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pianoheart

pianoheart
Date Joined: November 5, 2007
Last Online: October 29, 2024

Country: United States
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About Me

I am on swap-bot to make friends and have fun. If you would like to correspond with a friend from Hawai'i, please start by watching these two short videos and tell me what you think of them:

Simple Acts of Kindness

I love piano, ukulele, and stringed musical instruments from different cultures., I am interested in making/restoring ukulele. I make lei and jewelry using seeds from Hawaiian plants.

I welcome pen pals from the Hawaiian Islands who want to share friendship. I currently have tons of mainstream writing stationery, so no need to send more to me, unless you have written a pen pal letter to me on it. Email pen pals from anywhere on Earth are also nice. I am more interested in forming friendships than accumulating stuff. I would like to find some like-minded people.

I love to cook. I experiment with adapting recipes for use with local Hawaiian ingredients. I grow many kinds of tropical fruit and like to use them in recipes. I cook mostly vegetables, fruit and whole grains. I don't cook with dairy, eggs or meat. I have too many vegetarian cookbooks, so no need to send more to me.

I follow an Earth-centered path. Everything I do centers around caring for her - reduce, reuse, recycle, planting trees, beach cleanups, water conservation, sustainable agriculture, plant-based diet, reducing fossil fuel consumption, any efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and climate change, replacing plastic with Earth-friendly alternatives. Tools for my path include musical instruments, gardening tools, work gloves, fossils, unusual shells, handmade wooden things, quartz crystal ball (to connect with ancestors).

It is difficult to remove plastic from an island. watch this to learn more
To learn more about how a plant-based diet can help Earth, I invite you to watch this YouTube film

Some favorites:

  • Ocean - I love exploring the beach.
  • Earth - I love being outside, hiking to waterfalls and great views, planting native trees.
  • exercise: walking, hiking, mountain biking
  • big tree forests
  • pen pals
  • musical instruments
  • natural fiber cloth hair scrunchies

    A agriculture

    B beach, bicycles with fat tires

    C carnivorous plants, chew toys for a medium-size dog, cooking

    D dog treats

    E Earth, essential oil soap bars, exfoliator, electric vehicles

    F forests, fruit trees, face scrub, forever stamps, friends, fossils

    G guitar

    H herb seeds

    I Ice sculptures

    J jars filled with shells from the beach

    K knots in wood

    L long-sleeved cotton t-shirts without words

    M music, musical instruments, magnesium bath salts, mbira, meditation

    N ngoni, natural fiber scrunchies (cotton, linen, silk, bamboo, hemp)

    O Ocean, oatmeal soap, origami, oven mitts

    P piano, pen pals, painting, puka shells

    Q quartz crystal balls

    R rain

    S sundials, stretch tubes (for exercise), solar power, sumi-e, sterling silver jewelry clasps/rings/chains/findings/headpins

    T trees, travel, tea houses

    U ukulele, unused USA postage stamps

    V visitors, visual fireworks (colors, not loud sounds), violin

    W worry dolls, wishniks, white whippets, watercolor, water, waterfalls, wild rice

    X xylophone

    Y yellow

    Z zori, zafu and zabuton

    Things I Use:

  • art supplies: No big craft stores here, so I love to receive tools and materials, like wood glue, small drill bits, wood and stone carving tools, decorative wide packing tape, white-out tape, small beads made of translucent glass/shell/nice metal, charms, small silver clasps, headpins, rings, and findings for jewelry-making.

  • thin, durable bookmarks - I use them in my cookbooks, so ones that can be wiped clean are great.
  • natural, plant-based essential oil soap
  • I collect antique, old, and unusual switch plate covers and electrical wall plug covers (not plastic ones). If you would like to send one, please tell me about the type it is to see if I have a wall outlet that it will fit on.
  • For flat swaps, I like: unused USA postage stamps, herb seeds (sealed and store-bought due to USDA requirements)
  • I like drawing, watercolor painting. I don't have much luck with opened pens, markers and brush markers as they seem to leak or be dried out when I receive them.
  • Things for the puppy: dog treats, squeaky plastic (not stuffed) chew toys
  • Things for the plants and farm: sharp hand-pruners , outdoor digital thermometer, solar powered anything, thick work gloves
  • Sealed, unused packages of natural skin care samples/products, like exfoliator, face scrubs, face wash, moisturizer, essential oil perfume, magnesium bath salts, essential oil soap bars
  • I collect old picture frames, mostly wood, but sometimes metal, to frame my artwork and photos of ancestors.

    Things I Don't Need So Much:

    • Please no food or drink (this includes tea bags). I don't drink coffee. If a swap I am in has a food component, please send a treat for my dog.
    • I do not collect used postage stamps, book pages, ephemera, coloring book pages, or stamped images.
    • Not a fan of commercialized plastic holiday decorations - we do not decorate our home with store-bought Santa Claus, Easter bunny, turkeys,, and such. We are more likely to carve a pumpkin for Halloween, make gourd crafts or corn husk dolls for Thanksgiving, candles and wreaths made from the evergreen trees that grow here, wooden or plant fiber ornaments, kadomatsu for the New Year.

Favorite Music

I listen to instrumental music and folk music from different countries.

