Hello! In case you thought that I might have dropped off the side of a mountain...I want to assure you that I'm back and still making stuff. My latest passion is MailArt.
I Joined the International Union of Mail Artists (IUOMA) a couple of months ago so now I'm doing mixed media pieces that I send out as postcards. I'm also creating Artistamps (Faux Postage) with which to decorate my postcard pieces...or envelopes (if whatever I've made would fall apart unless enclosed).
So far I've limited myself to postcards....they,re a lot less expensive to mail. And, yes, even though I make "phony postage stamps"...I do affix the real thing to where it's supposed to be affixed: the upper right-hand corner. Did you know that postage for mailing a postard to Japan, Australia or Russia is $0.98? I found that the USPS provides a handy-dandy list of weights, sizes, prices, etc. for just about any kind of mail....and on-line too! I love my computer!
Most of the mail we find in our 'real' mailboxes these days consists of junk, junk, more junk, and maybe a few bills (very few, we hope). We communicate by emailing, texting, twittering or phoning....and a lot of of that is in code-speak (you know....LOL, DH, etc.).
So far I've limited myself to postcards....they,re a lot less expensive to mail. And, yes, even though I make "phony postage stamps"...I do affix the real thing to where it's supposed to be affixed: the upper right-hand corner. Did you know that postage for mailing a postard to Japan, Australia or Russia is $0.98? I found that the USPS provides a handy-dandy list of weights, sizes, prices, etc. for just about any kind of mail....and on-line too! I love my computer!
Most of the mail we find in our 'real' mailboxes these days consists of junk, junk, more junk, and maybe a few bills (very few, we hope). We communicate by emailing, texting, twittering or phoning....and a lot of of that is in code-speak (you know....LOL, DH, etc.).
Remember how you felt the last time your mailbox contained a real letter from a friend, a postcard from someone on vacation....written in the senders own hand, doodled hearts or stars...whatever...in the margins??? That's what MailArt is all about....sending and getting mail from all over the world...and....more than that, you send and receive little offerings of your creative self. It's taking the time to make something, send it away, and imagining what the reaction to your little piece of mail will be. And it's also opening your mailbox and finding more than junk and bills. It's more than fun....I think that it brings something more human into this digital world in which now live. My pictures are of four cards that I sent out the other day. Happy landings!
1 comment:
this is a neat idea, and it makes me want to send postcards.
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