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Mail Art Meet-Up
First mail art meet-up of the new year and a brand new artistamp in my passport!Nothing beats a nice Sunday afternoon hanging out with the mail art crowd -- doing some cutting & pasting, some (ok,...
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If You like Paper.....
Opps -- I did it again!The Vintage Paper Fair rolled into Golden Gate Park this weekend and, of course, I didn't miss it!Boxes of SNAPS for .25-cents each.I planted myself right here and didn't leave...
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More paper -- This time It's Asian....
Wow! You guys really like paper, don't you? So many delightful comments on my last post (about the Vintage Paper Fair).Thanks to all of you who comment.My whole studio looks a little bit like the VPF...
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Can't Seem to Stop
I'm still in Lunar New Year/Joss paper mode and I can't seem to stop.On Friday I took two of my mail art pals around Chinatown for a personal tour of my favorite joss shops.One of my favorite spots is...
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Rainy Days and Sundays....
SF Correspondence Co-Op Meet-upA rainy (yay!) Sunday here in San Francisco and what better way to spend an afternoon than hanging out with mail art pals?Co-op PassportNew artistamps for the royal...
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Fun Little Tutorial
Would you like to make some sweet little books?Start with a 12x12 piece of paper. You can use double sided scrapbook paper or cut up your own paper....Since the paper I used for this one was white on...
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A Little of This and Some of That....
IncomingSome lovely incoming mail with Valentine themes and Typewriter themes.....Fabulous Valentine mail from Dori Singh, mail artist and pal extraordinaire!Bet you didn't know there is another mail...
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Takin' It On The Road
Don't you just love to see other people's art supplies and travel kits?I know I do.So when a blog reader messaged me and said she is going on an extended trip and wondered what art supplies I like to...
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Cut, Paste & Cringe
There is always a lot of cutting, tearing, pasting going on around my studio, but I have always wanted to take a collage class.....I just love to pick stuff up and make collages....The day after Lunar...
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A Dirty Job but Someone Has Got to Do It!
Mail, mail and more and more mail....Can there ever be too much good mail?Sorry to have to admit it, but yes....there can be too much mail, especially when you've been at it for as long as I have....I...
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Collage Class -- Part two
An embroidered postcard I fell in love with at the wonderful showSecondhandat Pier24 Photography. If you live in the Bay Area I recommend you stop by. It seems many people don't know about this...
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Meanwhile Back at the Ranch....
OUTGOINGOk, back to mail art.....Now that we've caught up with collage class, here is a little mail art eye candy for you...I should have taken a better shot of that outgoing up top of this photo -- it...
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I'll take You on a Field Trip
Come on to San Francisco and take a look at the interesting photography at Pier 24.Remember those plastic photo cubes from the 80's? I think it was the 80's anyway.I did have one on my desk.Pier 24 has...
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Just Hangin' Out in the Studio
I love to travel the world and to go all over San Francisco but I also love hanging out in my studio.Want to come over?(Little Add & Pass Stamp Head zine started by Miss Millicent and sent back in...
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Stacks of Heaven
Honestly, I think this must be what heaven looks like. can you imagine little cherubs hovering overhead?I can. And, there would be food too.....SF Library Spring Book SaleThis really is too much fun....
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Tie One On!
Isn't everything better with a ribbon on it?I think so! And have I been busy making little books?You bet!I love air mail stripes.This paper had the airmail stripes but nothing else going on so I had...
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Grab A Bunch of Artists....
People often ask me if I know of a mail art group in various different parts of the country. Or, they tell me how jealous they are of our SF group.But, you know, you can easily host an artist meeting...
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Flash Field Trip
Some mail art pals and I found out at the last minute thatHero Arts Rubber Stampswas having a FLASH (don't you love that word?) sale a while ago. We didn't even know the factory was over in the East...
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It's All About the Envelope!
I recently shared a link on the Blog's FaceBook page about making envelopes. It got me started thinking about how much I like envelopes.Vintage envelopes, handmade envelopes, tiny ones and large ones,...
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Oh Hell Ya!
You get invited to an all day art field trip and what are you going to say?Hell ya!San Francisco-to-SacramentoChico-to-SacramentoDavis/Sacramento-to-SacramentoCars of artists all arriving at the same...
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