Just when I thought J was beginning to cope with my craftiness, I come home with 70 back issues of "Martha Stewart Living."
It started innocently enough: a little ad on Craigslist from someone who had some old editions she wanted to get rid of. I e-mailed her wondering if any were the special "Baby" issues. She did have a few. I drove out to her house. She handed me four "babies" and two "kids"--no charge.
And then she said, "I have more Martha Stewarts in the barn ..." Anything sounds good if it's in a barn. She rode her bicycle to her barn, I drove my car, and we proceeded to load up my back seat with this:
There are about 70 issues there, dating back to the mid-90s and stretching until 2006 or so. So many projects to be made or to serve as inspiration.
When J saw the kitchen table he about croaked. "I thought you were just getting a few?!" I was, but then I saw this:
And this:
Being a newspaperwoman, I hate to promote Craigslist. But c'mon. No one is going to advertise a bunch of free magazines in the regular classifieds. Talk about a "good thing"!
OMG!! I thought I had an illness for mags. I can't wait to show Dar this....I was selling them for 10 cents at the garage sale last week and my "old house" ones were a hit... but nobody wants the fashion. I have one old Martha Stewart Baby - if you don't have it I'll give it to you.
Posted by: Jovanka McKee | September 17, 2008 at 07:25 PM
That is a great post! I drool over old mags and it pains me to get ride of them. Also, it's true that anything sounds good in a barn - I wonder what else she has in there :)
Posted by: klay | September 17, 2008 at 08:08 PM
It truly is a disease, guys. I swear I'm not a hoarder--we live pretty minimally here--but not when it comes to magazines. I have hundreds in my craft room. I used to have a good excuse (being a magazine editor), but the collection has only grown since then.
Jovanka--which issue of "Baby" do you have? You know I'll want it if it's not one I already own.
Let's all have a moment of silence for the termination of that great magazine. Who else could make strained carrots look so gorgeous?
Klay--there were even more magazines in the barn. Not Marthas. I took all of those. But Metropolitan Home, Traditional Home, Runner's World, etc. It was really hard to drive away without everything, but I kept picturing J's face.
Posted by: Megan | September 18, 2008 at 12:00 AM