Mail Art Contest Winner

Mahala was the lucky winner of my mail art contest. Above you'll see the package I sent her. It's a combination of painting and collage and stamping. I really had fun making it. I did not take pics of the insides. She got an issue of Art & Life, A beaded necklace kit and miscellaneous papers and napkins for collage.

Judging Time

Its time to judge my mail art contest. I have listed the front of envelopes below with a number. Just leave a comment and let me know which number you prefer. The numbers are below the envelope. You can scroll down to previous entries to see the backs and so forth if you like. you may also click on the picture to make it bigger. I'll wait a few days and then tally up the score and announce the winner.









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More mail and magnetic stamps

I got some Mail Art from Mahala













First is the lovely envelope. Yes you can do collage on an envelope and still mail it. This is so pretty, I love it.













and inside a lovely card.

















and then a lovely ATC. Sunflowers are my favorite. Thank you so much Mahala.

















Todays drawing.... are you getting tired of seeing faces...














After reading Kate I's blog and seeing the magnetic alphabet stamp set I just had to have one. Roberts did not have them but Michaels did. You have to buy 2 different parts. One is all the stamps and the other has the holder and the attachments, you can do a single letter, one line or two lines. They have other alphabets and stamps of words so there are other options. My set is called rummage and comes with small and capital letters and punctuation and numbers. They come in a metal tin for storage and are really nice. I can't wait to start using them. I did find that you do have to think backwards when you are lining up letters to spell your words. The d and b were hard to distinguish for me. I think that will become easier after using them for awhile.

Contest ends soon

My mail art contest ends on October 25th but if you tell me you are mailing something I will hold it open till I get all the mail. Remember the prize is a copy of Art & Life along with some miscellaneous goodies.



















Here is today's drawing.

More Mail Art

I got some Mail art today or I should say it must have been Saturday since there has been no mail delivery today, I just never looked in the mailbox all weekend,










Kai sent this lovely letter and included a wonderful story from when Madeleine L'Engle was writer in residence for Victoria magazine. She's a favorite of mine. in fact a few years back I wrote to a few authors and she is the only one who ever wrote me back. I kept the letter, its safely tucked away. I relaly thought it was nice to get a hand written letter from her.













I got this from Sioux, this is truly amazing, I think its called a zentangle.

















I also got this ATC to match, well not really match but they do complement themselves.

A heads up to all Misty Mawn fans, she has a video on Youtube where she is painting a face. Its amazing to see. I have always gone light to dark and she seem to go the other way around. I am going to have to try that technique and see how it works for me.


















and last but not least is todays drawing.

Mail Art

I got 2 pieces of Mail Art the other day.
















This is from Elizabeth and its the front of the emvelope.














and now the back. SHe ecnlosed a card and note.












This is from Kelley and you definetly think Halloween when you see it,.













and the back.













She also included this beautiful ATC. The words say She soared dragon like above the tangerine clouds. It is really beautiful, thank you Kelley.












She also included this pin. What a bag full of goodies that was.


















I also ordered this from Samantha Kira and it is really good. Its the best zine I have gotten off the net. Its really professional looking and has great articles, plus a feature on Robin-Marie Smith

















Here is my drawing for today.

Mail Art Contest

You know every day I go out to the mailbox and all I see are offers from credit card companies or checks from the ones I have. Yes the mail is boring. Hmm how to fix that, well I could join some swaps or have a contest or beg people to send me mail. So here is my idea. I think I would like showcase Mail Art on my blog and then I will have a vote and who ever has the favorite will win a little surprise. I have a copy of Teesha Moore's Art magazine that I will be giving away and I'll add some other goodies to it.

All you need to do is send me some mail where you have decorated the envelope. This is not a Halloween theme just do what you would like. You don't have to put anything inside other than a note that says Hi Kate here is my entry, signed Whoever. Now if you want to include an ATC or something because you just can't send an empty envelope then that is fine by me. Or I will accept any form of chocolate..... I am going to leave the contest open for a month. I will post mail as I get it and set up a way to vote, I am not sure how to do that yet but I will figure something out. I will announce our winner on October 25. Leave me a comment and I'll send my address.

Patchwork journal cover

I saw this on iHanna's blog this morning and wanted to share it with you. She makes a patchwork paper cover for a journal. What a cute idea that was. Go check it out.