I’m back with another Liberate Your Art postcard swap update! We have less than one week left for sign up to join the swap, so if you’ve been delaying, it’s time to get in gear. You can sign up here until February 21st. After that time gets too short to make postcards and get them mailed to me before the deadline of March 15th.
So far, 52 envelopes have arrived! Yay! I started “checking in” envelopes this weekend. “Check in” involves opening every envelope, making sure there are the right number of postcards, stamps and labels, making sure the postcards have a greeting written on them, and removing all of the extra bits and bobs that get sent along, like lovely notes or extra postcards for me. (I love those little surprises!) Envelopes from international participants are matched up with their Paypal payment, and a note is sent to confirm receipt. If anything isn’t right about the package, I’ll try to contact the artist if I have their email address. It’s possible to resolve issues for those who send early.
Some more gorgeous mail art to share with you…
Amanda Bradley is a calligrapher in Washington, and her envelopes are a piece of art in themselves! I wish I had a link to send you to, so you could see more of her work. It doesn’t seem she has a website, sadly. I would happily lose myself for hours in the beautiful words and flourishes she creates, if she did. But instead I’ll just look dreamily at the envelope she sent!
Paula Bogdan transformed a plain manila envelope into a dramatic piece in red, white and black. I love the touches of yellow which blend in the few places the envelope is showing!
Jane Peeks is a mixed media artist, and veteran envelope decorator in the swap! I think I’ve posted her envelopes every year. This year her envelope had lots of hand drawn flourishes in a gorgeous purple and green…
…and a perfect sentiment on the back!
I agree, Jane! Let’s Swap!
Love the envelopes! I’m so jealous you get to hold these little masterpieces in your hands!
You will get to hold them too, on swap day!!
Such creative people!!! I’m finishing up my package now.
Awesome! Can’t wait to receive it.
Oh goodie…Kelly is here, too! This is so exciting! My small town post office loves me for this kind of thing! I do a local exchange, too and they always comment when I drop something off and pick something gorgeous up after they have put it in my box! Thank you Kat!
Isn’t it so fun, to know that you are making everyone who touches your envelope happy along the way? Thank YOU for participating!!
such excellent fun . . this is my first year – Thank You for doing this.
love & love,
-g-
Your first year? Then you are in for a treat! The best part is when the postcards start flying!!
Oh these are gorgeous!
I know, right? So much fun!
Thanks for featuring me Kat! Quite thrilling. No, I don’t have a website at this time. Maybe sometime in the future, but I really appreciate you “putting me up there.” Thanks for all your hard work!
Amanda
Your work is gorgeous, Amanda! You really should have a site where people can go look at what you’ve created. I would love to see it as cards… maybe a print on my wall of a favorite quote…
Thanks for the lovely words Kat!! I’m looking forward to receiving the swapped post cards! Thank you for doing all the work on this! Let’s SWAP!!!
You are welcome, Jane. Loved your envelope!