a renewed interest in snail mail
i’ve been waiting for the post office to release their abstract expressionist stamps for weeks… i picked up 8 sheets last night after work, to make snail mail even more awesome.
when i got home and opened my mailbox, there was an envelope from aimee, with the clyfford still stamp on it. and inside:
a collaged bookmark. shocking! on the front, and on the back is a little story about frank, who can’t find his balls, which is forever going to be a juvenile joke between the two of us.
i’m diving into my reading pile with renewed enthusiasm just so i can keep opening my books to see my new bookmark!
March 16th, 2010 at 5:28 am
They DO look like fantastic stamps! If only I had known they were coming before buying my 2 current sheets of stamps last month. And the bookmark is fun. Personal mail is the best!
March 16th, 2010 at 8:58 am
awesome! and awesome! I see another pARTy idea!
March 16th, 2010 at 11:03 am
wow those stamps are just lush.
and … frank who cannot find his balls, hee hee. superb bookmarks from miss thing aimee, indeed. I have yet to post about her magnets but I’m rubbish and seemingly ungrateful. boo hoo.
I shall post about ‘em this week.
how’s the rhubarb doing?
March 16th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
i’m just finishing up that sheet of stamps too! the trick with the abstract expressionist stamps, however, is to NOT address the envelope until you’ve chosen the stamp. some of them are huge and eat up half the addressing area!
now! on to more pressing matters. have you found frank’s balls?
March 16th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
I love snail mail—especially amazing artist-collaged snail mail that comes as a surprise. Beautiful stuff.
March 18th, 2010 at 8:49 am
So need the stamps! How cool! I love getting mail, it is still very exciting to know something has traveled distances to get just TO YOU. Happy Thursday!
March 26th, 2010 at 10:25 am
i’m always the nerd standing at the postal counter asking to see what new stamps they have. i picked up two sheets the other day. poor frank’s misplaced balls.