tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55529035185659130892024-03-05T02:34:42.975-05:00/// Poeticpaper Post: the Infinite NetworkB. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-88265485909319303742016-01-22T12:03:00.000-05:002016-01-22T12:03:18.326-05:00Ms. RozI can't hold it in, just have to share!!<br />
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I am now the proud owner of an antique Rosback perforator.<br />
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Cannot stop smiling!<br />
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Bid for it on ebay and it became mine. It is located in Massachusetts. Lucky for me, I have an Uncle who lives less than 2 hours away from the letterpress studio where I bought it from. He is willing to pick it up for me and store it until I can arrange shipping.<br />
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AHHHHHH! What a great day today is.<br />
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I'll post some pics so you can drool along with me:<br />
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<br />B. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-10230817667574007322015-04-22T15:04:00.001-04:002015-04-22T15:04:40.788-04:00Things I Wish I Brought Home from the Antique Store...There are always items that I hate to leave behind at the antique stores. So, I console myself by taking a picture. If I could have all the things, I would add these:<br />
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<br />B. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-30311492760651228442015-01-23T15:46:00.000-05:002015-01-23T15:46:28.863-05:00Peeps Photo Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I am eager to get started photographing these weetle peeples!!</div>
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<br />B. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-67126741986003539672014-07-23T11:01:00.001-04:002014-07-23T11:01:10.577-04:00Outgoing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />B. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-49248856178450538122014-06-18T16:03:00.000-04:002014-06-18T16:03:28.591-04:00Mailart Mission Accomplished!I have had a long-time goal of being included on Brain Cell Issue #888.<br />
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Well, my penfriends, I made it!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My rubber stamp design was included in Issue #888 in the upper left-hand corner in a pretty teal/blue ink. <br />"Flemina Island PMP-008, with palm frond".</td></tr>
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PMP = Postal Modern Permit</h2>
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Above: My rubber stamp self-portrait, My "BLA" hand-carved stamp, AND my Infinite Network stamp were all included in green ink on the bottom left-hand side. Also included was the "Flemina Island PMP-008" in orange ink towards the middle-right. </div>
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A pleasant surprise that the artistamp I designed for Vittore Baroni's <a href="http://poeticpaperpost.blogspot.com/2013/11/mail-art-call-ga-cavellini-centennial.html" target="_blank">GAC call for submissions</a> (which was put on the documentation cover!) was included in green ink on the bottom right-hand corner. This must have trailed in on someone else's mail. How fun!</div>
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<br />B. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-69595021522475085912014-05-08T09:47:00.000-04:002014-05-08T09:47:16.835-04:00Purple PlanetRecently played with photos from an outing to a Florida State park (Washington Oaks). This is the result, which I made into a mini-zine: Purple Planet Poetry<br />
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<br />B. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-18624157005891116532014-05-07T14:09:00.000-04:002014-05-07T14:09:14.068-04:00Incoming: Artistamp SheetsI have been the lucky recipient of some fantastic artistamp sheets recently!<br />
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<br />B. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-39800823277195935262014-04-30T12:24:00.003-04:002014-04-30T12:24:49.217-04:00Incoming: Stan AskewMy first incoming from Stan Askew. Every time I have seen his art pop up on various mail art blogs and documentation, I oooooed and awwwwwed. Stan has been on my TBM (To Be Mailed) list for years (um, it's a long list...).<br />
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I oogled his entry at the <a href="http://expostalfacto.wordpress.com/participating-artists-mailartbook/" target="_blank">mail/art/book</a> exhibit in San Francisco. Didn't realize he was in attendance until I read about it on the <a href="http://heebeejeebeeland.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">HeebeeJeebee</a> blog. Perhaps he saw my comment I left in the 4th Dimension because next thing I know, a Stan Askew envy-lope is in my mailbox!<br />
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B. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-18348457434963676922014-04-24T10:23:00.000-04:002014-04-24T10:23:51.868-04:00Incomings: February & MarchAfter my trip to San Francisco for the attendance of Ex Postal Facto, so much <b>great</b>, quality incoming mail has delighted my mailbox! My life motto is "Quality, not Quantity". But man, when I can have Quality AND Quantity, that just really floats my boat!<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Gina Visione - front - recv'd 3/4/14)</span></div>
