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No. 137 & No. 138
This was a PDXCC food themed mail exchange. It also happened to be poetry month and this poem by Wendell Barry may well be my favorite poem of all time.
No. 131
Dear Mailart 365ers,
I just can't give this challenge up! I joined the Portland Correspondence Coop last year and have been keeping busy with mailart - just have been shamefully slow in posting it here. Thus, I begin again...
This postcard is Project PDX #6. This fantastic theater is a Portland landmark and lucky for me, in my neighborhood!
No. 113
Hi y'all, it has been awhile!
#113 is finally going out!! Ashamed to admit how long this completed piece
has been sitting on my desk…
Destination: Portland, OR. U.S.A.
Dimitra Day 147
Dimitra mailart 365 Day 9
Mail art to Sansan China. Collage postcard.
craftgasm, week 35
245/365, letter + article sent in a bulk candy bag from the Peeps store, with Amanda Palmer's head strategically placed. Sent to Bridget in New Mexico.
246/365, an early prototype of my fold-and-mail aerogrammes, testing its mailability. Sent to Bonnie Jeanne in Pittsburgh.
247-248/365, a special postcard designed and printed for two ladies who needed to have this sign available in their offices. Sent to Jaime in DC and Christina in Silver Spring.
249/365, roughly-cut postcard made from box of moth traps and vinyl gold foil letters. Sent to Bethany in South Carolina.
246/365, an early prototype of my fold-and-mail aerogrammes, testing its mailability. Sent to Bonnie Jeanne in Pittsburgh.
247-248/365, a special postcard designed and printed for two ladies who needed to have this sign available in their offices. Sent to Jaime in DC and Christina in Silver Spring.
249/365, roughly-cut postcard made from box of moth traps and vinyl gold foil letters. Sent to Bethany in South Carolina.
@craftgasm, week 32
225/365, a vanilla creamer bottle with confetti and a birthday note. Sent to Kim in DC.
226/365, handmade postcard with graph paper, a receipt, product instructions in Japanese, washi tape, sticker selvage, and ephemera. Sent to Fay in Taiwan.
227/365, handmade postcard with graph paper, Chinese fortune, washi tape, packaging, and Ikea instructions. Sent to Dewi in Toronto.
228/365, handmade postcard with reclaimed notebook and ledger papers, stencils, and rubber stamps with coordinating postage (which makes sense if you saw the postcard she sent me). Sent to Bonnie Jeanne in Pittsburgh.
229/365, handmade postcard with neon labeling stickers and reclaimed notebook and ledger papers. Sent to Becky in Pennsylvania.
230/365, handmade postcard made with reclaimed notebook and ledger papers, a circus rubber stamp (which didn't show up too well on the scanner, but is clearer in person), and neon labeling stickers (which, as it turns out, don't show up as neon no matter how much you play with color settings), with coordinating postage. Sent to Meigh in Maryland.
226/365, handmade postcard with graph paper, a receipt, product instructions in Japanese, washi tape, sticker selvage, and ephemera. Sent to Fay in Taiwan.
227/365, handmade postcard with graph paper, Chinese fortune, washi tape, packaging, and Ikea instructions. Sent to Dewi in Toronto.
228/365, handmade postcard with reclaimed notebook and ledger papers, stencils, and rubber stamps with coordinating postage (which makes sense if you saw the postcard she sent me). Sent to Bonnie Jeanne in Pittsburgh.
229/365, handmade postcard with neon labeling stickers and reclaimed notebook and ledger papers. Sent to Becky in Pennsylvania.
230/365, handmade postcard made with reclaimed notebook and ledger papers, a circus rubber stamp (which didn't show up too well on the scanner, but is clearer in person), and neon labeling stickers (which, as it turns out, don't show up as neon no matter how much you play with color settings), with coordinating postage. Sent to Meigh in Maryland.
@craftgasm, week 31
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.
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.
@craftgasm, week 29
211/365, a handmade birthday envelope from a Target circular. Sent to Ashley in Maryland.
212/365, a collaged birthday envelope from another store ad + a Chinese fortune for the year. Sent to Maya in Florida.
213/365, a postcard made for Handi-hour at the Renwick Gallery to be used as an example of what you could do with the provided materials as I walked around helping patrons. You can see Kehinde Wiley's work peeking out from the brochure I used. Half of the materials I grabbed went on this, and the other half of #214. Wrapped in reused cellophane and sent to Carolee in San Francisco.
214/365, also from Handi-hour. Wrapped in reused cellophane and sent to Donovan in Chicago.
212/365, a collaged birthday envelope from another store ad + a Chinese fortune for the year. Sent to Maya in Florida.
213/365, a postcard made for Handi-hour at the Renwick Gallery to be used as an example of what you could do with the provided materials as I walked around helping patrons. You can see Kehinde Wiley's work peeking out from the brochure I used. Half of the materials I grabbed went on this, and the other half of #214. Wrapped in reused cellophane and sent to Carolee in San Francisco.
214/365, also from Handi-hour. Wrapped in reused cellophane and sent to Donovan in Chicago.
craftgasm, week 24
192/36, a handmade collaged postcard made of packaging, maps, graph paper, book pages, and stickers. Sent to Rebecca in Suffolk, UK.
