Two bees and a pea....

Fight night..... Our company does not just sling glue guns.

Pitches.....

pitched lots of new shows today.......meeting with 3 networks :) details soon.

Madame's Dish - Shoot Day 2

Madame and Joe Kovacs

Day two was just as fun! Madame and Joe were amazing!

Huge thanks Zach Driscoll who Directed our Photography, Our Chef Chanel Martinez who is Madame's hands, to Dominic Sharamitaro who played the hunky guy, Sweet P who graced us with her smile, Jenn Raudman who recorded all the laughs, Daelen Cory who was our Hollywood fashionista, David Bowman who magically played the piano, my sister Erin Berich and her hubby Nick Berich who pretended to eat, Gigi Jackman, Jackye Swidler and Gary Holland who join us at Tangiers, Julian Salazar and his brother Tom who "paparazzied" Madame down Hillhurst Ave, Tangier restaurant and lounge for the awesome location, Whole Food for Life on Los Feliz Blvd for the beautiful produce department, Paul Cowdan who thankfully loaned us his lighting package and to my hubby who always supports, encourages, plays along and works his tail off on all our hair brained ideas.

Huge thanks to everyone who made the last 2 days a smashing success and kisses to Joe Kovacs who is an amazing comic, incredibly hard worker and wonderful guy.

Here are a few more pics....


Eddie shows off his camera rig.



The rig in action



Steve balances the skateboard.



Madame's Cookbook



Madame is so naughty...



Madame pounces on Hunky Guy like a cougar.



Madame's Angeles.



Steve shows off his mad set decorating skills.



Sweet P and Madame stir up some fun.



Chanel was a super trooper!!!

Behind the Scene Clip from Madame's Dish

Behind the Scene Clip from Madame's Dish...

Madame Shoot Day 1

We are thrilled to be filming a new pilot with a puppet named Madame! Some of you may remember her from Solid Gold, Laugh In or the Hollywood Squares - well....she is back and she is back with the same quick and sometimes naughty humor. We are working with an original puppet - she is amazing and I must say that her mate Joe was spectacular!!!!!! Filming was awesome, today went off without a hitch and we actually finished early! I am dog tired and my belly hurts from laughing.

Here are a few "behind the scenes" pics - more to come tomorrow....


Madame, Joe and Greg


David plays the "Winehouse" as Madame sings a tune.


Joe just off the plane....


Zach and I kept snickering....


Look close and you can see Eddie, Steve and Jenn.


Snack Time


Madame and Joe.

Shooting a pilot with a mini diva!

So.....today I have been making "mini" aprons for a pilot we are shooting this weekend. And when I say mini...I mean mini! - they are only about 10" tall. The crazy part is that the aprons are for the "star" of the show - yes it is true, the star of the show fits a 10" apron.

This little lady will be gossiping with the stars, eating at the hottest restaurants in Los Angeles and making her own concoctions and recipes in her kitchen.

This is her "Hot & Spicy" apron for making grilled veggies.

Here is her Sushi making apron.

This one is for her Blended Fruit Cocktails.

This one is for her "Perez Hilton" fan club...she was actually just featured on Perez and TMZ!

Any guesses as to who she is????

2 Emmy Nominations for Witch Crafts

We could not be more thrilled! Witch Crafts our Halloween series was just nominated for 2 Emmys. We were nominated for Outstanding Lifestyle Program and Outstanding Lifestyle Directing. This is the third nomination for Two Bees and a Pea Productions.

The Emmys are just under 2 months away so it is dress shopping time!!!

You can learn more about witch crafts by visiting www.witchcraftstv.com.

Witch Crafts will encore this October on DIY.

Casting For a NEW Teen Craft Show!

Casting Notice – Untitled Teen Craft Show

Our production company, Two Bees and a Pea, is casting young adult & teen crafters for a new "untitled" craft show. This show will be guest based - so you could be the star of the show. :) We produce Creative Juice on DIY and HGTV and this will be a brand new show.

We are seeking crafty guests from all over the USA and will begin the process with DVD submissions. The DVD's are not for air on TV they are for casting purposes. Fear not if you don't have access to a video camera. Just send a photo of yourself (big smile) holding or showing off your handmade items.

Here are a few guidelines:

You should have high energy and great style. Show off your style - flaunt it!

Your crafts should be current, hip, cutting edge - think Urban Outfitters, Anthropology, Gossip Girl, Project Runway, MTV!

You can make anything from room decor, jewelry, clothing, soap making, knitted and crochet goods, lip balm, art, etc. The most important thing is that you know your stuff and can explain how you make it in a clear and fun way.

The deadline is May 1st – 2008. Age range: Teens, Young Adults (28 and under)

Video Guidelines:

1.Have high energy and be yourself. State your name, where you are from, how long you have been crafting and what your craft project is. Try to hold your project in your hand or have it next to you and briefly explain to us how you made it. You can show a step or two on how you made it you want.

2.Try to keep the camera as smooth as possible (using a tripod helps) and make sure you have lots of light so we can see you.

