MARTHA STEWART Show
Crafts Hour, March 2, 2011

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WireLace Mesh Ombre Necklace
Check out the Facebook WireLace Audience Giveway below.

PART 1: If you read our last email, you know that on Feb. 22 we received a call from Kristin St.Clair (the cutie next to Martha) that WireLace was being featured in her Mesh Ombre Necklace on the MARTHA STEWART Crafts Hour, March 2. 
    Many of you have sent me emails "Tell me how it was on the Martha Stewart show!"  There's so much to tell you - so many small stories that each add to the experience. I hope to send out a PART 2 newsletter with highlights of the MARTHA STEWART Crafts room plus some fabulous bead vendors we met. Here are a few of the highlights of what happened on the set.

After first talking with Kristin, the following days were a flurry of emails and calls from a variety of helpful people at Martha Stewart Productions, arranging things you don't think about - such as getting a hotel within walking distance because you can't afford to be stuck in traffic.
    As you might imagine the days became a blur with late nights and early mornings until Tuesday when we left for New York with 190 WireLace Audience Giveaway packages neatly packed on my carry-on bag. (Big thanks to my daughter Ashley who did all the Audience Giveaways - nearly 1,000 yards cut, bagged and labeled lickety-split.)

WireLace Audience Giveaway Package - Everyone received a variety of 6mm WireLace in 4 colors, Dragonfly Pin Kit Instructions, and a WireLace color Flyer -- all neatly packed with a special label "As seen on the MARTHA STEWART SHOW". Since I also received an Audience Giveaway Bag, I came back with one of our WireLace packages. I'm offering it up to a randomly selected winner who posts a comment on our FACEBOOK  about our Martha Stewart adventure, INCLUDE in your comment the words "WIRELACE Audience Giveway". We'll post the winner April 1st!

The props are on rolling tables - ours was temporarily parked in front of Martha's kitchen. Wouldn't you love a kitchen like that?
   The staff kept messing with the WireLace so Kristin explained, "I had to make a sign so everyone would leave the WireLace alone. You can't imagine how many times I rolled those into perfect round rings!"
   Props for Martha's demonstration using pale gold WireLace and freshwater pearls.

After Kristin showed us the prop area she handed me a partially strung necklace and said, "I need you to finish this OK?"  We talked briefly and then she went off to finish preparations.  I had NO tools with me but had come with extra WireLace and end caps as Kristin and I hoped to meet the night before to go over some finishing options (which unfortunately didn't happen).  So here I am, with two scissors a size 12 knitting needle and a necklace that needs to be finished for the live show in 45 minutes. I'm in the greenroom and yes - those are Emmys lined up behind me which I barely had time to notice. So nice to have a picture to so I can see what they looked like!

    Good thing Tim was a boy scout and always carries a pocket knife because he had to gently ream the cone end holes larger.

    Molly, one of the producers is explaining the rehearsal which is going live in less than an hour.
NOTE: the necklace on the table is NOT ready and I have about 15 minutes to finish!

Yes - that's Kristal Wick, editor of Beading Daily, fellow Create Your Style with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS Ambassador and BFF in the front row. Tim's just to the right of her in the next row back. (Is that Tim cracking a smile back there?) We got to sit with a handful of bloggers in a special section about 10 feet back from the set. I have to explain that I owe a big thanks to Kristal Wick for insisting we go. With a busy schedule preparing for Bead Fest Santa Fe, Tim and I were not going - but her relentless 'persuasion' and hearing how this was a "bucket list" item, made us see the light. Since Kristal had worked in New York and knew her way around so she said, "If you want me to, I'll go and take pictures, blog and facebook for you, so you can just 'enjoy the moment' -- so here she is! She's wearing a WireLace dragonfly pin, WireLace necklace and matching bracelet, WireLace earrings and my Rock Candy necklace -- all made with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS of course!
   Last minute preparations and everyone is getting their cues. Martha is calm and relaxed waiting for the final moments before going live.

Never knew an hour could go by so fast! Had a quick photo opportunity and got a minute to chat with Martha. She's definitely hooked on WireLace. Maybe there's another Martha Stewart WireLace chapter in the future?