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| MaryJane |
Posted - Feb 25 2024 : 3:42:29 PM
The theme for April Mail Art 2024 is:
Geometric Shapes
Circles and squares and triangles. Something, anything using your favorite shape(s). Or explore new ones. Now, what is a parallelogram, again? Maybe carve a soap bar diamond, explore paper piecing octagons, paint a hex sign in hexagons. The possibilities are geometrically exponential (brain teaser).
If this is your first time signing up for Mail Art, please visit the topic Farmgirl Mail Art to read our guidelines, https://www.maryjanesfarm.org/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=83588&whichpage=1
For April 2024 Mail Art, please leave a comment on this thread stating you'd like to join in.
Sign-up is available through March 15th. If your comment appears after you've posted it, that means you're on the roster.
I’ll send an email with your partner to you by March 19th. Please send your Mail Art before APRIL 30th, and be sure to include enough postage for your Mail Art to reach its destination.
Please post a comment on this thread once you receive your mail art to let your sender know you've received her art. If you can add a picture, we’d love to see your mail art!
If you have any questions or concerns, please send us an email, farmgirlsisterhood@maryjanesfarm.org. We're happy to help.
Happy mail art creating!
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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| 25 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| MaryJanesNiece |
Posted - May 06 2024 : 12:06:49 PM
Cindy, thank you for the lovely surprise package. You didn't need to do that. The cards are super neat and will definitely come in handy and the necklace is beautiful! Baby Bexten is sure fond of looking at it lol! Thank you so very much.
Krista |
| MaryJanesNiece |
Posted - Apr 24 2024 : 1:30:17 PM
Sarah, what a lovely package. The ornament is really neat.
Krista |
| mrssarahhall |
Posted - Apr 22 2024 : 3:32:56 PM
I received my beautiful mail art from Mary Jane last week and I absolutely love it! I was delayed in posting due to a major electrical issue at our house that resulted in days without power and a big rewiring project… all is well now though!
Mary Jane made me this beautiful ornament from a recycled can! As some of you may remember, I used to host a reclaimed item swap and am always a big fan of recycling items into art. I also collect snowflake ornaments, which this reminds me of-so it could not be more perfect for me!
I believe this shape is called an Octogram.
It came in a super cute hexagon box:
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She also sent me these beautiful Handmade hexagon coasters made by a mystery farmgirl sister! I love them - thank you so much to whoever made them!
Sarah
Farmgirl # 5223
"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone." - Audrey Hepburn
All good things are wild and free- Henry David Thoreau
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| MaryJanesNiece |
Posted - Apr 17 2024 : 1:45:53 PM
Cindy, I am happy your package arrived! They were so fun to make and I hope you enjoy them.
Grace, it's actually a lot easier than it looks! You just make the points and then twist each one over itself and crochet all around the top hooking them together.
Krista |
| katmom |
Posted - Apr 16 2024 : 12:16:37 PM
Krista... Oh Duh!!! I just got new 'readers' and am still blind as a bat!!! lol!  
BTW.. your "pin-wheel aka triangle cluster crochet is Mah-vu-lous!!! I am scratching my brain.. how do you do that??
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
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| AussieChick |
Posted - Apr 16 2024 : 11:19:12 AM
Krista - your beautiful mail art arrived yesterday. Wow! You have gone above & beyond with these thoughtful creations (a hot pad & a mug rug). The hot pad looks like a very complicated geometric design. I am in awe of your talent. I feel somewhat inadequate with the simple card that I sent. We had little time to spare before heading off on our trip to Australia. I know that's a poor excuse, but I will keep thinking on this geometric theme & perhaps surprise you with a little something more in the near future. Thanks for being a great swap partner!
Farmgirl #6058
Farmgirl Sister of the Year 2021
"The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have". |
| MaryJanesNiece |
Posted - Apr 15 2024 : 1:38:14 PM
Grace, as much as I would love to be spoiled by Sarah, it wasn't me. She sent her package to Auntie MaryJane!
Sarah, you did a beautiful job!
Sherry, your picture looks great. I love all the different designs.
