I mailed out the “books and authors” postcards for the fall swap today. I was a little behind because I waited for a last letter to arrive from Italy. The postcards were outstanding, and though I couldn’t photograph each one, I did take photos of different groups of cards to share with everyone. Overall, by …
Thoughts on the ATC postcard swap
The postcard swap for summer 2019 — the vintage ATC postcard swap, is done, and all cards have been mailed out. I did, however, want to provide some thoughts, as well as share some photos of postcards. I’ll also explain why we won’t be doing another of these kinds of swaps going forward. The bad …
Feeling good about supporting artists
Last year I saw this on Instagram from @blackmoonprint: Creatives are the ones that move society forward in all variations, and the more we keep them motivated to do new things, the better! So when and if you can, buy their work, commission them for projects, and if nothing else share their work with your …
Inspirational mail art
I’ve made some lovely friendships though Instagram. I love that I can be inspired everyday by amazing art and that I can be a part of conversations and art exchanges. I’m always looking for inspirational mail art, and so when I got the opportunity to exchange mail with two wonderful artists, @paperique and @papertalking, I …
The Birds and the bees – Postcard swap
I’m just wrapping up “The birds and the bees”, postcard swap for the month of April. I’m still waiting on a few last submissions so I haven’t started sorting and labeling yet, but I wanted to share pictures of some of the postcards that have come in. Linda F (@sakameg) sent some beautiful postcards in. …
