Pink Floral Heart Original Watercolor by Jodi McKinney 11×14
Let Your Dreams Blossom!
Sprinkling a little pink love after a weekend of splashing in the art room.
Just what this heart and soul needed for some January nesting time.
Embracing the muse.
Going with the vibe.
Happy Monday friends! Let’s make some magic this week! Let’s create some beauty!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Original watercolor, as well as prints in all sizes and cards, available at McKinneyX2Designs and Berry Vine Gifts.
Fuschia, Mars, PA – June, 2019
This is your Time.
It is your life,
your decade,
your year,
your month.
It is your week,
your day,
your hour,
your moment.
Unfurl your beauty,
stretch your limits,
reach for greatness,
Blossom and bloom boldy!
This is your time.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Spring has Sprung!
Today is the first full day of Spring, and oh how ready I am to welcome it!
It may still be a little brown and chilly outside, but I put the snowies away and brought out the flowers and bunnies and birds.
I got this sweet tray and floral and bunny from my friend Anne’s Farmhouse Primitives shop at Berry Vine Gifts.
The amazing candle is from Antique Candle Co. in the most luscious fragrance of Country Pear by Cotton Stem. It is one of the most wonderful smelling candles I have ever had!
These little bunnies are from a recent trip to Hobby Lobby.
And I love this Springy green wreath I also found in Anne’s shop at Berry Vine Gifts. It replaced the cotton stem wreath I had here for Winter.
And what do you think of this fun little stack of books I made? I’ve been seeing them on Instagram on a few feeds I follow, and it turns out I had everything needed to make them myself. In fact, I might be making more to sell at Berry Vine Gifts and through our McKinneyX2Designs Etsy shop. So many possibilities of quotes and personalized messages can be made. For my first try, I did my favorite life message, “Cherish the Moments.”
Welcome Spring!
Breathe in the fresh air.
Soak in the warmth of sunshine.
Bloom and blossom like the flowers.
Whistle a happy tune with a spring in your step.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Blossoming Love.
It wraps itself around you
like vining tendrils
clinging tightly
sprouting delicate buds
that unknowingly unfurl
into beautiful blossoms.
Love.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
I took this photo at a beautiful outdoor wedding reception I attended this past weekend. This vining white clematis seemed so symbolic of the blossoming love of a new marriage. It also made me think about the blossoming love I have for my newest granddaughter – only a few weeks old – but who is so tenderly wrapping herself around my heart.
Hanging Basket – Mars, PA
Bloom… Blossom… Grow.
Bloom boldy…
Blossom confidently…
Grow unceasingly.
Be the You
You were meant
to be.
Beautiful, blooming,
blossoming
You.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
PS If you are local to the Pittsburgh area, be sure to check out JJ McKinney Family Farm, where I purchased this gorgeous hanging basket.
The Old Dogwood Blooms Again -Spring in Mars, PA
I Can Only Strive…
Welcome back
from your dormant rest.
Blossom and bloom
and boast your beauty.
I can only strive
to follow your example.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Pink Peony bud ready to bloom, Mars, PA – June 2016
That moment….
right before
you open up
and come out of your shell…
It is when you reveal
your true colors,
your full potential,
your ultimate possibilities,
your complete self.
It is a defining moment,
when you reveal your vulnerability,
and step out of your comfort zone.
There is such beauty
in that moment….
right before.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Dogwood Tree Blossom, Day Dreaming in Monochrome, Mars, PA
Dreaming of
far away places
that are soft
and light
and free.
Maybe I’ll go there.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Original Dogwood Blossom Watercolor Jodi McKinney
On Sunday I posted a photo I took of a blossom on one of the beautiful old dogwood trees in our front yard.
So, that same sunny, happy Sunday afternoon, I painted it, still glowing with the news we were allowed to share from the day.
The old dogwood tree, I honor you.
Thank you for blossoming each year,
hard as it may be.
You give hope of new life
as we celebrate the hope of a new life.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
The Old Dogwood Tree, Mars, PA
You are a late bloomer,
and I worry every year
if you will make it through
and blossom and bloom.
Such a welcome site
on brittle branches,
your fragile flowers
make their appearance again.
Welcome Spring
from the Old Dogwood Tree.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
the creative life in between 