Krista |
| suny58 |
Posted - Apr 15 2024 : 11:35:00 AM
 
ISN'T this beautiful??? Oh Sherry, I thought I'd posted this when I sent you an email this past week. I'm sorry. But I genuinely love the colors, flowers and zendopdling!! So fun and SO MANY geometrical shapes! :D love love the little bees cards too! Just such happy mail art!! Thank you so much!! Big hug!
Farmgirl #7103
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
| Blessed in Colorado |
Posted - Apr 15 2024 : 08:52:54 AM
Sarah that’s amazing, just so pretty. All of our Farmgirls are so talented and have such imagination.
Big Hugs,
Debbie
#1582
Blessed in Oregon
With Colorado on My Mind
Farmgirl of the Month September 2012, February 2018, September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains
and the Ocean.” Lord Byron”
When I am Old I Shall Wear Purple, I am Old now!!
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| katmom |
Posted - Apr 14 2024 : 11:23:30 PM
Oh Wow Krista,, Sarah has spoiled you with her talents..
I agree, every time I look at special farmgirl gifts, artwork etc, I feel so Blessed.
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
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| MaryJane |
Posted - Apr 14 2024 : 07:38:53 AM
I received my mail art from Sarah and WOW! How did she know I'd love learning all about the geometric shape she stitched called a biscornu covered in other cross-stitched geometric shapes. Here's the thing, I'm a teensy tiny bit of a math geek, so I'm reading the book Once Upon a Prime by Sarah Hart, professor of geometry at Gresham College in London (she also reads the book on audio and her voice/accent is captivating). But her wonderfully playful book is also about literature. And art. Sarah would love what Sarah made! A biscornu is two squares joined together, the boundary forming a unique convex polyhedron, by Alexandrov's uniqueness theorem. In the case of a biscornu on paper, it's a flat antiprism, with ten faces and eight isosceles right triangles. An actual biscornu like Sarah made for me is somewhat more rounded. I plan on displaying it front and center on my next Christmas tree. On the other hand, it would make a darling pin cushion. Or I could hang it from my rear view mirror in my Jeep. Here's the final thing. Gifts like these always remind you of the person whenever you use them or see them; they just keep on giving. Maybe I'll bring a branch indoors for all my little gifts, a giving tree.
I think Sarah made the little square box that held a geometric dodecagon, a 12-gon doily! Precious.
Sarah, I put the finishing touches on the mail art I'm sending you this morning. It'll go out in the mail tomorrow. Thank you for your extraordinarily perfect gift to me!
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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| katmom |
Posted - Apr 13 2024 : 3:50:27 PM
Wowzers!! looking forward to seeing the last few 'MailArt projects...
Debbie B.I.C., and I were chatting about "shapes".. and I mentioned that a Quilt is the perfect example of shapes!! Everything from circle, Hexi, squares, Triangle, trapezoids etc..
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
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| suny58 |
Posted - Apr 04 2024 : 10:16:38 AM
I'm happy you liked yours Sherry! I can sew well but I enjoy painting and mixed media! Love Graces and Debbies tho!! Wish I could do that, but its just not my gift, let alone a talent, lol
Farmgirl #7103
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
| mrssarahhall |
Posted - Apr 04 2024 : 07:42:02 AM
I am so excited for this swap and so excited to be partnered with you Mary Jane! Yours is on the way and I am just dying for you to get it, I had so much fun making it for you!
I love what Debbie, Grace & Dianna have come up with, how fun to see everyone's geometric ideas! This stumped me a little at first, then I realized how much the arts and crafts I always do already involve geometric shapes.
Sarah
Farmgirl # 5223
"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone." - Audrey Hepburn
All good things are wild and free- Henry David Thoreau
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| MaryJanesNiece |
Posted - Apr 03 2024 : 1:05:18 PM
You guys! These mail arts are beautiful! You are all so talented. I promise Cindy, I am working on yours and it will be ready to go hopefully next week.
Krista |
| sweettea59 |
Posted - Apr 02 2024 : 4:53:24 PM
Thank you Dianna for the wonderful mail art package. Hexagon being one of Dianna’s favorite shape, I love your art work. And the round bee basket, I can see shapes in all of it Thank you so much.  love the little beads too.
