1.20.2007

Martha Stewart Special Issue Magazines

Since 1997, Martha Stewart Living has distributed up to six special issue magazines each year: suplemental issues based on a single homekeeping, entertaining or culinary topic. These magazines were not included as part of the general subscription: available on newsstands only, or by phone order. Below is a description of the special issues that have been released so far, excluding the first Martha Stewart Living Weddings issues,which began publishing once a year in 1995. (These were the seeds for Martha Stewart Weddings magazine which began publishing as its own entity in 1999 on a quarterly basis.) The issues below are now out of print but can often be found at online markets, such as eBay, Etsy or Amazon.




Holiday Cookies: November, 2001

Holiday Baking: November, 2002

Holiday Party Foods: November, 2003

Holiday Cookies: November, 2006
Holiday Handmade Gifts: November, 2007


Holiday Season's Eatings: October, 2008
Holiday Handmade Christmas: November, 2008
Holiday Sweets: November, 2009


Holiday Cookies: November, 2010

Holiday Handbook: October, 2011


Holiday: Halloween, 2000

Holiday: Halloween, 2004

Holiday Halloween Issue (Double Cover Issue): September 2007

Martha Stewart Halloween, September 2009
Martha Stewart Halloween Handbook: August, 2010; Reissued August, 2012.
Martha Stewart Halloween: August, 2011
Martha Stewart Halloween: September, 2013
 Martha Stewart Halloween: September, 2015


Between 2004 and 2008, Martha Stewart Living issued 10 special digests called "Good Things." They were small magazines devoted to various themes, such as kids crafts, home decorating, kitchen tips and organizing. Here is a list of the digests that were issued:
  • Good Things for Organizing 1 - 2004
  • Good Things for Organizing 2 - 2005
  • Good Things for Entertaining - 2005
  • Good Things for Kids (Snacks) - 2006
  • Good Things for Kids 2 (Crafts) - 2006
  • Good Things for Kids 3 (Parties) - 2007
  • Good Things for the Kitchen - 2007
  • Good Things for the Home - 2007
  • Good Things for Kids 4 (Crafts) - 2008
  • Good Things for a Healthy Home - 2008


EVERYDAY FOOD SPECIAL COOKIES ISSUE - NOVEMBER, 2006

EVERYDAY FOOD SPECIAL BAKING ISSUE - NOVEMBER, 2007

EVERYDAY FOOD RECIPE INDEX - 2007 - PROMOTIONAL MAILER
SPECIAL SUMMER ISSUE - 2011 - FULL-SIZE
 EVERYDAY FOOD SPECIAL ISSUE - 2015 - FULL-SIZE


MARTHA STEWART GOOD THINGS FOR WEDDINGS - FEBRUARY, 2004

MARTHA STEWART WEDDINGS 10TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE - SUMMER, 2005

MARTHA STEWART WEDDINGS - SPECIAL COLOR ISSUE - SPRING, 2007

MARTHA STEWART WEDDINGS - COLLECTOR'S EDITION - SUMMER, 2008 (REPRINT OF 2005 VERSION)
MARTHA STEWART WEDDINGS AND DREAM HONEYMOONS - SPECIAL DESTINATION ISSUES: 2010 - 2012
MARTHA STEWART REAL WEDDINGS - SPRING, 2012
MARTHA STEWART REAL WEDDINGS: SPRING, 2013
MARTHA STEWART REAL WEDDINGS - FALL, 2013
MARTHA STEWART REAL WEDDINGS - SPRING, 2014
MARTHA STEWART REAL WEDDINGS - FALL, 2014
 MARTHA STEWART REAL WEDDINGS - SPRING, 2015
 MARTHA STEWART REAL WEDDINGS AND HONEYMOONS - FALL, 2015
MARTHA STEWART REAL WEDDINGS AND HONEYMOONS - FALL, 2016
MARTHA STEWART REAL WEDDINGS & HONEYMOONS - SPRING, 2017
MARTHA STEWART REAL WEDDINGS & HONEYMOONS - SPRING, 2018
 MARTHA STEWART WEDDINGS - ANNUAL PLANNER - 2019/2020



CLOTHESKEEPING - FALL, 1998
ENTERTAINING: CELEBRATE 2000 - NOVEMBER, 1999
AT HOME WITH TECHNOLOGY - FEBRUARY, 2001
 OUTDOOR LIVING - FEBRUARY, 2007
OUTDOOR LIVING - FEBRUARY, 2008
ORGANIZING - JANUARY, 2012
CAKES AND CUPCAKES - FEBRUARY, 2013
ORGANIZING - FEBRUARY, 2016
MARTHA STEWART LIVING 25TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR'S EDITION - APRIL, 2016

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's such a great list...I've been looking for it since I discovered MS Living. THANK YOU very much!
Silvia

Christina said...

Wonderful list! FYI, Kmart handed out copies of the 2002 Holiday Baking issue free (I think day after Thanksgiving). The only difference was the cover. I can send you a picture if you like.

Anonymous said...

You did a really great job with this post. It is a great resource for us magazine collectors.

jennyjkerr said...

Thanks for the list! I have an almost complete collection of every Martha magazine and I needed to know which special issues I might be missing luckily only 6!

Anonymous said...

hi i was wondering where i could get a copy of her weddings collectors edition apparently the number for back issues and all said they dont have it, my email is cess_querubin@hotmail.com, i'd appreciate your help!

ANDREW RITCHIE said...

Your best bet to finding any of these special issues is to use eBay and purchase them through a private seller.

srsaeaa@gmail.com said...

I missed seeing the update. Oops! Beautiful, Andrew.

Stephane Renee Aarseth

Unknown said...

Hi Andrew, your blog is such a great resource for me as a collector! I've got all the regular issues and am working on filling in a few gaps (5, to be exact) in my special issues. Have there been any special issues since the 2016 25th Anniversary Edition? Looking forward to your next update. Thanks!

ANDREW RITCHIE said...

Hi Inga! There was a re-issue of the last Organizing magazine that came out earlier this year, but it didn’t contain any new content. I’ll keep you posted!