Creative Crafting » Martha Steward Living http://www.creativecrafting4-1-1.com Polymer Clay, Scrapbooking Articles and Ideas Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:48:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Martha Stewart Living http://www.creativecrafting4-1-1.com/2008/11/30/martha-stewart-living/ http://www.creativecrafting4-1-1.com/2008/11/30/martha-stewart-living/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:23:42 +0000 Nancy http://www.creativecrafting4-1-1.com/?p=295 This is a fine magazine with truly scrumptious recipes if you’re into the kitchen/food thing, home ideas that one can actually use (or that will inspire one to do something similar), and exquisite photography, usually quite stark and simple, of ways to enhance the aesthetic beauty of one’s life.
One can serve a plain meal of soup and bread, and make it look like a feast, if you get into Martha’s way of looking at things, and it does not take a spending spree to have a “Martha Look”. Her basic table settings tend to be white china (one can use mix and match white plates from the local thrift store), clear glass, and colorful fabric…add some well shaped twigs in a glass vase for a centerpiece, and voila ! you have a table that could be shown in this lovely magazine; a rule for “The Look” seems to be the absence of clutter.

Of the regular monthly articles, I like “Ask Martha”, which solves problems posed by readers, from health issues to how best to clean your eyeglasses, to “How can I get the coating on my chicken to stay in place when I am frying it ?”.
“Clip-Art Craft” is another I appreciate, where in the August ’04 edition for example, there are attractive templates for postcards, which one can copy onto card stock, glue a 4 x 6 photo to, and send to your friends. It’s another grand idea from Martha !

You’ll find articles on antiques, pets, gardening, seasonal fruits and vegetables, and much more, and on the last page, the yummy “Cookie of the Month”.

Martha Stewart has brought style and good merchandise at affordable prices for those of us who are budget conscious, but like nice things. I have bought her bedding, and her bathroom accessories have graceful shapes and are an excellent value, and this magazine is one of my favorite aspects of the “Martha industry”. The Patricians I know are not usually kind to Martha, but Proles & Plebes like me tend to greatly appreciate her.
Martha, we’re going to stick by you through thick and thin !

By Alejandra Vernon “artist & illustrator” (Long Beach, California)

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