tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75499752795633543102024-03-21T19:19:25.470-03:00Just Letter RipPatty Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907639296995070840noreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549975279563354310.post-36227554872016154262015-11-08T16:21:00.001-04:002015-11-08T16:24:24.464-04:00New Website! <span style="background-color: #c4edeb; font-family: Arial;"></span>I have moved!<br />
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Many thanks to my daughter Sharon for the new digs! Not only did she provide the website, but she also moved everything over from my old blog. All in the two hours I was gone to church! She’s got mad computer skills, make that skillz with a “z.”Patty Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907639296995070840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549975279563354310.post-38222776869573746742013-03-15T11:43:00.002-03:002013-03-15T11:43:31.732-03:00Guest Post: Send Get Well Cards to PattyI see that it has been a while since Mom posted on her blog. Patty was in a car accident on Thursday, March 14. She is in the hospital, banged up, bruised and has broken her left arm in a couple of places. Surgery is going to be needed in a few days to repair the break. I spoke with her this morning and she seems to be in good spirits and doing as we'll as can be expected under the circumstances.<br />
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She requested her iPad because the hospital has "excellent wifi" reception, lol! Anyway, I know how much she loves receiving snail mail and thought it would be a great idea if her online friends would flood her mailbox. She especially enjoys hand-made cards. The mailing address is listed to the right. Pass this along, the more mail, the better. I'm sure it will lift her spirits to see the cards.<br />
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On the wall directly opposite my classroom door hangs one such sign.<br />
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Students swelter in my stuffy classroom where temperatures hover between 85 and 95 degrees (no, we don't have air conditioning) and for an hour struggle with geometry or statistics problems. Finally, the bell sounds. BBRRRRIIIINNNNNNG!!! As students gather their belongings and scramble to beat each other out the door, an uplifting message awaits their exit.<br />
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In all fairness, the sign originally said "NEVER GIVE UP" but the tape on the first part didn't hold and the custodians swept up the fallen paper and tossed it. Much to my amusement, it took a few days for most people to notice and a couple more for the art department to redo the missing word. In the meantime, I seized the day, not to mention my camera, and snapped a few photos. They still make me smile.</div>
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Thanks go out to Sirpa Roos for this lovely tulip she painted for me. </div>
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Doesn't it just shout SPRING IS HERE? It does to me.</div>
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And if that wasn't enough goodness, check out the envelope she sent it in. </div>
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It is gorgeous as well. Notice the numbers in my address. She used ones cut from the tape I sent.</div>
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Today I mailed out six postcrossing cards. All of them depict scenes from Washington, DC during Cherry Blossom time in early April. Aren't they gorgeous! And, for those of you who think I can't count, there was a duplicate of the last card.Patty Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907639296995070840noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549975279563354310.post-86792479873688949692012-03-29T19:42:00.004-03:002012-03-29T19:42:49.726-03:00It's Getting To Be That Time Again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Time for one of my all-time favorite cartoons.</div>Patty Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907639296995070840noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549975279563354310.post-70040123551174645292012-03-18T21:39:00.000-03:002012-03-18T21:39:41.253-03:00Do You Know About Peachy Cheap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's an item some of you might be interested in. 12 rolls of tape for one low price. Check it out at <a href="http://peachycheap.com/" target="_blank">Peachy Cheap.</a> And no, I am not affiliated in any way with that site. They offer deals good for one day only, except on weekends when the deal runs on both Saturday and Sunday. I held off ordering this tape all day Saturday and it still hadn't sold out at noon today, so I took that as a sign I was supposed to order. It still hasn't sold out as of this posting, so maybe that's your sign???? Call me "Enabler."Patty Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907639296995070840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549975279563354310.post-14483327156980457242012-02-15T03:17:00.003-04:002012-02-15T03:18:49.414-04:00Book of Days 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Besides letter writing and mail art, my next favorite activity is art journaling. Here is the front cover of my 2012 Book of Days. I'm following along with our fearless leader, Effy Wild. Here's a link to her <a href="http://effythewild.typepad.com/effy/book-of-days-2012.html" target="_blank">Book of Days</a> site. The basic program is totally free. There is also a Facebook group to join if you like.<br />
