And now, from our 'She's My Hero' Department, here is:
Subject: Letters From Martha Stewart
Source: BROUSSARDT < >

LETTER FROM MARTHA STEWART:
December 16, 1997
Dear Girls,
This perfectly delightful note is being sent to you 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 had just sitting around my craft room. By then, it was time to start making the place mats and napkins for my 20 breakfast guests. I'm serving the old standard Stewart twelve-course breakfast, but I'll let you in 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 and chairs into the dining room, I decided to add just a touch of the holidays. So, I repainted the room in pinks, and stenciled 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 get in almost any Hungarian craft store.

Well, I must run, 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.

Love,
Martha
P.S. 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.