The Best Things I Did This Year
- Made a calendar. You can still buy one!
- Launched a Dia de Los Muertos portrait project on Kickstarter
- Painted Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman and The Bloggess with skull faces
- Was mentioned on Molly Crabapple's Tumblr page
- Made Dooce's Friday Under Fifty list
- Bought a grown-up camera and an iPad
- Shipped my artwork to 5 of 7 continents
- Inspired a font based on my handwriting
- Saw Les Miserables onstage
- Discovered Edith Piaf and Kim Boekbinder
- Introduced my husband to the work of Neil Gaiman
- Watched my kids learn French and pitch a no-hitter
- Showed my work in Portland
- Was written about in Sunday Statesman Journal, Willamette Valley Life, Creative Humans and Watercolor Artists Magazine
- Set up a night vision trail cam to catch Santa Claus
- Entered a poster contest for Washington International Horse Show
- Became obsessed with Frida Kahlo
- Became proficient at Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja
- Learned about "the cloud"
- Started wearing more dresses
- Skipped my 20th high school reunion
- Painted over 150 portraits and have 110 more on the books
- Plotted and planned for 2012
I love your list. Congrats in all the great accomplishments. I don’t know if I put missing the class reunion as a good one though! đŸ™‚ I am looking forward to seeing your plotting and planning unfold in 2012!