LIBERATE YOUR ART BLOG PARTY...YAY!

Meet Dante...

This is my 5th year in the LIBERATE YOUR ART POSTCARD SWAP, hosted by the ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS KAT SLOMA of KATEYESTUDIO!  I have all the postcards that I have received over the years displayed in my art studio.  They all bring me JOY!  
In my previous post, you can see Dante on my decked out envie that carried my postcards cross-country to Kat! 


My first postcard reminds us to "BE IN THE MOMENT"...for in a moment, life can change!  A very cool collage by Mary Claire from Chicago!  

Postcard # 2 is a lovely black and white photograph taken at the Florida Botanical Gardens of very big bamboo!  All carved up by visitors who did not heed the sign that said...
"PLEASE DO NOT CARVE THE BAMBOO"...lol!  This card is from Elissa, in Kat's town of Portland OR, who unfortunately did not have her pocket knife on her this day!  Guess you'll just have to go back again:)

Postcard # 3 arrived from the Greek Island of Dodecanese, Rhodes and has a wonderful message for all artists.  Margea says, "Find something you love and never let go!"

# 4 in the swap is from Darlene. This postcard reminded me that I have a wonderful collection of old cameras.  Hope you will pop in to visit Darlene for abit of her Peace, Love and Photography! 

Postcard # 5 hails from Susan in South Florida.  Like me, Susan loves the color purple, and this flow painting project looks like it was great fun to create! 

And of course, last but not least...a gem among gems (rock crystals) is from our WONDERFUL HOSTESS WITH THE MOSTEST...KAT SLOMA!  Thank you, Kat for bringing us all together here, from all over the world, to share our individual love of art and creativity! 

YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

A few side swaps that I received...

This is Plum, official greeter in "forget me not forest" at
Two Crow Cottage, home of  HAPPY HERBS SOAP by Nina! 

From Peggy Choate, who has just published an Adult Coloring Book, entitled LOTUS TRIP!  How wonderful!

 

This lovely work of art is from Terry Owenby.  A paper thin vintage hanky, hand-stitched to a pink linen tablecloth.  My, my!

Mail art is great fun! 

With much Aloha to one and all...thank you for stopping by!  

Liberate Your Art...BABY!

Postcard # 1 from Gloria

Postcard # 2 from Lynn

Postcard # 3 from Jeannette

Postcard # 4 from Deborah who took Kat's I-phone Photography class

Postcard # 5 from Debbie

Wonderful # 6 from KAT, THE HOSTESS WITH THE MOSTEST!

And here are a couple side swaps!

From Sherry in Alaska

And this from Kitty

This lovely side swap is from Sonya of the Mission San Juan Capistrano, in CA.
I love this one, because I have actually been here!

Another side from Sea Dean

And this one is mine!

Click here to view the Swap Hop Video!  
THANK YOU, KAT!

It's great fun to receive Mail Art from all over the world.  

See my previous post for my contributions to the swap 4 years in a row!

MAIL ART...AGAIN!

It's that glorious time again for LIBERATE YOUR ART POSTCARD SWAP 2015!!!

A swap friend, Kelly recommended MOO to print postcards from my own photos, and since old

man winter is clinging to us here in the Northeast, I decided to go with an old winter scene. 

For more information on LYA 2015 visit Kat to see all the hard work that goes into such a large swap with over 200 participants. This is my 3rd year, and I can hardly wait!!!

Hope you all get yours in on time!!!  And please let me know if you receive one of mine in the swap. 

It's always nice to know where they end up.  

Time Flies...

Well it's a new year, a new month, and the last time I was here was in December...LAST YEAR!

HONOLULU BOUND, ENVIE SWAP!

So much has happened in our family since December 2014.  First, we actually missed Christmas and New Years due to a medical emergency.  The kind of stuff that happens "to other people".  And the emergency fund that all the financial planners tell you to save for...well, again, for the stuff that happens "to other people"...also by the wayside.

But in spite of all that, we are grateful.  And since my friend Deborah just posted about getting great mail, I thought I would show you an old piece of mail that was sent out to HAWAII.  Now, the idea is to just simply decorate an envelope, no contents required, it's MAIL ART, that's it.  Send it off to make someone smile:)  Yep, that's it!  Hopefully, they will reciprocate, and continue to send glorious MAIL ART via snail mail.  The good old fashioned way.

And here's the start of a Valentine Swap, headed out to my family in HONOLULU!  Give it a try!

 

The first one to send me their snail mail address via email, will receive MAIL ART from yours truly!
There's a catch...you must send me one in return!  STAY WARM...aloha!!!

 

 

Snail Mail

Nothing is more fun than receiving mail art the old fashioned way...the good old USPS! 
And to help with that, I have included some of my photo postcards in my ETSY shop.

And because I am so excited to put these out there, to help brighten someone's day, 

I will include a postcard stamp that you can use to mail it out!

    

Inspirational messages on my own photographs will give your recipient and the postal workers a smile:)

Aloha and thanks for stopping by!

Mail Art

Support the USPS... crank out some awesome Mail Art 

and your postal workers will love you!!!

Had some paint leftover from a kid's craft project today, so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to use up the leftover paint and deck out an envie for an upcoming swap!  

This is the envie all painted up and ready to go to Kat, 

the wonderful hostess of the 

LIBERATE YOUR ART POSTCARD SWAP!!!

My postcards are being printed now.  I will share mine here along with the ones that I receive in the swap when they all arrive.  In the meantime, I have just completed two more journals from my salvaged book covers, similar to the one I gave away for the Grow Your Blog Party event, in previous post.  The party participants are still up, if you would like to see what everyone is up to!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!