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Unexpected New Uses for Home Office Items

Make your office supplies work double time with these new twists

Unexpected New Uses for Home Office Items
Mark Lund
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"Hello, My Name Is"
  • Maintain your book collection. Write your name on the tags and stick them inside book covers so borrowers know where to return your best sellers.


  • Keep track of coats at a party. When a guest arrives, jot the person’s name on a tag and attach it to his or her coat. Then, as people leave, you can quickly retrieve the right black wool peacoat from among the many.


  • Send a letter using a name tag as an address label.


  • Sort dishes. Label the bases of pans and Tupperware containers at a potluck dinner so each one is returned to its proper owner.


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