<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0edbc36d-3d1c-4458-8f45-d855c40ebd2f/96EF9C1F-03A9-424B-94C4-C49B58F1D74E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/new-uses-for-old-things/prevent-loose-shoelaces-chapstick-00000000008099/index.html" href="http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/new-uses-for-old-things/prevent-loose-shoelaces-chapstick-00000000008099/index.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.realsimple.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/new-uses-for-old-things/prevent-loose-shoelaces-chapstick-00000000008099/index.html"><H1>Use ChapStick to Prevent Shoelaces from Coming Undone</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/new-uses-for-old-things/prevent-loose-shoelaces-chapstick-00000000008099/index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.realsimple.com/img/23B7CB70-A99A-4AB5-BAA6-8055F43B0133" alt="Sneakers and a tube of Chapstick" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/new-uses-for-old-things/prevent-loose-shoelaces-chapstick-00000000008099/index.html"><H2>A clever way to repurpose an everyday item.</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/new-uses-for-old-things/prevent-loose-shoelaces-chapstick-00000000008099/index.html"><SPAN class="author">by Sharon Tanenbaum and Ashley Tate</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/new-uses-for-old-things/prevent-loose-shoelaces-chapstick-00000000008099/index.html"><DIV class="clear" id="dek"><B>Original purpose:</B> Protecting lips from winter winds. <BR /><B>Aha! use:</B> Keeping shoelaces from coming undone. Create your own version of waxed laces: Just use the balm to coat the strings where you loop and knot and they won’t budge. <BR /><B>Reward:</B> Laces that are fit to be (and stay) tied. <DIV id="readMore"> <P><STRONG>Read More About:</STRONG></P><A href="http://browse.realsimple.com/home-organizing/new-uses-for-old-things/index.html" class="action">New Uses for Old Things</A><BR /></DIV> </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/96EF9C1F-03A9-424B-94C4-C49B58F1D74E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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