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I am behind in my replies as I'm stepping up my mailart game and putting more thought and design into my pieces as a lot of my new correspondence cohorts are people who are uber active within the Network and I would not want to disappoint. </div>
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The lovely thing about mailart is <i>anything goes</i>. So I know internal pressure is unnecessarily being imposed on myself. However, it's more of an attempt to stretch my creative wings rather than to "impress".</div>
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It's kind of like my method of house cleaning. My daughter knows that if I'm cleaning the house, it means we have company coming over. It is not 'normal' for me to clean. I enjoy having a <i>reason</i> to clean, most of the time I don't. So I don't.<br />
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I have my own goings on with my art (zines, various collages in different stages, ideas for artistamps). Most of my creations contain my own personal inside jokes, because I amuse myself, or are emotional purgings. But, when I receive something in the mail that I really admire, I'd like my reply to be in line with what I know the other mail artist enjoys. I reach for common ground and start from there. Sometimes it still ends up being mono-symbolic, but I do reach for it to be something that can be universally interpreted, or at least enjoyed and relative to the eye of the beholder. </div>
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I think what I'm aiming for in this rambling is that it takes time for these new creative ideas to percolate. Or, if I'm creating a collage for a particular person, it takes time for the perfect papergoods to be found or to land in my lap. Having a reason to step outside of my normal creative routine in order to find a relative reply to an admired fellow artist, helps me to raise the bar in my own artistic flow. </div>
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As with the majority of mail artists I know, I send my art into the mail system without expectation of reply. I send it for the hell of it. Because I like to practice letting my art be liberated throughout the universe. Yet, I enjoy the correspon<i>dance</i>. I do reply to my Incomings, whether that same day of receipt, or months and months from now. Those that I still need/want/desire to respond to are listed in my handy-dandy Google Drive spreadsheet. Even though I'm behind on my correspon<i>dancing</i>, at least I'm organized and know who I have replied to and who I haven't. </div>
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Being detail-oriented and organized allows me the freedom to be chaotically creative. And to not have to clean the house that often!</div>
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Upcoming blog topics (in no particular order):<br />
Incoming from Stan Askew<br />
Cavellini documentation & exhibits<br />
Friends & Faux Postage<br />
HeebeeJeebee<br />
Incomings from Cascadia Artpost<br />
Incoming Artistamp Sheets</div>
B. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-49822059213360416772014-04-22T11:07:00.000-04:002014-04-22T11:07:47.194-04:00Nearing my Current Mail Art GoalWell, it is in the hands of Mr. Cohen at this point. <a href="http://www.ryosukecohen.com/" target="_blank">Brain Cell</a> is currently at issue #884. I sent mail out to Japan on March 3rd, March 17th, April 2nd and April 16th.<br />
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I was not included in issue #884, so I hope this bodes well that my four mailings will get me included in Issue #888, which has been my goal for a looooooong while now. For over 100 issues, at least. I did my best to time it in sync.<br />
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I didn't create a special artistamp for the issue, as I <a href="http://poeticpaperpost.blogspot.com/2013/05/outgoing.html" target="_blank">previously mentioned</a>. One, I wasn't sure it would align with the issue I made it for; don't want to assume. Also, the time crept up on me, and I'd rather have <i>something</i> on #888 than spend time making something special and getting it put on #889.<br />
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Here are some of my previous mailings to Brain Cell:<br />
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<br />B. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-20117955117258376412014-04-09T14:44:00.000-04:002014-04-09T14:44:01.113-04:00Outgoing: Cheetah Mail Art Call SubmissionI had a lot of fun putting this one together!<br />
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<br />B. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-67297176696708696272014-04-02T10:05:00.000-04:002014-04-02T10:05:27.637-04:00The Green Whiskman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />B. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-46507775490213762962014-03-25T12:53:00.000-04:002014-03-25T12:53:38.376-04:00OutgoingsWith the glorious influx of mail as a result of my attendance at Ex Postal Facto, I have been busy replying and have not spent much time documenting what has come in my mailbox.<div>
