![Special delivery](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2630/4106136914_e6378fc28c.jpg)
My amazing little package full of mailbox postcards from Carolee of PodPost begged a mail-art-licious thank-you response, so I had fun putting this puppy together, with all the meta-postal goodness I could muster. Only the Shakespeare stamp doesn't really fit the theme, but he's the bard and I love him, so he gets to join the party.
![Sparkly mail art](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2713/4105369171_6e026dc338.jpg)
The envelope is vintage 1971, from my grandfather's days in the post office, commemorating the official change of name from "post office" to "U.S. Postal Service," complete with new logo. I love that this envelope shows both the old and the new logos.
I am feeling rather clever for putting my return address in the wavy lines of the "please hand cancel" rubber stamp image.
![Post office logos](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2531/4105369353_79ceb3cd51.jpg)
As is typical, I don't think the glimmer mist spray glitter is really showing up very well in this photo, but I tried to showcase it here.
![Via air mail, with wings](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2545/4106137100_f9a0034283.jpg)
On the back is a vintage air mail label (I found it on eBay, for anyone who's wondering), whose glue tastes so awful I have to prepare myself to lick it. But that's part of the fun, saying pTOOey and swishing around a tasty beverage as I affix the label... which is cool enough to merit the distaste, in my book.
I feel rather some pressure to make something quite amazing, these times I have sent mail/mail art to the fine authors of the fabulous Good Mail Day book, but it's a fun challenge.