A postcard from Laila

I got a postcard from Laila! Yeah! I love mail! Last year I "met" Laila through a swap. To my pleasant surprise she sent me a card. The mail man manage to put in in my neighbours mailbox, but I have nice neighbours and the gave me the card :) Isn't it sweet? Every time I look at the card, childhood memory's comes flowing, who can forget the song Edelweiss from The Sound of Music? Thank you Laila!

Postcard form Diane

Got a wonderful postcard from Diane, also known as Sister Diane.
from http://www.flickr.com/people/21113527@N00 and http://www.craftypod.com

The card is a fabric one, with butterflies, in my favourite colours :)

Swapping is so much fun and sometimes when you do this kind of swap, you'll meet people you have read a bit about or follow. This was the case when I opened this card, may I say I got a bit star struck? Any way, I would like to recommend her podcast.

Thank you for the card!

Postcard form Wendy

Part of the iHanna postcard swap.

Got a postcard from Wendy,not sure where she is from, the post mark do not show up so god. Wendy said about her card, It's a local bird, that reminded her of about her grandmother. She enjoyed the process of making the card. You can find her on the net at http://www.craftierthanthou.com/.

Thank you for the card.

Postcard form SNARLing

There has been an unfortunately delay in blog posting, but they are now on there way.


Part of the iHanna postcard swap.
I got a post card from SNARLing, and she sent her card from U.S.A. This card has a fun slide in it, with a quote from Henry Miller: "The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware"
You can see some of her progress at her blogpost.

You can find her on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/aliceklar and on her blog http://thesnarlingpost.blogspot.com

Thank you for the card!

Postcard form Laura

Got a sweet card from Laura. A card from the IHanna postcard swap. Laura sent her postcards from Argentina. You can visit her online at http://www.lauravarela.com.ar

Postcard form Jigna

A card from the IHanna postcard swap. I got another card from the UK, from Jigna,at the big mango. I love the cleverly reuse of old envelopes. It also have a sweet pocket.

Thank you!

Postcard form Amy G

I got this wonderful card from Amy G. She writes that her inspiration comes from the book "Water for Elephants". I have not read the book, but as I love to read, I'll sure check my library for it. That dark red in the card, I cant stop looking at it, so delightful, one of my favourite colours. The border has a velvet feel to it, and there are multiple layers of paper collage.

Postcard form RGA

Got this sweet card in the mail. The signature says RGA, other than that there are no indication how made it. It has been mailed from Great Britain. How ever you are, thank you for the card!

2011 postcard swap, iHanna - in the mail

Three little fishes hanging in a row

I made 13 cards, 10 for the swap, one to keep, one to give away, and one to sell.

The motive is the same, however all the little fishes has different "personality".

So where are they "swimming" to?

I mailed them of: one to Norway, two to Sweden, one to Finland, one to Italy, one to Canada and four to the U.S.

This one I am selling,$30.00 USD. I'll put it up in my Etsy shop later this week(if it has not sold),

if you are interested send me a mail.

What kind of fish do think it is?

Have You Ever Been Fishing?

My favourite fishing place is the sea. Going out with a boat, using a line and hook.

One Little, Two Little, Three Little Fishes
(to the tune of One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians)
One little, two little, three little fishes
Four little, five little, six little fishes
Seven little, eight little, nine little fishes
Ten little fishes in the pond.

These fishes are going to stay at my hose. For now they are hanging in the studio.

Some in progress pictures.

Working in my studio.

Medium used: pencil, permanent marker, masking fluid, Diamond glaze, charcoal, gloss medium, gel pen, watercolour and varnish.

February postcard from Kentin

The seventh card got a snowy welcome. My mailbox was full of snow. So these exotic animals got a cold start on there move to Norway. The card comes from Kentin in New Zealand. Kentin wrote a cute little story about these monkeys, telling they are quite nosy and entertaining. Kentin left no return or blog -address.

February postcard from Yolanda

The sixth card comes from Yolanda. It has a bit of texture to it, and it has mixed media elements to it, so lovely. She made videos explaining how she made the cards and a bit of the thoughts on her inspiration.

Part I


Part II


Yolandas YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/yoliebean

February postcard from B.Pugliese

The fifth card cones from U.S.A and the card is sign by B.Pugliese. There was no return or blog -address so I have no idea who this is. I enjoyed the card, and take the words Live, Love, Laugh with me today.

February postcard from Charlotta

Charlottas card was posted in Australia. The quote on the card says "look who's coming there, says Gun". Altho Charlotta is from Sweden she lives in Australia on the other side of the globe from me. I really love getting mail from around the world.

You can visit Charlotta's blog here: http://charlieupsidedown.blogspot.com

February postcard swap, card from Carlin

The third card comes from Carlin. The card was posted in the U.S.A. I love this knitted card. As some of you know I adore knitting and other woolen techniques. Funny thing reciving this card, my mailbox was filled with snow so it was a bit ironic to find knitted mail...

You can see her own blog post about making the card here: Blog: http://piscinamea.blogspot.com/2010/02/valentines.html

You can find Carlin on the web here: blog: http://piscinamea.blogspot.com and Flick: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37611681@N08/

February postcard swap, card from Sheila

The second card comes from Sheila. Also her card was posted in Kingdom of Great Britain. She left left her blog address www.sheilasteaandtoast.blogspot.com . I hopped over to her blogged, and discovered she had had a sweet blog inspired by all the conversations between her and her family over tea and toast.

These days I open my mailbox with anticipation. It is so much fun getting mail!

February postcard swap, card from Lynn

I got the first card in the swap from Lynn, her card is post stamped in England. No return or blog -address so I have no idea who she is. There are 160 participants and it is only the organizer that have the full over view. Never the less, I love getting mail and her card be a nice contribution to my postcard collection.


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Want to see the cards I made? Read this blog post February postcard swap

Art journal - playing dirty

I got this mail where the subject was "Monika and Cindy, Playing dirty" Silly me thinking it was something related to children's play. This mail was the start of a long row of spam. For years my mail address have been flying under the spam radar. I realise I have been lucky. There is now more than 200 mail a day that is marked with spam, sadly some mail that is not spam also comes in my spam folder so I have to go through the spam folder to check that it is correct. No, I don't open the mails I just skim the headlines and the sender.

I have started the new job and guess what they are playing dirty there... Or at least they play in the dirt, it has been raining for a couple of days an the children are loving the puddles. They make beautiful mud-cakes.

Medium used: watercolour pencil, watersoluble wax pastel and permanent marker.