Big cats

Heleen replied, thanking me for the 2015 mail snail. The zoo stamp is pretty amazing. And the puffin is a very cool customer.

She included this great postcard that she illustrated - another big cat on the inside, although this one's extinct now.

I had a piece of card leftover from Hester's and Steve's dragons, and since Heleen loves them, having been born in the year of the dragon, I sent her one, too.

Envelope 364 - the other

I sent this photograph in for a mail art call titled 'The Other' - photography exhibit in Thessaloniki, Greece.

I sent the photo in this envelope made from an ad for one of the rebooted Planet of the Apes films.

Envelope 668 - waves

This envelope caught my eye when I was searching for envelopes for Marti.

The $1 patriotic waves stamp went so well with the sculpture (which should really be viewed horizontally).

Envelope 387 - blessings

I have admired The Blessed Father's mail art, particularly his hilarious rubber stamps and faux postage, so I decided to send him a spontaneous envelope.

I wanted to send it in vertical format, but didn't like having to place two stamps, so turned her slightly. And Johnny again - haven't used him in a while.

Blue tones

Number 361 - moon sky

I sent my next potential contribution to Brain Cell in this envelope. I have to say I find the Japanese address system disorienting, and have to check the numbers multiple times.

The scanner made a mess of this envelope, so I ended up taking a photo with my cell phone - so it isn't quite rectangular. Bon voyage, my many-numbered envelope.

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Number 664 - revival

Sent off to Carroll, and it arrived uncanceled, an added bonus.

Brain Cell 907

Ryosuke Cohen, a Japanese artist and mail artist has been sending out a mail art sheet titled Brain Cell for years. Mail artists from all over the world send artistamps, rubber stamps and stickers for his sheets. The sheet is printed and stickers applied.

I sent a few of my stamps - they were not used directly, but I was acknowledged with my address. At first I thought seeing my name on the list of contributors was a mistake as I could not see the stamps - took me a while to figure it out. And there is so much to see, every time I look at it I see something different.

Really glad to see my name is on the same issue as Heleen's 2015 mail snail.

Envelope 257 - Happy Easter from Charley Harper

Great Charley Harper penguin on envelope 267.

Stamped with a hotrod stamp - I thought the colors worked well with the envelope, and the stamp is unobtrusive.

Are you asking what this has to with Easter?

A hatched chick on the back, of course.

Even if you don't celebrate Easter, have a great Sunday, and hopefully spring is on its way to readers from the northern hemisphere.

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And thanks to CJ's blogpost earlier this week (check her blog link in the sidebar), I bring you easy-to-make bonus Easter bunnies!