3.Fashion tips for the camera: Please don't wear prints, all black (even if you are goth), white or red. Tattoos, elaborate hair dos, and punky attire are just fine.

4.Videos should be no longer than 3 minutes and should be submitted on DVD only. Tapes cannot be viewed. On the DVD please include your name, your craft, email, city, phone number and age if you are under 18.

Photo Guidelines:

1.Have a big smile in the photo. Try to hold your project in your hand or have it next to you. You can include a picture of you at a sewing machine or at your work station or in the process of making something.

2.Fashion tips for the camera: Please don't wear prints, all black (even if you are goth), white or red. Tattoos, elaborate hair dos, and punky attire are just fine.

3.Photos should be digital, high resolution and should be submitted in print and on a CD. On the back of the photo and on the CD please include your name, your craft, email, city, phone number and age if you are under 18.

Please mail to:

Casting - Untitled Craft Show
c/o Cathie Filian
1531 Randall St
Glendale, CA 91201

www.twobeesandapea.com
www.cathieandsteve.com



ps - Thanks to everyone who has sent in submissions! Everyone is awesome. We need lots of peeps so pass this along!

Press: Venus Zine

I just got home from shopping in Burbank where I explored Urban, looked for a few new outfits, snatched up a chardonnay (my cousin - Kristen - got me thinking about white wine) and picked up the new issue of Venus Zine! I was thrilled that my interview on Indie Business made it into the mag!

I am laughing as I read the interview, because in the interview I discuss not owning a "suit" and next week I have 2 "Top Secret" big wig meetings that not only require new outfits but deserve new outfits and possibly even new shoes!!! Fingers crossed - this is a big one.

CLICK TO ENLARGE

Creative Juice Now Airs in South Africa!

It's official.....
Creative Juice is now available in South Africa!

The Home Channel's signal reaches across Southern Africa, including: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Zambia.

The first episode airs tonight at 8:00pm. The episode will be one of our favorites "Dogs Rock". The episode is loaded with crafty goodies for pooches and it has cameo appearances from our babies, Striker and Max!

We will air 4 times a week: 8:00 pm/Tuesday, 8:00 am/Wednesday, Noon/Thursday and 4:00 pm/Friday.

Here is bit of press that we just received today in the South African Newspaper: Click Here

Have a crafty day!

Links to the projects in Dogs Rock.
Homemade Dog Treats
Fleece Pet Beds
Embellished Leashes
Shrink Pet Tags

Casting For A New Craft TV Show

Hey Crafty Peeps,

Our production company is looking to cast young adult & teen crafters for a new "untitled" teen craft show. This show will be guest based - so you could be the star of the show. :) We produce Creative Juice on DIY and HGTV and this will be a brand new show.

We are seeking crafty guests from all over the USA and will begin the process with DVD submissions. The DVD's are not for air on TV they are for casting purposes. Fear not if you don't have access to a video camera. Just send a photo of yourself (big Smile) holding or showing off your handmade items.

Here are a few guidelines:

You should have high energy and great style. Show off your style - flaunt it!

Your crafts should be cutting edge current - think Urban Outfitters or MTV!

You can make anything from room decor, jewelry, clothing, soap making, knitted and crochet goods, lip balm, art, etc. The most important thing is that you know your stuff and can explain how you make it in a clear and fun way.

Video Guidelines:

1.Have high energy and be yourself. State your name, where you are from, how long you have been crafting and what your craft project is. Try to hold your project in your hand or have it next to you and briefly explain to us how you made it. You can show a step or two on how you made it you want.

2.Try to keep the camera as smooth as possible (using a tripod helps) and make sure you have lots of light so we can see you.

3.Fashion tips for the camera: Please don't wear prints, all black (even if you are goth), white or red. Tattoos, elaborate hair dos, and punky attire are just fine.

4.Videos should be no longer than 3 minutes and should be submitted on DVD only. Tapes cannot be viewed. On the DVD please include your name, your craft, email, city, phone number and age if you are under 18.

Photo Guidelines:

1.Have a big smile in the photo. Try to hold your project in your hand or have it next to you. You can include a picture of you at a sewing machine or at your work station or in the process of making something.

2.Fashion tips for the camera: Please don't wear prints, all black (even if you are goth), white or red. Tattoos, elaborate hair dos, and punky attire are just fine.

3.Photos should be digital, high resolution and should be submitted in print and on a CD. On the back of the photo and on the CD please include your name, your craft, email, city, phone number and age if you are under 18.

Please mail to:

Untitled Teen Craft Show
c/o Cathie Filian
1531 Randall St
Glendale, CA 91201

Here are a few links to who I am:
www.cathieandsteve.com
www.twobeesandapea.com


Have a crafty day,

Cathie

ps. pass it along to all your crafty friends.

They Followed Us

Hi everyone its Steve here, as you know Cathie and I are in Vegas, we woke up early Monday morning and off we went.


Highway 15 is the quick route to Vegas. We stopped at a roadside snack shop where we were encountered by aliens. We've posted the pics so you know we are not lying. Just want to let everyone know that Cathie and I are OK - BUT the aliens have followed us to Las Vegas without us knowing, until tonight.

