I kept a secret for a couple of weeks.

Last month, I got an email from a producer from the local ABC station here in Philadelphia. The station caught wind of my holiday cards being sold by Marmaxx, and wanted to interview me about my illustration business.

WHUUUUT?

This was surreal. I worked in media production for a long time, but never was I the subject of a television interview. But I guess that’s the beauty of letting people know about your passion and your product — someone’s going to notice! And now, a trio of someones was scheduled to visit my place and interview me about my work.

I had to get my studio ready for visitors — and cameras, and lights, and microphones too. Before I knew it, veteran broadcaster Lisa Thomas-Laury arrived at my house — MY house! — with a producer and cameraman in tow. Set-up took awhile, as is the nature of broadcasting, but it wasn’t long before Ms. Thomas-Laury was asking me about my process and my dreams of being an illustrator when I was a little girl. Oh, and the camera man convinced me to pull out a few, slightly-embarrassing childhood photos, (so just pretend you don’t see them in the video below.) I had a hard time keeping my face straight through the whole thing, and my guy, a Philly native, was a bit star-struck by the veteran anchorwoman sitting in our house.

Before I knew it, it was over, and the crew from 6ABC was packing up and heading out. But it was such a great and fun experience. And a few weeks later, I got the email letting me know that my segment was airing as part of the station’s “Visions” special on local entrepreneurs.

Seeing myself and my work on TV is… well, surreal! When you’re simply doing work in your office (or in my case, my studio), you never quite imagine that someone is going to come interview you about it. At least I didn’t. But I’m super excited that it happened.

Check out the segment below and let me know what you think!