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Scribbling Glue
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Cut, paste, and scribble.
Mail art & creative dabbling.
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2house2fly.bsky.social
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
scribblingglue.bsky.social
Rawr!

#snailmail
#writemoreletters
#sendmoremail
#envelopeart
#USPSforever
A brown craft paper envelope featuring a USPS Forever Message Monsters stamp. The monster on the stamp has four arms, a multi-color striped body, and is wearing a hat on one of its horns. A hand-drawn version of the monster is positioned next to the address, which is redacted for privacy purposes.
December 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
It's important to write hand-written letters to your friends when you need to send them something. Ideally while doing a bit. Maybe you're a union soldier, separated from your ladylove. Maybe a hot air balloon operator.

We mustn't let the realities of today restrain the nonsense within us.
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
Postbox bollards outside the Post Office. Absolutely delightful.
#WorldBollardAssociation 📮
A row of postbox painted bollards in front of a post office.
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
scribblingglue.bsky.social
If you have one minute, enjoy a wonder from the Smithsonian National Postal Museum!

#postalhistory
#USPSforever

postalmuseum.si.edu/one-minute-w...
One Minute Wonders
Open daily 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Open Thanksgiving Day Closed December 25 Open January 1
postalmuseum.si.edu
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
scribblingglue.bsky.social
Through sun, rain, and flowers, season after season USPS continues to deliver!

#outgoingmail
#writemoreletters
#sendmoremail
#mailart
#envelopeart
A cream-colored envelope features a "250 Years of Delivering" USPS Forever stamp. A hand-drawn scene depicts a shining sun in the top right corner, several clouds across the top of the envelope, and raindrops falling down the left side of the envelope onto a single blooming flower, a few tufts of grass, and a small puddle.
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
scribblingglue.bsky.social
A keepsake game with an epistolary theme! 😍

If writing a postcard about your trip to an imaginary town sounds like your cup of tea, take a look at this very cool creative collaboration.

#keepsakegame
#epistolary
#postcard
#writemoreletters
#sendmoremail
florencesn.bsky.social Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social · Oct 24
I ran a session on PCG for keepsake games at Dagstuhl earlier this year, and as part of that @junevamp.bsky.social, @dipikarajesh.bsky.social, @mtrc.bsky.social and I made our own keepsake game, A Sending!

You can download it for free on itch: florencesmithnicholls.itch.io/a-sending
A Sending by Florence Smith Nicholls
Send it to someone who needs a holiday
florencesmithnicholls.itch.io
October 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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racketmn.com
"Mail art was part of the nascent boom in zine culture," local mail artist Musicmaster says. "It predates punk."
Correspondence Artists Celebrate 'Decades of Mailing It In' at Squirrel Haus Arts - Racket
'Mail art is a utopian practice—it’s people participating, cooperating, and exchanging without worrying about money.'
racketmn.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
scribblingglue.bsky.social
A postcard from @micheleobrienart.bsky.social always brightens the mailbox!

#mailart
#postcard
#collageart
#snailmail
#sendmoremail
A colorful postcard collage created by Michele O'Brien. It features geometric shapes with different patterns in gently-saturated primary colors.
October 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
scribblingglue.bsky.social
Swimming? Jumping? Flying? One way or another, it’s on its way!

#outgoingmail
#writemoreletters
#sendmoremail
#USPSForever
#snailmail
#mailart
#envelopeart
#cutandpaste
#collageart
On a cream colored envelope, two gold and blue fish are collaged next to and above the recipient’s redacted address, which floats above a green, gold, and black wave-scape. Cut and pasted text reads “love has been poured into our hearts/hope and joy, we thank you.” A USPS stamp depicting magnified pink moss leaves is in the top right corner.
October 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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lindsaylusby.bsky.social
I’m super psyched for this new publication that is an online mag AND a literal vending machine that dispenses awesome zines made by real artists. If you’re in the Indianapolis area, you can visit one of the actual zine machines at Tomorrow Bookstore. (I really wish I lived closer 😭)
zinemachine.bsky.social Zine Machine @zinemachine.bsky.social · Sep 27
✨Zine artist reveal!✨ Lindsay Lusby is a poet, editor, writing coach, letterpress printer, and graphic designer who loves to experiment with all forms of art at the intersection of text and image. Don’t miss her zine, “A Brief History of Perfect Happiness,” in our Summer ‘25 Edit!
Lindsay Lusby ZINE MACHINE *art by real humans
September 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
scribblingglue.bsky.social
I'm here for this celebration! Would you like a postcard? Let me know by 9/27 and I'll send one your way.

#postcard
#sendmoremail

worldpostcardday.com
World Postcard Day (October 1st)
World Postcard Day (October 1st) - Celebrate the postcard day by sending a postcard to someone!
worldpostcardday.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
scribblingglue.bsky.social
This snippet of poetry seemed the perfect verse for a card carrying happy wishes to a newly-announced mother-to-be!

