How to Pretend You are a Marketing Genius

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I have been putting little Velcro tabs on my water bottle for several years, now. I decided to begin using the Velcro because I cannot, for the life of me, hold onto my water bottle cap. Perhaps, it is because I live with young people that cannot seem to keep their mitts, and lips, for that matter, off of my beverages....


I just put the fuzzy tab on the top and the stiffer tab on the side, or vice versa, and fingers crossed, manage to keep tabs (yeah, pun intended) on my lid.

I have tried to use Velcro that comes in long strips and cut little tabs myself but those don't work as well. The ends of the tabs curl and they seem to pull off/slide off of the bottle a lot more easily. I try to re-use my water bottles several times (and have even put them in the dishwasher) before tossing them because I am a cheapskate very diligent in my recycling efforts. The circular Velcro tabs last as long as I use the bottle. I have taken to sending recyclable water bottles with my kids to their games and practices because we manage to lose them quite frequently.

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The other day my 13 year old son, Evan, was looking at the Velcro on my water bottle and said, "You know, Mom, you should really market this idea...you could make a lot of money.

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I was shocked that he had a working knowledge of what, "marketing" is to begin with. When I asked him where he learned about the concept of marketing affecting sales he shrugged and said, "Oh, they taught us at school."

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Should I be thrilled or concerned that middle school is preparing Evan for world domination?

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I purchased these Velcro tabs at a swanky little boutique...perhaps you've heard of it...I call it Wal-Mart...

And here is the official, "Product Placement" picture. My apologies I could not get the male model that I hired to look at the camera.
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Oh, and a word to the wise...never let a male model, like the one pictured above, drink out of your water bottle. The amount of backwash that he deposits in your bottle could choke a horse. Once, this particular male model backwashed an entire Combo (the tubular shaped crackers with cheese inside) back into my water bottle. Nothing like having a snack while you enjoy your refreshing water, right?

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So...if any of you actually want to market this idea...I want a cut of the profits.

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...but you'll have to find your own male model for advertisement purposes.

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How-To Look Like Cindy Crawford (Some Restrictions Apply)

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I have a blog friend named Christie (who I like to affectionately call, "Stie"...she said it was okay) that is instituting a new project on her blog called, "How-To Tuesday". She invited all of her readers to join her in sharing tutorials with their readers each Tuesday. I know I have never met Christie in person (don't confuse me with the facts) but I still adore her, and her blog, so I immediately wanted to post a How-To to show my support of her incredible idea.

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Then I was completely stymied as to what to share...

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You see, I love being the recipient of everyone sharing their brilliance on their blogs...but nothing came to mind for me to share...but then I read on Stie's blog that I am welcome to share a tutorial that is, "just plain silly"...

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...and I remembered a beauty tip that supermodel (back when, "supermodels" ruled the world) Cindy Crawford shared with me.

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What? You didn't know that Cindy Crawford and I are besties?

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Okay, that was a lie...I have never even met Cindy Crawford...and I feel confident that she couldn't pick me out of a police-like line up...

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But I digress...

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Cindy was on Oprah years ago and shared how she keeps lipstick from smearing on her front teeth after she applies it to her lips.

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I mean, I may have never met Cindy but we are practically twinners.

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Just look at us, I have brown hair, she has brown hair...

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I have brown eyes, she has brown eyes...

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I have two nostrils, she has two nostrils...

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I mean, YOU probably couldn't tell the two of us apart in a police-like line up.

Okay, fine...I lied again, I don't look like Cindy Crawford...but I wanted to share Cindy's tip so that you look more like the above picture of Cindy and not the below picture of me with lipstick on my front teeth.

Cindy said to apply your lipstick and then put your index finger in your mouth, like so, and pull it straight out...

(Uh, this picture is looking a little more bizarre than I intended)
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By pulling your finger out of your mouth it cleanly wipes off any lipstick that may have been applied to the part of your lips that make contact with your teeth.
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And VOILA' your teeth come out lipstick free!

(Uh, this picture is looking a little bizarre to me, too)

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Now I just need to figure out how to make my teeth look less yellow. I have it on good authority that my teeth have a yellow tint to them.
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So there you have it! My first tutorial!

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To link up to other great tutorials click HERE.

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Thanks, Stie!

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Ready for His Closeup (Is, "closeup" one word, or two?)

Evan is the handsome student in the solid green shirt, wearing his reading glasses, (good job, son ☺) with his mouth slightly agape. Hey, he was into the discussion.