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***From the Desk of Martha Stewart***

This perfectly delightful note is being sent (on paper I made yesterday
afternoon) to tell you what I've been up to since I saw you last in Palm
Springs. It snowed last night, so I got up early and made a sled with old
barn wood and a hot 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 some reindeer to pull it with some extra reindeer DNA I had
laying around in the refrigerator. By then it was time to make the place mats
and napkins for my 50 guests. I'm serving the old standard twelve-course
Stewart 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
and antiqued them while doing my 45 minutes on the treadmill. Before I moved
the table and chairs into the dining room, I decided to add a festive touch to
the room. So, I repainted the room in pink and stenciled gold stars on the
ceiling. Then, while my 12-grain bread was rising, I took antique molds and
made the dishes (in 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 button holes on the dress I'm wearing
for the breakfast. I'll get out the sled and drive this note to the post
office as soon as the glue dries on the envelopes I'll be making shortly.
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. It's a good
thing!

Love, Martha

P.S. When I made the ribbon for this typewriter, I used 1/8 inch goldgauze.
I soaked the gauze in a mixture of white grapes and blackberries, which I
grew, picked and crushed last week in an idle moment