QUOTE : Well…I only made a lumpy paperweight so far.”<br /><br />“I still have my very first paperweight.”<br /><br />“You do?”<br /><br />“I had to stand on a box to reach in with the punty rod. But I did everything myself. It resembled a squashed apple, but my parents were so proud of my creation I thought it was the best paperweight in the world.”<br /><br />“I guess I’ll keep mine.”<br /><br />“It’ll be a good gauge of how much you improve. When you become frustrated when a piece cracks or turns out wrong, you can look back at that paperweight and see just how far you’ve come.