Over the last week or two I have received some totally awesome pieces of mail art, and because I’ve been super-busy and not blogged them as they’ve arrived, that means there is a bumper blog-ful of cool stuff to share today. 🙂 (Although, because there is just so much stuff, I think I will be splitting the post into 2 halves, so look out for part 2, coming soon!)
First up is this completely unexpected e-postcard from Sean Woodward of Planet Dada (ironically actually located in my own hometown, Derby), which I received shortly after joining IUOMA (International Union of Mail Artists).
And shortly after that, this wonderful fabric postcard travelled all the way from Sam Farman in Australia and made me very happy indeed 😀 (you can tell, by the huge smile!). She embroidered a chameleon with daisy-like camomile flowers, to create a fantastic chamomeleon.
I love any kind of daisies (cream gerbera with brown centres were my wedding flowers), and orange is one of my favourite colours, so I had several reasons to adore this postcard. I am just in awe of Sam’s embroidery skills – and originality! But on a more basic level, I was just quite impressed that the stamps remained successfully stuck to the fabric backing for the entirety of their journey, and I love that they are ‘properly’ postmarked 
(I always think the PO is cheating when mail is hand-cancelled with biro!). Sam was the recipient of the doodle-stitch postcard I blogged a couple of weeks ago, which also apparently arrived without any undue mutilation – hurrah! Check out Sam’s sunnysidey blog, and be impressed by her constant creativity!
Next up is something a little bit different! But actually, this post is getting quite long, so I will continue my Happy Mailday round-up in another post, to follow shortly… Watch this space!
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