#writemoreletters
#sendmoremail
#outgoingmail
#mailart
#cutandpaste
#collageart
A black and white photo of a baby is adorned with a collaged party hat and surrounded by an asymmetrical paper frame. The embellishments feature of a variety of patterns in predominantly green, peach, and cream. A verse from the poem "Maternity" by Dorothy Kelley Aldis reads: "Why, when I was told the news, / I felt wings upon my shoes / And gallivanted down the street / Wanting to be indiscreet / And shout to all the world that I / Was about to multiply."
September 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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gingertotty.bsky.social
Letter to mah BOO, both sides… #ghostly #spooky #art #bsnm #pebbleart

This lil spook is off to post a letter to their Boo. Cos this love it SPIRIT-ual…
September 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
scribblingglue.bsky.social
Handwriting samples across the ages! Which eras can you decipher?
#handwriting
#cursive
#penmenship
publicdomainrev.bsky.social The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · Sep 9
Fifteenth-century handwriting as seen in The History of Ink (1860), a book including beautiful samples of penmanship from 1500 BC to 1834 AD: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-history-of-ink-including-its-etymology-chemistry-and-bibliography-1860
September 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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otsumamiboy.bsky.social
I don't want to start a thing so I'll just say that there will never be a good argument for privatizing USPS. That would be like privatizing libraries. The aim of services isn't to be run for profit, they are for serving the greater good, which USPS has been extremely successful at.
September 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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jembenson.bsky.social
This postbox, in Amsterdam’s Central station, can’t quite remember why it’s holding up a blank sign over its head. Maybe it was protesting (‘what do we want? More letters!’) Or perhaps it was part of the station’s signalling. It was a long time ago. It sighs wearily, & feels old.
#PostboxSaturday 🇳🇱
An stocky red postbox on a large base and with a large, blank sign sticking up from its top, set against a brick wall on the platform of Amsterdam’s Central station. The word ‘Brievenbus’ (‘postbox’) is written in white capital letters at the top.
August 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
scribblingglue.bsky.social
Who better to convey the message "Congratulations on your graduation!" than an impressed dinosaur?

#outgoingmail
#writemoreletters
#sendmoremail
#cutandpaste
#collageart
In this collage, a speech bubble that says "wow" floats above a small raptor that stands against a background of multi-colored strips of paper featuring a variety of patterns. The general vibe is bright and cheerful.
August 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
scribblingglue.bsky.social
Walking the walk – mailbox, here I come!

#writemoreletters
#sendmoremail
#outgoingmail
#USPSForever
#snailmail
#mailart
#envelopeart
A white rectangular #10 envelope on a wooden surface. The envelope features a USPS Forever Strega Nona stamp in the top right corner. A collaged pair of feet clad in white high-heeled boots walks on a drawing of a cobble stone path located above the address area. The address is redacted, save for the first letter of the addressee's name: J.
August 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
scribblingglue.bsky.social
Thanks to @tammy999.bsky.social for hosting the Index Card a Day art exploration! It was a joy to participate.
#icad2025
#dyicad2025
#cutandpaste
#watercolor
#collageart
#indexcardart
#tinyart
A selection of 18 pieces of index card art. Many are collages, several are watercolors, and a couple are marker sketches depicting a wide variety of subjects. Most were inspired by prompts from the #icad2025 #dyicad2025 Index Card a Day art challenge.
August 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM
scribblingglue.bsky.social
Cozy, delicious, and connected. What's not to love?

Index Card a Day • Prompt #61 love
#cutandpaste
#collageart
#icad2025
#dyicad2025
#indexcardart
#tinyart
A collage of predominantly pinks and reds, featuring a pink rotary phone and a bowl of raspberries on a background that includes white stars and circles on red, pink flowers on cream, a pattern of pink dots, and more. The text "you are lovely" is cozied up to five small gray circles featuring small red berries.
August 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
scribblingglue.bsky.social
Now Showing: The Golden Garden

Index Card a Day • Prompt #60 marquee
#cutandpaste
#collageart
#icad2025
#dyicad2025
#indexcardart
#tinyart
A scene of Black-eyed Susans against a purple watercolor background. The flowers are inside a bold green and black frame. The frame sits in the midst of a background of strips of paper that radiate out to the edges of the canvas. The strips of paper are in shades of purple, green, and yellow, some with botanical motifs.
July 31, 2025 at 1:39 AM
scribblingglue.bsky.social
Show up with style even when the world is catawampus.

Index Card a Day • Prompt #59 Upside Down
#cutandpaste
#collageart
#icad2025
#dyicad2025
#indexcardart
#tinyart
A luchador in green mask and pink and green tights and boots strikes a pose while bellowing "Arggh!" as represented by an enormous upside down bright pink speech bubble. In the top right corner of the canvas is a small pink house with a green roof. The house is upside down. In the top left a green alien head floats underneath a line of text that reads "This house is turned upside down."
July 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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letterappsoc.bsky.social
One of the most uplifting morning thoughts is suddenly remembering “Oo, I wonder what exciting post might arrive today?” Moral of the story: make mornings uplifting. Send a friend some post. (Bars of chocolate optional) ☺️📮🍫🌤️
July 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
scribblingglue.bsky.social
Encourage each other to grow.

Index Card a Day • promptless creation
#cutandpaste
#collageart
#icad2025
#dyicad2025
#indexcardart
#tinyart
Against a backdrop of yellows, greens, and blues depicting various nature motifs, a tree decorated with small floral patterns and a black-eyed Susan grow side-by-side standing tall at nearly the same height. They stretch from the bottom of the index card canvas to the top.
July 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM