n apparatus is provided for affixing a first object to a second object, the first object having a fastening receptacle and the second object having a fastening receptacle, comprising: an elongated strap having a first portion and a second portion; a length adjustment member, the first strap portion and the second strap portion extending from the length adjustment member, for alternately shortening and lengthening the combined length of the first and second strap portions; the first strap portion further having a first loop and an elongated, longer second loop extending from the first strap portion and beyond the first loop, the extent to which the second loop extends beyond the first loop being large enough such that the elongated second loop can be routed to encompass the first object fastening receptacle and then routed back to the first loop; a fastening member for securing the first loop to the second loop when the second loop is routed back to the first loop from the first object fastening receptacle; and the second strap portion having a distal portion, the distal portion being attachable to the second object fastening receptacle. In another embodiment, the second 