Jen Renninger

Illustration & Design

This is the Year…

I received this way back in 2000.  It is a small journal, with a slightly metallic cover,  and an amazingly simple sentiment.  I’ve long since filled the pages but keep it close at hand…still.. all these years later. The thought that a new future is close...

It’s a wonderful life..

With the end of the holiday season coming on I’d like to share a story about something amazing B (my husband) and I experienced this year: Metropolitan Ministries is a local community service that helps homeless and disadvantaged families. Every year they have a...

101 Acts of Kindness

1 prepare a meal for a homeless person 2 smile 🙂 3 call your mother to tell her you love her 4 write a handwritten note 5 knit a beanie or blanket for a homeless person 6 put change in the washer/dryer for the next person 7 fill an expired or about to expire parking...

You ARE Beautiful

Imagine the surprise, the wonder: You are walking along and glance up at the sky to see ” You are beautiful” spelled out on the side of a building. You smile. Moments later you glance at the side walk and written in chalk, in small letters: you are...

Keep Calm + Shop On

Who doesn’t like to be reminded of all the good things out there? And not in some soft fuzzy kitten filled way either. Just a direct + aesthetically pleasing nod to a more positive day. ‘Be Optimistic’ + ‘The World IS Your Oyster’...

“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be.” – Groucho Marx