On the scale of cute, quick and easy this craft is a 10, but it is also a 9 on the messy scale.

In a large bowl, combine
4 cups of sunflower seeds
1/2 cup water
3/4 of flour
3 table spoons of corn syrup

I pressed the mixture into cookie cutters set out on a cookie sheet covered in wax paper. Once I pressed the mixture in the cookie cutter, I took a pencil and “drilled” a hole”. When the cutter is clean the cutter slide right off the mixture keeping its shape well. Easy touch removing the cutter, you might need to rebuild a piece or two. You can either leave these out to dry 8-24 hours or I placed them in the oven for 2-3 hours on 200degrees (about an hour in I removed them, re-drilled the holes and flipped them over).

After they were completely dry, I strung a ribbon through.

So easy, so cute.

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Wilton Pink Candy Melts, 14-Ounce

Wilton 2104-7778 Master Tip Set

Wilton Recipe Right Nonstick 12-Cup Regular Muffin Pan
Wilton Cupcake Heaven Standard Baking Cups

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Simply lay the candy canes and a stick on wax paper and fill the space with melted “wilton’s candy melts, then I drew the letters with a store bought gel icing.  This took about 20 min to cool.  Kids loved them, but beware they are semi- fragile!

Milk Bone Bog Biscuits

3/4 cup hot water
1/3 Cup Margarine
1/2 Cup Powdered Milk
1 t. salt
1 egg beaten
3 c. whole wheat flour

In large bowl pour hot water over the margarine. Stir in powdered milk, salt, and egg. Add flour, 1/2 cup at a time. Knead for a few minutes to form stiff dough. Pat or roll to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut into bone shapes. Bake at 325 degrees for 50 minutes. Cool. They will dry out quite hard. Makes about 1 1/4 pounds of biscuits.

Everyday Biscuit

2 t. dry yeast
1/2 c. lukewarm water
2 Tbl. dry parsley
2 Tbl minced garlic
1 1/2 c. Chicken broth
3 Tbl honey
1 egg
5-6 c. whole wheat flour

Directions: Preheat oven to 350F

In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Stir in te parsley, garlic, broth, honey and  egg.  Gradually blend in flour, adding enough to form a stiff dough.

Transfer to a floured surface and knead until smooth (3-5 min).  Shape the dough into a ball, and roll into 1/4 inch thick.  Using a small bone-shapped cookie cutter make the biscuits.  Transfer to ungreased baking sheets, spacing them about 1/4 inch apart. Bake for 30 min, remove from oven and turn over.  Bake for an additional 15 min or until lightly browned on both sides. Let cool overnight. (suggestion, turn off oven and let them cook in the oven overnight, the extra time in the oven as it cooks off helps make the treats crispy and crunchier.

Bianca Schiffman, Trista Perot, Martha Stewart, Jade Harrington, ME!!!

Holy craft!  I was on the Martha Stewart Show!

What an amazing opportunity.  (Holy Craft! I am going to the Martha Stewart Show).  We arrived at the studio at 8:30am.  We were not sure at all, what our involvement would be with the show, so we didnt know what to expect.  At first it just appeared we were there just in the general audience.  Which was still fine with us.  There were about 150 people there ready to cheer on our Craft Queen.  After warming up the crowd, we were approached by the producer who identified us as “the bloggers”.  “the bloggers” were taken into the studio first.  What an Amazing studio. Everything was so pristine, so Martha! After we were taken to our seats and provided special permission to tweet, and blog during the show, we were armed with our ipad, netbooks, iphones and Hootsuite, ready to narrate the whole experience. Prior to the show starting–which was aired LIVE by the way!- the group of 10 of us were taken on a set tour, we got to see up close and personal Marthas kitchen, her garden and her craft area.  Just so exciting.  During the show we tweeted our little hearts out while trying also to watch the show!

Right at the beginning of the show Martha referenced us and they gave us a quick camera swoop.  No perma smiles here, I was tooth to tooth, thrilled to be there!

Today’s topics were Whole Living (healthy living), David Spain a “Mossologist”, Home Depot demonstrating how to cover marker on a wall, and Martha did a photo mat craft with Jade Harrington, (www.jaderbomb.com) who is pledging to do 100 Martha Crafts in 100 days!  OK, I admit, maybe the Salad, the Moss and the Marker, was not the most thrilling topics, but interesting and informative! I have a new found interest in moss now!  The whole experience was exciting, just to see everything done from behind the scenes.  When Martha came out she of course was poised and professional, but what I didnt expect is that she is stunning!  I know she was a model prior to her MSL empire, but at 70 years old, she looks absolutely incredible.  After all the segments, we were asked to come down on the set again, this time with Martha for a group photo!!!  Martha spoke briefly to us, basically just telling us she looked forward to looking at our blogs!!  Which is REALLLLY scary.  Then we were dismissed. We received the audience swag, which consisted of a Magazine, a moss rock (so cute) the marker treatment and a Martha Stewart paper trimmer– SO COOL!  But then as “the bloggers” we received an additional swag bag, that contained a ton of halloween paper, paint, paint dabbers, cute Halloween stickers for decoration and a fabulous paper cutter that cuts spider webs on the edge of paper!  WoW.

I also got to met some other great bloggers. None of us had similar blogs, so it was fun to meet what other women are doing with Social Media Marketing.

Here is a run down of the other special guests from “the blogger” section

MommyUpgrade: Trista Perot: A blog dedicated to demonstrating kid friendly crafts.  Trista blogs about craft projects she does with her 3 year old “Princess Cupcake”  @mommyupgrade.com

 A Day with Violet Mae: Bianca Schiffman : Bianca, a creative sewer who creates great crafts and sewing projects.  @texasbjeweled

Jaderbomb, Jade Harrington, who is pledging to do 100 Martha Stewart Crafts in 100 days.

The Garter Girl, Julianne Smith, who makes amazing wedding garters.

Dara Pettinelli and Andrea Zimmerman, Babble;

Kristy Stephenson, Posh Pixels Design;

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

#RoadtoMartha
#MarthaAlive

Trista is a highly qualified blogger, and social media consultant.  She maintains several of her own Social Media channels, including the popular blog “MommyUpgrade” where she chronicles craft projects that she completes with her 3 year old daughter “Princess Cupcake”.  Trista also recommended, Bianca.  Bianca, has a stunning family blog  ”Everyday with Violet Mae“, be sure to check out and bookmark these sites and of course you should bookmark megimoo.com and check out the megimoo fanpage!

  I am so excited I get to be associated with these two great bloggers.  I can not wait to go to New York.  Now… what to wear (panic)…