Dear Friends,
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 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 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 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.
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