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Vintage Barbie

By ilyani | Published 23 May, 2009

I am no Barbie fan and never owned one when I was little (I can’t remember if I ever played with a doll anyway..) but these Barbie vintage cards are sure brilliant! :D And these are self explanatory, too.

From Nowaglas the famous Captain :)

From RachelR. Who has left Postcrossing, I think. At least I sent underwear to her once :)

From Eleanorrigby the Underwear Queen. Who has also left the forum. Where on earth has she disappeared to these years and gave me hard time organizing this new underwear swap??

And what the hell do I mention underwear in this post for??

Well, Round #2 is closed now and you’ll regret for not joining, I tell you.

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Feliz Aniversario!

By ilyani | Published 20 May, 2009

It’s one month before I turn 26 and I don’t quite feel like it… argh. Can someone stop the time pleaseee?? But looking at the brighter side, here’s another birthday wish I got a couple of years back.. from Brazil :) Yes the only thing I love about birthdays is people’s thoughtfulness, especially when you get many birthday cards from Postcrossers filling your mailbox so you can at least forget for a while the nightmare of getting older! ;)

Sent by Dine, June 2007

Sent by Dine, June 2007

From lovely Dine! It came as a Random Act of Smileness surprise and it did give a HUGE smile on my face!! Thanks Dine!! XD I love it when pretty dinasours are celebrating with me!

Sent by Dine

Sent by Dine

I guess I’ll just feature another card from Dine now that this one looks rather related. This cute comic illustration is entitled “Chico Violeiro” and showing two famous Brazilian cartoon characters: Chico Bento (Chuck Billy) and Rosinha (Rosy Lee). It was actually made as a parody to the painting “O Violeire” by Almeida Junior in 1899. Here’s a picutre of the original painting I found on internet:

ovioleire

Ain’t this lovely? :D:D Almeida Junior was the most important Brazilian realist painter from the 19th century and a major inspiration for the modern painters. His artworks mostly pictured rural figures, specially farmers and the countrymen that is a kind of a symbol of the rural areas in São Paulo.

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