Q: Blend the sugar, blueberries, and lime juice in a food processor. Use a wire mesh sieve and strain the blueberry puree through.  Use the back of a spoon to press down, making sure you get all the liquid through. Discard any solids left in the sieve.
A: Create the puree. Strain the mixture in a bowl.

Q: Fold your bath towel into thirds, length-wise, then drape it over the top of a hanging bar with the folded side underneath. Then, fold a matching hand towel into thirds the same way. Drape it over the center of the already-hanging bath towel for a layered effect. Repeat this process with another set of towels if there’s space on the hanging bar. Purchase three identical hanging bars, double-checking to make sure they’re not wider than your door. Evenly space the bars along the length of the door, then hang the hardware according to the package directions.  Alternate the colors of the towels for a more deliberate look—black and white for a monochromatic color scheme, for instance, or warm tones for a bathroom painted in shades of yellow or red. Bar racks are the most common fixture used to hang towels, but hooks offer another functional and stylish option. Install individual hooks in the most space-efficient way, or find a coat rack or accordion rack that matches your decor. Hang decorative hooks featuring the initial of each towel user for a more personalized arrangement. If you have the space, prop a tall wooden ladder against one wall of your bathroom to introduce a touch of rustic flair. Hang your larger towels across the middle and upper rungs. Smaller towels can go closer to the bottom.  To ensure that the ladder doesn’t slip across the bathroom floor, attach rubber tips made for chair legs to the feet of the ladder. To make the ladder even more secure, attach the top to the wall with hooks and eyes. This is a great option when you aren’t able to permanently install hooks or bars on your bathroom walls. Position the coat rack near the tub or shower to make sure that the towels are close by when they are needed. The hooks can be used for other bathroom necessities, like loofahs or robes. If the coat rack is wood rather than metal or plastic, paint or seal the surface to protect it from moisture.
A: Fold your towels into thirds and layer with smaller towels for a spa-like feel. Stack a trio of towel bars on the back of the door to save space. Install hooks on your bathroom wall for an alternative to a towel bar. Drape your towels over the rungs of a ladder. Repurpose a coat rack in the bathroom for a quirky touch.

Q: For this mobile you will need silk flowers, thick ribbon, straight pins, and a straw or styrofoam wreath. A 12 inch wreath will be a good size, and you'll need several bouquets of flowers. Start by attaching the ribbon to the inside of your wreath with two straight pins (push the pins into the wreath). Then, wrap your wreath in the ribbon until it is fully covered. If you have lots of ribbon to spare you may want to wrap it tightly so that the ribbon continually overlaps. This will prevent your wreath from showing through. Then, secure the end of the ribbon inside your wreath with two more straight pins. It's easier to wrap your wreath if you leave the packaging on. Styrofoam wreaths don't always have packaging, but straw wreaths generally do. This will keep the straw from falling out of the wreath. Take your flowers and cut off any excess leaves, stems, or parts of the flower that you don't like. The flowers will need to be relatively flat, and you want each bloom to be an individual, meaning you don't want to leave the flowers connected to one another. You can use different colored flowers here, but one flower would look pretty as well. Hold your wreath and place each flower on the outside of the wreath, securing it with pins. Make sure you place the pin as far inside the flower as you can so it doesn't show. Cover the entire wreath with flowers. You can use glue here instead to attach your flowers, but pinning is easier and will provide a more secure hold for the flower. You don't want to place the flower on the wreath as if you were hanging it from a door. Instead, imagine your wreath is flat on the ground. You want to place your flowers on the side of the wreath, that is more perpendicular to the ground, rather than the top of the wreath that is parallel with your ground. Place your flowers around the wreath as if you are creating a crown. Take two ribbons and attach them to the wreath as you did in the previous section, on the 12, 3, 6, and 9 points of a clock. Because your mobile doesn't have anything hanging from it, your ribbons will need to be much longer. Cut your ribbons four to five feet each so that when you hang them the mobile will hang down about two to two and a half feet from the ceiling. It may be better to start off with longer ribbon, because you can always cut it if it's too long. If you cut your ribbon too short, you will have to cut another length of ribbon to make it longer. Hang the ribbons from a hook attached to your ceiling and position your mobile so that the wreath is parallel with the ceiling. If you find it is too long you can always trim the ribbon and reattach it to your wreath. This wreath is a simple, yet elegant mobile. You can make it more exciting by adding different types of flowers, or you can keep it elegant by using a white or off white flower with a solid color ribbon.
A: Visit a craft store for your supplies. Wrap the wreath in ribbon. Cut your flowers. Pin your flowers to the wreath. Attach ribbons to the wreath. Position and hang your mobile.

Q: Ginger should feel solid and should not have any soft spots. Feel around the root with your hands and look for noticeable spots of rot. Peeled ginger will darken around the edges when it starts to go bad. Cut off the ends of the root with a sharp chef’s knife. Cutting a little off of each side will make it easier to hold the ginger rather than working with an irregular shape. Try to only cut off a small portion from the edges so you do not waste any of the usable ginger. Stand the ginger on one of its ends, and use a sharp knife or vegetable peeler to remove the rest of the skin. Slice in a downward motion towards the cutting board. Remember to try and remove as little of the skin as possible. Alternatively, you can use the edge of a spoon to scrape the peel off of fresh ginger. This works especially well on the rounded knobs that may be difficult to reach with a knife. Peeled ginger should be stored in a freezer-safe resealable bag and keeps for 1 week. Frozen ginger is easier to grate since it hardens up.  Unpeeled ginger keeps in the freezer for up to 3 months. Allow it time to thaw before peeling it.  Peeled ginger can be grated as soon as it’s pulled out from the freezer.
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Check the ginger for softness or moistness. Square up the edges using a chef’s knife. Peel the ginger with a paring knife or vegetable peeler. Freeze the ginger so it’s easier to grate.