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I found Tom through an online search for Muir Woods. (If you're wanting to visit Muir Woods, I can't imagine a better way to do it than with <a href="http://muirwoodstour.com/" target="_blank">Tom's Muir Woods Walking Tour</a>!) Tom provided over 3 hours of actual hiking time, off the beaten path. His commentary was fun, he was patient with pictures and I learned a lot! He has been doing this for over 20 years. You can tell he absolutely loves what he does and I envy him for being able to do this for a living!<br />
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It was a very special time for me and I am very thankful that I went with Tom's hike instead of the usual touristy bus load where you get to visit Muir Woods, but you stay on the pavement. It cost the same amount!<br />
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After hiking, Tom dropped our small group off in Sausalito to take the ferry back to SF. Well, we ran a bit behind on our hiking and just missed the 12 o'clock ferry by a minute or two. The next ferry was leaving at 2:15pm. At that point, I understood I would be late(r) to the Vendor Expo at the Elk's Lodge. When deciding to do Muir Woods, I consoled myself with knowing I could get back to SF around 1/1:30pm. Waiting for the ferry until after 2pm wouldn't get me to the Expo until around 3pm, <i>at the earliest</i>...The expo only went until 5pm. Hmmm.<br />
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I despise being late, to anything, let alone late to somewhere I really want to be. Walking around Sausalito, this just couldn't be helped. I tried to maintain the point of view that it was out of my hands, and all is as it should be, and blah blah. I was pissed. But who can maintain that stance after having been hiking in a gorgeous forest all morning and then walking around the charming Sausalito? Not this girl.<br />
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I did some speed shopping. Purchased a beautiful necklace from a local artist that reminded me of home. <i>Funny, we can't wait to get away, and we can't wait to return. </i><br />
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After having explored a few of the shops, I was almost wishing I had MORE time in Sausalito. The art galleries were really top notch and though there were some touristy places, there were a lot of creative artisan shops that I could spend all day exploring.<br />
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It was about 2pm and I had 15 minutes before the ferry could take me back to XPF (yes, please!). So what does this aggravated, yet elated, girl do? I walked into the "No-Name" Bar and ordered a double shot of tequila. I said "hey, I'm on vacation and it's been sorta stressful and I haven't had a drink yet." This is how I justified my early afternoon shot of Tequila. It was indulgent and felt wonderful!<br />
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I continued this "I'm on vacation, I'm drinking now" on the ferry where I purchased a surprisingly cheap double skinny pirate (Captain & diet - my go-to drink) and scarfed it down on the ride back to SF.<br />
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I think now it's about 2:45pm. Gave my phone about 20%. I should have gotten an Uber ride back to my Airbnb apartment, but I'm cheap. So I ran. It was about 7 blocks, I think.<br />
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Yes, I hiked in the woods all morning, after having traveled the entire day before. Now, I'm running through the streets of San Francisco trying to get back to my apartment, change clothes, and head to Union Square. I honestly don't know how I did it. I think I <i>really</i> wanted to get back to XPF festivities, after having missed out on a lot already. I wished I would have had time for a shower, but I'd be damned if I missed another minute of what I came to SF for!<br />
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Got my Uber ride to Union Square. Chatted up my driver about XPF and she had never heard of mail art but was intrigued, so I gave her a few of my ATCs and a mail-themed moo card. I arrived to the Vendor Expo at approx. 4-ish. I still do not regret it, though, as Muir Woods was a necessity, in my opinion.<br />
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Wow, what fun I must have been missing all day at the Elk's Lodge!! I was only there for about 20 or so minutes when Jennie addressed the crowd that the vendors would need to start packing it up. O. M. G. Again? I was late again??! I also didn't see my penfriends that I met the night before. Found out later that most of them were done in by early afternoon. Though, Pamela (of <a href="http://cappuccinoandartjournal.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cappuccino and Art Journal</a>) was there and led me to the Passport Cancellation station. Thanks, Pamela!<br />
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The first table I came upon was the National Postal Museum, manned by Melissa of <a href="http://shopcraftgasm.com/" target="_blank">Craftgasm</a>. I know Melissa from the Twitter/Instagram-verse but was happy I had met her in person at the mail/art/book opening event as she's a totally awesome gal. Got some cool vintage cancelled stamps from her booth, along with some NPM postcards.<br />
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I was able to make it to about half of the vendor tables before everyone was packing it all up. Art-Life was ermagherd amazing! Then Philip Carey's envelopes, which I regret not buying a few. I wanted to check everything out first before I blew my money on one thing, when I didn't know what postal goodness was around the counter that I would just HAVE to have...Sadly, I was never able to make it back around to get some of those gorgeous colored envies...le sigh. I could have looked at the Art-Life issues all damn day, too!!<br />
