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30 Apr, 2007

I love getting fun mail

Posted by andrea tomkins in: - Mail art| File under crafty| Oh! Things!| Photography

The lovely and talented SAJ sent me a Sludgie a.k.a an arty/fabric representation of her ex-gall bladder.

Hoo boy.

He’s only been here a short time and he’s already making himself RIGHT AT HOME. He’s an unbelievably bold little organ. Good thing you got rid of him SAJ! ;)

Check out the flickr set here.

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4 Responses to "I love getting fun mail"

1 | liss76

April 30th, 2007 at 6:00 pm

Heh. :)

2 | SAJ

May 1st, 2007 at 1:23 am

awwww… look at my little Sludgie, half way across the world or somewhere.

3 | Pendullum

May 1st, 2007 at 7:16 am

How great is that!!!
What a great piece of mail!

4 | BeachMama

May 1st, 2007 at 1:07 pm

Oooh, just got mine today, will blog about it tomorrow :). Gotta love SAJ and her Sludgie.

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