193/365, a yellow and green collaged envelope made mostly with stickers, book pages, and vintage postage. Sent to Ben and Martha in DC.
194/36, more green and yellow on a pre-decorated envelope that went with MaryHasSound's graduation card. Stickers and vintage postage.
193/365, a yellow and green collaged envelope made mostly with stickers, book pages, and vintage postage. Sent to Ben and Martha in DC.
194/36, more green and yellow on a pre-decorated envelope that went with MaryHasSound's graduation card. Stickers and vintage postage.
craftgasm, week 23
188/365, handmade security envelope collaged with all sorts of stickers: stamp and label selvedge, dots, foil stars, vintage "Special Delivery," wrap around numbers, Japanese file labels, library spine labels, map stickers, and vintage postage. Positioned the hamster on the stationery to peek out the window. Sent to Bonnie Jeanne in Pittsburgh.
189/365, handmade security envelope with most of the above, plus a freebie bumper sticker and measuring tape deco tape. Sent to Donovan in Chicago.
190/365, handmade security envelope with some of the above, plus glitter letter stickers, leftover bits of map from making my map stickers, and stickers cut from discarded bumper stickers..
191/365, handmade security envelope with some of the above, plus a bookplate address label. Worth noting that the "hope for the crippled" postage is headed to a strongly-worded letter to a friend's knee that has been a bitch to her for the past several months.
191/365, handmade postcard made with some packaging, label selvedge, map stickers, office dots, foil stars, Japanese labels, and maps and books. Sent to Rebecca in the UK.
189/365, handmade security envelope with most of the above, plus a freebie bumper sticker and measuring tape deco tape. Sent to Donovan in Chicago.
190/365, handmade security envelope with some of the above, plus glitter letter stickers, leftover bits of map from making my map stickers, and stickers cut from discarded bumper stickers..
191/365, handmade security envelope with some of the above, plus a bookplate address label. Worth noting that the "hope for the crippled" postage is headed to a strongly-worded letter to a friend's knee that has been a bitch to her for the past several months.
191/365, handmade postcard made with some packaging, label selvedge, map stickers, office dots, foil stars, Japanese labels, and maps and books. Sent to Rebecca in the UK.
craftgasm, week 16
Apologies for the slow posting this past month; I was a little busy throwing the best philepistolist event with the National Postal Museum that I could.
132/365, rubber stamps, both handcarved and commercially available, to test out my new ColorBox inks. Sent to Bethany in South Carolina, who carved the rainbow bicycles and the cockatiel especially for me. :)
133/365, an Easter dinner thank you note in a kitchen-themed handmade envelope with coordinating postage. Sent to my in-laws in Virginia.
134/365, a note and a packet of semi-artistamps in a handmade envelope for Fiona in Maryland.
135/365, handmade collaged postcard featuring Paul Rudd being adorable. Sent to stripygoose.
132/365, rubber stamps, both handcarved and commercially available, to test out my new ColorBox inks. Sent to Bethany in South Carolina, who carved the rainbow bicycles and the cockatiel especially for me. :)
133/365, an Easter dinner thank you note in a kitchen-themed handmade envelope with coordinating postage. Sent to my in-laws in Virginia.
134/365, a note and a packet of semi-artistamps in a handmade envelope for Fiona in Maryland.
135/365, handmade collaged postcard featuring Paul Rudd being adorable. Sent to stripygoose.
craftgasm, Easter edition
I love decorating eggs for Easter, but actually don't like hard-boiled eggs, so I didn't make real ones this year because I don't know what I'd do with that many eggs that I didn't want to eat. But when I spotted some patterns in a junk mail catalog I received this weekend, I thought they'd make very pretty Easter eggs, so some mail art was born.
97-99, decorated envelopes (fronts only) with eggs cut from junk mail and deco tape.
97/365
98/365
99/365
100/365, handmade postcard with an Easter-themed sales flyer and bunny image, plus washi tape.
101-110, jumbo eggs full of treats, wrapped in striped packaging tape and sent out naked. The first pic is of them on their way to the post office; the second is of them after adding postage and dropping them in the box for packages.
111-114, 117-120, postcards handmade with various ephemera.
111/365
112/365
113/365
114/365
117/365
118/365
119/365
120/365
121-124, decorated envelopes with Easter eggs, deco tape, bunny pictures, and junk mail cut-outs.
121/365
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124/365
125-130, postcards handmade with various ephemera.
125/365
126/365
127/365
128/365
129/365
130/365
97-99, decorated envelopes (fronts only) with eggs cut from junk mail and deco tape.
97/365
98/365
99/365
100/365, handmade postcard with an Easter-themed sales flyer and bunny image, plus washi tape.
101-110, jumbo eggs full of treats, wrapped in striped packaging tape and sent out naked. The first pic is of them on their way to the post office; the second is of them after adding postage and dropping them in the box for packages.
111-114, 117-120, postcards handmade with various ephemera.
111/365
112/365
113/365
114/365
117/365
118/365
119/365
120/365
121-124, decorated envelopes with Easter eggs, deco tape, bunny pictures, and junk mail cut-outs.
121/365
122/365
123/365
124/365
125-130, postcards handmade with various ephemera.
125/365
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