Monday, January 31, 2011

One World, One Heart 2011

I am excited to again take part in the wonderful One World, One heart blog event. I think it is an incredible way to make new friends and also give away a little goodness and the same time.

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For any new visitors to my blog, thank you for taking time to stop by. I wanted to tell you a little bit about me. I am a professional piano teacher and church organist. I love sharing my knowledge of music with others, and incorporating their developing skills as a method to help them express themselves. I have a degree in piano and harpsichord performance and also an advanced degree in music theory and literature. So I have a strong background to share with my students. I also play the harp and still have much to learn with that instrument.

I've lived in Michigan my entire life but I spent my college years in the northern part of the state compared to my southeastern home. I share my home with my hubby of a little over 14 years and our two dogs. I am new to eating a whole food diet and love the richer tastes that I get to enjoy by using fresh, clean food. I just signed up to participate in a CSA for the first time this year and can't wait for the growing season to get underway so I can receive my portion of the harvested crops.

I love playing with art. I find it soothing to spend time surrounded with paint, clay, beads, and many other mediums. I’ve taken a few community ed. classes in polymer clay, but mostly I am self taught in my art making. I love taking on the challenge of working in new mediums and seeing how my skills develop.

For this year’s giveaway, I have a beautiful box. I made this a few years ago and love it, I painted, collaged, included copies of some of my artwork and glittered the heck out of the box. Its not huge, maybe about 3.5” round. The perfect size to store precious trinkets inside.

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To enter please you need to have a current blog, and leave me a comment on this post. I'll be selecting a winner on Feb. 17th. Please make sure your comment allows a link to your blog so I can follow up if your name is drawn. Make sure you check out all the amazing participants in the One World, One Heart event. There is an amazing amount of talent represented in the event.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you’ll visit again soon.

68 comments:

  1. Thank you for visiting my blog. You have craeted a wonderful prize.

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  2. Hi! Thanks for visiting my blog! It's great to meet you! Please enter me to win your trinket box! Sending some smiles...:o)

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  3. Thank you for being apart of the OWOH journey!

    arya_wiese@yahoo.com

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  4. Very nice prize please count me in.
    Come see me at www.shelinwa.blogspot.com

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  5. Your altered boxes are always so lovely.
    Hugs,
    Sophie

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  6. Hi, what a precious little box!! I think it would look great in my studio.
    I enjoyed your blog and thanks for visiting mine.

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  7. Hi Artbrat! Nice to meet you. Love your trinket box. Thanks for visiting my blog! Hugs~ #500

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  8. Yea! So glad to be here. You have an awesome blog! Come check mine out sometime. Thanks for entering me!
    Cherry

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  9. Greetings from Kansas. Love the pink hair....Come visit me here:http://theheartofwords.blogspot.com/2011/02/owoh-2011-giveaway.html
    tess1960(at)cox(dot)net

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  10. I'm having so much fun on the OWOH! I love your blog and I'm so happy to meet you! Hope you have a most wonderful and happy day! Hugs!

    Thespa
    Vintiquities Workshop

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  11. Hallo, nice to meet you
    Thank you for giving us the chance to win your great doorprice.
    This is really beautiful.
    Please count me in.
    Come visit me on my blog,I join the OWOH- event too.
    Regards from Germany and happy OWOH
    Janine

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  12. Thank you for taking the time to offer this lovely gift and thank you for the opportunity to win!

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  13. Hello! I am supposed to be studying. Instead, your blog provided me with a great source of procrastination. Your blog and your work is incredible...and your prize is lovely! Thank you for the chance to cherish your little art treasure from afar and for the chance to dream of cherishing it up close! Blessings, Marissa a.k.a MarissArt Dollmaker; http://marissartdolls.blogspot.com

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  14. Thank you for leaving such a sweet thought concerning my family. I am better today but I wanted you to know I appreciate your prayers,


    sharon

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  15. HI Brandy,
    You art box is awesome! I'll bet your harp music is also, you should play it in the background! ( Grins)

    Thanks for my blog visit and I am number 627 on OWOH list!