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She provides two or three videos per week where you can watch her create pages in her own art journal. Very helpful for those like me who have a huge gap between the idea of my page as it exists inside my mind and what I actually translate onto on the paper.<br />
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I won't be posting the journal pages here, but if you are interested you can follow me on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>. It amazes me that I have 60 followers already on Pinterest, but I've never pinned anything to a single board! Who are these people?<br />
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If you know me at all, you know I love to use security envelopes in my mail art. See my post <a href="http://justletterrip.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-07-14T11:19:00-03:00&max-results=10" target="_blank">Never Buy Another Envelope</a>. Imagine my delight to find this Christmas card in my mailbox. It comes from Marguerite Keen of <a href="http://piccadillypost.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Piccadilly Post</a>. Check out her blog post <a href="http://piccadillypost.blogspot.com/2011/12/trees-galore.html" target="_blank">Trees Galore!</a> to see the much larger piece she made and donated to a museum fundraiser.<br />
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So Marguerite, thanks so much for the card and for all the other mail art you've sent during 2011. All the best to you and all my other blog readers in the new year.Patty Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907639296995070840noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549975279563354310.post-74138759787583300082011-12-31T10:16:00.000-04:002011-12-31T10:16:15.838-04:00Not Your Run-of-the-Mill Post Office<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Can you imagine checking your P.O. box here? Or sending off your mail art and Postcrossing cards here? I received this card through Postcrossing. It's from China and shows the General Post Office of Shanghai. WOW.<br />Patty Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907639296995070840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549975279563354310.post-10787020170604044232011-12-12T21:16:00.002-04:002011-12-12T23:31:33.051-04:00Team Ginger Sure Can Run!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good thing I had a heads up from Pen Thief and LWA to keep a lookout for the Gingerbread Man because that he sure is making the rounds. </div>
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I spotted him at a 5K Run to benefit St. Jude's Children's Hospital. But he wasn't alone this time. He had teamed up with two of his cousins. Just as I approached them, the race started and Team Ginger was out of the blocks in a hurry. I heard the GB Man laugh and shout, "Run, run, as fast as you can. You can't catch me. I'm the Gingerbread Man."</div>
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He was right. I didn't catch him or either of his cousins. But then, I probably couldn't catch them even if it was Februrary and they were drenched in molasses.</div>
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This postcard sighting is off to Mrs. Schindler's Kindergarten Class at Nottingham Country Elementary of KATY, TX. Hey, there, Limner...do you know this school, this kindergarten class, Mrs. Schindler? If not, they must be close. </div>
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Then gather your junk mail, you know, all those credit card offers, subscription renewal requests, and catalogs. Next, snip out your address from a few. Wasn't that nice of them to send you free address labels? But, they're sort of plain.<br />
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So while you have those holiday catalogs and store ads from the Sunday paper handy, clip a few Christmas images.<br />
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Adhere your address labels to the appropriate spots and you have holiday return labels for all your seasonal mail. Aren't they cute!Patty Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907639296995070840noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549975279563354310.post-58184461222970267762011-11-20T17:11:00.001-04:002011-11-20T17:21:34.784-04:00Just the Way It Is<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday's outgoing mail included these four envelopes all made from Hardees' bags. The only time a bag from any fast food joint gets chucked around here is when food stains the bag. Fries are usually the culprit.</div>
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One day a couple of weeks ago I blew the dust out of my Photoshop program figuratively and out of my laptop literally and started making some address labels for my Postcrossing cards. One of the prototype prelims morphed into the envelope you see above. It's now on its way to a new correspondent in Canada.<br />
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This post is dedicated to Limner who had begun to fret a bit about my slackness online, but now she's over it. She's catching fish faster than JC can throw 'em in the sack and trying out new recipes in her head and generally having a grand ole time. I'm glad.Patty Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907639296995070840noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549975279563354310.post-21558516835669469772011-09-25T23:12:00.001-03:002011-09-25T23:12:27.805-03:00More Gecko Goodies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ahhh, the Gecko. I just love this little guy. Thanks go out to Speck for sending me a nice selection of Gecko images for my project. I'm particularly fond of the one with the pencil and numbers. Must be the math geek in me sneaking out!
