Set your DVRs, folks! The Pinterest Party I hosted last Saturday will be featured on CBS This Morning on Thursday!
If you're wondering how this came to fruition, allow me to explain: a few weeks back
I threw my very first Pinterest Party.
Let’s just say it was a success—such a success that a producer from
CBS' national morning show contacted me to see if I would be throwing
another one anytime soon that they could feature for an upcoming
Pinterest segment. Without hesitation, I told her I would absolutely
throw one if it meant they would come and film the party. A few emails
and phone conversations later, she booked the flights and I sent out the
Evite!
“Holy cow! CBS is coming to our house!” I told my hubby.
Then that panic set in. CBS is coming to my house? I have WAY too
much to do and not much time to get it done. I had to act fast. I
started cleaning, organizing, planting flowers, hired landscapers, etc.
You name it, I was on it. I was as cool as a cucumber until the crew
arrived ahead of schedule on Saturday morning. I was literally in the
middle of preparing and finishing the appetizers, cleaning the kids'
messes, and spot cleaning when the car pulled up. Lucky for me, they
needed time to set up which gave me a few extra minutes to try and get
things in order. I will tell you this, though: my kitchen was no way
near as organized, clean or set up the way I had planned it. In fact,
when I see it on TV I will likely be mortified.
Don’t quit your day job, Martha. I still have a long way to go!
Let me begin by first telling you how amazing, wonderful, down to
earth, beautiful and HILARIOUS
Lee Woodruff is; Lee is the CBS correspondent that
covered the party. (She is married to Bob Woodruff, the well-known
reporter that was hit by a roadside bomb in 2006 while covering the Iraq
war.) Talk about one incredible (and very loveable) woman. She’s down
to earth, kind, fun—I didn’t want her to leave. In fact, I told her that
if she ever decides to relocate from the New York area, we’d love to
have her here in our neck of the woods. And I wasn’t the only one that
thought so; all the girls were gaga over her. She’s remarkable.
The entire crew was amazing, too. They transformed my little home
into a TV set within minutes. We started the party with the usual
antics: mingling, drinking and snacking. Only this time, there was a
famous woman in my kitchen equipped with a cameraman, sound guy and
producer. It was hilarious to watch the other girls getting interviewed
with a huge camera inches from their faces. It's safe to say the wine
was going down VERY easily.
I even added a little spin from the last Pinterest party I threw.
This time, I had a DIY craft that the girls could make and take home as a
little gift from me. To make them, I spray-painted 12 terracotta pots
with black chalkboard paint ahead of time (in order to speed things up
while at the party). Also on the table were some herbs for the girls to
plant in the pots. (I chose Thyme and Basil.) Most girls wrote the name
of the herb on the pot, but clever Lee wrote “Lee’s Pot,” and then she
said something funny about having trouble getting it through security at
the airport. We all laughed so hard!
During the craft and throughout the party, she was asking us
questions about why we love Pinterest. It was so fun and we are without a
doubt pumped for Thursday, when we can all sit and overanalyze our
every move, love handle, double chin, etc. We are all our own worst
critics, right? I for one can't stand seeing myself in videos, so it
will be interesting to see!
On a similar note, while prepping the food on Friday night I sliced
my index finger, which meant I had to wear a big, ugly band-aid on my
newly manicured nails—not nearly the Giada De Laurentis hands I had
envisioned. I bribed the cameraman with a peanut butter brownie to
delete any footage of the "band-aid finger." Let's hope he holds up his
end of the bargain!
We exchanged our gifts white-elephant style, just like last time. It
was great seeing the new ideas the girls came up with. I even gave Lee
and the producer a little something for spending the day with us.
All of the girls, including our new friend Lee, were given parting
gifts of cowgirl cookies (which I gave away at the last party), as well
as homemade lemon-sugar hand scrub. Both were a hit. I felt sorry for
the girls though. They literally had two mason jars, a planted pot and a
huge bag (containing the gift they got from the exchange) to take home.
Maybe next time I’ll invest in some wagons so they can get all of the
loot to their cars. Hey, that actually might be a cute idea!
It was a blast. And the best part was meeting Lee. What a great woman.
Here is my
Pinterest board with the foods we ate, the drinks we drank, and the crafts that were exchanged.
So be sure to watch on Thursday. Who knows, maybe it will inspire you
to throw your very own Pinterest Party. Or at the very least you can
poke fun at the girls you will undoubtedly recognize as your friends,
neighbors, and acquaintances!
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| Giant cupcake for the birthday girl |
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| "Birthday Book" |
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Centerpieces with sliced limes. It's because of these limes I had to wear that awful, ugly bandaid on my pretty manicured nails. :(
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| The many hostess gifts from my darling guests! |
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| HYSTERICAL! |
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| Never seen a more darling wine bottle! |
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| How's it feel to have the camera on YOU, guys?! |
This story was published on 3/26/12 on Patch.com. Follow my column, Goodbye Miniskirt! Hello Minivan!
