The obligatory 'summing up' post

For the first time, I've been feeling like writing a summing-up-looking-forward post about 2011 and 2012, so here it is, in brief bullet-point form (because bullet-points make things both important and impressive)

Things I learned in 2011:

• I can take professional rejection and not enter a fugue state. In fact, I found I'm not bothered much, and can pick myself up and carry on (personal rejection on the other hand, is still very ouchy!)
• It is a bad idea to contact people you have fond memories of from school, because they probably won't remember you. At all. (even if they did go to your house all the time, and you went to their farm...again, ouchy)
• I'm not good enough to get on Polymer Clay Daily (hee, I know, who do I think I am trying to get on there...but I did have a hidden, tiny hope that has now been squashed)

Arty-crafty things I got done in 2011 :

• Had 3 magazine tutorials published
• Worked on the FHFTeam blog with a great group of people
• Became better at lampworking (...comparatively)
• Made jewellery out of my own lampwork beads (eeeee! that was exciting)
• Made a lot of polymer clay beads that I, dare I say, liked
• Set up a website and online shop for my beads

Things I have decided for 2012

• I will just stop reading sites and blogs that annoy me, instead of wishing I could say something ranty about them. Reading them with suppressed irritation doesn't do me any good, and saying something would just inject bad vibes into places other people like (which isn't fair, because it's my problem not theirs!)
• I will makes what I like. So there *G*
• I will try again to improve my photography skills
• I will get a proper storage system for my polymer clay

Other news since I last blogged: I got a lentil press as a present - and I'm unreasonably excited about it, especially as I also received Nelli Rees lampworking book, which is lovely.

You can win a prize from me, by commenting anywhere on the FHFTeam blog and becoming a follower - here's a picture:

Or you can choose to have a gift voucher from Continuum Designs instead, if you don't care for bracelets. We'll be doing a giveaway every month this year, and the team blog is getting full with hints, articles and a *lot* of eye-candy. Seriously, there's a heap of gorgeous pictures (and there are mine too! *G*)