It’s always exciting when the first envelope arrives for the Liberate Your Art Postcard Swap, and this year’s first arrival is a gorgeous one! Jo from the UK has the honor of being the first arrival AND the first blog feature of the 2013 swap. Isn’t her envelope gorgeous?
I love the colors and textures, and the jauntily placed stamps. Thanks Jo, for brightening my day!
I know I will get the question: Do I have to decorate my envelope? And the answer is: Absolutely no, you don’t! It’s just a fun thing that some of the artists do, and I love to feature the gorgeous mail art I receive on the blog. It’s a fun lead up to the big swap event! Have you signed up for the swap yet? If not, there is still LOTS of time before the April 6 receipt deadline.
Surprisingly, I’ve pulled out my dSLR for TWO things in the last week. I’ve been so obsessed with mobile photography lately, this is a momentous event worthy of commemorating. Not only did I want to get a lovely image of Jo’s beautiful envelope, I’ve realized to get a good portrait of our new dog Zoey I need the dSLR too. She just moves too quickly! So the dSLR is not completely replaced by the iPhone, it’s just getting a nice rest as I learn the new medium of mobile photography.
Here’s my favorite photograph of our little portrait session over the weekend. Isn’t Zoey cute? She’s doing well and adjusting nicely to our home. We are lucky to have found her!
Happy Wednesday!
That’s a beautiful envelope Kat! Will see if I can find inspiration to create a work of art like that I can imagine that you fell in love with Zoey. She is gorgeous! xo
I thought of you and your wonderful pet portraits, as I was photographing Zoey. What a challenge!
Oh my, I’m not nearly as creative as Jo…plain jane will be on the way once I get my order placed. Simply beautiful envelope, I can only image how wonderful the contents are =) Zoey is beautiful too, talk about a fantastic capture, look at those eyes! Cannot wait I’m so glad to be a part of the fun!!!
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I love plain jane envelopes too! They are like secret surprises to open and find out what is inside.
That’s seriously a very gorgeous envelope!
And your new sweet heart is beautiful. You are lucky she poses for you, our dog can’t stay still at all, especially when he sees you are about to pay special attention to him 🙂
It makes me smile that I could make you believe she posed! 🙂 Haha! She is a bundle of energy, just wants to fetch and fetch. This was a split second shot, a moment when she finally looked right into the camera, the light was good and the background reasonably uncluttered. Whew. I was excited to get this one!
That is true envelope love right there, I’m a little jealous 🙂
You rescued sweet Zoey? Did someone abandon that adorable creature? My rescue dog Maggie is terrible at getting her photo taken, oh the irony – she is gorgeous but so frustrating, hahaha.
Yes, we adopted Zoey from a shelter. She wasn’t exactly abandoned, the family gave her up because she never adjusted after they had a baby. It’s clear that she was loved and well trained. She is fitting right in here!
love Jo’s envelope – great job
I might try decorating mine this year – need to get postcards made first
love the photo of Zoey
Postcards first – then worry about the rest! Glad you are in the swap again this year!
I’m so glad my postcards made it to you safe and sound Kat 🙂
Zoey is SO BEAUTIFUL! You are lucky to have found each other.
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It was very exciting to get your envelope Jo! Thanks for the early surprise.
Some people just can’t stop ‘arting’…Jo probably does fabulous patterns in cappucinos too.
haha! No, I’m too busy drinking it 🙂
Zoey is gorgeous!
And the envelope lovely!
What great mail art!!! I received my pc today!!! VistaPrint sure is fast! I had a coffee cup, some sticky notes and stickers made too. What fun! I can hardly wait to send these out and see what lovelies come back to me. Thanks for hosting this Kat! I love Zoey too. Hugs from Alaska, Sherry
Beautiful mail art Jo did! Me plain Jane. In fact, I’m not thrilled now with my selection. After I received my postcards, 3 of the five I wish were different. Oh well, I’m just glad I was able to participate this year 🙂