Look at this luscious mail art that the awesome Sharon Tomlinson (Sharon at Norah'S) sent to me for no reason at all! What a lucky girl am I! Aren't these colors yummy? The very happy stamp is Sharon's own carving and that tag unties to open up with a personal greeting - how clever is that? Here's a look at the open tag:
And here is the back of the tag:
Sharon sent this tag just as it is - no envelope - through the mail. Don't you know the mail clerks enjoyed seeing this little jewel? You can see all the tags she made in this style in a post on her blog here. She did these to participate in a mail art challenge as a participant in "Crusade #10" over on Michelle Ward's Green Pepper Press Street Team.
Sharon is a talented and skilled mixed media artist from Texas. After receiving this tag in the mail, I was thrilled to see that Sharon and I are practically neighbors! She lives only about 100 miles from me -- hey, in Texas that's a next door neighbor!
Sharon's blog, All Norah'S Art (Norah is Sharon's muse! Isn't that cute?) is a banquet full of eye candy. Check out this box she mailed that is done in the same bold style as the tag she sent me. She writes in this post that she can't really show all about this mail art but she hints that we might see it in an up coming issue of Cloth Paper Scissors.
In another post on her blog, you can see a picture of some gorgeous mailing tubes Sharon decorated with this bold and sassy paper.
There are miles and miles of art in Sharon's blog. You must pay her a visit. And while you are there, don't miss her collaborative art journal, I Choose Flesh. Just scroll down her side bar until you see, "My True Colors Flesh Journal." Each page of the journal has a link in the list just below her Flickr badge in the side bar.
Below is a little peek at the cover for this creative masterpiece. Check out the other pages in the side bar here.
Now, remember I said that I had TWO mail calls to tell you about? Well, I'll post about the other one tomorrow. Until then, have a grand ole time over at all Norah'S art.
Well well, I didn't realize that you had posted about me. My goodness what can I say. Thank you for this shout out. I have you in my bloglines but for some reason this post didn't come up.
And yes, we are neighbors and I'm hoping one day we will get together and play ART.
Posted by: Sharon at Norah'S | August 24, 2007 at 10:54 AM