From Reuben Miller, via The Improvised Life, here is a new way to artify your fingernails using stamps! I suppose you could technically use any image, cut it to size and then cover it with clear nailpolish, but this is STAMPS people! STAMPS!
I'm gonna try it!
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When I first found out about Tara Bliven's Elevated Envelope Project, I was bummed out because the deadline had passed and I couldn't sign up. The Elevated Envelope is a sort of combination pen pal/mail art swap.The Elevated Envelope is an artistic pen pal project designed to bring back the fun of checking the mail. You’ll create a work of art in envelope form, execute it about 10 times, and mail them to 10 people. Those 10 people will do the same, each sending their own creation to you. So, you give 10, you get 10. (Well, 10-ish.)
You can see the entries they got in the first project here. I elected to join the electronic mailing list to be informed when the next round would be. I got a heads up that there will be another project coming. There aren't any details yet, but Turns out the deadline to sign up is this Friday, the 17th. Check out the links in the comments.
Yay, more mail!
-Donovan
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We received some fantastic entries to our cover contest and they are all up on Flickr. Please leave a comment on Flickr on your favorite- one comment per person, per piece please. That means you can vote for more than one, but don't vote more than once for each one. I don't think they've been up long enough for a good vote; so I'm extending the voting through the end of the month. There will be a GRAND PRIZE and two LESS GRAND BUT STILL GOOD PRIZES. Oh, and some are back and front pictures. If you comment on both pictures, it will only count as one vote, to be fair.
Got it? Great! Go vote!
-Donovan
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This image of Queen Elizabeth the Second was made by artist Ann Carrington. What's that? You think it is just a boring old Machin stamp reproduction? Well, turns out it's made entirely of buttons! Buttons!
Making it just that much more awesome. You can see more of Ann Carrington's work on her website where she has a colorful version of this piece too.
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Only 6 more days til All Hallows Eve! Here's an oldie, but a goodie from the mer mag blog. We all love security envelope patterns, yes we do; so here's a neat project for the upcoming batty holiday. She used her cut outs as toothpick toppers, but I can see there being a whole string of bats to fly about the house or a bat mobile {not a Batmobile} or decorating some sweetly spooky Halloween cards.
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I'm a big fan of Lucy Knisely; so I was tickled pink/pleased as punch/over the moon to see her most recent Stop Paying Attention dealt with my favorite subject, the mail. You can read the a much larger version at her site. Her other comics are more than worth a look as well.
I consider all my missing mail {which, to be honest, I don't have much of a problem with} to be a sacrifice to the Gods of the Post. May they be always appeased by my stamped offerings.
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A month after we released the Initiative Response project, we got our very first completed submission from LWA member Anna Lincoln. I was itching to put together the very first award letter, so I was so excited to create one so quickly after I.R.'s release.
One of the entries she submitted for her World Traveler response was this interesting use of stamps to decorate an eraser and its container, seen below.
Since Ann was the very first person to get her tasks in, she got our "First Class" extra credit pin. Oh yes, Initiative Response has extra credit and there are even different levels!
The award letters give me a great excuse to use my new flexible sealing waxes. I was having a little trouble with them at first, but the lovely Lea from Leafcutter Design posted a video tutorial on melting and using flexible sealing wax that was extremely helpful.
Just a reminder to all LWA members - the Initiative Response is not a race, there is no time limit to turn in your submissions. For those of you who are interested in participating in I.R., login to the member site to find out more.
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Available from Hyperkit, this UK postage stamp silhoutte is available in four colors; blue, green, grey and orange. I think it's a really striking design and could definitely see one on the wall in the studio {if the walls in the studio/kitchen had any more room}. Don't you love how the the long curve near the bottom makes this instantly recognizable as a Royal Mail stamp?
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Jaime from Toronto not only keeps a grand journal full of collage and postage stamps at waterhalo, she also sells Canadian stamp packages as seen at her sister site send more mail. Truly, you are one of us, Jamie.
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Although I'm no where near Bedford, NY, I'm tempted to get a gift certificate for the Bedford Post Inn just to have their lovely designs! Beautiful work by Louise Fili!
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