bot and mailart from MailArt365 members.

 OUTGOING

 Going to someone from I.O.U.M.A. who sent me the awesome triangular envelope in the photo above.

NPR: Snail Mail Struggles: The Postal Service Series

As my boyfriend says, NPR is part of our upper-middle class heritage.  And now they are doing a whole series on Snail Mail! Love it.  Some great articles!

Here's the link:
NPR Snail Mail Struggles

a swap-bot letter ready to be sent out