A Week of Postcards #1

I've been busy and internetless.

The thick of summer is here and change hangs in the air. I'm happy and mostly healthy these days. Maybe that's why I've been making a whole buncha stuff lately. So much stuff that I'm going to spread it out over the next seven days....

These postcards are all address-less and waiting for good homes :)

Received in the Post

All of these RECEIVED MAIL posts should soon be warranting a SENT MAIL post.

Soon, I assure you, soon. But I've been busy working on my small business Varity Concert and I need to make some money before I can buy some stamps!! In the meantime, here's some visual delights I've gotten in the past couple of weeks:





A great short story in a beautiful envelope from Michael. I love a good read.





Cool stuff in a cool ziploc in a cool envelope from Karen Champlin




Fun times goodies from Shirley on sendsomething.net. She says that business is real slow over there, wouldn't it be nice to throw a dog a bone and send her something in the mail?





And a fine-ass, packed-to-the-brim, oddly shaped envelope from Valentine Mark Herman in beautiful France. Filled with exactly what it says: Mail art miscellant. Delights like business cards, stamps and plastic bits. The possibilities are endless.

Just Two Lil' Guys

Two vintage postcards for my gal pals, Jenner and Jess

More Sent Mail!

Just as I promised, a few more things I am sending out. Mostly to folks in the IUOMA, but also some friends.

I've really been enjoying making these lately. It's been coming naturally, which I can't honestly say happens all the time. I've been crafting with a good friend of mine who pushes me to explore different materials and compositions. A key example of this is the vintage letraset strips as seen on Jen's postcard.

Down to business!




For Kiera in Montreal, this was one of my faves of the bunch. I've been into trying more minimal elements in my postcards. More white, more deadspace.




A pep talk for Joanna Carabante in California




For my good good friend Jen. I'm pretty sure she's on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, but that girl is a west coast trotter, and I love her for it.




This one's for Robyn Wells who makes purdy purdy things: http://www.robayre.com/

More Received Mail!

I post this as I am in the middle of doing some MAJOR reorganization in my room. I've got most of my received mail archives in three tupperware bins right now. I've pulled a select few to share today.

I almost toyed with the idea of digitalizing the whole collection, but that might be ludicrous.....




From Kiera Pannell!




From Laura Podob!




From Darlene Griffin!

More, More and More Received Mail!

From Madge in Spokane. I love her evolving style and I'm into just about everything she makes. You can see some more things on her beauty of a blog: http://canimailthis.wordpress.com/





From Miss Lavender. I suspect this woman is a school teacher because her handwriting is impeccable.




The always impressive Dewi.

Recently Received Mail

From my gurl J. Walker who moved to the big city, away from me. I miss her everyday. She was my right hand man for a few good solid months. She'll never know how much she helped me through. True to form, this arrived yesterday on the worst day.
Check out her blog, she's got some cool stuff over there: http://raptortexasranger.tumblr.com/




From Karen! I don't know if you can tell from this scan, but that red paint is so luscious it still looks wet. It isn't though, I know because I touched it and also because, well, that's impossible.





And oldie but a beauty from Dewi! Interestingly enough, this character looks a heck of a lot like my BFF...could it be?





From Jarrah on sendsomething.net, one of my favourite internet haunts. Wishing I had those stickers. Notice the subtle suggestion in the left hand corner. Thanks Jarrah, I'm trying!

Department of Zeroes

This package contains many letters I have written to Jen and never sent.

Recently Sent Items

For Boo, one of my favourite recently made postcards. This lady's got a special place in my heart, I always love the things she makes and she has some great ideas.








For Jennie, another fave from IUOMA. Her flickr account is mind boggingly beautiful.






For Mim from IUOMA!

Dear You,

I made a postcard for you, would you sare to take a look?


Dear Wacky in BC:



Dear Lachlan who is weird in the most perfect way and who I don't see as much as I'd like to:



Dear Alison, founder and wizarder of City Mail:



Dear Jess, who I saw not half an hour ago:



Dear Jen, who makes me feel like she likes me more than anyone else:




Dear Chloe, jester of jokes and keeper of fond memories:



That's all for now....More soon.....

CITY MAIL at SAPPYFEST!

Photo by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kn0ttyn3rb/
She has some other, really lovely photos on Flickr from Sappy, too!


Alison and Jess at the City Mail table. That's me to the right!


Photo taken by Mark the Goon
More sappy flicks and cleverly written stories at www.sappygoon.wordpress.com


I received a couple things this weekend and I'd love to share them with you.
I'm a sucker for a sweet and anonymous letter...




Handprinted postcards by City Mail!



All in all, a good mail weekend, even though I was nowhere near a mailbox!

SEXY TIME

Sexy mail?
Yes please.

Original writing by Jenner Berger, on vintage postcards.
All you need is your lova's address.
Visit her ETSY!






Oh and speaking of sexy-All I've been listening to lately is beautiful, soft and slutty R n' B music. So perfect.

Featuring: Canadian "The Weeknd". Yes- I spelled that correctly. And yes- you've already fallen in love with him.

More Outgoing Mail...

Holy cow, I know...

Something for Martina!


I sent this such a long time ago, and wish I'd documented the contents now!


For Cassie: a zine about "Lost", the television show. We're both big fans.
I bought it from Zombie Romance on Etsy!



A questionaire for Rosie, so I can figure out her favourite kinds of music and make her a mix cd. A diabolical plan.



A package for BFF Ben. See below for visual reference: Calgary post!
Visit his flickr, he makes REALLY cool drawings. And sends the most amazing mail.




A letter for Edward from the Letter Writer's Alliance. Edward's really my only true pen pal, as I don't often send just letters to people in the mail.