I really enjoy looking at this book as Christmas approaches. My mom gave me an autographed copy of this book as a gift when our first baby was a year old. I didn't know much about Martha Stewart at that time and since then I have found her to be, an inspiring, annoying, interesting, pretentious and talented professional. In the book, she prepares for a Christmas party of over 100 people, so the recipes are written in ridiculous quantities, but I still love all the innovation and hard work that went into preparing this party and documenting every little thing. ( )

Classic Martha Stewart. Everything over the top - from gilded wrapping paper to Gingerbread Mansions. Ideas are great to peruse but a bit too time consuming for a full time worker to pull off in a weekend. ( )