Oh, Martha!

I had the good fortune to attend a taping of the Martha Stewart Show with 14 other West Point ladies on Wednesday.  I had never been to a taping of a show before, and to see how organized and efficient the whole process is was fascinating.  Plus...Martha's studio is like heaven on earth.  The greenhouse - swoon.  The kitchen with all the beautiful dishes and vases - jealous!  And the craft room - so organized - who could really have one like that?  It was PERFECT, just as you might suspect.  The staffers were all incredibly friendly to us (and I couldn't help but think how they all must just LOVE working for/with Martha!).

Our clip can be seen here (If you look in the right pane, there is a 'Decorating with Quilts' video.  The segment with us starts at 5:45 into the clip...)

Can you believe I didn't bring my camera?  Argh.  And we were actually allowed to have them!  I made the bad assumption that we weren't (mental note - need to take time to sit down and read directions).  I snapped a few iPhone photos...

One of the beautiful images from the waiting room...

On set before taping starts...

So, we were all just trying to be excited audience members, and then, in the last segment, Martha recognized all the West Point Army Wives, and called us up on stage.  She chatted with us, let us ask her a question and then Krissy actually got to chat with her one on one when she asked if anyone had their own business!  To top it off, they gave us all quilts from her new line at Macy's!  WOW.  None of us knew that was going to happen - they definitely had the surprise factor, that is for sure.  It was incredibly kind of them to acknowledge us - we were just happy to be in the crowd - but this definitely made our day!

Their photographer sent us this picture...

The first thing I noticed about Martha when she came on stage were her shoes.  She was rocking these VERY tall gray suede heels...you go, Martha.  One of the girls asked her about the shoes, and Martha said they were from JCrew.  I think these may be the ones...

When we got up close to her, it was a somewhat surreal moment - right, girls?  I mean, to be so close to Martha, the legend?  And she is SO beautiful up close!  What a day for the memory books.  A huge thanks to Monique for organizing this wonderful day!