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Made it to Dame Mailarta's booth. Mailarta was decked out in an awesome purple plumed outfit.<br />
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Now, I want to tell you about Julie. Having had my "give me a double" attitude prior to arriving to the Vendor Expo, I continued the theme while at the Elk's Lodge. The skinny pirates were fairly cheap, and well-made. So, I had 2 doubles of those while I was watching everyone pack up at the expo. </div>
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I admit, I was disappointed at the little time I had. I was really hoping to trade some artistamps and stamp more passports. After getting my first drink at the bar, I saw a lady with an XPF passport at a table by herself so I asked if I could join her. Of course since we were both at XPF, we had a lot in common and she generously shared a few of her collected artistamps with me to add to my passport. We chatted about glue sticks and mail art. She was so very friendly to me and I am so grateful for Julie. I will be sending her a proper mail art thank you soon!</div>
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Since Jennie was kicking us out ( :P ) Julie and I decided to grab a bite to eat together. The Chinese New Year parade was going on outside just a block away. Julie was, thankfully, a SF native and had her car parked nearby. We walked around the throng of people while spying dragons dancing and hearing the constant echoes of firecrackers exploding.</div>
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I am not a drinker, only occasionally, so I had quite the buzz going on and I was ready to postally party. But, I had no idea where anyone was hanging out after the vendor expo. Julie took me to Lori's Diner where I had a California burger (when in Rome) and it was delicious! </div>
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While eating dinner, I saw on the Twitter that the colorful Mary of <a href="http://www.uncustomary.org/" target="_blank">Uncustomary Art</a> was heading to a burlesque show and that sounded like fun! Julie was kind enough to offer me a ride there to join Mary and friends. But due to the Chinese New Year parade, Julie and I got stuck going in circles trying to get around the parade. The clock ticked to past 8pm and the show started at 8. I asked her to just drop me off at my apartment. Now that I had a full stomach, I was fairly tired from the day's excursions and went home early like a party pooper. I was so very grateful that Julie took me under her wing and hung out with me. I was feeling very tipsy before she led me to the diner and I don't know what sort of mischief I would have gotten into without finding my new friend and having a real meal. </div>
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Full moon? Is this why my planned timeline went so wonky???</div>
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Thank you to everyone who stamped and added to my passport!! </div>
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I have new addies to add to my mailing list and I am excited to finally be "back to normal" and catching up on incoming mail and creating new things to send to penfriends, new and old!</div>
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I'll show you my scores from Saturday's Ex Postal Facto Vendor Expo in the next post.</div>
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I do believe my attendance was kismet, as I was one of the lucky people who snagged "Delta Glitch" tickets for my flight to San Francisco. From SF, I was flying out to Portland, OR, to visit my best friend from high school, then from Portland back to Jacksonville, FL. My ticket to SF cost me $25 and my ticket from Portland to Jax cost me $27. o.O I know!! There was only a two hour window where one could score those ticket prices before Delta fixed their software mistake. Lucky me.<br />
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XPF was my valentine this year.</div>
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Had a cool apartment through Airbnb.com all booked and I was going to be on the 27th floor with an awesome view of the city and <i>right across the street</i> from the SF Library, where the lectures on Sunday were taking place. Unfortunately, my Airbnb host cancelled on me 2 weeks before my trip. I had all of my transportation mapped out, etc. I was sorta disheartened and thinking maybe I should forgo the trip. </div>
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Scrambled to find another place to stay and lucked out with a nice apartment for the same price as the first, though I was near the Ferry Building and not in the center of the city as was originally planned. But, when I received the address for where I was staying and the address number was "88" I felt satisfied that I was on the right path once again and was a bit more confident to take this journey.</div>
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If two roads diverged in the wood and one marker said "Path 2" and another marker said "Path 8", I would take 8 every time. No questions asked, even if it looked spookier or was full of spiderwebs...I'm a bit obsessive about it really, sometimes. But it is a symbol (infinity) that I put my faith into and I follow it when it comes in front of my path.
