Coco's Birthday Gift Away

Greetings My Dear Friends!
As promised...I have a Birthday Gift Away in honor of
Mademoiselle Coco's First Birthday!

Beginning TODAY
All you have to do is to mention this special Birthday Gift Away on your blog

and leave a comment for me on this post.

If you are not a blogger you still may enter by leaving me a comment.

And what is the gift away???
The lucky winner will win one of my hand painted silk scarves.
I am thinking that we all could use a touch of spring about now so...
Here is my silk scarf adorned with pink tulips.

Remember the winner will be randomly chosen from my comments!

I will announce the winner

on Sunday night ( March 6th)

Good luck all and Mlle Coco sends kisses to you all!

All for now
I am off to teach now, but I shall return soon!

Hugs,

Mary

Mid Winter Vacation = Gone Painting. :0)

We have a winner!!!

Hello my friends!
Yes indeed we have a winner!!
Well...Actually we hve 3 winners!
Sadly OWOH has come to a close but with it comes the time to announce
the doorprize winners for my blog!
*Drum role please!
Congratulations to by new blogger friends
Vicki from Cherry Chic
Spencer from Bellamere Cottage
Jo from My Paper Playhouse

I want to give Lisa a standing ovation for all the work she has done to organize
2011 One World One Heart!!!!!! What a lovely event and such joy to make
new blogging friends all over the world!

All for now!
Hugs to all who came by and left me such sweet
comments and complements during this event!!!!!
Come back again SOON!
:o)MARY

OWOH Additional Prizes!

Hello & Happy Wednesday All!

I am so happy to have gotten over 100 comments

from the 2011 OWOH Blogging Event!

So very happy, happy that I thought I could add 2 more prints

in my Blog Giveaway.
Now there will be "Tea Time" prints given away
to three of my new blogging friends!!

Just one more day of this fantastic event!

But wait... There's more!
I am also excited that Miss Coco is having her FIRST BIRTHDAY!!
So be sure to stop by again during the week of 2/28
and see how you can win a "giftaway"or two
in her honor!

Thanks for stopping by and please come visit again!
Cheers!
Mary

Happy Valentines Day!

I hope you all enjoy a very lovely Valentines Day!
"Hugs,"
Mary

Fabulous Friday My Friends!

Friday Greetings My Friends!
What ?
Not a snow day ?
Not even a delay ?
None since last Tuesday?
Oh Yeeeahhhh!
The sun is out and its the end of the work week...Im a happy girl!

Well, here is my latest little watercolor.
Hope you like it.
Thought I would peek in on London today :O)


Yes :O) I am really being inspired by Valentines Day!
It looks like a good weekend ahead for us.
What ever you do-Have a super fun weekend ALL!
Hugs
Mary

OWOH

Having the time of my life meeting new friends and seeing awesome blogs!!!!!!!!

Lisa at A Whimsical Bohemian...You are amazing!!!

Hugs to my new blogger friends!

Mary

One World One Heart 2011

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Hello and welcome to my blog!

My is name Mary and I am a watercolor artist and high school art teacher in New England.

I love painting, drawing, photography, and all kinds of crafts. I first began blogging over 4 years ago. That blog Estesart@liveljournal.com

led to my latest... Limelightartworks blog.

Currently I am participating in

One World One Heart

Please come on in and check out my blog!

I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it!

*If you leave a comment on this post

I will add your name for my door prize drawing!

The drawing will be held on February 17th.

It is a 5"X7" giclee of my original watercolor-"Tea Time"

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Come on over again real soon!

Winter storm continues ....

Tuesday 2/8/11

Just another day in Paradise!
I must say the freshly fallen snow was really pretty this morning!

Yes... Of course I'm always happier when I can have unexpected
extra time in the morning to get to work!
We had another 2 hour delay. The back roads were no fun but
with the delay by the time I got out the main road's were pretty good!

Since I had a little extra time today I did some
drawing and painting.
Here is my little couple straight from Holland!

*Please Note-I do not intend to offend anyone if they think
my little folk here are stereotype or offensive in any way!


It would seem I should be able to get a clearer photo of my valentine.
And I could if I had gotten my camera ~sigh~

But, instead I used the camera- Photo Booth on my Mac here at work.
I will replace it with a better quality photo tomorrow.

You know its funny but ever since I was a child I have been taken with little
vintage Dutch figurines.
Way back years ago when I taught first grade
I had so much with the month of March!
I went all out with the tulips, fresh bulbs in
Delftware, windmills and cute little people in the vintage costumes.

Not to mention that I have always favored Flemish art!
I adore Johannes Vermeer
and Judith Leyster.

Anyways... I have been collecting vintage valentines for a while now.
And I have a lot of fun painting and creating a vintage look
with my own twist on the little characters.

Well, it has snowed all day so I am off to clean off my car and do some errands after work.
Take care all &
Thanks for stopping by my blog!
:O)Mary





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Monday February 7th
Hello Friends! I am not sure how to keep the OWOH Post at the top so I am improvising. (please... bear with me)

Well, I Finally got a few shots of what my Graphic Design Class has been doing lately.
They were creating letters.
In short-They had to create one in watercolors,
one with scratch board and
one with colored pencils.
Here they are... Ta Dah

Sorry...some of them came out fairly dark
but, you get the idea.
That's it for now.
Have a Marvelous Monday!
;O)Mary

Well hello again from the frozen north!

Yes.... the nasty weather continues

This is the view from my kitchen

On today's menu we have

snow, ice, sleet, hail and fog...

Let me see is there anything I'm forgetting?

Oh, did I mention no school! That makes 7 days I do believe!

Little Coco braves the icy wind...Poor baby!

This is a shot of the ice that is growing on our lines
Kind of arty isn't it?

This morning as I was having my breakfast

This lovely wood pecker came to visit

Beautiful of what???

It looks like he was wearing a little knitted cap!

Another day of no school.

So, I decided to do a little decorating

for Valentines Day!

Here is a peek into my home.

Oh, here is a little watercolor Valentine I made. I was going for a "retro" look.

One of my hobbies is collecting vintage valentines

I have more ideas that I will work on later. But, they will have to wait since I do

imagine there will be school tomorrow!

Thanks for dropping by!

:O)Mary

February's Furry!

Hi my friends!

Yes ...the first day of February 2011 has been a memorable one.

We are getting punched by a two part storm!

I don't have the official word on how much we have received since it began earlier this morning

but...

I'd say about another 12 inches here!

This snow appears to be fairly light and fluffy but,

tomorrow's storm is predicted to drop LOTS of heavy wet stuff on us!

I think we will be ok provided it does not turn over to sleet and freezing rain! YUCK!

Personally I have been making the best of the whole situation by getting lots of planning and cleaning and cooking done. Oh yes, even some art work!

I guess I also don't get too worked up over this cold wet stuff since I am looking ahead

to my trip to sunny Palm Beach!!!!! YIPEEE!!!

Of course I won't even allow myself to think about how the weather

could create problems at the airport!

I have been entertaining myself with the idea of doing some shopping for the trip,

I am quite taken with some of the clothing at Rikshaw.

There are some neat tops that remind me of the 70s!

Here is one of the classic Woman's Kurtas

I just adore the combination of the lavender paisley and the lime green yoke!

Then I came across a sweet white and blue long sleeve tee!!!

SUMORI CHISATO POUR PETIT BATEAU /
GIRL'S MARINIÈRE

I love nautical looks

Well, my friends

Thanks for stopping by!

Keep warm and safe and may you escape the dreaded ice that

is predicted for the morning commute!

Love to you all!!!!!

Mary :O)