Category Archives: Mail Art

A Reminder To Play

One of the postcards I sent recently was to Jos Buivenga. You may know him as @exlibris on Twitter or as the designer of the almost ubiquitous semi-slab serif font, Museo. I love Museo, as well as the rest of his fonts, and I have been using them for years. When I had a small graphic [...]

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Taking Twitter To the Post Office

If you follow me on Twitter, then you’ve probably heard me talking about mailart a lot, lately. I’ve been attempting to send every 50th follower a piece of mailart. I even organized a mix CD exchange that I turned into a mailart project. I have met some great people through Twitter, and I’ve been able [...]

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Handmade Mix CD Package and Mailart

A few weeks ago I asked if anyone on Twitter would like to have a mix CD swap, and got instant takers. I limited it to 10 peeps (11 including me), and I am still looking forward to listening to the contributions. It’s not easy making a mix for people you don’t really know so [...]

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Christmas Card Illustration

The holidays are on their way again! Here’s a card design I did a few years ago when I was on a Rosewood kick. View other items I’ve pulled out of the archives lately: Milk Jug Q Fire For Effect OFFICE OF STUDIOQ posters

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Postcard Kits: A Mail Art Gift

Collage, stamp, and mail! Mail art is contagious! That is why I decided to make postcard kits that could be given as gifts. Each kit comes with a reused cardboard backing and collaging materials. The instructions encourage using all of the included materials! I have put off selling these for a while, but with enough [...]

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Mail Art Correspondence with Chris Butler

So this has been going on for years… Even when we Chris and I lived less than a mile from each other! We’ve sent each other all kinds of things in mail without wrapping them up, including a lego, a self-inking stamp, books, CD’s, and more. Just stick a enough postage on it, and it’ll [...]

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