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Just as I was getting used to loading my photos in reverse order so they would appear in the correct order, Blogger ups and fixes it in the new interface. 'Bout time.
This post concerns my love of and never-ending search for two words: MAIL and ART. I prefer to cut them out of junk mail and magazines, but sometimes they are difficult to find. Then I have to resort to alternative measures. This first photo shows hand-drawn letters I clipped out of an ad for a man's shirt in the L.L.Bean catalog.
I like to glue these words onto my letters, just in case there's any doubt. Sometimes my ART is brought into question.
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One thing I know for sure is that it's a heck of a lot harder to find the word "MAIL" than it is to find the word "ART". That is, if one discounts the word on all those Business Reply Mail cards and envelopes. I use them sometimes and you can see a few in the photo above, but they are not a good size. All the rest I had to piece together ransom note style.
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The word "ART" is much easier to spot. It hides in words like Kmart Smart, in magazine titles such as Smart Money. Even Martha Stewart helps the cause with art hiding in both her first and last names. And we all know how ubiquitous Martha is.
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Then, check out all these instances of the word. I found all of them in a single school supply catalog.
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Finally, with all this talk about mail art, I thought it only fitting to include a piece. This one adds to my MailArt 365 count. I'm woefully behind.
Patty Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907639296995070840noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549975279563354310.post-76013651632181693252011-09-11T00:01:00.001-03:002011-09-11T00:01:00.893-03:00Mail from Michigan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi8h_2lg437XHidJm2D3uDpbjWR79be4wBHDLjgWg9De1RfJL-iYP83yEoUepmAUJ-xnuiGaueeCJUiOGE-L9ASMBu2uPcy4R0GPrD8FB8IzM5pvRXjU22LVevuYh3ooWZ7wyJzCDBctpU/s1600/From+Kate+and+Sara+Howarth.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi8h_2lg437XHidJm2D3uDpbjWR79be4wBHDLjgWg9De1RfJL-iYP83yEoUepmAUJ-xnuiGaueeCJUiOGE-L9ASMBu2uPcy4R0GPrD8FB8IzM5pvRXjU22LVevuYh3ooWZ7wyJzCDBctpU/s400/From+Kate+and+Sara+Howarth.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650888999572110818" /></a><br /><br />Today I received my first letter from Kate and Sara Howarth, the sisters behind the <a href="http://365lettersproject.blogspot.com/"target="new">365 letters project</a>. The letter traveled in style in one lovely handmade envelope. They included the Lake Huron postcard where they vacation every Labor Day weekend. Awesome mail, girls. Also, it's good to hear you are enjoying your snail mail hobby. Isn't it fun!Patty Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907639296995070840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549975279563354310.post-80893880383077546112011-09-10T20:45:00.022-03:002011-09-10T21:38:56.623-03:00First Ever -- Zippered Envelope<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxGR9dBFMAtHM3Sa6DYjLNfl6gM0RpccFk6nepPvdVNtK2I-oWM6CXgp2AWgvQLEZTqShqyWvpAMqC4DL0phqtPxbEU9JBUfvFDxdrXJ9kLgaemT37wTdXHEeaE2ZctIrfGEo2l4OGX6Bq/s1600/From+Elle.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10 px 10 px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600 px; height: 414 px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxGR9dBFMAtHM3Sa6DYjLNfl6gM0RpccFk6nepPvdVNtK2I-oWM6CXgp2AWgvQLEZTqShqyWvpAMqC4DL0phqtPxbEU9JBUfvFDxdrXJ9kLgaemT37wTdXHEeaE2ZctIrfGEo2l4OGX6Bq/s400/From+Elle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650881599478714146" /></a><br /><br />Have you ever received mail in a zippered pouch? Thanks to Elle, I have! She sent me this neat "REST" eye mask when I was recovering from surgery. I'd never had one before until now and when I wear it, I feel like a movie staaaaaaaahhhh, daaahling.Patty Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907639296995070840noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549975279563354310.post-83779801627526364182011-09-01T18:35:00.008-03:002011-09-01T19:14:56.320-03:00A Busy August -- Part OneHere are the postcards I received via Postcrossing for the month of August. With back-to-school, continued recuperation from surgery, and the canning and freezing of garden produce, well, all that is kicking my can. Seriously. Perhaps I can catch my breath over the Labor Day weekend and come back and enter some captions for these cool cards. I apologize to the senders. Thanks so much for these bright spots in my hectic days.
