It's certainly true that I don't manage to make something every single day, so I'm glad that I've decided to approach my Mail Art 365 the way I have, as a numerical goal instead of a daily one. It really keeps me from feeling behind.
Recently, I sent an uncharacteristically politically-themed piece to Cassie Cridlebaugh on IUOMA.
But I mean, come on - when you see "Vote Early," how can you not mentally finish it with "Vote Often"? Plus, I had just picked up a roll of these raffle tickets at a sale, and they seemed like a perfect fit for this one.
I also got an address for someone on Postcrossing who actually said she doesn't mind handmade cards (or likes them, even). It's pretty rare on that site - many people specify that they don't want your handmade cards. One profile I saw recently said not to send handmade cards "unless you're very talented." One wonders what sort of objective measure there is of "very talented." (I sent him a store-bought card.)
Anyway, thank you to Simone in Germany for accepting handmade cards, and I hope you approve of this one:
Do you know, I actually had to look up how to make a cursive capital F? I was pretty sure, but I couldn't remember whether the bar of the F was supposed to be connected to the hook part or not (answer: either way, as far as I could tell). And I know all the stuff that people like to say about handwriting disappearing and computers taking over and who cares about cursive or legible handwriting anyway? but I like handwriting. The problem, though, is that my natural handwriting doesn't really flow like cursive does, with all the letters connected. I write with a sort of modified printing, where the letters are generally connected but have breaks between them at times. (And where my tall letters like "h" and "d" aren't always that tall and therefore get mistaken for "n" and "a," but that's another story.
I used to do calligraphy - I kind of feel like taking it up again, or at least using some of its principles to do some beautiful mail-addressing.
Well, that was quite a digression. Anyhow, I also finally figured out how to scan the large piece I had been working on a while back, and posted it to Society6.
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