This week’s theme was “The Year of The Rooster.” Happy New Year!
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It’s been one excellent snail mail week!
Good gravy, it has been a most excellent week of snail mail and surprises! Leslie continued Kathleen’s trend of stretching out my birthday surprise celebration and sent me one motherlode of fabulous goodies. See here:
Fun fun vintage apron pattern, rose salve, peony shower gel, and a fab handknit scarf with heart applique and 2 pairs of fun monkey socks! Thanks so much, Leslie! You are a fabulous gifter! You are sneaky in the greatest way possible. Big hugs!
I also received a gorgeous pin I’d ordered from the Liquid Sky Arts shop last night. I rewarded myself with something from her shop once I closed out my Walrus books for 2004:
Such pretty presentation in the loveliest papers! And my pic is not so good of the pin, but the sold pin’s already been taken down from the LSA shop page…It’s a LOVE pin and I fully intend on wearing it all weekend long.
Hope you have a great weekend, all! Happy Friday!!
Giao Williams 
Your Year of the Rooster is quite magnificent and gorgeous!
I love all of your goodies!
Happy new year to you too, great rooster! What a fun mail week you had!
Wonderful illustration! I love her shoes and the background! How long does it take you to do yours? There is so much detail in them.
What a beautiful beautiful rooster illo! And you LUCKY gal….look at all your goodies!!!!! That pretty scarf and monkey socks got my eyeballs up close to the monitor…..
Your is beautiful! I’m so impressed!
Your rooster illo is so beautiful and so many lovely presents…lucky girl you are!Mariekewww.wolenzo.nl
Wonderful illustration. I love the figure riding the rooster, and the detail is splendid as always.
Ack……….I’m green with envy! That apron pattern is a wonderful gift.Love the illio but the yellow and red background really grabbed my attention.
Ooo…I love your rooster!!
What a pretty illo…the border is quite provencial looking. Cute! Also, such pretty gifties you were so lucky to receive. The scarf is my fave. You picked a lovely pin from Liquid Sky…enjoy wearing it this weekend!
Fab rooster, Giao!
I love you illio!! I wish I were than handy with programs to do art! Unfortunately, my illustration fridays are raw art photographed with my mobile phone. hehehe Fun goodies!!! you have wonderful friends!!! xoxoxAmanda
Oh my goodness! That is so beautiful Giao! A fantastic idea and a simply stunning creation. I love it.
I’m in love with this illustration…it’s utterly fantastic! You need to get a cafe press shop going if you haven’t already…I would love to buy some gnome g cards! 🙂 I just bought some pretty chinese new year stamps from the post office (even though I already have 3 sheets of normal stamps)…I couldn’t resist! I’m so—- happy that the pin got to you safely…yay! I love this growing collection of monkey socks that’s happening over there… Leslie sent you some wonderful treats.Mail love is the best! I’m vicariously happy just looking at all of those colorful things. Have a fun weekend…talk to you soon!
Very cool! Love the art deco-ness of it!
ooh- Liquid Sky Arts has some beautiful stuff!!
hey luv…absolutely fabulously fantastical illo! i love the whimsy! what awesome gifts too…i have no idea how on earth your friend managed to find TWO pairs of monkey socks! that takes genuine gifting effort!
This is beautiful, Giao. I love the color and the symmetry of the design. And I love that you are riding the rooster.
Love the illo Giao and I really should spoil myself too at both your shops :o)
that’s a wonderful looking picture!!!
Happy New Years!!!
That illo is just so beautiful!!
Your snail mail looks so fun….am VERY glad you don’t mind late bday goodies….
I can’t wait until I am able to treat myself to a Kathleen pin! Between the new addition, going to Georgia…and the $650.00 we just put in to the Jeep….I’ll have to wait, but I know it will be worth it!!
That illo is just so beautiful!!
Your snail mail looks so fun….am VERY glad you don’t mind late bday goodies….
I can’t wait until I am able to treat myself to a Kathleen pin! Between the new addition, going to Georgia…and the $650.00 we just put in to the Jeep….I’ll have to wait, but I know it will be worth it!!
Giao, that illo is absolutely GORGEOUS! HELLO! 🙂 I like how you keep the stroke on your illustrator images — adds a whole new dimension! FAB JOB!And…so glad the gifts arrived safe and sound. And can you believe I found two monkey socks at…yep, Target?! Typical Target….they’re unstoppable, aren’t they?
I really like the girl on the rooster. She’s cute.
i’ve gotten a bunch of great stuff in the mail this week too! valentines gifts from my mama (pretty crochet needles and chocolate namely!), some hand dyed/hand-spun wool i ordered, and some knitting articles and patterns from my aunt =) yay!
Oh Giao, I love the rooster illo, it is great, the girl, I love her with her bloomers and crown!
I love your illo(I always love them!)! Such pretty gifts! It’s so great to get presents after your B-day.
I really love your illustration! The patterns and colors are so cheerful! I need to take a break soon and go shopping in your and liquid sky’s shops. I think i am missing out on on some beautiful things! rachel
The illo is fab as usual. I like the mix of yellow and red. So festive! And you’ve got good friends — they give such pretty gifts!
Happy Valentine’s Day to you!