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<br />Patty Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907639296995070840noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549975279563354310.post-78905196118857928852011-08-21T19:11:00.010-03:002011-08-21T19:38:46.116-03:00Fun Pop-Up Mail<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pydwxdKhNHe9ZwDM4kM_hi6RLi1vTPgi6kRu8KshTa10FRmyLzxrlSxUvDOfMDyS3HjEVWIP_yFOC9Q8a_1LRblorIP6_bTh5xKYNFgIdm7tl6JEfEfiXeAfnvEkFEAZKMl1sgkbDvfX/s1600/From+Miriam+1a.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pydwxdKhNHe9ZwDM4kM_hi6RLi1vTPgi6kRu8KshTa10FRmyLzxrlSxUvDOfMDyS3HjEVWIP_yFOC9Q8a_1LRblorIP6_bTh5xKYNFgIdm7tl6JEfEfiXeAfnvEkFEAZKMl1sgkbDvfX/s400/From+Miriam+1a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643436606921016914" /></a>
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<br />Miriam in Florida sent me this fun mail. It appears she used file folders to cover some sort of advertising mail. The theme is West Palm Beach. LOOK! Yikes, an alligator. BEFORE YOU LEAP! Great advice.
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<br />This shot shows the business pages of the card, the place where the fun stuff happens. The round target on the left side of the photo pops up as the card is opened.
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<br />Here's the pop-up part that was cut out of the view in the last photo. The target's base is a CD I assume came affixed to the original mail.
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<br />The back cover shows one last pic of WPB, a water park. I want to go! Well, maybe not to the water park, but certainly to West Palm Beach.
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<br />Thanks for such fun in my mailbox, Miriam.Patty Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907639296995070840noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549975279563354310.post-53724649075877335552011-07-31T13:00:00.007-03:002011-07-31T13:11:59.027-03:00Green Theme Going On<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmeJWPVrbLlkMGUqx0KcyVm9oSo_3zVjtnPw-0DRG4qicuXizulbh1YF_fTs3DEpDuY8Lex5y9yUNAbWwR0yAUR7Z2DXajGcJYYP1heZjixe0du3dK2SqNdcycMjLYNCvpAPQs_IEbMQm/s1600/Fr+Garci+Front.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmeJWPVrbLlkMGUqx0KcyVm9oSo_3zVjtnPw-0DRG4qicuXizulbh1YF_fTs3DEpDuY8Lex5y9yUNAbWwR0yAUR7Z2DXajGcJYYP1heZjixe0du3dK2SqNdcycMjLYNCvpAPQs_IEbMQm/s400/Fr+Garci+Front.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635547573630913730" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mesYxbl1EH3ENHAmBetPYRrQM2ICh1eNWeE2cp6-qbSOTQ-xkQdBwjxwtZZ5x7KzmlBZvTe2lI3dxTWPN9Jj6e3R-OPLzPbi959Yc0jOI6JxqIFK2Oh0h-H7Zg21mhVLRLdid-wtlh2p/s1600/Fr+Garci+Back.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mesYxbl1EH3ENHAmBetPYRrQM2ICh1eNWeE2cp6-qbSOTQ-xkQdBwjxwtZZ5x7KzmlBZvTe2lI3dxTWPN9Jj6e3R-OPLzPbi959Yc0jOI6JxqIFK2Oh0h-H7Zg21mhVLRLdid-wtlh2p/s400/Fr+Garci+Back.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635547571402772194" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thanks to Garci for the all the Gecko images. I've got a little project going on, so if you happen to have some Geico Geckos you are not going to use in your own art, please send them along to me. I would love to have them and would try to reciprocate with items you might need.