Today’s giveaway is a little more symbolic. First up is the Quintet Necklace, by one of my favorite etsy jewelers Lemonade Handmade:
Gold Rings Necklace — the Quintet by Lemonade Handmade
I’ve mentioned this necklace before, we gave one to each of the attendees to symbolize the five Life List goals they hoped to accomplish in the coming year. (Nicole did a lovely write up about it.) I love the necklace for its simplicity, and I like the idea of five golden rings being little commitments to yourself. I’ve been wearing mine every day since the Summit. Lovely.
Every year, we have an artist make limited edition prints to commemorate the weekend. This year Alma and Mike Loveland of Ollibird.com did block prints of the vintage blankets we lug onsite to keep everyone warm.
Alma, whose yellow sweater you may remember from a previous post, did the illustrations.
Mike hand painted the blankets for a little pop of color.
Mike and Alma teach all kinds of art and computer classes and they live in the Salt Lake City area. In fact, they’re hosting an art weekend in Salt Lake at this very moment, so head over if you’re in town.
The finished prints each featured a different color, but yours will be plum.
To enter, please tell us about your proudest accomplishment in comments. And the drawings are still open for our the Mighty Summit Giftbag and the Summit Necklace and Brooch giveaway, so throw your hat in there too.
Fine print: Please only leave one comment for each giveaway, because it’s the nice thing to do, and also because multiple entries will be disqualified. I’ll use random.org to select the winner, and I’ll announce who won at the top of this post and in a separate post next Thursday.
Mighty Girl 
Learning to live again.
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My proudest accomplishment was packing up my car 11 years ago, moving from MI to San Francisco all by my lonesome, and starting the life that I now adore. It was scary at the time, but the best decision I’ve ever made.
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finishing the SSWC09 bike race last year. I worked so hard to train for it and in the process really learned about myself and became a better person for it, all for a silly mountain bike race.
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My proudest accomplishment to date is being a little family. Just me, my husband and my dog, being a part of this little circle – that’s the greatest thing I’ve done as an adult.
Although starting graduate school (and loving it) is a pretty decent second.
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I’ve dreamed of becoming a certified yoga instructor for more than 10 years. One month ago I convinced an amazing teacher to allow me to enroll in her teacher training course, for which I will repay her with my marketing and writing skills. I finally found a way around the obstacle of money to achieve a dream. It’s the most amazing feeling.
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I think (I hope) my proudest accomplishment is still to come.
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auditioning (with shaky knees, dry throat and sweaty palms) and making into a chorus that i thought might be WAY out of my league
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Having my daughter and watching her grow in to an amazing person.
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It will be completing my PhD!
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My number one accomplishment … giving my best friend the love, support, and push she needed to reach for HER dreams. She starts school in her chosen field in January, in an entirely new city. She (and I!) couldn’t be more thrilled.
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Everytime I make a big credit card payment, I want to high-five myself.
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Getting a good job in a horrible economic environment, after two years of trying.
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I am most proud of being a wife and mom. After meeting my sons I couldn’t really care less about my PhD anymore.
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Madame No Discipline actually trained for and finished the San Francisco marathon. Hills, Hells Angels and all. No one was more surprised than I was.
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giving birth to a beautiful baby without any pain medication. and how much i love her.
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I wrote a book! A whole book! And it was published!
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My son was born via emergency C-section.
When I found out I was pregnant with my daughter, I vowed to do everything within my power to have a VBAC.
While the events of my labor had all signs pointing toward another C-section, I persevered and not only had my VBAC, I did it WITHOUT AN EPIDURAL.
That is my greatest accomplishment.
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getting my writing MFA from the top program in the country.
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Finding a smart, funny and loving guy to call my own!
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Can it be my proudest accomplishment of the week? Because I made macarons and didn’t fail, even thought it was really hard and I undercooked some and had to crisp the bottoms on the stove to get them to peel off of the parchment paper.
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How about accomplishING? My proudest accomplishing thus far is my current ass-kicking in graduate school. Make that continuation of ass-kicking since we moved after the first year & instead of putting it off (which was tempting), I went for it.
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Being the first person in my family to graduate from college.
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My proudest accomplishment is currently graduating as a top graduate in the College of Arts of Science (one of 13 in a class of over 1000).
I’m hoping that one day my proudest accomplishment will be earning my PhD.
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getting on the JET programme and enjoying (and surviving) 2 years of teaching and travelling
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When I remind myself to live with joy and to live responsibly each day, I am very proud of myself.
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Living the life that I wished for myself, work(ed) hard for, and cherish every day.
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moving to a new city, travelling the world and starting fresh.
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After getting laid off, deciding to work for myself and actually making a living at it.
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Hard to decide…having two babies without pain meds? Even with Pitocin? One of them over 9 pounds…
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Marrying the husband. We pulled it off ourselves, and everyone was happy.
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Raising a daughter who likes bugs is one of my favorite things right now. If she can retain her confidence and enthusiasm through elementary school and beyond, I will be thrilled to pieces.
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Getting up on stage at the Moth and telling a story
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Other than my kids? The time I went in as an understudy and didn’t flub. Perhaps I was more relieved than proud…nah. I was proud.
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I may have graduated from law school, interned in the White House, and earned a fantastic GPA, but my BEST accomplishment is being a kind person to everyone I meet. Mostly it is effortless, but sometimes it takes a lot of patience to stay kind.
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paying off all my debt.
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I’m registered to run the Oakland marathon in March 2011. I’m proud that when I think about it, I don’t try to talk myself out of it.
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Winning Canadian Nationals on my horse!
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I am proud of the fact that willing to work and work hard at my marriage. No one said it was going to be a walk in the park and it often isn’t, but it is worth fighting for.
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I listened when it was impossibly hard to keep going.
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Giving birth to my two sons!
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To have a real career and finally breaking the seemingly endless cycle of waitressing jobs/student loans.
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My proudest accomplishment was, at 21, canceling my ticket home after a semester abroad in Africa in order to spend the next two months on my own little adventure.
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successfully completing my first year of law school.
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Passing the bar exam!
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9 weeks later, I have to say that at this moment my baby daughter is my biggest accomplishment.
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I am most proud of myself right now, at a bit of a crossroads. I am proud that I am strong enough to figure out what I want and make a plan to go out and get it (hello Mighty Life List!), and proud that I can stick it out, for just a little longer, in a job that I hate because I know it will help me achieve bigger dreams.
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Becoming a mother.
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Becoming a Mom and realizing that I’m good at it.
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Standing up for someone when they needed to be defended.
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My proudest accomplishment was getting in to college – I haven’t finished yet, so getting in is still the proudest moment! 1st in my family! 🙂
ps. I love Ollibird! 🙂
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