Allison's Written Words

My first toe dip back into the pool of writing in two years, even if it is a quick writing prompt!

Daily writing promptDo lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive?View all responses Wow, it’s been a hot minute (or two years) since I’ve logged on to my blog! I really do love a good writing prompt! My “lazy days” usually aren’t super lazy. Even if I’m just slogging around watching TV, I’ll still attempt to get a crafting project or two in, since I’m actively preparing for a craft show in…

Who who who's got a crush on you, in the board game finding your "Hello Hunk!"? We're talking 90s board games today, specifically, Milton Bradley's "Electronic Dream Phone!"

....and imagine a world where a television network only shows television shows and movies that mention the advertised product as the focal point of EVERYTHING! Only on #ThrowbackThursday!

On this #FlashbackFriday, scandalous commercials November 1999!

For your consideration on this #ThrowbackThursday, commercials from January 17, 1999, now with more crab legs and soda!

...and while you're at it, "Eat FRESH!" and enjoy a whole lot of 2006 commercials on this #FlashbackFriday!

Sooner or later (as in, this article, right now), everyone will have Wrinkles...the lovable kind. What are Wrinkles? Well

We call them Watchimal, and they're the gem of this Retro Tech article

On this #FlashbackFriday, the story and memories of Lite Brite's less messy cousin, Lights Alive.

A light up toy with no pegs to lose, but plenty of ways to create artwork with incredible colorful light? What is this witchcraft?! (more…)

A toy that lights the day, the night, and has been around for over fifty years gets the Allison's Written Words treatment!

Just you, a shopping cart, and a store full of toys. What will YOU do?

#FlashbackFriday plays with today's toy, and nothing else. Well, this week anyway.

The Crest Sparkle-Motion will get you brushing your little pearly whites on this #FlashbackFriday!

#FlashbackFriday is all about serious fashion thinly disguised as a certain stretchy toy we all had at one time or another!

Indigestion, headache, and the stressors of eating and running stand no chance on #FlashbackFriday, let alone with the use of today's product!

Down on the corner, out in the street, Pocket Rockers are playing where the music feels the beat in this Retro Technology article!

A product with a strange name touts the power of effective cleanliness in today's #FlashbackFriday commercial!