Earlier this week I sent off a piece of mail art to a fellow Xangan.

I haven’t heard from her if she has gotten it yet, so I won’t post pictures of it just yet.

I will post some things I have sent off in the past though and didn’t show you.

Yes, Its an altoid tin. I mailed it just like this, the recipients address is painted on the back.

This one was a Burger King toy I shamelessly stole from my child.

When we were in line and I handed it to the post master, my little monster said “Hey! I have one just like that! ”

to which I replied “Not any more! “

I’m not completely horrible… I replaced it for him!

When you move the red handle the brain lights up and gurgles…

Around the outside in silver I put…

I felt a cleaving in my mind -as if my brain had split- by E.D.

And

What other people think of me really is none  my business. by Rue Paul

Probably my favorite piece as of yet.

ToAST

I soaked it in ten coats of polyurethane.

When I went to the post office to mail it the P.M. sneered and said ” That won’t make it!”

To which I said “Sure it will” And conked it on the counter.

He mailed it!

I think this one needs a follow up piece.

BuRNT ToAST

I have more but I will save them for a slow blog day.

Any one interested in MAIL ART?

Well I have received my first piece of mail art back! It would figure it was on a day Ben got the mail. It was still very exciting though.

It is from MotherO’Pearl and it is super cool. I have to keep hiding it from the kids because they all want one and have decided that they should be allowed to make their own.  I told them maybe this summer.

It is a very cool little Aquarium/ocean scene. There are three little fishes glued one on each side, so it appears that they are swimming. One fell off in route though but it’s all good because it looks like he is swimming in the seaweed in the center of the plant. She signed one of the shells with her Xanga name and on another there is a verse address.

Matt 4:19

And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.  Matthew 4:19

When I was little I thought this verse said fishermen… and I wondered why they just didn’t go out with my Pop and Grandpa…

I love it. Thank you Diana!

Also I’m still trying to complete all of the requests for pictures of my life. I want  to get my workshop cleaned up before I post pictures of it, that may not happen… the cleaning I mean, I may just post the horrible terrible mess. It will be the last one I do.

Someone wanted to see my thinking place. I have a few, here is one. In the morning I sit here and watch the kids while they wait for the bus then I can sit and eat my breakfast and check Xanga while I enjoy the breeze.

Abandon hope all ye who enter here. A very fitting entrance to our home.

This is the mudroom… so the floor is not terribly clean, don’t judge!  If I were to show you the other side of the room you would see pegs on the wall filled with coats and a boot tray full of boot and kids shoes. I haven’t gotten around to washing and putting everything away yet. That might be a good thing to do today. No running about to do, the monster is down for his nap, I think it is time to veg. Hope your all having a great day.

Where do you all veg out or just stop and think?

Ang

Well, I’ve had my first Mail art casualty. Jess didn’t get her’s so a new one is in the works. It has forced me to rethink several other things because they are in the same types of slide boxes. I’ve come up with some other ideas though and their getting started this weekend. I hope to have everyone’s out by the end of the month.

There was a small cellophane envelope on the top with the care and feeding of an eyeball instructions…

It was fate I guess because I know I can come up with something better.

 This is the mail ART that I sent to CJ… It’s a two part kaleidoscope. I call it the Wilde O Scope… for those of you who are The Importance of Being Earnest fans you might recognize the eyes. The larger part of the scope where the mirrors are is all papered in black and the white. The gems and doodads in the chamber are all black and white also… so when you look through it… black and white.

The second part of the tube is all papered in colored strips and the things in the chamber are all done in color… when you slip the second tube over the first… you have COLOR…

I really enjoy making kaleidoscopes, they are just too much fun to play with while I’m doing them… The glass ones are usually a little classier though.

I wrapped the instructions around the scope, secured it with rubberbands and off it went.

Now, On to the next batch!

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I put a frog in everything I do… So when you get your art… look for your frog.

 I’m really excited about all of the mail art I get to do. Can’t wait to get all of them out so I can get some back! Thanks to all of you who are fostering my weirdness!

It’s good to live by the Rent’s. Took the kids over to their house and Mom and Pop entertained them while Ben and I used the hot tub.

Yes, I’m spoiled. All in all a very good day.

 If you missed yesterdays post about the mail art, the offer still stands, send me your addy and I will add you to the list. Everything will be sent in the month of April.

What was the BEST thing that happened to you today?

One of the things I do that makes me feel good is MAIL ART…

I’m sure you all know the feeling of anticipation you get waiting for something to come in the mail. I love that feeling. I feel like a kid at Christmas when the mail comes whenever I’m expecting something from an exchange.

I wish I could post some of my works here but I haven’t taken any pictures of the things that I have done.

 I know, so unlike me.

I love floating objects in resin filled tuna cans and sardine cans. I have coated a piece of toast twenty times with polyurethane so that I could send it through the mail. That was especially fun because when the mail man said he didn’t think it would make it through the mail I thumped it on the counter several times and said ‘Sure it will.’ So he mailed it. He still gave me the disgusted look. I also like to make kaleidoscopes out of unusual things, soup cans and pringles tubes… their great fun to mail.

So…

I have no pictures of my work, but I do have pictures of some of the things I’ve received to show, so here they are.

Series of hands…

#1 Cookies

#2 Fist

#3

This was hands…

I was sending him brains.

 I like them what can I say.

 I also like eyeballs… don’t know why.

Most of the things I have received have been objects. I do like to send collages and prints.

The only requirement for mail art is that you mail it as is. The stamp and the post mark become a part of the art.

I once sent a piece to Hell, Michigan where a store was kind enough to post it from there with the post mark.

It was a clear plastic globe containing a floating domino with a painted skeleton on it and the saying :

Optimism is a mania for saying things are well when one is in Hell.

One of my favorite sayings.

The post mark just made it that much cooler.

There are things you have to be careful of: The post office will not mail anything that is smaller then 3″x3″… although recently I mailed something to a fellow Xangan that was smaller… you just have to smile really nicely at the postmaster and bat your lashes…

No glass items or items with liquid in them.

Pretty simple rules.

Lego’s… ick.  they did make for easy mailing though.

The SOUND O SCOPE

This is one of my favorites, the soundoscope. It came with directions on how to use the objects in it to hear different sounds. Very creative. It was sent to me after I had sent a soup can kaleidoscope.

Almost anything can be mailed, I have mailed a shoe, plastic lobster and plastic gumball machine bubbles.

Now to the point.

 I have a piece in progress sitting on my work bench. It’s a very cool one and when its done I’ll take pictures before I post it. I don’t have a home to send it to yet though.

If your interested in exchanging mail art with me, message me your address and I will send out a piece to you with my address on it, you HAVE TO send a piece back though.

For those of you who think it sounds fun but don’t think your ‘artistic’ Come on. You’ve seen some of these, you can mail whatever you want although, I do prefer things that have some effort to them. Even a drawing on an envelope.

SO the first person to send me their address with a promise to send something back will get the piece that is on my bench.

If I get more then one address I will make a list and start sending them out as quickly as I can.

Hope you guys are interested. This should be great fun. ANG