Each year I pick 12 photos to reminisce a little about the previous year. 2012 was good to us. It was the year that Emma officially became a co-author here at ABM with me. It was the year that we got our first book deal together. We hired new people this year, wrote hundreds of articles for this blog, and most of all some new dreams were born. It was a wonderful, memorable year. Blah, blah, blah... without further ado, here are my 12 photos and a few high points: 
JANUARY: We were chosen as HGTV blogger of the month in January! That was quite an honor. January was also the month I finished sharing our very first home tour. I'm so glad we have these photos since we've now moved to a new home. You can scroll through my first home tour here.
FEBRUARY: I can pretty much sum up February with lots of tears and pep-talks as our BFF moved to Colorado. It was super sad, but throwing this party was lots of fun!
MARCH: I remember March as being a very busy month. We moved into a new studio where we wrote our first book together. We had a lot of meetings and made some big decisions. I spent most of my time with Emma, which was good. I guess in a way it was just a foreshadowing of things to come. :)
APRIL: This was the month when I traveled with my husbands band, Sucre, (to all these places- LA, California, Arizona, Austin (+ instagrams), Texas + Nashville) it was the best and worst month of my year. Best because it was amazing to have so much quality time with my husband and see him living his dream. Worst because it was hard on Emma and eventually a little hard on our book deadline too. (but we made itttt!) Lesson learned, I love traveling in small doses!
MAY: In May we worked 24/7 on our book until it was completed. (Ha! except for a little break we took to go to Hawaii for our 1 year anniversary) It was a month full of long days, ordering pizza, long nights and time to plan our next steps, dreams and goals. We celebrated big time when it was turned in. We also started a new feature that month called "Today Is". Which is a mostly photography based just-for-fun feature. I need to start doing these again! Here are some of the links... (FRESH), (PEACEFUL), (FULL), (COLORFUL), (FOCUSED), (CRUNCH TIME),(COZY), (SWEET).
JUNE: In June Emma and I traveled to SF on a fun business trip. It was definitely our best SF experience yet. Traveling with Emma is always my favorite!
JULY: In July I threw my sister-in-law a honey themed baby shower. Definitely the highlight of that month! I was so giddy for her. #babyfever
AUGUST: Speaking of baby fever, in August I photographed my friend, Stacy, for a maternity DIY series.
SEPTEMBER: In September our ABM for ModCloth collection launched. My favorite part of the entire process was probably shooting this video. Is it just me or is September always the busiest month ever?
OCTOBER: Our local shop turned two. We had a wonderful month and really soaked up the Autumn season. It was pumpkin this, pumpkin that etc., etc., etc. :)
NOVEMBER: My favorite memory from Novemeber was our Friendsgiving party. I wish we could do these all the time. Maybe that's why one of our goals for the new year is to host more parties?
DECEMBER: Definitely the best memory! I couldn't dream up a more perfect way to start the new year than my little sister planning a weddddddinggggggggg! wooo!
Thanks for reading the blog this year! We love writing it and we are so excited for the new year. It's going to be a special one. xoxo. Elsie
PS. Have fun and be safe tonight!
Thank you to Elsie Emma and your crew for creating this amazing, high quality blog and for sharing your beautiful and happy lives! I really appreciate it. You have lit a home design/creative bug in me for sure! Happy New Year and I look forward to reading your blog in 2013! <3 Sara
Posted by: Sara McEvoy | December 31, 2012 at 06:31 PM
i just did one of these posts, too. it's so nice to look back and see what got accomplished this year - and you two did a ton!
Posted by: ale norris | December 31, 2012 at 06:34 PM
Great photos, especially love the veggies and the October photo! Happy New Year! :>
Posted by: Karen | December 31, 2012 at 06:46 PM
Great to see these lovely pictures!
The new year already started 2 hours ago here in the Netherlands, enjoy your new years eve!
Posted by: MarCreaties | December 31, 2012 at 07:01 PM
2012 was a great year and I am so excited for 2013 and all the possibilities to come. Can't wait to see what you guys have in store.
Carlee
http://almostendearing.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Carlee | December 31, 2012 at 07:08 PM
You guys are so great at picking photos that tell a story. So inspiring!
Posted by: Allyson | December 31, 2012 at 07:08 PM
I'm always looking forward to reading your blog. Thank you for creating such amazing content every single day! I'm sooo excited for what's to come! Happy new year guys :-)
Sabrina
http://bbutterflybrain.blogspot.de/
Posted by: Sabrina | December 31, 2012 at 07:23 PM
You ladies amaze me! I love coming to your blog because it's always full of hopeful expectation. You don't put limits on what can be done and that imparts dream-making ideas to me. Thank you for that gift! :)
Catherine Denton
Posted by: Catherine Denton | December 31, 2012 at 07:25 PM
Happy New Year! I love this blog and I am really looking forward to seeing you continue to make wonderful posts in 2013!
Posted by: Gabbie | December 31, 2012 at 07:29 PM
Happy new years to both you beautiful ladies & your family. Can't wait to see what's in store for ABM in 2013! ;) XO
Posted by: Ariel | December 31, 2012 at 07:41 PM
Congratulations on a wonderful year. Best wishes for 2013 to the both of you!
xoxo
Juliette Laura
Posted by: Juliette Laura | December 31, 2012 at 08:00 PM
Happy New Year Emma and Elsie!! I can't wait to see what 2013 has in store for ABM!!
Rory
http://www.wearaboutsblog.com
Posted by: Rory | December 31, 2012 at 08:01 PM
wow, I enjoyed that year in 5 minutes! :)
Posted by: cookie | December 31, 2012 at 08:10 PM
Fun! It's been a great year! I started my blog this year and discovered yours :)
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Posted by: Kim | December 31, 2012 at 08:15 PM
Elsie, reading your blog was such a big part of my year!
You guys gave me inspiration on a lot of things, I tried out some things from your blog, I got excited for you when your collection came up on ModCloth, and I shared your excitement for all your years progress!
Happy New Year and Congratulations on everything that you did on this one!
Posted by: Fernanda | December 31, 2012 at 08:28 PM
What a great way to sum up the year.
vintagehoneybee.blogspot.com
Posted by: Rachel | December 31, 2012 at 08:32 PM
Great photos.. :) :) Happy NEW YEAR! :)http://lovesimplegreen.blogspot.com/
Posted by: irene wibowo | December 31, 2012 at 08:39 PM
I have got to host a friendsgiving kind of party this year, looks like a really good time. I think I have the perfect idea thanks to you ladies! I love your blog, its so inspiring...
http://www.americanwastelands.blogspot.com
Posted by: stevie | December 31, 2012 at 09:09 PM
Looks like you had a wonderful year :)
Look forward to 2013!
xoxoxox
http://kendra-genevieve-rose.blogspot.com
Posted by: kendra genevieve rose. | December 31, 2012 at 09:24 PM
I have to say, finding this blog was one of the highlights of my year! Thank you Elsie and the whole ABM team for showing me that it's not where you are, but what you do. I am a Springfield girl too, and I used to think that I needed to be somewhere bigger and "better" to do what I want to do. You all have seriously proved me wrong - thank you so much for that and keep up the amazing work!
Posted by: Tara Elmore | December 31, 2012 at 11:05 PM