Postal ATCs from August

This is downright weird.

I was trolling through old MMSA posts for examples of Ellen's work to use in her artist profile earlier this week, and I wanted to use one of her postal ATCs from the swap we did last summer.  But I couldn't find one.

The ATCs were featured in four different posts, and none of the posts had Ellen's work.  Yet when I checked my MMSA spreadsheet, I can see that she sent me 4 ATCs.  I dig a little deeper, going through the archived files on my hard drive.  Hey, there they are!  and wait....

there are also postal ATCs from Linda, and Bev, and Jan, and Julie, and Louise.

Scanned, but never posted.

I would ask what the heck was wrong with my brain at that time, but really there's no need.  I was on vacation in Maine.

A vacation filled with delicious distractions and no schedule or routine whatsoever.  A vacation which hung a "do not disturb" sign on my brain for two weeks.  Ahhh....vacation.

Anyway.  These are too fabulous not to share with you, even though they were mailed out months ago.

These first four are from Bev:

Next are Ellen's four cards:

Jan made these three:

These next four cards are from Julie:

Here are five from Linda:

and finally, three from Louise:

I am so sorry, dear ladies, for overlooking these for so long!

If you like to make ATCs and you like stamps, check out our upcoming "Stamp Head" ATC swap.  The send date is February 3rd.

Catch up - postal ATCs and Envelopes

I'm back from vacation, but it's been a non-stop week of catching up with work and kicking off the school year.  I've had very little time for anything, including sleep.  There's a huge pile of unopened mail at my side, and dozens of scanned-last-weekend-but-not-yet-blogged images of purple postcards, collage postcards, tree postcards, etc.

the good news?

The postal ATCs and envelopes went out today at long last!

(if you did both swaps you are likely getting all your items in a single big envelope)

To catch us up on those swaps, I present....

Two lovely postal ATCs from Ria:

And now for the envelopes.

The artists name appears above the picture.

Carol:

Ellen:

Judith:

Kathy:

Louise

Phyllis

Susan:

Susie:

Tameko:

Tina:

Trula:

The envelope swap brought out a lot of new swappers.  A great big welcome to all of you!  Thanks for joining and I hope to see you in many future swaps.

Now goodnight, my friends!

I'm off to bed to dream of the upcoming three day weekend with no plans.

postal ATCs part 3

I'm loving vacation, but missing my mailbox.

Here's another batch of postal ATCs that were scanned before I left.  

three from Lynn:

Nine from Michele:

Two from Peggy:

Five from Rhonda:

(who made her cards on an art date at Leslie's house.  Read Leslie's account of the day here, and Rhonda's report here.)

Three from Susie:

Four from Terrie:

There are still 25 cards I haven't posted, and perhaps a few more at home in my mailbox.