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Tag Archives: mail art

Sunrise of the soul

March 17, 2016by telltalecreations

 (click image to enlarge) Reliance by Henry Van Dyke   Not to the swift, the race: Not to the strong, the fight: Not to the righteous, perfect grace: Not to […]

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Collaging a blank

March 9, 2016by telltalecreations

click images to enlarge     I enjoy sending letters to my pen-pals in collage art envelopes.  Occasionally I spend one or two days creating mail art envelope blanks en […]

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Postcards from the scrap heap

February 24, 2016by telltalecreations

(click images to enlarge) Here is a selection of postcards I made using reclaimed and scrap papers.  All the torn paper edges are from my scrap heap: miscellaneous paper bits left […]

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Tea, truth and beauty

February 1, 2016by telltalecreations

(click images to enlarge) If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb This selection of collage postcards incorporates wrappers from some […]

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It will all end in tears

October 7, 2015by telltalecreations

click images to enlarge I just love tearing up paper.  Cutting paper for artwork feels tedious and in my eyes doesn’t look nearly as interesting so I often end up tearing […]

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Now that’s what I’m Tuscan about

July 1, 2015by telltalecreations

A Tuscan theme has developed in my handmade postcards.   The pastoral Tuscan landscapes are out of this world for their earthy beauty.   The images in the pictured cards come from cruise […]

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Europhoria

June 3, 2015by telltalecreations

click images to enlarge   These handmade paper collaged postcards seem fitting of the summer season.  The European scenes on this fun trio of cards are all images rescued from […]

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A fruitful affair

March 24, 2015by telltalecreations

This is a trio of fruit themed mail art pieces I made.  The collage images are taken from various magazines and mail order catalogs.  It’s fun to incorporate food into […]

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Asian influenced mail art

February 26, 2015by telltalecreations

The recent Chinese New Year celebrations prompted me to simply share a trio of my Asian inspired handmade postcards. The “Han” postcard is named for the Chinese Han Dynasty that ruled […]

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The Moneyless Manifesto by Mark Boyle

An exploration into the thinking that pushed one man to adopt a moneyless lifestyle and the philosophy he developed along the way. It presents radical new perspectives on vital foundations of economic theory that we should question as a society. Explores what it really means to be “sustainable" and offers creative solutions for living a "less is more" lifestyle. Mark presents a unique economic and ecologic message of dire importance.

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Hannah Brencher founded the More Love Letters movement that encourages and facilitates writing letters of encouragement to strangers when they need them most. Her book details the role letter writing always played in her life; how her struggle with depression combined with her desire to help the suffering led her to begin writing love letters to strangers; and how she found ways to open her personal project to global involvement.

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