    You DO have a Beautiful blog!
    Smiles, Cyndi

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  16. Hi Brandy,

    Greetings from a fellow blogger / crafter in the UK. Love your work! I agree that creating can be so relaxing and a wonderful journey too.

    Gorgeous give-away... love the bright colours... very happy!

    Thank you for visiting me and it's nice to meet you.

    Caroline

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  17. Hi Brandy, Love your Empathy Monsters, Your trinkey box is adorable, please enter me, and thanks for stopping by.

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  18. Thanks for stopping by my blog via the OWOH event. It is always wonderful to meet new people and see where their interests are. Love your trinket box and I can see why it is such a treasure.

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  19. Hi,
    What a lovely prize.
    I must confess that I love the idea of the gratitude box.

    A big hug from Spain.

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  20. It's so much fun to visit all different blogs and get to 'know' people from all over the world! So glad you played along with OWOH too and that you visited my blog! Thanks! I love your precious little box - all my brads and pins would find a nice home in this, so count me in for your doorprize please! Love from the Netherlands, Marit (OWOH#501)

    marit at maritspaperworld dot com

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  21. Your blog captured me with it's awesome banner. As soon as I saw it I decided I needed to see more.
    Thank you for visiting and entering my giveaway. Your prize is so cute.

    Cheers,
    Kyles =D

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  22. Hi Brandy!, nice to meet you, and thanks for stopping by too :)

    You seem like a very interesting person, are you the girl with pink hair? If yes, you look awesome!!!

    I like your giveaway, so enter me :D
    #555
    http://ruthsimplelife.blogspot.com/

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  23. Visiting from One World One Heart 2011! Thank you for dropping by.

    Joining your giveaway too! mommyrubz(at)gmail(dot)com

    Ruby of Friendship and Smiles
    Bacolod City, Philippines

    # 672 One World One Heart 2011 List

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  24. so lovely! my first time to join and i am glad to meet lots of lovely bloggers out here! i am glad i am able to participate! Count me in! ^^)

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  25. Greetings from Fresno, California :-)
    Please enter me in your drawing for your lovely give-away gift.
    ~Cheryl over @ Artsy Fartsy
    cheryl-comfort.blogspot.com

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  26. So very nice to meet you, I love visiting all these wonderful blogs and seeing what everyone is working on, there are so many talented people here..

    Please enter my name in your lovely drawing
    Bonnie in Florida
    ladycolmn(at)aol(dot)com

    Visit my blogs
    # 566 and # 567

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  27. Hi, Brandy. It was nice of you to stop by and visit me at Under the Florida Maples. What is a sea bean you ask. It is something that creates a Seabeaner of a person. It excites me to get out of bed early in the morning, especially after we have a storm pass by out in the ocean, and walk the shoreline. I stoop and graze through the wrack (sea weed) looking for far away, tropical beans that have fallen from trees and have drifted for hundreds/thousands of miles in the weed to land on the shores. Here is a link: http://www.seabean.com/ People make all kind of crafts from these seed pods. Snuff boxes made from sea-heart seabeans were once very popular. There are even hamburger and porcupine beans. It is a cool way to spend time on the beach. Next time you are at the shore, take a look in the weed and see what treasures you might find! Brianne

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  28. Hello from Thailand!! you're really a very creative person. I love that pretty box!

    Here's my OWOH post..please click here.. :)

    laetriciajaniel (@) gmail (d0t) com

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  29. Greetings from Michigan! I love your little collage box! This would be great in my scrapbook studio! Thanks for sharing your blog!! Stop by and see mine at:

    http://designforty-8.blogspot.com

    Thanks Teri
    abella4@att.net

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  30. Love the trinket box, your blog header is beautiful. I checked out your empathy monster too, lovem! Happy OWOH, nice to meet you :)

    http://MistyMoonCreations.blogspot.com

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  31. How sweet! I love this little box! ♥ Thank you! Visit me soon! I'm # 389 ! ♥
    http://lavenderdreamstoo.blogspot.com/

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  32. Hello. It is so very nice to meet you. You certainly have a wonderful place here :) Your little box is absolutely beautiful.

