Amazing mail art from Jon

I have no idea how Jon printed on these cards so nicely. Each one is amazing.

In from Jon

Fun, long piece from Jon.

Bonus post - the completed squares

Right after I posted my contribution to Jon's project, he showed the results from the first four boards at IUOMA.

A square to Jon

Jon, over at IUOMA, found a few frames that each contained 9 wooden squares.

I decided to participate, then once the square arrived I felt at a bit of a loss. Then one day, I decided to see what kind of collage I might come up with.

And this is the final result I sent back to him.

When the board is complete, I'll post it.

Happy Wedding Day, Jon Foster

Jon is getting married today.

He sent out an add and pass for the special occasion.

This is what I added.

A collage, quartered

I used some found pieces to create a large collage (11 x 8.5 inches).

I then cut it into four pieces, and sent them out in these envelopes.

To Tonipoet

To Chris W

To Jon F (back and front)

To Katerina

I support...

Fascinating collage from Jon F

Inauguration Day

I have received a couple of US election-related pieces.

Here's the first, an add and return from Jon F.

With my addition:

I have a feeling that there could be a lot of mail art created along these lines as a way to express frustration if the new president continues to act in an unpresidential fashion.

Junk from Jon

I definitely do not need more desktop junk.... so maybe some of you will be lucky enough to receive some of Jon's by mail!

The scanner says 'no' to neon

In from Jon

The scanner did not like the neon on the front

Here's a photo to show the difference.

To Jon

An envelope containing an add + pass to Jon.

Sunday Stamps - Flowers

USPS issued a set of 10 stamps earlier this year based on illustrations from gardening catalogs originally used between 1891 and 1910. 

Here are some sent out on envelopes 789, 791, 796 & 809.

I showed a few more of these stamps in a previous post.

And here are two that I received in Jean's April exchange.

Pretty flowers from Amy.

Watercolor and calligraphy from Thomas.

And Thomas included this neat wax seal that traveled perfectly (amazingly) through the mail.

To see more flowers, head over to Sunday Stamps.

Coordinated mail

Sometimes it's great when mail art arrives on a  regular basis, that one bright thing peeking out of the group of white envelopes. Other times it arrives all at once. I had a really great mail Friday a few weeks ago. Look at this handsome bunch, you would swear that Eva, Heleen, Jon and Carol had coordinated it.

Carol's is part of the January exchange, so it will be coming up in a later post.

Eva made her envelope from a calendar page, and added part of a cool metallic coffee bag (?) to her note.

Here it is without the postal bar code. 1437 refers to the new Islamic year which started in October 2015 (the Islamic calendar is a lunar one, rather than the Gregorian solar calendar).

On the back you can see the Gregorian 2016 new year.

Heleen sent me a postcard of a castle in the Netherlands, since I wrote on her blog I didn't know any. The sheep stamp is fantastic, and is by the same photographer who took the picture of the castle. Heleen even added a little castle stamp.

And Jon sent me a postcard with a painted image of David Bowie. I love the back, too.

What is she staring at?

Heleen sent a postcard inside her amazing puffin mail. The idea was to complete the picture. As you all know, drawing is not my forte. So in the end I went with simple. And with something I'd already had success with.

Jon sent me this to complete.

I liked the address side a lot.

Have I mentioned before that I find add and return to be somewhat stressful? Fortunately I was stuck in a groove. So more rose-tipped tree-like vines from me.

White shapes III - VI

To Malok.

To Jon F

To Kathie

To Jason