Not as good as a sick bag

A response to the sender of the sick bag, Eric Bruth.

And since I picked up that card at a highway rest stop, I found 3 vehicle related stamps to use for postage.

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And while on the topic of stamps, I almost used Jimi on this envelope, then this one from the Hudson River School set caught my eye.

MMSA envelopes received part 2 - cabin + muscle car to Jan

Gina V created this envelope from a calendar page.

It reminded me of Jan's calendar envelopes that she's been sending me.

This was my last muscle car stamp.

Which was perfect considering the back.

Friends & Faux postcard 34 addition

I added my faux stamp to the F&F card. It is one of a few stamps I created with faux classic sci fi titles. My own titles were inspired by, and used the colors of, Adam McCauley's genius monster stamps. 

[Adam also has a fantastic sense of humor - check his Comix section out - these would also make amazing stamps]

Karen covered up the previous stamp with a muscle car one. Since it was not franked by the PO, I added 66c to the 49c of a forever stamp to get to the international rate of 1.15, since this one is heading to France next. Nice to have some easy options for variety when sending mail abroad.

I'm getting very interested in the whole faux stamp/artistamp aspect of mail art. And where is the Finnbadger post office located? Fauxhio, of course. I have another F&F card heading my way soon, so there'll be a future update about that.

Exchange 1

The first envelope from Jean's envelope exchange list arrived.

Thanks, Michelle! 

And thanks to Jean  for organizing.

I really like the placement of the muscle car stamp on the track.

Envelope 97

When I first shuffled through the envelopes I knew that this could be a great one to send to Jean as the first non-diagonal one.

The muscle car stamps provided me with a great color match and contrast (gives a whole new meaning to 'forever').

I used the font 'cracked', and color-matched the letters to the car on the stamp. 

Virgin envelope:


Stamped:



Addressed:



The back after sealing:



I don't often notice anything special about the inside of the envelopes, but this one almost had the effect of a special lining:



Great thing is, Jean liked this one, too.