    Please stop on by my blog for a visit... I would love to see you there. I am #78 on the list.
    *hugs*,
    Jenn

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  33. I love your box...It is just gorgeous! Please visit me at Irish Muses #678.
    Micki

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  34. Hi Brandy, so lovely to meet you! Please add my name for your giveaway, I would so love to win your delightful little box:-)

    Make sure you come by and enter my own giveaway if you haven’t done so already!!

    Hugs, PEA from Canada xox

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  35. Hi Brandy, it's great to meet you! Happy OWOH. Your art makes me smile. And I really do love glitter. :) Glitter makes everything wonderful! I hope you'll come over and visit with me:
    http://www.faeriemooncreations.blogspot.com/2011/01/one-world-one-heart-final-flight.html
    Sincerely, Theresa

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  36. Hi Brandy! I'm Wanda in Ohio. It's been awesome running around your blog. Love the empathy monsters and the mermaid boxes. They are too much fun! Love your trinket box too. Oh yes and I love your pink hair! Stop by for a visit #220
    http://needlewings.blogspot.com
    needlewings (at ) mac (dot) com

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  37. Thank you for stopping by my blog

    I love classical piano but sadly can;t even play chopsticks and the harp I bet that is hard to play.

    Kind regards
    Jinny

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  38. Really cute box!! Thank you so much for the chance to win =D


    Come to enter my giveaway if you haven't already

    http://rey-gato.blogspot.com/

    Hugs!!!

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  39. Very cute. So nice to see you and your blog on my journey around OWOH 2011. Enjoy the rest of OWOH. Kim (No. 724)

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  40. I've wanted to play piano or harp like harpo marx since I was a little girl. I teach music too, for 18 yrs now, and it is so rewarding. Thank you for the gift!
    cathyguitarteacher-77 at yahoo.com
    http://www.cathyhorner.blogspot.com

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  41. Hiya! Love your little box! I have also done the thing with toilet roll tubes - great fun! I love your empathy monster, still haven't got around to making mine! I really enjoyed the course although I still have a little to do to my journal (and the EM of course!) Thanks for dropping by my blog, Cindy #487

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  42. ooh, this is really nice. I used to make one like this. Please enter me.

    melandriaromero(at)gmail(dot)com

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  43. ooh, this is really nice. I used to make one like this. Please enter me.

    melandriaromero(at)gmail(dot)com

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  45. Nice Giveaway~Hello from Ontario Canada. Please count me in for your giveaway.
    canadianmadeskyy @hotmail.ca

    Please visit my OHOW giveaway:
    http://creativeskyyphotographydesign.blogspot.com/2011/02/one-world-one-heart-2011-giveaway.html

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  46. Thanks for inviting me over. The painted box is cute!
    marianna
    www.vintagearabesque.blogspot.com

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  47. Hello from Oregon! Thanks for letting me peek around in your blog and enter your giveaway. Your little box is very cute. Thanks for the chance to win it.
    Please feel free to come over to my blog and enter the giveaway there.
    :) Gale OWOH #473
    http://galevarland.blogspot.com
    gizmo01@charter.net

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  48. Hello!! Nice meeting you :) Oh your little box is adorable. Cute, cute! Take care, Michelle of HippieDog #15

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  49. You have a very warm and inviting blog. I really enjoyed the visit and your lovely gift. Please enter me in your giveaway and visit me, if you haven't already. I'm number 11 and my information is on my profile page.

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  50. Hi Brandi :)

    I think your box is lovely. :) Such bright colors. It reminds me of sunshine.
    Thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting. I hope you come back and visit soon.

