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*Farmgirl Swap:  Archived Mail Art  |
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climbergirl
Farmgirl in Training
11 Posts
west & north roadtrip
USA
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 Posted - Dec 22 2004 : 5:25:39 PM
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Some of you may have heard of the phenomenon of mail art.
Recently, I've been cleaning out the bedroom I grew up in and have come across bundles of letters I received as a child. They're from girls I met at summer gymnastics camp, college friends and boxes of tightly folded back-and-forth notes passed in the halls of high school. Some of the bundles have found their way back to the writers. Others, I'm still searching for the long lost writers!
My point is, I miss receiving mail! I'd love to swap mail art with some like-minded people.
The cool thing about mail art is that you don't have to think up one-liners to send to a complete stranger. And it's not as committed as a pen pal. All you have to do is decorate a post card (or scrap of cardboard and call it a postcard) or an envelope and send it off. Found objects, bits of blurry photos you were going to toss when you purged your photo box, your best friend's favorite saying - the sky is the limit.
Anyone interested in giving this a try, email me your address and I'll send you my address.
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Finch-Thistle
Farmgirl at Heart
4 Posts
Randi
Ruston
LA
USA
4 Posts |
Posted - May 10 2005 : 06:56:41 AM
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shepherdess
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Robin
Eatonville
Washington
USA
359 Posts |
Posted - May 10 2005 : 10:18:34 PM
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I AM ALSO INTERESTED
Robin
" From sheep to handspun " |
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connio
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
connie
springtown
texas
USA
535 Posts |
Posted - May 11 2005 : 12:00:51 PM
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Hi I promised to send mail art and have not done anything about it yet. Have all kinds of supplies stacked up ready to go--will try to get something out by the end of the month. Could you email me your address at conniekallenberg@msn.com? If anyone else is interested, please let me know. Would be fun to have a Farm Girl mail art circuit!!!
Connie
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cecelia
True Blue Farmgirl
497 Posts
cecelia
new york
USA
497 Posts |
Posted - May 13 2005 : 8:03:14 PM
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Hi, I'd like to send/receive this mail art. I love to write letters, have had a pen pal for the last 18 years - we have been writing letters back & forth for that time (she lives in Massachusetts.) We "met" through a group called Rural Network, which matched people with interests in country living, etc. I used to write to more people from this group, but now I'm only writing to 2 people.
Cecelia
ce's farm
"Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery" Victor Hugo |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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Posted - May 14 2005 : 07:37:27 AM
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This does sound fun! I collect stationary and ink pens and I would love to put them to use in something like this! Lets all get this going!
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 14 2005 : 11:46:08 AM
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I would love to be in on it too!!!
Jenny in Utah
Bloom where you are planted! |
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connio
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
connie
springtown
texas
USA
535 Posts |
Posted - May 14 2005 : 12:34:06 PM
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Hello all Since I have already listed my email in the post listed above and have received a few responses, I will be happy to coordinate this if you all will email me so that we can plan on how to get started. If you go into "google" and look under Jon Held Jr, you will see much info on mail art. He was the fine arts librarian at Dallas Public Library in the 80's and was one of the founders of the mail art movement in the US.
Connie
cozycottage |
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connio
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
connie
springtown
texas
USA
535 Posts |
Posted - May 14 2005 : 12:40:18 PM
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oooops His name is spelled John Held Jr not "Jon"
Connie
cozycottage |
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connio
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
connie
springtown
texas
USA
535 Posts |
Posted - May 16 2005 : 1:41:51 PM
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MAIL ART READY TO GET STARTED?????
Have received emails from several of us who want to participate. Jenny from Kansas and I chatted this morning via email. I suggested that we start by having each person send 1 mail art "piece" (postcard, original notecard etc) out by June 1, 2005.
My thought was that if we compiled a list of snail mail addresses, each person on the list could send one piece of mail to the next name on the list. The last person would, of course, go to the first person on the list. One mailing would be the minimum, but for all who are very energetic, it would be fine to send out as many pieces as you would like. I would think that after the first round, we could let it go rather free form and see how this works.
I know that mailing addresses can be a privacy issue and my only thought on this would be that for those who are concerned about this that perhaps a POB would work.
Will look forward to hearing input. I am most excited about this project. It would be great to have a huge farmgirl mailart movement going on all over the nation!
Connie conniekallenberg@msn.com
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atwell
True Blue Farmgirl
88 Posts
susan
Laporte
IN
USA
88 Posts |
Posted - May 16 2005 : 1:52:48 PM
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Im IN!!!! This mail-art thing sounds pretty cool!! I would love to have a mini-mail-art gallery here in my quilting studio..Im signing up!!
