Music Monday - Damien Rice

For anyone who actually listens to the music that plays at the bottom of my page, I changed my playlist the other day to include 3 of my favorite Damien Rice songs : Cannonball, The Blower's Daughter, and Volcano.  I heard The Blower's Daughter years and years ago...on a Dawson's Creek episode and loved it. I own the song and have it on a CD somewhere....but have no idea where that is  =(  This song is just hauntingly beautiful..."I can't take my eyes off of you...I can't take my mind off of you.."  The story behind this song is pretty interesting too...I can't remember where I read about it, but it would be too in depth for me to try to explain it here =)

At work, we have satellite radio stations, and I always listen to "The coffehouse" which has all these great acoustic versions of songs...and they play Damien Rice songs A LOT...so the other 2 songs I have featured are ones that I heard on that station and that definitely grew on me.  I am actually not a huge fan of the chorus in the song Cannonball...but i LOVE all the verses.  My favorite part is the line that says "There's still a little bit of your song in my ear, there's still a little bit of your words I long to hear..."  I can't say for sure why I like the Volcano song...there isn't a line or anything that jumps out to me, but I really think that the song just grew on me.

Anyways...i'll have these on here for awhile until I find other songs that I like even better =)  If you have artists or songs that you love, share them with me...I am ALWAYS on the lookout for new tunes to listen to =)

Blessings,
~holly~

In the end- LOVE WINS!!!

First, let me express my sincerest THANKS to everyone who took some time out of their day to check out the cards and cast a simple vote!!! 

Next, I would like to THANK my best friend Lauren, from Knowing Norrah for surprising me and deciding to also donate funds to love146 and for all of her faithful blog readers who participated!!!

I would also like to THANK anyone who posted or shared links via blogs or facebook to help SPREAD THE WORD.  My hope in doing this "contest" was not just to be able to donate money to love146 - but to really spread the word of this organization, and even more importantly, the issue of human trafficking and childhood sex slavery....there are so many out there who are oblivious to this growing darkness, and I wanted to make as many aware as possible.  I hope that the efforts were successful and that others will also now choose to do something to make a difference in anyway they know how!  So THANK YOU for anyone who chose to SPREAD THE WORD this week...it certainly has meant a lot to me =)

I decided to do a PICTURE POST to announce the winners and totals and such...so thanks to my wonderful daughters who "suffered" through a short photo shoot to help me out with this!

I will OF COURSE will write everything out here too!

Our grand prize winner is Laurie Horanburg. She will be receiving a photo shoot for up to 2 people that she may use for herself or give to someone else!

Kristie Kachel will be able to choose a love146 t-shirt of her choice!!

Nick Garland will be receiving a $10.00 iTunes gift card!!

** I will be in direct contact with these winners at some point today! **

AS FOR THE FINALS NUMBERS...

We reached a total of 174 votes!!!  66 of them included a mention from the "Knowing Norrah" blog. So between our donation and Lauren and Ken's we will be giving the love146 organization a total of $120!!!  I pray that this would be multiplied and used in mighty mighty ways!!!!

The winning 'card' was.....

NUMBER SEVEN

card NUMBER THREE came in a very close second!!

I ended up voting for number 14, the ice cream card, solely based on the fact that that was my favorite picture that I took...it was a very hard decision for me...right away I also LOVED the way number 7 turned out...but in the end, I went with the ice cream card =)

The 'loser' cards were NUMBER 8 and NUMBER 13 =(  Each receiving ZERO votes..haha...OH WELL!

Again, Anthony and I are extremely grateful for everyone who took part in this first time crazy contest!  We hope to do more things like this in the future!  We encourage you to continue to remember the love146 organization...and the hundreds of thousands just like it that are working day and night to put an end to human trafficking and slavery all around the world!  

In the end...LOVE is what will put an end to these horrible crimes...

Here's to hoping that in the end, LOVE is the WINNER =)

~holly~

Contest has Ended!!

Hey Everyone....the Spread the Word, Spread the Love contest has officially ended! Thanks SOOO much for everyone who participated and who Spread the Word!  Check back in tomorrow for a PHOTO POST revealing all the winners and final numbers!  Have a wonderful day and THANKS AGAIN!!!!

~Holly~

"Spread the Word, Spread the LOVE" - take 50 seconds to VOTE for your favorite, and we donate $.50 to love146!!

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HELP A CAUSE VERY DEAR TO MY HEART!!!  I sincerely hope you enjoy the cards, as I know had a wonderful time making them!!  Happy Valentines Day to everyone =)

**sorry about the small size of the images, I had to format them that way so that you could see the whole card, you can click on the small version to enlarge it, and you should probably do that so that you can read all of the quotes! **

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**Artist/Author credits**

two - lyrics by Mat Kearney from the song "In the Middle"

three - lyrics by Mat Kearney from the song "Here we Go"

four - lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson from the song "Corner of your Heart"

five - quote from Kevin Arnold of the Wonder Years.

six - quote by Janos Arnay

seven - quote by Peyton Sawyer from the show One Tree Hill.

eight - lyrics by Snow Patrol from the song "Chasing Cars"

nine - verse from 1 Corinthians 13:7 -the Bible

ten - lyrics from Boys like Girls from the song "Two is Better than One"
eleven - lyrics by Mat Kearney from the song "New York to California"
twelve - lyrics by Mat Kearney from the song "In the Middle"
thirteen - lyrics by Jewel from the song "Fragile Heart"
fourteen - lyrics by Sarah Maclachlan from the song "Ice Cream"
fifteen - based on the verse Psalms 17:8 from the Bible

**all photos taken by Holly L. Reynolds are are property of PFMF Photography blog.**


REMEMBER - you may vote ONCE for your favorite card. You can post a comment on here, or on my facebook album/link.  If you leave an ANONYMOUS comment on my blog, please make sure to obviously include your NAME & email with your vote, so I know who you are!  Also, if you use facebook you MUST leave a comment, do not use the LIKE THIS option... thank you!!!


THANKS AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE and SPreAd tHe lOvE ....


~holly~