With the holidays well behind us and our New Year’s resolutions slowly beginning to take effect (or dwindle altogether), we thought we’d take a moment to look back at 2011. It was a good year for Business Bullpen. A lot has happened in just 12 months; here are a few of the highlights:

Besides our client work, one of our biggest accomplishments this year was to design, develop, and release our first theme to the Tumblr theme garden. We knew from the start that we wanted to create a theme that was simple, clean, and easy to use, with features no other theme had. We think our Single A theme, with it’s sticky post and featured tag options, did just that. At 65,000 installs in less than a year, we’ve been blown away by the community support we’ve received since we launched it in March. More themes to come in 2012.

We grew our company by 50% this year with the addition of Brian Chenault and Jessica Swope to our team. Brian came on as a software developer in late April, lending his ninja skills to existing clients and helping us to expand our client list. Jess has worked part-time for us since November of 2010, but came on as full-time web editor in September. We’ve been psyched to have her around to write, edit, and strategize content for our clients. She’s also done wonders for our candy bowl.

A definite highlight of 2011 was moving our office to our new location on Market St. True, we gave up the convenience of being right on the downtown mall, but we gained an entire building to ourselves with hardwood floors, built-in cabinets and desks, and tons of natural light. And the mall is still within walking distance. And we’re right around the corner from Beer Run. And we get to park in front of our building. Definitely a good move.

2011 was the year we implemented community service days at Business Bullpen, and we got the ball rolling this year with a Habitat for Humanity project. On a hot day in late June the team helped Habitat of Humanity of Charlottesville to construct a home in Sunrise Park. It was great to play a small role in bettering our community, and a perfect way to start an annual tradition.

Had enough? But wait, there’s more. We also hosted an open house, had a holiday party, celebrated birthdays, attended Mobile UXCamp DC, and sponsored WordCampRVA.

To recap: Made a theme. Grew our crew. Moved our digs. Did some good. Had some fun. Not a bad year, 2011. Looking forward to you, 2012!