ONEWRAP, 100 WAYS?

This product is right up there with duct tape and super glue in its usefulness in the house and yard.  Oddly enough, I couldn't find a compilation anywhere, of all the useful things you can do with it. So, in the spirit of "Inspiring Serendipity", I've started a list of the way our family uses Velcro® Brand ONEWRAP,  QWIKTIE, and Bundle Tie straps around our house and yard.
Product information for the various types of these straps available are available from the corporate site:
http://www.velcro.com/Products/Ties-and-Straps.aspx
You can purchase these straps at many stores, including Home Depot, Staples, JoAnn Fabrics, and Lowes. Send me a message if you're having trouble locating some, and I'll point you to a few on line sources as well.
I'll add photos, and more ideas, as I can. For those of you on a tighter than tight budget, simply re-use the printed bundle tie wraps from your lettuce and other vegetables - they last quite a while!
Do you have another use of this great product that's not listed?  Add a comment - include a picture, if you can - let's see how far this goes!

#1 - Cable Management -Ethernest cords
#2 - Cord Control - Stereo equipment
#3 - Pant leg control for bicyclers
#4 - Teething ring keeper
#5 - Herb drying tie
#6 - Cat proof cabinet lock
#7 - Christmas tree light storage
#8 - Emergency car repair
#9 -  Securing wires on trailer hitch
#10 - Keep a roll in the car to "tie down things"
#11 - Keep lock pin close by to where it will be needed again
#12 - Cord Control -Travel Electronics
#13 - Drape tie back
#14 - Cord control - Ironing
#15 - Cord control - Desktop electronics
#16 - Camping - suspend a lantern
#17 - Camping - tent pole management
#18 - Bike carriers - help secure bike to rack for less vibration
#18 - Plant management - Tomatoes
#19 - Plant management - Grapes
#20 - lettuce / romaine wrap 
#21 - Biking - attaching grocery bag to bike

Getting Inspired

Hello, I'm Krystin ("the daughter" also known as Katts)

I'm an Illustrator by day, and bartender by night. I paint fantasy, sci-fi, zoological and botanical topics mainly. You can see some of what I do at my blog. I sent the this journal idea to my mom and I'm sooo proud that she's picked it up and decided to run with it. I will be posting now and then with some things that I would like to share.

I have been musing for a while on what I should put in my first post on this blog.. I decided that I would give a tip on something that I find difficult myself. My boyfriend recently gave me this tip after I fumed that I just couldn't get inspired that day. I've been having lots of trouble getting inspired. I would sit here on my computer staring sideways at my painting like it was a 20 foot high brick wall and I had no equipment with which to scale it.

Strawberries make me think of Tolkien's "shire"

There's a lot of inspiration that's needed to draw, craft, even to study your books for school. Next time you're doing something that you wish you were inspired for, chew some gum. Pick a flavor you like, one that you can get a bunch of. I chose Strawberry Orbit gum for my fantasy-themed paintings, and Wildberry for my zoological/botanical works. For my boyfriend, he chews mint gum when he's trying to study biology, and lemon for math.

Before it was a house!

Every time you do that task, chew the same flavor gum. Eventually you'll find that when you can't seem to get inspired, chewing that same flavor gum will set in a little reminder to your system and you can get inspired again. It's like when you eat a favorite childhood food and you can practically feel yourself sitting in your mother's kitchen again. For me, it's lemon brisk tea. I drink that and I feel like I'm standing on our land, 8 years old, as we were excavating it to pour the cement for the basement walls!