Pottery and Post-its.



Just some stuff Cody, Lauren, and I have done recently.



Left half painted by Cody.
Right half painted by Lauren.




Lauren's peacock.




Cody was inspired by the flames of our dad's motorcycle.
J is for John.




I did this.
Supposed to be the tree of life
with colorful leaves.
Looks Christmasy.




"All you need is love."




"Happiness is always here
but covered by
thoughts, desires, and fears."



Peacock Painting WINNER!

And the winner is...

Thank you to everyone who entered!
Be on the lookout for more giveaways. :)

Sport Perennial.

A new painting.

I quite adore trees.

Can you tell it's a tree?

I hope so.

Peacock Painting GIVEAWAY!

After a two and a half month neglect, I'm coming back with a bang. And a giveaway. 


This painting is on canvas, but it is not a mounted canvas. However, my idea in having a thin canvas is so you can dress up the way you display it. I envisioned that this piece would hang on the wall and around it would hang a somewhat larger frame so the painting is within the frame, but not touching it. It would be a decoratively carved frame, thick and bulky, and I would paint it a teal blue (and maybe give it a weathered/antique look) to give it a little edge. 


Now, that is just my idea... you can do with it what you wish.

P.S. It's a peacock.

If you would like to be in the drawing, you must 1. be a subscriber of this blog and 2. leave a comment below this post telling me how you are going to (or would like to) display this painting. I will draw the winner on July 7th (a week from tomorrow).

I do get page views from countries outside of the US, but I am sorry, the winning address must be inside the US. (I will get the address of the winner when the name is drawn.)

Thank you for subscribing and entering in the contest!

I Heart Shadow Letters Contest Winner!

Congratulations to the winner!

Thank you to everyone who entered!

I hope to do more contests in the future.

With love,

Cassie

CONTEST: I Heart Shadow Letters.

It's a Smartt Designs giveaway!

It's simple, but who could resist a free piece of art designed and hand painted by Cassie Smartt herself?! ;)


If you would like to be in the drawing (good old fashioned "draw a name out of a hat"), you must become a subscriber of this blog and leave a comment below this post saying "I heart..." and tell me something you love. I will draw the winner on April 13th (a week from tomorrow). 


I do get page views from countries outside of the US, but I am sorry, the winning address must be inside the US. (I will get the address of the winner when the name is drawn.)


Thank you for subscribing and entering in the contest!


With love,
Cassie

Sons of Shamgar: The Unknown Warriors.

The Sons of Shamgar is the self-named men's league softball team for Christian Heritage Church.


There is only one verse that acknowledges Shamgar: Judges 3:31, "After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel." On an individual level, Shamgar is just a man... a sinful, unworthy man like each of us. But God uses him in a mighty way. Only when we zoom out and look at the big picture can we see that Shamgar's life and triumph were for the greater glory of God's plan. The same can be said about each of our lives when we live for God. He will use us in mighty ways that we can not even imagine. God used this unknown warrior to defeat 600 men... something Shamgar could not have done himself without the help of his Savior, the same One who is our loving Savior. 


I made this for this amazing softball team. :)


The background is the entire passage of Judges 3 (the big plan), ending in red with the verse about Shamgar (only one piece of the puzzle).

With love,

Cassie