paperedthoughts: January 2012

Last Week I found out about the MILK art Galley in Sacremento, CA Call for "Mail Art" Submissions for their February Gallery Show - The Show Has now been postponed & the New Deadline for Mail Art Submissions is March 1st 2012.. (Click Here to see all the details & where to submit your works!) I was very happily sitting here working on my own submission when the idea struck me for an Inspiration(ish) post.. So here are some of my favourite mail art related goodies, inspiration & blogs..

The Above are from a Mail Art Project by Riitta Ikonen - Tons more images on her site!

Donovan Beeson a Member of LWA has a wonderful Flickr dedicated to Mail Art

Amazing Hand Drawn Art by "This Chicken"

You must look at these beautiful Envelopes by Edward Gorey

Fantastic Old Tickets & Tons of other Ephemera from Paper Aeroplanes on Etsy

Lovely Vintage Stickers from Brinner on Etsy

As you Can see I Adore Ephemera (it is so hard to find here in Australia!) - These Packs by "Hello Stevie Vintage" are fantastic!

Beautiful Vintage Buttons by Miss Pink Robbin who has a shop FULL of goodies to decorate & create with!

A fantastic "Snail Mailer Pack" - So many Goodies! By Miss Pink Robin

A Personal Addiction of mine.. Washi Tape <3 These wonderful Vintage Book style tapes are avaliable from Chicky Doodle on Etsy

Such a Unique Idea from Bad Books on Etsy - This Mail Book is sent as is through the mail & is full of envelopes & other paper sheets for journalling!

These are some of my Favourite Mail Art & Just generally Inspirational Blogs..

Mail & Paper Related Blogs <3

Cappuccino and Art Journal

Letters and Such

Little Paper Lane

Love Love Mail

Mail Art 365

Oh Write Me

Send More Mail

The Missive Maven

Viva Snail Mail

Just a whole lot of Pretty Creativeness..

Color Me Katie

Sweet n' Pretty

Her Library Adventures

Itty Bitty Birdy

Jolly Miss Molly

The Scribble Project

Have you seen any wonderful blogs around the www? or do you know where I can find some pretty ephemera in australia/online!

Happy Mail Art(ing) <3 Rin

Hola,

I Finally got a Job! I am super excited to start work at a Montesorri School as an Assitant Teacher in the 2-3 year old room! This week will be my last week of full days off - So I decided I'd go on a few adventures & make the most of my freedom - The first being to the crazy eclectic thrifty Newtown in Sydney City.. It took me about 50 minutes by car but was well worth it..

Oh && Before I forget - My Penpal Interview is up on Julie's WONDERFUL site Penpal Of the Week - You should definately have a browse!

An Adventure in Newtown (which consequently is full of really old stuff)

Beginnning the day writing my letter to Paul..

Very Cool Made590 Store <3

Holy Kitsch - A very Cool Vintage/Handmade Shop

Drunk on the Moon - Another Super Vintage Shop

One of the MANY bookstores in Newtown Better Read than Dead - (Such a good Name!)

The Amazing Gould's Book Arcade - Books EVERYWHERE, seriously about 50+ Rows & 2 Levels just like this!

Here are a Few photos of my Room & the Goodies I picked up on my Adventure!

The Skull Print is from Holy Kitsch!

From Made590 - AMAZING Book (Each page is an individual Scratcher card - All different Designs!) I will be sending these out to some beautiful penpals!