Welcome back to 2012! Click the pale grey links in the captions to take you to the relevant post. Don’t miss my favourite year in reviews from some brilliant Bloggers at the bottom too. Happy New Year!
Outfit: Covent Garden Colours
Outfit: Scones, Sugar and a Giant Glitter Bow
My greatest investment other than my camera, and the joy of designing and launching my own blog design!
I visited Antwerp with my uni class! I made the most of the fun street furniture to take outfit photos and had many a treat in a cafe.
I posted a couple of DIY’s but I’d love to do more!
Celebrated my ripe old age with a superb lunch made by a bunch of brilliant friends and got gifted this incredible cheesecake by Jazmine!
What a big girl! I celebrated with cupcakes (of course) and a giveaway and thanked you all so much for reading!
Carrie and I revealed that we were going to make a magazine together and gave a sneak peek of the planning. We made it for our final major project at uni and lots of you got very excited over the idea!
After months of solid work, we printed our baby with the support of Penhaligon’s perfume. I organised a launch party for Wish with massive hand made decorations, a huge cake from Yummy in your Tummy and a special gin cocktail made just for us by Hendricks. I showed you all how I did it in this post and then this behind the scenes video.
We finally got to show off the finished mag and sold nearly 1000 copies around the world – my greatest achievement so far.
Wish Magazine brought us opportunities to work with brilliant brands. I created some homeware photos for Laura Ashley and the Wish Mag team were treated to an amazing day out in London on board the MCM bus!
The jubilee! Celebrating Britishness in my TV show project and baking royal treats with Hope & Greenwood
I joined the monthly styling project and loved it! Here’s our Best of British challenge.
I finally got to leave uni!
I was left wondering what on Earth I was going to do with my life at our graduate show so I started Freelancing.
Celebrating the Olympics to the max with my cousin Lorene. We did this and I wore this sporty outfit on London’s Southbank and this one on one of many visits to Hyde Park!
A nitrogen ice cream parlour, London Zoo and countless other places, I always love to be doing something!
I got to go to my first niche festival, Wilderness thanks to Barbour! I wore a jumper and wellies and when it got too hot I wore this
I took my (now annual) trip to Somerset with Carrie. We went to Kilver Court again for tea and outlet shopping.
I had the most incredible opportunity to visit the Tusting factory in Bedfordshire and was offered my own leather clutch which I got to design myself!
I set up the xmas shop at Liberty for the second year running and this time remembered to keep photos so that I could show you how it’s done!
I was overjoyed to be featured on ASOS Fashion Finder!
And then, when I decided I really aught to get a real job… I got one at ASOS FF!!
Going to Devon with my girlfriends
We can’t wait to do this more in 2013!
The amazing Mariell and Jostein came over from Norway and brightened up mine and Carrie’s lives. I’m so pleased to have met them and to have facilitated another great friendship for them in Caitlin
After living and uni-ing together for 2 years, we moved away but it’s ok – we now work together! I wouldn’t be where I am without this little lady! We went to Wilderness festival together, created a magazine and I threw her a surprise birthday picnic party in August too.
Mostly I’ve been doing lots of this (like a goofball) and supplying this blog with lots of colour. All us Bloggers say it, but I am highly appreciative of all the opportunities I’ve been given and am also very proud of myself, I do hope you are too. THANK YOU all so much for reading my shiny thoughts in 2012, lets see what the next year has in store!
I hope you’ve enjoyed my ridiculously long round up! Here are some of my favourites that have got me all ruffled and inspired. Highlights of 2012 by Style Slicker (my favourite) / Adieu 2012 by Park & Cube / What Olivia Did in 2012 by Olivia / RECAP by StyleLimelight (soo many outfits!) / 2012 Lista by Hjartesmil. Do share yours in the comments and have a fab 2013 y’all!
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Oh Lucy, this is such a lovely roundup – and so bright and colourful! Happy new year, and if I have not already said it congrats on the ASOS job! Hopefully I’ll see you sometime when I move back to London in September x
Shiny Thoughts has been one of my very favourite places to float away to in Blogland for a couple of years now and it has been lovely to see you having so many exciting successes
Especially envious of your trip to Wilderness, it looked like an absolute dream! It must be so wonderful to have such a close friend who also blogs to share the fun with! 
Jem xXx
Happy New Year Lucy and congrats on the ASOS job! Ha, we have the same coloured Tusting clutch, I’m using it to store my Hayfever meds hehehehe. xxx
What a lovely post to read! It sounds like you had a very amazing/exciting/unbelievable year. Congrats on it all! Wish Magazine was one of my favourite reads of the year (and being a Fashion Journalist student means I read a lot!) I wish you all the best in 2013
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Your year looks like it’s been eventful and very very positive! I’m so glad I came across your blog in 2012, as I love each and every post. Just everything about your blog is so perfect and it always cheers me up if I have had a bad day
Katie xx
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Wow, it really looks like you had an incredible year!
Becky
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I love this post – it looks like you’ve had an excellent year! And all of your link at the bottom are to my favourite blogs
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Aw this is such a colourful and happy post, loved reading it xo
This is so super duper cute, haha!
Love the first shot with the socks <3
http://theundersized.blogspot.co.uk
love it!
Irene Wibowo
I was introduced to your blog in 2012 by a friend, and I think its great, I even bought a copy of WISH mag – its beautiful! Congrats! x
This is so lovely, you’ve had such an awesome year! Gorgeous photos too, I hope 2013 is even better for you!
Love Tweet x
Ah I love your super colourful round up. Can I just say that your blog always makes me smile? Hope I get to see more of you this year – if only I didn’t live so far away! Happy New Year xxx
Happy new year, I hope 2013 is even more colourful!
Maria xxx
Love how you’ve laid this out Lucy, and what a lovely, colourful, positive year you’ve had! I always love dipping into your smiley blog, can’t wait for more in 2013!
your life is like a dream. i just don’t know what to say more.. and the most beautiful thing about this is your lovely smile which makes me smile too .
keep doing this. life is better because of colorful people like YOU <3
katie
Your round up of the year is just so colourful and makes me smile so much! 2012 has clearly been such an amazing year for you with the magazine and graduating (well done!), I’m so pelased for you! I absolutely can’t wait to see your 2013 posts! xxx
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Love the recap and specially the WISH magazine part that got me really excited to get a copy, but I think that mine got lost because I never received it
well anyhow I’m happy to know that I contributed to your lovely project. I can’t wait to know about your 2013 plans! 
a very busy and colourful year indeed. you really do have the best smile!