Do not open until January 1

A few mail artists at IUOMA had a mail art exchange in the Clock Lovers group with the intention of mail arriving close to December 31st.

Here are the envelopes I sent to the group:

I forgot to take pictures/scans of the art inside, so if recipients post them I'll blog them later.

Here's what arrived in time to open on NYE.

From MomKat. Love the Greek letters on the date stamp.

Happy New Year, everyone!

September exchange - awkward photo calendar envelopes part 2

To Shoshana

To Peggy

To Jean

From Chuck - wonderful art nouveau design in red and black.

Envelopes 214 and 171

I finally found a moment to send replies to Cathy and Rose who sent me bonus mail earlier in the year. 

#214 is one of those envelopes that I didn't pay attention when using the template.

I'm not sure if Lydia Mendoza ever played an ice rink, however the colors are pretty close.

And the back.

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#171 is unusual in that there is a lot of dark space on the front. 

While it could have been the perfect place to hide Mr Cash another time, the image extended onto the flap made me think of the West Virginia stamp. Another hand addressed one - the gold actually looks better scanned than in real life; maybe a bronze metallic pen would have worked a little bit better.

The back is the best part of this one, in my opinion.

29 faces in september part II: envelopes 387, 295 & 357

4/29: # 387 to jan

Accompanied by Ms Piaf and addressed in lower case

Au revoir

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5/29: #295 to Terrie

I have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot of Johnny Cash in this series. 

The back

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6/29: # 357 to Tony

The colors on the envelope reminded me of Lydia Mendoza's stamp as well as the cut paper heart one.

The back.