Meet your match Martha

Ok...so maybe I am no Martha Stewart, but my craftiness and thriftiness can put her on her toes again(or at least the Martha wanna-be's). I saw the funniest spoof on Martha recently that showed her discussing the art of making a smore. She was in her perfect kitchen and literally was whittling away at the "best birch branches" she could find in her forest and here is my favorite part of the segment---at the end of her branch construction she used fine grade sand paper to ensure there were no slivers. I don't know about any of you, but when I was a kid we used any dirty piece of wood that would hold that marshmallow on for dear life until we would catch it on fire and then madly fling it about trying to put out the flame.

Kent and I recently went camping (our first camping experience together) and it was hilarious. We borrowed a tent from a coworker and an air matress from my parents. We didn't have sleeping bags so we literally brought all of our blankets and a set of sheets (I joke my man can't sleep on anything under 800 thread count). It was a fun 2 day adventure with some of my favorite friends and I discovered a few key elements to camping--apparently quiche and chicken sausage are not typical breakfast food in the wild. I thought it was brilliant...cook it over an open flame...who doesn't love asparagus and Gruyere cheese? These peeps loved their Jimmy Dean (which I attest was mighty tasty as well) but none the less I was made fun of for our 800 thread count sheets, the fact that I brought a quiche and I was discovered MANY times in the day using a pine needle branch as a broom and sweeping out my tent. Takes me back to the days of my 4 Georgian's Elementary school and building houses out of rocks and using tumble weeds as a broom. God love those of us who literally become euphoric at a clean and tidy place---don't get me started about the love of my Dyson (we don't even have carpet...just rugs and hardwood floors).
Here is a little gem from camping...a reminder of the rugged outdoors and how desperately bathing is necessary


So back to Martha. While we were planning our wedding I would often think to myself, "What would Martha do"..or WWMD for short (she's no Jesus- but the woman does work miracles). I can't wait until I can post photos of our wedding projects, but for now I will just laugh and show my latest craft project. Kent and I are so accustomed to running around with our heads chopped off that I am literally finding myself with free time- like serious free time. So I made myself a little spooky tree branch in our entry way. Do I feel like I'm in the suburbs and not smack dab in the city; you bet! Do I care what my neighbors think; hell no! So Martha here are the best branches, fake leaves, fake fruit and already made bow I could find(purchase). The best part....I didn't even have to use sand paper....