Farmgirl Hugs & May all your Wishes come true.
Sherry
Farmgirl #2215
www.etsy.com/shop/markiebuck |
| Blessed in Colorado |
Posted - Mar 28 2024 : 3:23:26 PM
You are just too funny Grace you keep me smiling always.
We had a golden retriever years ago that we named Amazing Grace, she was so sweet.
I love the name Grace and it fits you perfectly.
Big Hugs,
Debbie
#1582
Blessed in Oregon
With Colorado on My Mind
Farmgirl of the Month September 2012, February 2018, September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains
and the Ocean.” Lord Byron”
When I am Old I Shall Wear Purple, I am Old now!!
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| katmom |
Posted - Mar 28 2024 : 1:54:33 PM
Debbie,,, LOL!
As a kid growing up, the terms " Amazing Grace, Way to go Grace and Saved by Grace... were terms I lived with... especially "Way to go Grace".. as I was quite clumsy.. LOL!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
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| Blessed in Colorado |
Posted - Mar 28 2024 : 1:01:29 PM
I got mine from Saved By Grace Creations on Etsy.
Big Hugs,
Debbie
#1582
Blessed in Oregon
With Colorado on My Mind
Farmgirl of the Month September 2012, February 2018, September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains
and the Ocean.” Lord Byron”
When I am Old I Shall Wear Purple, I am Old now!!
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| katmom |
Posted - Mar 28 2024 : 11:00:45 AM
Ok, I need to go shop‘Etsy’ …
I love the printed ribbon…
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
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| Blessed in Colorado |
Posted - Mar 28 2024 : 10:58:07 AM
I am so happy you like it Grace I was worried. Oh how I wish I made the cloth words but no I ordered them from Etsy, they worked out perfect for my project.
Big Hugs,
Debbie
#1582
Blessed in Oregon
With Colorado on My Mind
Farmgirl of the Month September 2012, February 2018, September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains
and the Ocean.” Lord Byron”
When I am Old I Shall Wear Purple, I am Old now!!
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| katmom |
Posted - Mar 28 2024 : 10:54:45 AM
Whoot Whoot! Guess what arrived at my door today…
Artwork by Debbie!
OMGEEPERS! Luv the hanging Hexagon pyramid!
I am not talented when it comes to paper craft or painting… so for me to receive this pyramid is a delight!
And , the Gnome and flamingo… so me!
2 questions, did you hand stamp the ribbon with the words???
and, the button’.. did you make it???
Thank you so very much Debbie, I luv my goodies,,, I think I am going to hang the pyramid in my kitchen window for now… so when I poor my cup of coffee first thing in the morning, the lovely words will be my motivation for the day.
Hugz-n-squishes
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
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| Blessed in Colorado |
Posted - Mar 27 2024 : 7:11:49 PM
Thank you Grace you described it way better than I did. Plus there were sweet Farmgirl chicken buttons.
Big Hugs,
Debbie
#1582
Blessed in Oregon
With Colorado on My Mind
Farmgirl of the Month September 2012, February 2018, September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains
and the Ocean.” Lord Byron”
When I am Old I Shall Wear Purple, I am Old now!!
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| katmom |
Posted - Mar 27 2024 : 6:20:27 PM
Heeheehee! I could not resist all the fun shapes!
Squares, triangles, circles, hexagon,… Where does one begin, where does one end?.
Thank you Debbie for being my partner. Hope you enjoy your goodies.
The red and blue circles, I found at a thrift, and could not resist sending it to you..
The banner was the art craft… I just got carried away… Also the yo-yos represent circles and you know me,, Yo-yo Queen! lol!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
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| Blessed in Colorado |
Posted - Mar 27 2024 : 1:23:14 PM
Here are the beautiful geometric shape pieces that Grace made. Aren’t they all wonderful? She did not miss a shape at all I think. I can not wait to hang the banner. Thank you so very much Grace, I love it all!
Big Hugs,
Debbie
#1582
Blessed in Oregon
With Colorado on My Mind
Farmgirl of the Month September 2012, February 2018, September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains
and the Ocean.” Lord Byron”
When I am Old I Shall Wear Purple, I am Old now!!
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