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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 - Aug 12 2005 : 09:21:51 AM
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Cards I create are postcards so they don't need an envelope. Sometimes, the post office will ask me to put full, letter postage on them. You'd be surprised what the post office will ship without an envelope. As long as nothing will fall off or get caught in the machine, it can go as an unwrapped card. If they can't send it through the machine, then they start charging you for package rate.
I received a beautiful piece from Whimsy_girl that is a painted butt end of a corrugated cardboard box! Excellent!
While mail art has no boundaries, I enjoy creating this boundary for myslef. By limiting what goes on a card (all flat), I've got to be more creative in the story it tells.
I'm super happy to hear that so many people are having such a great time with making, sending and receiving the cards. And I hope the energy lasts through the winter when we're forced inside and our focus changes. I've got a proposal in mind if things wane a bit, but for now, it's great energy!
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Whimsy_girl
True Blue Farmgirl
576 Posts
USA
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Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 11:27:32 AM
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Oooh yay!! I'm glad to hear that you've gotten it.. I was starting to wonder if anything was getting where it was supposed to be going!
you can be oh so smart, or you can be oh so positive. I wasted a lot of time being smart I prefer being positive. |
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connio
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
connie
springtown
texas
USA
535 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 1:51:01 PM
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Hey Farm Girls!
I am finally on my way to the P.O. to send off some mail art--sending out about 13. I have decided that I don't have the time that I need to really get creative so I am switching to different types of postcards instead of note cards so that I can sign, stamp etc and send then out more quickly and keep up a steady flow of communication.
Plan to get about 40 of those out in the next week.
I think that the "Sisterhood of the Travelling Art" might even be more productive during the winter months when so many are inside for hours at a time. I have been truly amazed at the huge growth of this really cool project.
Good wishes to all.
Connie
cozycottage |
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Kathy A.
True Blue Farmgirl
116 Posts
Kathy
Utah
USA
116 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 2:09:27 PM
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Clare! I just returned from the post office, Thank you so much for the mailart, the scene you created is so homey to me I could step into the page easily. I have finally gotten a good start on my project and actually mailed some today yours included.
Jane -I know this is very late but the day Tater Duck arrived could not have been better timing. He brightened my day soooo much! Thank you. ~Kathy |
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QuiltingQueen
True Blue Farmgirl
104 Posts
Jane
La Porte
Indiana
USA
104 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 3:03:15 PM
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Kathy A.,
I'm so glad you got my card! Tater Duck is still sitting here on my computer desk, but I'm not sure how long a potato will last. I'm thinking of mailing him to the girls at the farm so they can get to see him in person/tater. I sent them a card, but I'm not sure if they received it. Wonder if they've ever received a tater-gram? LOL
Jane
"Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action." ~ Mother Teresa |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 5:03:12 PM
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Thank you BlueEggBabe Susan for the very cool mailart today! I love the article and I'm going to use it as a bookmark! Thanks again!
P.S. Can you arrange to have the pickup truck delivered to me, please!?? 
**** Love is the great work - though every heart is first an apprentice. - Hafiz
Set a high value on spontaneous kindness. - Samuel Johnson****
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BlueEggBabe
True Blue Farmgirl
417 Posts
Susan
PA
417 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 6:03:11 PM
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P.S. Can you arrange to have the pickup truck delivered to me, please!??
Clare,
My grandfather had a navy blue'48 Ford pickup that was then given to my dad to use around the farm. It was my first stick shift experience and I thought I was sooo cool bumping around the property in it.
Later on, some hotshot 20 yr old offered my dad some money for it and he sold it for a song.
To this very day I wish I had it...in fact I have dreamed about that truck more than once. So.........
honey, if I ever get a truck like that, I will drive your next mail art out to you!!
I am glad you liked it.
Sue
PSSST that truck is on the cover of the O'Sister CD...check it out
"If more of us valued good food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world place."
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whispering pines
True Blue Farmgirl
428 Posts
patricia
sedro woolley
wa
USA
428 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 7:22:38 PM
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 7:31:05 PM
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Hi Patricia, Go to MAIL ART II updates and that will help you...and email Kay at the rustic cottage, she is in charge of the mail Art Sisterhood lists.
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2005 : 09:51:04 AM
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Kathy A.!! I love it. Your mail art is terrific. I especially like the idea that you recycled something useful!!! And - you are so artistic and I love the story, too! I also appreciate your kind words. Thank you very much!
**** Love is the great work - though every heart is first an apprentice. - Hafiz
Set a high value on spontaneous kindness. - Samuel Johnson****
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2005 : 10:26:16 AM
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I got wonderful new mailart yesterday (as we were leaving for a quick one night campout with the kids) from Whimseygirl and BlueEgg Babe...boy...what talent you gals have!! thanks so much!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things |
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mollymae
True Blue Farmgirl
694 Posts
Molly
Visalia
California
USA
694 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2005 : 11:09:09 AM
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I got beautiful mail art today from BlueEggBabe (thanks!!!) and from Lynda (FarrarFarmGirl)(the magnets are so cool!) I am in still in awe of all the varied and incredible talent all you ladies on here have. Have a beautiful day!!
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."~Rumi
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2005 : 2:47:16 PM
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Thank You Aunt Jenny!!!! I Love your mailart! I now have the best dressed dish soap bottle in the state! So cute and clever! You should sell those girl!
