Cathie Filian and Steve
Piacenza are Emmy Nominated
television hosts, best-selling
book authors, lifestyle experts,
craft tool inventors, handcraft
designers and super crafty.
They created, produced and co-hosted more than 100 episodes of the hit crafting show Creative Juice and the mini-series Witch Crafts for HGTV and DIY.
Their shows can be seen in the United States, Australia, South Africa, The Philippines and on the Armed Forces Network. They own and operate, Beyond B
Entertainment, a full service television production company and have just completed a pilot-presentation for VH1.
They were nominated for two Daytime Emmys. (With the category company of Martha Stewart, Emeril Lagasse and Paula Deen.) Their nominations were for
Outstanding Lifestyle Host and Outstanding Lifestyle Program.
Cathie and Steve have also appeared on numerous network shows and specials for NBC, ABC, Discovery Channel, HGTV, DIY and Food Network.
Programs such as Rachael Ray, IVillage Live, View From the Bay and the Florence Henderson Show have featured their creative ideas.
They co-authored, Creative Juice – 45 Re-Crafting Projects. Cathie authored, 101 Tees, 101 Snappy Fashion and Bow Wow WOW! All are published by
Lark Books. They also write Home Hobbies, a monthly syndicated newspaper column for United Features and they contribute to national shelter publications
such as Real Simple, Better Homes and Gardens, Redbook, Womens World, Life Magazine and many others.
Cathie and Steve are National Spokespersons for Plaid Enterprises, one of the largest manufactures of art and craft products in the United States. They
appear at CHA and on HSN and QVC showcasing Plaid’s newest products.
Cathie and Steve's invention, Hot Glue Glue Helpers, a line of tools for working with hot glue just released in the USA on Home Shopping Network where they
sold out in 7 minutes. The tools were nominated for the Innovations Award at CHA. They are available online and at retail stores in the USA and
internationally.
Cathie made her debut as one of the faces for Dove Beauty: Real Women Real Beauty. She was chosen to appear along with five other women in America
for the new documentary style campaign. Look for Cathie’s campaign on Oprah.com.
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Awards
Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Lifestyle Show
for Witch Crafts - 35th Emmy
Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Lifestyle Host
for Creative Juice - 34th Emmy
Innovations Award Nomination, Outstanding New Product
for Hot Glue Gun Helpers, Plaid Enterprises