Susan Atwell
FatQuarterQuiltFarm
Long Arm Machine
Quilting ~and~
Fabric Flea Market |
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simplegirl
Farmgirl in Training
44 Posts
Teresa
OR
USA
44 Posts |
Posted - May 16 2005 : 7:46:51 PM
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I just e-mail you my info Connie. I am excited to get started!
Teresa
Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have. ~Doris Mortman |
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pnwchica
Farmgirl in Training
46 Posts
Suzy
WA
USA
46 Posts |
Posted - May 16 2005 : 8:22:06 PM
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I'd love to do this. I work as a "life enrichment coordinator" -- rec therapist. Only a handful of my residents get mail so this would be fun for them. Is this something we could include them in?
Looking for new beef recipes, frugal & gardening tips, farmhouse remodeling & ez home recipes. |
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jamie
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
jamie
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Posted - May 16 2005 : 9:22:17 PM
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this sounds like fun!!! What a great idea.
Connie, I'll be sending you an email
Jamie |
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connio
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
connie
springtown
texas
USA
535 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2005 : 4:03:28 PM
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Update on mail art. I am running a bit behind (the scorching 95-99 degrees temps have wiped me out) on getting all of the "snail mail" addresses sent out. Hope to have them completed by Tues 5/24 pm. If you are interested in participating please send me your mailing address and permission to send this on to others. Should be fun.
Connie
conniekallenberg@msn.com
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
146 Posts |
Posted - May 22 2005 : 06:57:30 AM
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I'm in Connie. I just e-mailed you my address.
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
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BlueEggBabe
True Blue Farmgirl
417 Posts
Susan
PA
417 Posts |
Posted - May 22 2005 : 10:01:55 AM
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Me, too! Me, too!
Just sent my address to you, Connie.
So, all should create and send something out by June 1?
"If more of us valued good food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
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connio
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
connie
springtown
texas
USA
535 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2005 : 5:53:47 PM
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Hello to all who are interested in sending mail art. I just sent the addresses out and have had to do this rather quickly. I believe that I have missed one person but can't figure out who I missed. AHHHH!!! The library where I use the computer is closing...
If you were expecting a list of addresses and did not receive one tonight or have questions, email me at conniekallenberg@msn.com.
Connie
cozycottage |
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shelley ginger
Farmgirl in Training
48 Posts
Shelley
Ossining
New York
USA
48 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2005 : 03:26:29 AM
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Ooooh, count me in!! I just emailed my address too!!
Shelley
Ready to mail art!!
We'll be friends until we're blue in the hair. |
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
2044 Posts
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Posted - May 28 2005 : 05:39:30 AM
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Sounds like fun, did I miss the boat? Maybe you can add me to the next go round or add me to the last person on the list's copy? Let me know!
Thanks Connie, you're a good soul to coordinate this!
with a happy heart |
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connio
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
connie
springtown
texas
USA
535 Posts |
Posted - Jun 06 2005 : 5:54:49 PM
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Hey Farmgirls Hope that everyone is having fun with their mail art creations. I am trying to send one piece out to everyone on the list, and I am having to work on this on my lunch hours at the library. Hope to start sending everything out in about 5 days. COnnie
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2005 : 11:42:17 AM
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This IS fun Connie! I recieved my first piece last week and it was so exciting! Today I was delighted with another farmgirl masterpiece! It made my day and smoothed some ruffled feathers. I need to go to town and get a few more supplies and then I will have them all done by week's end. I urge all farmgirls to participate if the spirit moves you! It is a way to feel and have a sense of the wonderful and gifted women who post here.
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html |
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mollymae
True Blue Farmgirl
694 Posts
Molly
Visalia
California
USA
694 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2005 : 1:24:55 PM
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I've received one so far, it's so nice to get regular mail! To open that mailbox and see something special just for me is such a great feeling :)
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." --Henry David Thoreau
**When life throws scraps your way ~ Make a Quilt!**
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2005 : 3:07:00 PM
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Molly, What lanquage is that on your tagline and what does it mean? Looks like Latin! Just curious I guess... Thanks!
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html |
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mollymae
True Blue Farmgirl
694 Posts
Molly
Visalia
California
USA
694 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2005 : 3:51:26 PM
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It's Gaelic, and it means "A Hundred Thousand Welcomes" :)
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." --Henry David Thoreau
**When life throws scraps your way ~ Make a Quilt!**
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2005 : 3:56:27 PM
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Thanks Molly! That is neat! Are you of Gaelic background?
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html |
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