<br /><br />Check out all the green on the back of this envelope. What fun. I especially love the S&H Green Stamps.Patty Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907639296995070840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549975279563354310.post-86947440345563990052011-07-30T13:06:00.009-03:002011-07-30T13:39:02.526-03:00Humps Haven Gazeteer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7SfTOulVbP1gvJ9To_vKrpZ6wGfqdTZE0Ypij33UYWYbDRyTc_T_6UZVaJyq5NCYpG19S5gBGkXIZJrmgJGP5qFCO3cuSaeTnAS-l7cEKqpXasHGXhsxHdS8rnZvgRxeIkBYDXAXOHPt/s1600/From+MABB.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7SfTOulVbP1gvJ9To_vKrpZ6wGfqdTZE0Ypij33UYWYbDRyTc_T_6UZVaJyq5NCYpG19S5gBGkXIZJrmgJGP5qFCO3cuSaeTnAS-l7cEKqpXasHGXhsxHdS8rnZvgRxeIkBYDXAXOHPt/s400/From+MABB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635177955936410706" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Our very own Humps Haven Chapter of the International Union Of Mail Artists (IUOMA) met Thursday, June 23 at the home of Mrs. J. Thorndike Ripplecrest. "Nobody told me the meeting was at my house. A phone call would have been nice," Mrs. Ripplecrest said, shown above seated at her typewriter. "They descended on my house like a gang from the lunatic asylum." Some of those in attendance were Canai Sinhg, who serenaded the artists on his instrument, and our favorite twins, Milly and Tilly Sturmunddranghauser,daughters of our favorite local storage unit owners. When asked if their mail art turned out identical also, the twins answered in unison: "What do you think?" The Humps Haven Chapter meets monthly. New members are always welcome. Call Milly and Tilly at 123-4567 for more info, or as Milly and Tilly like to say, as one, "You can always send a request in the mail!" Their mailing address is c/o Stor-it, Hear? 365 Trout Squiggle Run, Humps Haven. Staff Photo by I.C. Hugh.<br /><br />What a fun piece of mail from MABB (mailart365). Oh, in case you're wondering, that's supposed to be me Pensive Patty, in the lower left-hand corner by the file cabinet.Patty Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907639296995070840noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549975279563354310.post-48536957689733832772011-07-28T19:55:00.012-03:002011-07-28T20:40:20.717-03:00My Motto<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxW9znpQEVKB_u1XZFeHnC1VdvFsckYVvYAXELpOQ0iszNsQwphBpKXKREa66jFDXPB0aNcCrIQErNdcaW1suzfbHpDFfQdf3WiN5l6_DnhOQ6ESudoD5S-724c6PudRSlGw5xnnqnAx6/s1600/Graffiti.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxW9znpQEVKB_u1XZFeHnC1VdvFsckYVvYAXELpOQ0iszNsQwphBpKXKREa66jFDXPB0aNcCrIQErNdcaW1suzfbHpDFfQdf3WiN5l6_DnhOQ6ESudoD5S-724c6PudRSlGw5xnnqnAx6/s400/Graffiti.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634549407573652530" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Make your own graffiti <a href="http://atom.smasher.org/graffiti"target="new">here</a>.Patty Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907639296995070840noreply@blogger.com0