    Moonbeams & Blessings
    Jesi
    onceuponamoon (at) gmail.com
    OWOH #692

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  51. Hi Brandy - it is a delight to "meet" you via OWOH! Do stop by my blog if you get a chance - I'm giving some fun goodies away too!

    xoxo, chris
    www.intuitivesparks.blogspot.com
    OWOH #704

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  52. What a great give away.
    Hugs from Norway

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  53. Greetings from Louisville, KY - USA
    Nice to meet you and visit your blog.
    Winning your give away would be awesome!
    Thanks for including me in your drawing..Come visit me, I am playing too.

    jacque4u2c.blogspot.com
    jacque4u2c@gmail.com

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  54. Such a sweet box for treasures!
    Nice to meet a neighbor here - I live up on the northern MI/ON border.
    Thank you for participating in OWOH 2011. I hope you get a chance to pop by my blog, #51, on your journey.
    hugs from ON, Canada
    Heidi
    heidig@gmail.com

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  55. Hello from Iowa,
    What a cute box, please enter me in your drawing.
    Come visit me, I'm #417.

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  56. Hey Brandy! (I've always loved that name, it reminds me of a old song I like which in turn reminds me of the ocean... I could go on and on!)

    I am loving poking around your art journey here! You are a talented lady, both musically and with your art.

    It's so great to meet you and to get to see all your beautiful creations. This OWOH has opened my eyes to so many new friends that I wouldn't have met otherwise. I look forward to reading more of your posts and learning more about you and your artwork as time goes by. I'm now following you too!

    Happy Creating!
    Jaime
    ARtsyFartsyMe
    Indiana, USA

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  57. Your little trinket box is a great giveaway. I would love a chance to win your lovely creation.

    http://leslie-mylifeandtimes.blogspot.com/

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  58. Lovely box!!!
    Greetings from Spain!!!
    cal_rubies at yahoo dot es

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  59. Hi Brandy, My name is Cindy, I'm a mixed media artist that lives on the coast of California. I'm also on the praise and worship team at church. I enjoyed looking around your blog. Come stop by Crimson Heart Studios. Cindy#845

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  60. Greetings from Ipswich, MA
    I'm glad to meet you. I'm #509

    I'm a jewelry artist, watercolor painter, and over all creative adventurer! And...I'd be honored to have you follow my blog!

    Great box! Please enter me into the OWOH drawing. Thanks!

    I hope you get to visit my blog, too. I'm giving away a shabby chic denim necklace. Come any time to chat.

    http://www.LamoreAllure.blogspot.com
    email: Lamore225@gmail.com

    Hugs¸.•´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*´¨)
    (¸.•´ (¸.•´Linda L

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  61. Hello from shelby twp, Michigan!! I love scrapbooking and alter art jewelry.

    Your blog is very interesting.
    I like your talents. Please include me in your doorprize giveaway.
    Thanks for sharing your blog. Come visit me at

    http://designforty-8.blogspot.com

    Thanks Teri-abella4@att.net

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  62. Hello from Florence Oregon USA. Nice to meet you. I have enjoyed your blog. Please count me in on your giveaway.
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  63. Hi Brandy, I would love to win your beautifully handcrafted art box project. How sweet! Please visit my blog, too. I am the author of "16 x MOM: A Mastery of Motherhood." I am giving away my book and a couple of laminated 4 leaf clovers.
    #844
    barbara@barbaracagle.com
    http://blog.barbaracagle.com

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  64. You site is very cool. I love the little toilet paper journals. How unique!
    jobi@watercoloryourworld.com
    http://watercoloryourworld.com

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  65. Thanks for the great giveaway. I hope I win. Best wishes...

    annabell_lee_dk (at) yahoo.com

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  66. From the Florida Gulf Coast
    I am entering for my daughter Melanie, she had wanted to participate in this year's event, but a fire changed her plans... I thought I would surprise her and do this for her..
    Visit the site I set up for her on my blog #579.. and enter her name in the contest, thank You

    USA

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  67. Pretty box! It's nice to meet you and thanks for coming over to #805 to say hi!

    kellydeal@comcast.net

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