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An Encyclopedia of Innovative Ideas for Everyday Items.

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You can win 1 of 2 copies of the Real Simple 869 New Uses for Old Things: An Encyclopedia of Innovative Ideas for Everyday Items.

Need some help organizing your home? Maybe you have some things laying around that you think you might have use for some day, well, this may just be the book for you!

Real Simple Magazineand the amazing website give us great organization ideas, beauty tips, recipes, useful tools and more. This month they have a great (and timely) organization issue:

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from Amazon:

Product Description

“New Uses For Old Things” is one of Real Simple’s most popular franchises. It showcases how to repurpose everyday items in clever ways. These ideas appeal to readers because they’re a) economical, b) green, and c) surprising.Over the past decade, Real Simple has developed 800-plus ideas for all sorts of common items, from accordion files to zippered plastic bags. It seems fitting that in honor of their ten-year anniversary, they’d give readers the opportunity to enjoy these ideas in one convenient place.

Here are a few other books from Real Simple that will help you get organized:
Real Simple: The Organized Home

How to win:

Mandatory Entry – Leave a comment telling me one thing you have in a junk drawer or keep lying around ‘just in case’.

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Find a #newuse for 800+ old things. Enter to #win 1 of 2 @Real_Simple #books @beingtazim http://j.mp/l8BdvW US/CAN 05/30 #giveaway

There are a total of 6 ways to enter. Giveaway ends May 30th at midnight PST. Winner randomly selected using And The Winner Is plug-in. 2 winners will be selected and will have 48 hours to respond before new winners are chosen. I was not compensated in any way for hosting this giveaway. I just thought that my readers would enjoy this book! Real Simple 869 New Uses for Old Things: An Encyclopedia of Innovative Ideas for Everyday ItemsHome & Garden Books)

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  1. dianad says

    A drawer full of tie twists that my husband keeps saving. I throw some out every 6 months or so. That's just naming one item. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway

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  2. dianad says

    GFC follower. Thanks

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      Email subscriber. Thanks

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  3. Nicoline says

    I follow you via gfc as nicolthepickle.

  4. Nicoline says

    I follow RealSimple on twitter as nicolthepickle.

  6. Amber L. says

    I have so many twist ties and buttons

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    I'm following Real Simple on Twitter @buttonlove

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  10. Elaine R says

    I have lots of old pantyhose- I cut these into long strips for tying plants to stakes.

  11. Elaine R says

    email subscriber.

  12. Constance says

    Coffee containers. I think I can find a good use for them. A craft maybe.

  13. Maureen says

    i have a few things of which rubber bands and paper clips are just two of the items.

  14. Amber says

    I keep a bunch of random sized rubber bands in my desk drawer "just in case" They have definitely come in handy more than a few times!

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  19. sandy says

    no junk drawer honestly but old ts

  23. Faith hope Cherrytea says

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  24. Faith Hope Cherrytea says

    have tweeted your messge as requested [once]
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  25. tallcapp says

    I keep an old tape measure that tells you how to measure bust, waist and hips properly.

  26. Shilo Beedy says

    I have toothpicks randomly through in my junk drawer

  27. HeatherM says

    we have tons of rubber bands and twist ties in our junk drawer!

  28. HeatherM says

    gfc-heatheranya

  29. HeatherM says

    i follow realsimple on twitter @1589m

  30. Meg says

    Screws. Our junk drawer has screws from everything. Hubby just can't bear to get rid of them b/c "you never know when you'll need them". LOL

  31. Meg says

    following via GFC as Spider Lady

  32. mechele johnson says

    I keep old pieces of tinfoil, and bread bag clips! Not sure why, but I do!

  33. mechele johnson says

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  36. Kelley says

    I have a manual can opener in my junk drawer. It's been there for about 10 years, since I moved into this house. Every time I see it I think, "I should really donate that." But I'm convinced the moment I do so, my electric can opener will die and I will have no way to open my cans.

  37. bitt says

    I keep around old tapes in case somehow we might be able to use them again.

  38. Mary Preston says

    Rubber bands get thrown in a drawer: some so old they are useless.

  39. Holly says

    Paper clips I have lying around

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  40. Rachel says

    I have old rubber bands. You never know when they could come in handy

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  41. Erin says

    I have a kajillion elastics and twist ties stored in my junk drawer!