We came back to the room after a long day of working the floor at NATPE, sat on the edge of the bed looking at the amazing Vegas landscape and then it happened.

POW, BANG, WHAM, POOF, a crazy ball of intense light began to spin around Cathie and myself, vision of aliens entered both our minds, "they are trying to penetrate our brains" I yelled, luckily we are strong willed and stubborn as hell.

We both concentrated hard and as quickly as they came, they vanished. Here is frightening picture and the proof of our experience with THE ALIEN OF LAS VEGAS.

Stay safe.
STEVE

Day 1 in Las Vegas

Well last night was great fun! We met with some guys from Warner Bros at TheHotel and sipped a bit of wine ($17 per glass - no joke). We also met a great guy who gave us some invaluable tips on creating promos and presentations. I showed him our presentation for our shows and he loved it! I was so thrilled that it passed his inspection because he is a veteran in Hollywood.

Joined at the head and hip.

We played the penny slots and I lost $10! Not bad considering I am not a gambler. Then - I mistook a $5 slot machine for a nickel slot and lost $20 in 20 seconds. Must quit gambling now!

The conference went well - we made some solid connections and got reacquainted with some folks that we had not worked with for awhile. I don't want to give away too much - But - I smell football and my hubby will be happy about that. :) Details soon.

Emeril was all smiles!

Oh Dolly!

Yummy Lunch at the Border Grill!
We are huge fans of Mary Sue and Susan! LOVE THEM

Waiting for our talk show seminar with Sally Jessy Raphael, funny man Tom Green, Jim Paratore the executive producer of TMZ, Talk show legends Burt Dubrow and Woody Frazier and Terry Wood from CBS.

Getting Sleepy

Back at the room, ready for a little
Jeopardy, snacks and Idol.

Vegas Baby! On our way....

We just landed in Vegas! The drive was awesome we laughed and gossiped the whole way. What a road trip...we saw a beautiful rainbow, the largest thermometer, aliens and had our fortunes told. We are off to our photo shoot and interview with Natpe Daily and C21 Media. Lipstick please:) and hair gel for Steve.

When it rains it pours - especially in Peru!

The old saying when it rains it pours has never been so true! A few years ago our production company, Two Bees and a Pea Productions, filmed a pilot with a very famous woodworker. The pilot was beautiful and probably could have been sold as a DVD - but, we got the order for 78 more Creative Juice episodes and the 6-part Halloween special so we got busy fulfilling the Creative Juice order and the pilot had to put on the back burner.

Well, yesterday we had lunch with Mr. Woodworker (a delicious Thai lunch in San Dimes) and we picked up where we left off and have decided to follow him with cameras on his next trek into Peru. The Woodworker specializes in hand tools and forest management and works with small villages deep in the rainforest and jungles to help the locals with forest management and he teaches them how to craft the wood into furniture and novelties that can be sold to other parts of the world.

Many of the villages are "off the grid" with no power and all the tools are worked by hand or foot. It is absolutely amazing! The photos from his last trip to Honduras trip were not only moving but very inspiring. The craftspeople are now suppling the outdoor retailer Smith and Hawken with their furniture.

The Woodworkers next trip will be in deep in Peru. So deep, that it is a 2 day tretchorous drive from Lima. The accommodations will be sparse; wood planks, sleeping bags and Mosquito netting. Our camera batteries will be charged by generator and we are planning on purchasing the new smaller High Def camera for this trip. Of course we will have our cannon digital for stills along for the ride.

It is going to be a busy 2 months - of course I would not want it any other way.

Last Chance Documentary

It is only Wednesday and I feel like it is Friday! I have been prepping for NAPTE and working on our documentary, Last Chance.

NAPTE is a huge television conference that takes place in Las Vegas at the end of January. All the distributors, syndicated companies, networks and television peeps will be there. Yesterday, I burned 80 dvd's (with tons more to go), printed 680 DVD labels and began working on our new company press kit.



We have 3 cooking shows in development. One with Steve and myself, (you know how we love to cook and eat) one with funny man, Michael McDonald (from Mad TV) and one with acclaimed chef Joseph Antonishek. I am going to package all the cooking shows together in oven mitts with pint sized wood mixing spoons. I am burning our company logo into the spoons with a wood burner.

Our other projects are docs: Last Chance, Acting Normal and The Greenwood Project. We are still shooting Last Chance and should be wrapped in just a few days! Steve has been busy digitizing all the footage and Greg has been cutting.

Monday, we filmed at the juvenile detention camp for boys here in Los Angeles. It was tough. The only time I have filmed in a prison before was for Bottle Rocket and then we were really isolated from the inmates and focused on the actors. This was so very different. The boys looked like little lost kids. Some were mean, most were curious. For many of the kids, this is it! This is the end of the line - they turn 18 and start doing hard time with the adults - if they don't turn their lives around.

Here are some photos from the camp. I have blurred the faces.

Cathie