I'm behind

I'm painting my new house so I'm behind on mail. But these are from a private swap between my pal Patsy and I.

Mail out - Postcard art!

I have been reading a lot about mail art online, and reading lots of mail art blogs like this one!  I have seen some neat creations:

Anyway, I though I would try my hand at some so I grabbed some addresses off the internet and sent them out.

The receivers may mail me some back, and they may not.  That is the thing with mail art!   I hope I get something from these that I sent out, but if I don't, I'll keep trying!

Here are mine:

Three swaps completed!

I finished three swaps!  They are in the mail and I am eagerly waiting their receivers comments.

I created two ATCs, one for a chocolate theme:

And another that required the use of a book page:

I decorated the envelopes quickly, but I still think they looked nice.

I just love making nice little mail packages for people.

:)

Lots of more Mail!! I love it!

Today I got all of this:




One is a postcard from a friends, and the other is a swap-bot swap.

I love the lace and the page torn from the book as an 'extra'.

Thanks!

Here is a close up of the ATC:

Mail Out

Mail Out, a photo by rachwms on Flickr.

This is for yet another swap. I mostly did it between running SQL at work and waiting for results.

Here is the swap:

Heart Mail Swap

Mail in

Today came an ATC from another swapbot swap, and a postcard from a friend on his way to California.
Mail is fun!!!

"Who wears an emerald all her life, shall be a loved and happy wife"

Gemini_front, a photo by Zuzulous on Flickr.

Pretty find on flickr. I love the house and the tree highlights. thank you to the gal that posted it!

springtime trip to a county park

Another close by adventure! We went to a county park with trails and picnic areas this time.

Making fun things

I made another ATC for a swap-bot swap.  I really liked this one mostly because the illustration is so cute!   I added a little bit, maybe just enough?  I just adore her sweet little coat.  This one was so fun.  It was a rainy day when I made it too!

I am also sending a few other illustrations out as well as a vintage book page.

First Spring Adventure

It is time for adventures.  It has been a ROUGH year for the Carter fmaily, but now that our family is complete, and the sun is out I am aiming to have at least one outside adventure with the kids a week.  Today was the first.  We took baby steps and just walked in neighborhood alleys.  The plants were common spring lawn plants but still beautiful and I am sure Lucy stopped at every patch of violets she saw.  Sam went into every neighbors lawn that had a swing, or a bike, or something to climb on.  For the first time in a long time the family smiled, took it easy, had not where in particular to go, and spent time together.

 

The sun is good.

Togetherness is warm.

 

In the mail today

In the mail today, a photo by rachwms on Flickr.

I am back to using swap bot again. I got these nice ATCs in the mail from a swap. I signed up for a ton of swaps so that I will start being creative again. My job is so logical and my life is hectic with three young kids, but I really REALLY need to be creative again. I have some new goals that I am really excited about and I will write about them later. For now, I'll just say hello again, and show you what came in the mail today