If you’re anything like me, tonight has been blocked on your calendar, you’ve asked your family members not to bother you and you are more excited to watch TV than you’ve been in centuries because… the premiere of the crafting show Making It is finally airing TONIGHT on NBC! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

The broadcasting of this show is huge because:

1. Crafters are about to be on a major network! There’s been reality shows about chefs, models, make-up artists, celebrities, families, etc. but this is the first show of its kind that is about to highlight the wonderful well-roundedness of crafters on such a huge national network like NBC. EEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKK
2. Amy Poehler/Nick Offerman AHEM LESLIE KNOPE/RON SWANSON REUNION! For all of us Parks and Rec fans, seeing these two on screen together again is LIT-ER-ALLY the best thing ever! And the combination couldn’t be better. An established craftsman and woodworker like Nick + a non-crafter like Amy = the ultimate match made in heaven for TV to capture all kinds of audiences. Whether you craft or not, you are represented!
3. THE MAKERS! Guys. I am SO EXCITED for this casting. You’d think I know the contestants… and that’s because I kinda sorta get to say I do! Amber Kemp-Gerstel and her gorgeous flower headband is one of the eight makers that were cast on the show. Even though she’s originally from the Bay Area, she’s been living in South Florida for years running her Damask Love crafting business and she is EVERYTHING. I got a chance to talk to her once, and she’s just the best human ever. I’ll be rooting for her and everyone from Miami should too!

4. The Press Junkets/Promos! If there’s one thing I enjoy about movie and TV shows are the press junkets that the actors do leading up to it to reach all possible audiences. From the Today Show crafting session to Amy’s appearances on late night shows with Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers (with hilarious stories about how she met Nick), to the pun-offs, and all the content on the Making It YouTube channel… I’m IN IT!

I must confess, another reason I’m so excited about this show is because when they were casting for it I actually considered entering… until I saw the application and felt my skill-set wasn’t as broad as I wanted it to be to put myself out there on TV. And now that I’ve seen the lineup, I’m so relieved I didn’t apply, or I might have been the first to go home lol!

I’m sure there are more reasons but as you can tell by my overuse of exclamation marks and capitalization, I’m not very coherent right now. Point is, I simply cannot wait to watch the premiere and whole series and I’m already praying for a Season 2 and this first one hasn’t even started.

I hope you all join me tonight as I’ll be live-tweeting the show from my @WCBCraftStudio twitter account. Let’s make #MakingIt trend! Y’all THREADY for this?!