❤ Things I Love to Receive ❤

  • meaningful friendship exchange with age 50+ women who like to travel

    • unused USA forever stamps: domestic and global

    • Amazon electronic gift cards

    • large, beautiful, mailable, handmade envelopes

    • PDT and return address labels printed with my swap name (pianoheart) and a graphic related to my profile

    • something from my wishlist, favorites, or profile

Ratings

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Comment: Aloha! Thank you so much for my wrapped gifts. Setting them aside to be opened on Christmas evening. I love the cute card.
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Comment: Thank you so much for my special Christmas package! I am so excited to play the CD you sent :) My daughter (27yrs) plays the piano and is going to come over on Monday to listen with me!! :) I have never seen the seed paper before. What a great idea!
patricia8288 rated for Senders Choice X3 #6 USA on Aug 26, 2024
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Comment: Awesome swap, you are always a great partner, thank you so much for matching my profile, the vintage card ❤️❤️❤️, love everything, thank you very much, happy swapping
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Comment: Thanks
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Comment: Thanks so much! Love the CD and the radish seeds and everything else 💕 have a lovely day!!
jami3 rated for WIYM: Just swap something #4 on Aug 25, 2024
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Comment: Thank you for the old book pages and for letting me know where they were from. The note you wrote on is cute! (Little piggies, Japanese characters)
inventacharm rated for Goddies Swap on Aug 20, 2024
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Comment: Wow, never received a movie in a swap before, thank you! (And I love this movie!)Thank you for all the other lovely items as well.
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Comment: Thank you for this envie full of special happy mail. It was so nice of you to share this booklet of your grandmother's with me. I will get to listen to the CD when I go out in the car later this week...I'm looking forward to that. Love the notecards too.
MisplacedfromPA rated for TF July '24 Stocking Stuffer on Aug 14, 2024
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Comment: Thank you. It finally arrived yesterday. Looking forward to opening it. Waving hello from Pennsylvania.
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Comment: Thank you for the lovely happy mail, I love what you chose to send me!
Mystyne rated for TF August '24 Stocking Stuffer on Aug 13, 2024
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Comment: Thank you for the gift. It's been added to my Christmas stocking stuffer stash.
paflip25 rated for 1 Stamp - Send Anything #1 on Aug 12, 2024
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Comment: Thank you so much for the profile based swap. I love everything but my favorite thing of all is the Japanese book pages!
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Comment: Hello dear Malia! Thank you so much for the wonderful bunch of goodies you sent. I love the bird pc's so much--I'm a bird NUT. I'm definitely a crazy cat lady, but also a crazy bird lady! Love those flower stickers and the fun pocket planner with Smokey the Bear! My hubby was a park ranger, so I love Smokey Bear. Really unique and fun items.
Egga22 rated for 1 Stamp - Send Anything #1 on Aug 12, 2024
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Comment: Thx u for the awesome goodies! Cant wait to use them!
Milla84 rated for Coven of Swappers #1 Goddess on Aug 12, 2024
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Comment: Oh my goddess! Your handmade bookmark will be my treasure for ever. I love it, thank you so much! Hugs from Finland!
theirmimi rated for Senders Choice X3 #4 USA on Aug 7, 2024
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Comment: Thanks for the nice package!
MonkeyMom23 rated for Elemental Altar Swap-Earth on Jul 29, 2024
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Comment: Thank you so much for this beautiful poppet/doll! It will surely find a home on my altar!
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Comment: I am sure it deserves a heart. You always send the nicest items. Thank you. Enjoy the gift of giving (and receiving) all year long.
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Comment: Thank You so much for such an Awesome swap The Notecards are Wonderful. Many of them I've never seen before. Special thanks for the Postcard and CD. Would love to do a Private swap. Will send you a DM.
ariestess rated for WC ~ June Stocking Stuffer 2024 on Jul 20, 2024
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Comment: Thank you! Can't wait to open this in December!

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Comments

MelissaLB on Sep 3, 2024:

Thank you so much for the amazing Hawai’i postcards! (for the “Swap Tag!”) I love them.

ladyaries7 on Aug 24, 2024:

Thank you for the surprise tag (public forums). :)

wolfeagle on Aug 9, 2024:

Thank you so much for the drum CD. I'm looking forward to listening to it. That is funny. I just love both California and Hawaii, and San Francisco is one of my favorite cities. Wishing you many more years of happiness and joy.

LauraM540 on Jul 27, 2024:

Thank you for the fun folder stuffed with tons of great goodies for the swap tag us!

TakenByChance on Jul 7, 2024:

Aloha Malia!
I’ve received your envelope for the forum “Swap Tag!” With all the used stamps!!! It was so fun to sort through these!!! So many new to me, and even some with neat cancels on the papers!!…I absolutely love the ones with the snow globe cancels 🥰
Mahalo 💕
-Nitisha

LauraM540 on Nov 15, 2023:

Thanks so much for the Pick 2 tag....I loved the envelope of goodies!

thehappycow on Nov 9, 2023:

AATW October - thankyou so much for the wonderful package of pattern books!!!!!!

Courtney on Oct 31, 2023:

Thank you very much for the profile surprise! It was very thoughtful of you to send me an aatw package for October.

Sequoia183 on Oct 29, 2023:

Thank you so much for the amazing orange and black package I love it all

bostianh on Oct 23, 2023:

Thank you for the many happy mail goodies you sent for AATW October. I'm excited to watch Gifted Hands, I have never seen it before. Have a beautiful day and thank you for your kindness.💗

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