I would rather pay $8 for something than $6.97.
I put :28 seconds on the microwave instead of :30.
I pay $40.80 to fill my tank instead of $40.00.
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Back to XPF: I flew in on the 14th. In hindsight, I should have flown out on Thursday the 13th, but in the end it didn't matter because I was flying through Atlanta and they had cancelled the majority of flights on TUE/WED/THUR because of the snow. So, I landed at 4:30pm. I had all intentions of going to the "meet & greet" at Arch Draft prior to the mail/art/book reception, but as I sat in the Super Shuttle during rush hour and watched the clock tick to 6pm, I knew that wasn't going to happen.<br />
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I checked into my apartment real quick then rushed to get a cab where my Airbnb host said would be my best bet. Get to that place, and no cab stand. I've never hailed a taxi in my life, so I walked around the streets of San Francisco trying to orient myself in the direction I need to go to get to the San Francisco Center for the Book. Found my eyes leaking uncontrollably, feeling lost and overwhelmed in the biggest city I've ever stepped foot in. I remembered someone mentioning Uber, so I downloaded the app and after a few tries, finally got a ride to the SF Center for the Book for the opening night of XPF. I think I was in such a panic mode for the fact that I had 5% battery left on my phone and I probably couldn't have found my way back to my apartment without a map. After flying ALL DAY and quickly stopping to drop off my bags, totally forgot about charging my phone. My bad.<br />
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I was determined not to let the beginning of my arrival in SF bring me down and I immediately jumped into the glorious fray that was XPF! I met sooooo many penfriends that I knew from Twitter, Instagram, my mail network & legends from the Eternal Network.</div>
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There was a room where you could create your own valentines. The room was jam packed, but I braved the swarm of people and created a few stamped cards.</div>
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I am a planner and list-maker. I had a huge stack of mail that I was going to send from the event to my mail art pals that were not in attendance (and some who were). But, yeah. I left that stack of mail back at the apartment in my <a href="http://16sparrows.com/LWA/" target="_blank">LWA</a> bag that I was tired of toting around airports all day. I kept kicking my self all week about this. I only managed to turn in one piece of mail to the XPF Postmaster, and it was to my daughter, Nova. I scribbled my address down sloppily (ick) and sent it to my home address. At least I managed that!</div>
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We've exchanged mail art pieces and every time I receive mail from her in my mailbox, I gush and make my husband and family look at it. "Look, see, I got mail from Jennie!!! Isn't it awesome!!?!" She doesn't know this, but a couple of her postcards are framed and hanging on the walls of my airmail-themed kitchen...</div>
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While we didn't have a chance to chat long at XPF, I did get a quick selfie with her and she graciously signed my copy of Good Mail Day. Next time I'm in SF, I will get in touch and we can have a "civilized conversation" that would, of course, be on the topics of paper, postal ephemera and pens - I'm sure! </div>
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XPF weekend also marked the first art exhibit where I had a piece of my art in a show that I physically attended -- all official behind the glass and shtuff! I create stuff ALL of the time, but I rarely show it to the world. I think that's what drew me to mail art. I can create and create and send it to someone that I think might appreciate it. And if they don't, I don't have to hear about it. Sometimes I make strange and weird things and I don't want to have to <i>explain</i> it to anyone. Art is in the eye of the beholder. I may have made it, but once it's out there, it's up to the viewer to determine what it means to <i>them</i>. </div>
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Stan Askew's contribution to mail/art/book. Totally didn't even know he was there that weekend until I was back home. I would have sought him out and told him how much I admire his mail art. Ya know, infinity symbol usage and whatnot!!</div>
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<br />B. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-14063136123678250272014-02-13T14:06:00.000-05:002014-02-13T14:06:03.918-05:00Ex Postal Facto, Here I Come!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tomorrow morning, I will be in San Francisco for <a href="http://expostalfacto.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Ex Postal Facto</a>!!</div>
