Musing with Marlyss
Friday, October 21, 2011

It's yogurt not mayonnaise!

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I'm sitting at my computer multi-tasking.  Eating and working. I had slopped in some fat free Meijer Brand vanilla yogurt into a soup ...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Connecting the creativity dots with ipad apps

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In 1996 Steve Jobs was quoted as saying  this about "Creativity": “Creativity is just connecting things.  When you ask c...
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Nascar racing party decorations

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Nascar Racing! Here's some signs and  centerpieces and placecards we've done  in the past year for this slant on car raci...
Sunday, October 9, 2011

DIY: How to make a foamcore palm tree centerpiece

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This tree is made from 3/16" foamcore and is 3 dimensional and looks the same on the front and back. You can make it any size bu...
Saturday, October 8, 2011

Music Parties vs. Sports Parties .... Who leads?

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In the year 2011 are boys (and some girls) picking a  music theme over a sports theme? Well...if you ask me, MUSIC is pulling out ahe...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011

My Mirror

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I don't think my little gal knows  how she can touch my heart.  This little note resides on the metal  track on my bathroom m...
Saturday, October 1, 2011

How do I feel about airbrushing?

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How do I honestly and truly feel about airbrushing? I'm for it. Bring it on. In moderation. This photo on the cover of a Cos...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

Party Centerpiece Construction Instructions

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Here's an example of an "instruction sheet" we send with items we make. We assemble everything and take a picture a...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Apple's iWeb is bad...what the heck?

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Let me say first that I'm a HUGE Apple fan. I have Mac computers, an iphone and an ipad. I would NEVER...repeat NEVER....switch back to ...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

My first Party Decoration and how I got started...the good and bad of it.

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Here's the VERY FIRST party decoration I ever did. It was over 20 years ago. I find it funny and a quirky coincidence (?) t...
Monday, September 19, 2011

Foamcore Letters for Signs in 2 different ways

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COMPUTER LETTERS or HAND CUT LETTERS? (Here's some answers to the question I often need to answer.) Both use foamcore. O...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

CANDY Centerpieces for Parties

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 Making candy centerpieces for parties is hazardous to my health. We have to buy too many sample boxes and then I just eat too much candy...
Sunday, August 14, 2011

Artsy Gazebo

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When Jacob and I were in Arizona we went to the Desert Museum. They had the most wonderfully artistic gazebo with a beautiful view. ...
Monday, August 1, 2011

Airplane trip to Arizona

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Assorted random thoughts on our trip: AIRPLANE: 1. I love flying on an airplane. The flight attendants are old. I always thought they were y...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

The Raffle

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We sat at the pizza dinner/raffle at the same table as the lady who started The American Tarantula Society in 1991. She is an 8th grade scie...
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I live on a small lake in Michigan and that's where I work from. I live very close to my 2 daughters and grandchildren. We all have a great time together and Stacey, my youngest daughter, works with me making party decorations that we ship nationwide and also deliver locally in Michigan.
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