Politics Politician Families Martha Stewart Shares Rare Photo of Granddaughter Jude Celebrating 12th Birthday with Spa Party Jude is the older child of Alexis Stewart, Martha's only child By Angela Andaloro Angela Andaloro Angela Andaloro is a Society & Culture Staff Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared on BuzzFeed, Entertainment Weekly, and LittleThings. People Editorial Guidelines Published on March 13, 2023 01:31PM EDT Martha Stewart. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Martha Stewart is in awe of how her granddaughter is growing up. The home design maven's granddaughter Jude celebrated her 12th birthday with friends at a spa party that Stewart shared a glimpse of on Instagram Sunday. "Five beauties getting even more beautiful ! Jude turned twelve this week and had a SPARTY! Get it???" wrote the proud grandma, who seems to have hosted the event. "Japanese food, spa robes #peressofmadisonavenue and beautiful skin care products from @mariobadescu lots of goodies for nails and toes from clients of PR wonder @alisobridmc They had fun. And didn't sleep a wink !!" Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Martha Stewart Gets Candid About the Highs and Lows of Her Celebrated Life The 81-year-old's daughter Alexis Stewart is mom to daughter Jude and son Truman, who turned 11 the day after his big sister's birthday. Back in 2020, Martha opened up to PEOPLE about her belief that there's no one perfect way to be a parent. "I was busy," she said of her own experience raising Alexis. "At the time, Alexis was going to school in Westport, and I was commuting to New York. After I gave up stock-brokering, I started an at-home catering business, which was extremely time-consuming." "One thing Alexis learned from that was how to cook. She's a phenomenal cook and baker. I tried to involve her in everything, but the minute she could leave home and go to boarding school, she did," she continued. "Our relationship has always been a difficult mother-daughter relationship. Difficult, but she would do anything for me, and I would do anything for her." Close