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<br />B. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-22382459018884135322014-01-31T13:06:00.001-05:002014-01-31T13:06:50.694-05:00Currently On My Desk: New Mini-Zine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Finished a new mini-zine, the first for 2014. </div>
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I compiled my collection of incoming mail from 2013 for this zine. </div>
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This is a short run, and I will only be sending it to fellow mail artists who are included in this spread. They will be headed to the P.O. on Saturday. There are a few select friends that I know will not be attending XPF, so I'm going to bring their envies with me and mail out after I've added on some XPF stampings. </div>
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And last, but not least, the new issue of <a href="http://uppercasemagazine.com/" target="_blank">Uppercase Magazine</a> made it to my mailbox yesterday!<br />
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<br />B. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-79143114299625515642014-01-29T10:24:00.000-05:002014-01-29T10:24:14.568-05:00Currently On My Desk: XPF PrepThank you for the lovely comments on my XPF stamp. I am quite surprised that such a little thing, and not even well done (IMO) has drawn the most comments from any other post I've ever published. :)<br />
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I am pretty excited about the upcoming trip to San Francisco for <a href="http://expostalfacto.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Ex Postal Facto</a>. In preparation for my trip, I've been playing with a few designs of goodies to bring with me to share.<br />
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For a while now, I've wanted to make a triangle stamp so I figure now is as good a time as any!<br />
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While I love this design, I truthfully OVER-designed it for the rubberstamp edition. </div>
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Note to Self: convert to B&W only image for future rubberstamp productions. The grayscale that I left in there with the text made the text disappear in the end result. Though, I knew I was running the risk when I approved the proof. I've had many, many stamp designs produced and they usually turn out just fine with grayscale. But with this text, it should have been done all in white, no gradiation. Lesson learned. :)</div>
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Here's my first test run:</div>
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It's not my best work, but it will do. The "Ex Postal Facto" and "mail/art/book" are not visible. But, "SF" and "XPF", along with the 2014 at the top and "PPP" are visible, so I'm not going to redesign/reprint this. Time is running out before my trip and I'm going to bring it as is.</div>
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I'm normally a super picky, everything must be in its place collage/creation person. But, I am practicing allowing myself to make mistakes, or be a little more free (sloppy?) with my applications. Therefore, I am going to use this stamp at XPF and use it with pride that I CAN let it be, even if it is not perfect.</div>
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The flaws give it character, yes?</div>
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Here is the original stamp that I used as a template:</div>
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This is the photo I wanted to use as the SF reference:</div>
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<br />B. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-70929228787533941142014-01-09T10:25:00.000-05:002014-01-09T10:25:48.314-05:00Outgoing: First Collage in 2014My first collage of 2014! It is small-scale (about 5" x 6.5") but it took me about 4 evenings at the desk to complete. I always know a collage is going to be good when it takes me forever to get it just right. When I layout the pieces, rearrange, step away, come back the next day, move more around, commit to glue, scan, send!<div>
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I created this piece especially for <a href="http://www.artviapost.com/" target="_blank">Art via Post's mail art call</a>. If it wasn't customized just for Art via Post, I might've actually held on to this one. :) But, it is in the letting go that we make room for more.</div>
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B. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629201291395139562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552903518565913089.post-32716687019576971022014-01-07T15:03:00.000-05:002014-01-07T15:03:05.600-05:00Outgoing: to Flypaper & KeroseneSent to <a href="http://kerosene-mailart.blogspot.com/2014/01/received-from-bethany-lee.html" target="_blank">Flypaper & Kerosene</a>:<br />
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