Postage stamps and mail & Art (intersection of tags)

The Art Institute of Chicago is welcoming people to send them mail art in the form of postcards. If you were to send some mail art to the Art Institute, what would you send?

I will be mailing this postcard to someone who has a tree, and I will name their tree after a U.S. President.

Have you ever thought about sending a postal package to someone, and wished you could send it for free? The hassle of having to go to a post office, wait in line, and pay x-amount of money. Blerg. I want…

Is the United States Post Office trying to say something by crossing out “forever” on the American flag stamp? I know it’s standard to cross out the price (or in this case the “forever”) from the stamp, so people don’t…

Cherry Blossoms, choreographs, and bicycling joins the great selection of stamps that the Maldre post office offers. Need a unique stamp for a unique situation? I have over 30 different stamps at my desk.

I would like to make a goal to always have pre-stamped postcards with me at all times. If i come across a cool-looking mail drop-off box, I can use that box. And then I could take a photo of that…

Whenever I sign up to get something in the mail for free, I like make up a middle name that is related to the product. For instance, Oscar Meyer is giving away coupons for free hot dogs. I used the…

Stamps. Stickers. It’s just meant to be that these two files sit next to each other alphabetically. Whenever I mail my bills, I pull out the stamps file AND the stickers file. Stickers are so much fun. The world could…

Here’s a line graph showing the historic trend of the first class postage stamp rate increase since 1945. It seems like stamps are rising in cost so much lately. But it’s really been a historic trend since the beginning of…

What would happen if you could mail letters through the postal mail for free? That would be fun. I’d miss stamps though. Stamps are fun. But it would also be fun to just dump a piece of paper with someone’s…

Awhile ago I posted about if you can mail a crumbled sheet of paper through the postal mail. https://www.spudart.org/blog/can-crumbled-sheet-paper-be-mailed/ They have all arrived on the same day, just a few days after I dropped them in the mail (It just…

Please draw a flower on a yellow 2 by 1.5-inch stickie note and mail it to: Matt MaldreFlower Project350 Phillips AveGlen Ellyn, IL 60137 You may draw your flower using any medium. i.e. pen, pencil, marker, crayon, paint, pastel, etc…

It’s rather appriopriate that they would CHOP the photo very tightly on these neuter/spay stamps.

The United States Post Office is selling the most creepiest stamps ever—bat stamps. And they just aren’t nice friendly looking bats, they are zoomed in photos of their heads. GROSS! GROSS! GROSS! EWWWWW! *RUNNING IN CIRCLES WITH HANDS WAVING UNCONTROLLABLY*…

I was anticipating some doubting for when I was gonna mail this package . So when I went into the post office to mail this item, with a smile I told the postal worker behind the counter, “I would like…

I really like these orange stamps. I think everytime I mail something with it, I’m gonna write an orange joke on it. Why did the orange stop rolling down the hill?It ran out of juice. I made a compliation of…

oh boy! i simply can’t wait until the “neuter or spay” stamps come out from the post office. uh. YUCK! Check it out