Mailart 365 has moved

220/365, remade security envelope with reclaimed notebook paper, stickers, washi tape, packaging, other paper scraps, and strategically positioned window/stationery combination.  Sent to Liz in The Other Washington.



221/365, handmade envelope collaged with newspaper ephemera, faux Mexican money, stickers, and a Chinese fortune. Sent to Laura in Palo Alto, CA.



222/365, handmade postcard, with washi tape, reclaimed notebook paper, a receipt, ephemera, sticker selvage, and foreign language cautions from some Ikea product.  Sent to Jennie in San Francisco.



223/365, handmade postcard made from a postcard book cover, with reclaimed notebook paper, washi tape, catalog cut-outs, an old letter (one I typed for someone else with a typo in it), and some eastern European ephemera from a swap (of the man in the rocker).  Sent to Kerri in Arizona.



224/365, a handmade envelope heading into the military mail system, and thus kept simple.  Addresses are on filing labels from Martha.

Books, clock, shoe, coat, cycles, woman's head, everything £1 and it weighs 3.8Kgs!

Books on a blue carpet with mandarins and butternut squash soup with ginger, lots of different colours and now only 100 pieces to go, phew!

Nancy could catch a Tofurky Thief, but she never could remember where she left her beer.

I don't know if anyone outside the US ever read teen serials (and, to be honest, I didn't, but my daughter did) but there was a series called Sweet Valley High in the 1980s that featured oh-so-wholesome twins. The series will soon be re-issued, with the twins all grown up, and they are "fully adult."

I don't think the folk who control the Nancy Drew franchise would allow her to drink. But, it would be fun ... think Nancy Drew meets The Thin Man.

Using up more bits & pieces from my digital file and trying to make them make sense in some sort of way.

Another 'bits & pieces' collage!

I had a lot of odds and ends in my digital file, and I always enjoying seeing if I can combine them into something special. I really liked the end result. A little girl in her own magic place!

A new series about something I really love -- a good book! I hope some of you will find one that looks interesting to you, and give it a try!

The colors of Spring -- I cannot wait to see them this year after day after day of snow!

Breakfast of Champions is my favorite Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., novel. I found just the book cover at a huge yard sale a few years ago. I bought it with a few old LP covers for $2. I'm glad I have finally found a use for the book cover.

This will go to my sister Pamela in New York City. I think she enjoys Vonnegut, too. I don't know why I don't know for sure. My three sisters and I talk books all the time. Why I have never asked if she likes Vonnegut is quite a mystery to me and I may have to plan a trip to NYC to correct this oversight.

And so on.

This is the third in my "Set the table, please! series and begins MailArt365's month long alphabet theme with an exclamation.

The exclamation is both proper punctuation for the Spanish exclamation (thank you, Mim!), and also because the title of this recipe card caused surprise, and a bit of horror. "Triple Fruit Brandy, Cucumber-Onion, Mustard Salad" sounds like someone was into the brandy well before dinner was to be prepared. However, once the card is turned over, the recipe is really four recipes, all dressings of some sort. The Brandy Dressing is actually intriguing.

Combine 1/4 cup brandy, 1/4 cup olive oil, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg and 2 teaspoons sugar. Makes about 1/2 cups.

I love to read. Welcome to my 'bookshelf' & some books I have read & highly recommend.

If I were financially solvent right now, I'd donate to WIkipedia, just for this Shaken, Not Stirred entry alone. I wouldn't base a scholarly thesis on it, nor would I use it as my sole source in a journalistic piece, but it entertains and informs.

I found the Ian Fleming postage in my huge stamp stash last week. I love James Bond movies. All of them. But, I've only read one James Bond novel, and I don't even remember which one. I just remember that I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as the movies.

Vellum paper is wicked fussy. The glue shows through, and the scan just makes it look all the more obvious. It isn't that obvious on the actual card. Eventually I'll find an adhesive for vellum that doesn't show through, and stands up to the mail system.

Today is National Bloody Mary Day, according to the wonderful Food Holiday website that Sue recommended in the comments on her post about themes. So, here is a bit of the hair of the dog that bit you last night. I've been trolling my Facebook and Twitter pages to see if one of my friends is a deserving recipient for this card, but so far I haven't seen any moaning. It could be that it is too early ... it is only 11 a.m. here.

The Bloody Mary background piece is from a promotional drink coaster for the book Bloody Mary. The author, JA Konrath, had stopped by the bookstore where I worked years ago and signed a bunch of these coasters for the staff while promoting his book, Dirty Martini. I thought it was clever to use drink coasters as a promotional tool for books with a drink theme. I don't like mysteries, so I haven't read Konrath's books, but he seems to be well liked by readers, if not by critics.

This card was created mostly in the car yesterday, on the ride home from New York. We had planned on staying north until today, but the weather forecast wasn't looking good, so we drove back before it got bad.

One of the things my three sisters, and mom, and I share is a love of reading. When we were planning the family gathering we also planned a book exchange. I brought 29 books up and my sisters brought about that many, too. I only came home with one book, but that was my plan. I love reading, but have to finish the few thousand books I've already got before adding more.

This card will go to one of my sisters. She works in a library, and is also very familiar with Bookstore & Restaurant in Wellfleet. It is a good restaurant, no frills, great seafood.

The title of this postcard is inspired by the rubber stamp image in the upper left corner. Not only would like like to have what she's having, I would like to have that dress.

This is being sent, amazingly enough, to a Wisconsin schoolteacher named 'Miss Kolb'!