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2005 : 12:56:11 PM
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Thank you, Kim, for the lovely mail art photo of your home fields. What a beautiful photo of Illinois, and the blue spruce remind me of my FIL's yard. Beautiful sky, too! Big blue sky!
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CelticCoyote
True Blue Farmgirl
111 Posts
Heather
Illinois
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 06:30:00 AM
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Ooooh, I got the best recipe in the mail the other day!! Thank you so much, Marcia (CelticHeart)!! The Raspberry Lemonade Tea looks wonderful! And the timing is great...we've been having some nasty hot days up here recently. Thank you so much!
Is it just me, or is this mail art thing one of the coolest ideas ever?  |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 06:59:09 AM
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Yes, VERY cool idea! And we have climbergirl for inspiring us with this idea, even though it tooks us quite a long time to really "hit" on the whole concept and get it going. Thanks climbergirl!
**** Love is the great work - though every heart is first an apprentice. - Hafiz
Set a high value on spontaneous kindness. - Samuel Johnson****
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Melissa
Farmgirl in Training
23 Posts
Melissa
Selden
NY
USA
23 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 08:58:32 AM
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Hey, it's been sweltering here, too! Can you share the recipe with us for that raspberry lemonade tea?
"Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light." Roethke |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 09:04:36 AM
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Lynda!!! Thank you so very much for the lovely mail art treasure! I loved the card and the beautiful magnets! Doing my happy mailbox dance!!!!! Wow, such talent here, and farmgirl sweetness!
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
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QuiltingQueen
True Blue Farmgirl
104 Posts
Jane
La Porte
Indiana
USA
104 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 11:26:38 AM
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Kathy A in Utah,
I just received your incredible mail art bag...Wow...Your drawing is beautiful! I'm taking it with me to a quilting get-together on Friday to show some friends...I know they'll love it, too. You are very talented. Thank you so much!
Jane
"Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action." ~ Mother Teresa |
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FarrarFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
330 Posts
Lynda
Frohna
Missouri
USA
330 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 11:43:04 AM
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You are most welcome, MollyMae and Meadowlark, I am so glad that it arrived and that you are enjoying them. I had fun doing it and sending a little piece of my part of the country to everyone.
Matter of fact, it was in doing them, that I decided what I am going to do for our homemade Christmas gift for my husband's side of the family. We play rob your neighbor, but the gifts have to be homemade.
Have a blessed day.
In His hands,
Lynda
Pray in faith and you will not live in doubt. |
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Kathy A.
True Blue Farmgirl
116 Posts
Kathy
Utah
USA
116 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 08:01:09 AM
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| Thank You! and your very welcome- Clare and Jane - This Mailart Thing is so inspiring! Who knew small art and messages in the mail could be such interesting FUN! |
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Linda Houston
True Blue Farmgirl
538 Posts
Linda
Lake Charles
Louisiana
USA
538 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 09:03:31 AM
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I posted earlier that I am going to be away from my home tending to a sick friend for about 4-6 weeks...I do go home on the week-ends and when I arrived this past week-end had 3 pieces of mail art to cherish. I was so excited and of course, put them in my computer to add to my group.
This has been so much fun for me and I will have more time this week to work on pieces to mail. I have several ready to be put together for mailing.This is one of several great ideas that the farmgilrs have come up with!!! Thanks a million.
I laugh at myself because every chance I get during the day I come to the computer and read the site,,,It is wonderfully addictive and I feel connected even though I am not at home.
Linda H. |
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junebug
True Blue Farmgirl
2421 Posts
Sue
West Plains,
Mo.
USA
2421 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 12:10:57 PM
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That's another neat thing about mail art, how it is bringing us all together and bringing out our creative sides. Proves how such a simple act of kindness can make our lives wealthy beyond words, esp. now since the price of gas is taking it's toll on everyones budgets, maybe if we got the oil big wigs hooked on mail art, maybe they would feel rich enough to lower the gas prices? Just a thought? LOL
I'm not 40 something, I'm 39.95 plus shipping and handling! |
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CelticCoyote
True Blue Farmgirl
111 Posts
Heather
Illinois
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 5:11:13 PM
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I got my very first birthday card of the year the other day!!! Thank you so much, Junebug!! It's a really sweet card...and I really love embroidery, so it totally fits me. Thanks!
I swear, I've been trying to get a chance for three days to sit down & work on some more.  Every time I think I can, something comes up. Yesterday, I'd planned on spending time working on 'em, but we wound up going to a state park (GORGEOUS day!!) all day instead. I can't really complain, the boys & I got a lot of hiking in & found all sorts of neat little things. I really love hiking, but I have to say, it's just so much more fun with my sons! This morning, when I got back from the grocery, my workspace (um, on top of my bed ) was covered in legos. My husband and my sons were hard at work, and I wound up getting caught up in cleaning the desk, and here it is, after 7 & I've *still* not gotten a chance to go sit & work on it! Bleah! Okay, rant over...I'm about to tuck the boys into bed soon, so after that it is MY TIME. Heh. |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 5:55:16 PM
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Connie, wonderful mail art in my mailbox tonight!!! How creative and appropriate your mail is! The diversity of what I receive continually amazes me! Thank you very much!
**** Love is the great work - though every heart is first an apprentice. - Hafiz
Set a high value on spontaneous kindness. - Samuel Johnson****
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