Something really exciting happened last week. Really, really exciting. Like, I-can-now-die-a-happy-woman exciting.



I got to be on the Martha Stewart Show!

A friend got a bunch of tickets to a taping of the show, and invited me to come along. It was a special crafts-themed episode, and everyone in the audience was asked to bring a craft they'd made.

Since it's Easter season, and since I know Martha has a thing for Easter eggs, I decided to bring a Ukranian egg I made a couple of years ago:




Before the taping began, the audience was corralled in a waiting area, and producers came around to look at our crafts. Everyone buzzed in their seats, waving their projects wildly in the air, hoping to be noticed. Next thing I knew, a producer came over to talk to me, asked to take my egg backstage, and a few minutes later I was being fitted with a microphone to appear on camera and show off my craft!

After hyperventilating, I dug around in my purse for lip gloss, texted my mom to tell her to turn on the TV (the show was LIVE, people!!), and took my seat up front.

Do not drop the egg, I told myself. Do not drop the egg. For the love of Martha, do not drop the egg.

And before long, the egg and I were safely on set with Miss Martha herself, Rosie O'Donnell, Martha's daughter Alexis, and her friend Jennifer Koppelman Hunt:


(I'm the blurry purple one on the left. Really, I swear it's me.)

The ladies asked me about my egg, how it was made, how long it took me, etc. Rosie was really into it and during the commercial break, Rosie and Alexis cornered me to talk eggs. I invited Rosie to come over to my place to learn the technique anytime. I'm still waiting for her to call.

If you'd like to watch a video of the segment, go to Martha's web site, and click on the "audience chat" segment in the video box at the right of the screen. (It's the box that says "The Crafts Show", and you have to click "next" to get to the "audience chat" segment.) Just don't blink or you'll miss me - I'm only on for about 50 seconds!


This is Martha cruising around on-set during a break.

Now I know that after all this, what you really want to know is, how can I make an egg like that myself?? Well, I'm working on a Ukrainian egg dyeing how-to, so check back soon for a fascinating step-by-step!