This is a *wonderful* mail art book that I bought a while back called "Meli Mail Art: Quand le PCB s'en Mele". It is French, and it has the most gorgeous examples of mail art. Gina requested a peek in my postal art book, and I thought I would share a few photos from this one as well.
I stitched a mail art earlier this year--around Valentine's Day. If you want to see my mail art you can look in my Picturetrail album--the link is on the sidebar. You should also be able to click on these photos and bring up a slightly larger picture. Hopefully this will give you an idea as to the contents of the books.
I love gardening designs, and these are a some of my favorite envelopes, though in this book it is really hard to choose. I am not sure, but the middle envelope looks like Prairie Schooler designs.
I cut a bit of the sides off on this one, but I thought it was absolutely darling. I think it reads--pretty girls and pretty flowers!
I think the peacock is my favorite design in this book (how fitting on my Peacock Feather Blog!). However it was not the only peacock motif in the book. I have never really tried embroidery, but these make me want to learn. They are all so elegant.
Wouldn't it be nice to have all these in one collection? I am not sure what the backs of the cards look like, as I didn't come across any shown in the book. A few had writing in the corners or a stamp on them, so I am guessing they must have been mailed. I need to try and see what I understand of the text, though that may not be much.
There are quite a few examnples like these in this book--names, holidays and flowers. The book is mainly photographs, though the back does have some patterns to follow. Also some of the stitches are shown. All in all a very lovely book and well worth the money!