Finally, finally! I’ve been anxiously waiting for weeks for that first decorated envelope to arrive, and now I can write a Liberate Your Art postcard swap update here on the blog. The envelopes have been trickling in, but there hadn’t been any decorated ones until this week. Now it feels like the swap is officially under way, and it’s time for a swap update! There is still plenty of time to join us in the swap, if you haven’t already. Just visit the swap page here to get the details and sign up.
Here’s the stack of envelopes I’ve received to date. Pretty amazing to receive this many 6 weeks before the swap deadline! You all are overachievers. 🙂 The very fun purple envelope on the top of the stack is from Tina Wittmer. I am partial to purple lately, so this one tickled my fancy!
I love what Carlyn Clark did with her envelope: Using what looks like a magazine ad, she created an envelope and managed to make the tiger lick the stamp. That’s pretty cool!!
Lynne Foerster added some lovely little hand-drawn details to her envelope. Personal touches like this just make me smile. I almost don’t want to open the envelopes sometimes, for fear of ruining the art!
And finally, a different kind of mail art, stamps from a new country — Malaysia! It’s the first-ever time we’ve had someone living in Malaysia in the swap. I’ll be saving these stamps, for sure.
So there you have it, the first Liberate Your Art blog post for the 2014 swap. I look forward to sharing more in the coming weeks. If you decorate your envelope, you just might find yourself featured here!
And the winner is…
Stephanie Skiff wins the drawing for a print of the The Last Tree. Thanks to everyone who entered. While I expected a number of entries, I didn’t quite expect all of the lovely comments that you all left. Thank you so much. I wish I could give you all a print! (Oh, I guess I can, and do, in the swap!! Join us!)
How wonderful!
Just posted mine today from the UK, so I hope they’ll be with you soon 🙂
Love those Malaysia stamps!!
Awesome! I can’t wait to get them.
These are great, Kat! Glad to be among the participants this year! Loving the decorated envelopes… mine sports a pink and purple “doodle flower” theme. Not usually my colors… yet more serendipity in the mail art realm. Look for it soon. 😀
Yesterday’s blog post celebrated the package I received from moo over the weekend and gave a little more blog love to the swap.
Wishing you a wonderfully creative week!
Yeah! Mail art serendipity. What a wonderful phrase! Thanks for the swap love on your blog. I’ll pop over there and say hi!
Thanks much for turning me onto moo! Love them! 😀
Awesome! So glad they worked out for you!
It must be fun getting all that gorgeous decorated mail. You’ll be busy!
I will be! I need to start checking the envelopes in. I must admit, I haven’t done that with any envelopes yet.
My postcards have yet to be delivered by my printer and once it is in I will have it mailed ASAP.
Cheers, Kat!
What exciting collaboration again!
Wonderful to have you in the swap again, Lui!
Okay, Now I’m getting excited. This is my first time ever participating in something like this – in fact, i only started expressing mySelf “artistically” middle of last year – It’s wonderful to find this community.
I am a performing artist – temporarily on sabbatical – due to a physical challenge – still, one needs to Express, right??? So, here i am, sending rookie postcards . . . thinking everything is gonna be “a-okay” – Now I’ve found this community of cool friends.
Yippeeee!!!
Yes, one definitely needs to express. I’m so glad you found the swap!!