i have had great luck with sending my postcards through the mail "naked". in fact most of the time the report back is: "it looks perfect" . . . no extra marks, no dirt, no tearing, etc. i used to send them without a clear plastic mailer but now do add that extra bit of protection. the benefit to sending them as a postcard is that i can have them hand cancelled with my local Post Offices own cancellation mark. because we live in such a rural area most things go into a bin and are mass canceled in another (larger) town. but if you ask to have something hand cancelled it gets our very own towns cancellation mark which i think adds to the mail artiness of the whole thing. so i sent one like that for Ati to be able to add to her own collection of mail art cards. the one that is inside the seperate package is something that she can either keep or send on to someone else if she chooses. choices are good right!?!
thank you again Ati for including me in your give-away. i feel honored to have some of your beautiful handwork. i hope that the pieces that i mailed today make you feel as surprised and happy as i did when i recieved yours. let me know when they arrive as i'm curious about how sending them in different forms may effect the timliness of delivery. my postmaster assures me they should arrive at virtually the same time but the curious part of me just wonders if that is the way it will work out.
beautiful fabric postcards! they're such works of art, I would be scared to just toss it into the mailbox! But I'm inspired to try that sometime :) I especially really love the emboirdered one! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeletethank you Rita. i'm glad that you are inspired by my work as i am often inspired by yours~!!~
ReplyDeletewonderful postcards! I know Ati will love them! I use envelopes for mine, but I always have so much buttons and so on mine ;-)
ReplyDeletethank Gunnel and yes Ati seems to be happy with her postcards. i was happy to hear that both of them did arrive in good shape~!!~
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libbyQ
What a clever concept. It's like little traveling art! Lovely work Libby. Do you have to make them sturdy, or they really are tiny quilties??
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hi Paloma~!~
ReplyDeletethank you although this fabric postcard thing is not my own idea, i certainly have had fun developing it along to fit my own style. there are different approaches but i've found that i like to use peltex 72 in the center of my postcards because it does sort of sturdy them up but they do also seem like tiny quilties to me. there is a great tutorial on the making of these at www.debrichardson.blogspot.com if you are interested in learning some details. a google search will also turn up quite a few different books that have been published about creating fabric art postcards.
thank you for your visit and your comment. i hope you decide to return at some time.
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libbyQ
i have linked back to your awesome blog and loved every second of the brief visit. will return for sure~!!~
Thank you Libby!I really have to try the making of these card...I'm in love with them.I will defenitely be coming back to visit you. You have a lovely space here. And thank you also for visiting my blog and for your comment. I was denying my desire for hanquilting the whole thing. Now I think it is a must...
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thanks Paloma and good luck with the cards . . . i can't wait to see what great ones you will create~!~
ReplyDeleteyes, you will be happy you decided to hand quilt it, i think.
it's a beautiful quilt~!!~
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libbyQ