Back when I was just a little bud of a crafter I used to watch all sorts of shows about crafting and recycling/repurposing. In those days I would set up the VCR to record shows like Martha Stewart Living and The Carol Duvall Show while I was away at the day job.
Martha not only had crafty ideas she also had cooking and housekeeping ideas too. I loved watching that show with its sweet intro music and calm nature. Post prison Martha annoys me, and so does her new live show. It’s all too rowdy and loud and Martha without a script is horrendous. Well, that’s my opinion at least.
Carol would have all sorts of guests on her show who would demonstrate how to do all sorts of crafty things. There would be people who could show you how to use the latest rubber stamping products and others who could show you great polymer clay techniques. It was all crafts all the time and was a well full of ideas from which I could draw.
Husby and I used to spend our Saturday nights watching HGTV which had a great decorating line up. Some of those shows also had how-to demonstrations, like how to sew cafe curtains or how to paint a hardwood floor.
These days I’m hard pressed to find shows on crafting or decorating. DIY seems to be all about remodeling and HGTV is all about home buying instead of decorating and crafting. I miss my simple shows – I don’t have any desire to tear my kitchen apart and build a new one.
Well, I’ll always have my trusty internet to give me some inspiration and how-to tips. Somehow, though, it’s just not the same.
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I recently picked up one of Martha’s early books. God, she was good before she got so big! Now, it tends to be more about promoting her own product line. Thanks, Sara!
Even post prison Martha is gone. She ended the show this year (at 72 she deserves to retire I guess). I had hopes for Craft Wars but the challenges were rather out there. Other than something like Design on a Dime there are so little inspirational shows out there.
I know! I can’t take much more of the kitchen remodelings. We used to watch Decorating Cents and even that dorky Room By Room, plus a bunch of others with titles I can’t remember. They were great!
I agree with you! There are no more sewing or quilting show on TV anymore. You have to subscribe to web programs to get them. I actually cancelled cable because I was so disgusted with the lack of the kinds of programs I enjoy.
I’m too scared to dump cable! Maybe if I learned more about internet TV I wouldn’t be so nervous. I applaud your courage and hope you’re getting the creative doses of what you like with your web programs.
Yes, it took a bit of getting used to, but I get more done in a day!
That’s the thing – I don’t watch that much TV anyway, but I’m still too nervous to change. It’s a dysfunction I have.