Dear Friend,
This perfectly delightful note is being sent on paper I made
myself to tell you what I have been up to. Since it snowed last night, I got up
early and made a sled with old barn wood and a glue gun. I hand-painted it
in gold leaf, got out my loom and made a blanket in peaches and mauves.Then to make the sled complete, I made a white horse to pull it,
from DNA that I just had sitting around in my craft room. By then it was time
to start making the placemats and napkins for my 20 breakfast guests.
I'm serving the old standard Stewart twelve-course breakfast, but I'll let
you in on a little secret. I didn't have time to make the table and chairs
this morning, so I used the ones I had on hand.
Before I moved the table into the dining room, I decided
to add just a touch of the holidays. So, I repainted the room in pinks and stenciled
gold stars on the ceiling. Then, while the homemade bread was rising, I
took antique candle molds and made the dishes (exactly the same shade of
pink) to use for breakfast. These were made from Hungarian clay, which you
can find in almost any Hungarian craft store.
Well, I must run now. I need to finish the buttonholes on
the dress I'm wearing for breakfast. I'll get out the sled and drive this note to
the post office as soon as the glue dries on the envelope I'll be making.
Hope my breakfast guests don't stay too long - I have 40,000 cranberries
to string with bay leaves before my speaking engagement at noon. It's a
very good thing.
Love,
Martha Stewart
PS - When I made the ribbon for this typewriter, I used
1/8-inch gold gauze. I soaked the gauze in a mixture of white grapes and
blackberries which I grew, picked and crushed last week, just for fun! |