  42. Erin says

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  43. Erin says

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  44. Erin says

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  45. Erin says

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  46. Betty says

    My junk drawer has a number of screws in it. It's amazing what all they can fall out of, from toys to computers. If I throw one away, it's guaranteed someone promptly will complain that the arm on a computer chair is 'loose'.

  47. Betty says

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  49. Betty says

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  51. CathyH says

    I keep a stack of product manuals that I rarely look at ..just in case!
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  55. Paula says

    Rubber bands for some reason. We save rubber bands off of everything!!

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  56. angie says

    I keep rubber bands. They always come in handy.

  57. Erin Nicole says

    I want this book sooo badly! One thing I keep lying around in a junk drawer is buttons! I have tons
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  63. cheryl h says

    I always have lots of scotch tape and batteries in my junk drawer just incase.

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  77. natasha says

    Plastic grocery store bags…. Love them in the bathroom garbage cans, But I have a hoard of them

  78. hslater351 says

    A screwdriver.

  79. hslater351 says

    I.Follow Real Simple on Twitter

  81. Laura P. says

    Buttons, Elastics and Twist Ties.
    Thanks

  82. Laura P. says

    I subscribe by email.

  83. Laura P. says

    I follow Real Simple on Twitter as Bookloon.

  84. Nina says

    lots of buttons

  85. ashley says

    paper clips.. i'm not sure what i need them for though

  86. Sverige says

    4.0 out of 5 stars Being simple is a lot of work . . .
    I'll admit it — I buy every issue of this magazine. The title, however, always calls up a wry grin. The simple lifestyle the book advocates isn't all that easy! To achieve it you'll have to go buy the materials for the magazine's simplifying project.

  87. kittenish says

    I save those envelopes for ordering magazine subscriptions just in case I need an envelope to send something or to use for organizing.

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  93. cheryl h says

    daily tweet
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  94. April Bever says

    I keep all screws just incase I will need that size

  95. Emmy says

    Boxes! Mailing boxes, tea boxes, shoe boxes…

  96. Bev says

    magazines in case I might ever need something from one of them

  97. Colleen S says

    Ha. I have a hair net in my junk drawer..

  99. Michelle Spayde says

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  101. cheryl h says

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  102. jeanine gordon says

    I have an electric knife….so rare i ever use it

  103. Diane Baum says

    one thing huh….I have an old easy bake oven…just in case….Just in case…I don't know, I have a real stove, microwave, toaster oven and two sons!

  104. marly says

    old ring cases and lots of zip ties lol

    would love to win this book email on profile
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  105. Tonya Dean says

    Candles and batteries.

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  106. Tonya Dean says

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    Thanks for the chance!

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  108. Vicki D. says

    I keep a padlock just in case, which I know I'll never use.

  109. James Coyne says

    i keep a flashlight in the junk drawer

  110. James Coyne says

    i follow via GFC

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  112. James Coyne says

    i follow real simple on twitter

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  114. Julie M says

    I have piles of craft supplies – felt pieces, wooden buttons, pin backs, glue sticks – thinking "someday" the kids would need them for school..

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  115. Julie M says

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  116. Donna B. says

    Rubber bands – why, I dunno. LOL

  117. simplydab says

    I'm a confirmed email subscriber

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  121. Mary Gardner says

    buttons

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  122. kittycardero says

    I keep scissors in my junk drawer.

  123. kittycardero says

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  128. maryjgardner says

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  130. Debbie Kennedy says

    I have an old crochet hook in my junk drawer………just in case?
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  131. Lisa L says

    I save bubble wrap..in case I need to ship something. I just feel bad throwing it away.

  132. Lisa L says

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  135. kathy pease says

    in my junk drawer i have tons of playing cards

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  138. brian e. says

    Thanks for the giveaway…we have a box of blank cassette tapes in one of our closets, just in case that format makes a comeback !

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  142. Betty C says

    I have a bunch of fabric scraps. I keep intending to make a quilt.

  143. Betty C says

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  149. Gianna says

    Wrenches.

  150. Gianna says

    I'm a GFC follower.

  151. Gianna says

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