Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Mail art at home and away

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 I made this one specifically for a member of my "circles" group on IUOMA. It was sent to her before I left for our beach vacation.









Since water, the beach, the ocean, was on my mind, I grabbed a vintage postcard and added this boatman that had been waiting on my table for just the right moment and card to alter.
A friend suggested that he'd be fun added to other cards so I scanned him and will clone him. Watch for more of him in the future.




First card at the beach! Yay, time on OBX (the outer banks of North Carolina, USA)
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It's always fun to make a traveling mail art kit and spend some time away from home.

I had a few people join me in making mail art. Specifically for a 3 year old, the daughter of a friend of our daughter. She's in hospital with some severe problems.
If you'd like to send her mail - she likes octopi, dolphins, and other under water things.

The Mighty Violet
Maria Fareri Children's Hospital
100 Woods Rd        Room 2140
Valhalla, NY 10595 USA

2 comments:

Cappuccinoandartjournal.blogspot.com said...

OBX -- so jealous......two of my best avactions ever were spent there...Is the Blue Point restaurant in Duck still there? How do you cut your circles?
And--thank you so much for the rolodex cards.

mim said...

Yes, the OBX are a terrific place to really vacate every day life. We love renting houses there. Blue Point is still in Duck! We love a small place called Cravings which is near Scarborough Fair in Duck. But, sadly, the craft shop is gone. The owner retired. So it goes. As for circles, I have circle punches in different sizes. I caught a half off sale, several years ago. So much fun to punch out circles!

How did I get into this?

I was asked when I started doing Mailart. Good question. Like many artists, I was making and mailing art without even knowing it had a name ...