Lorraine D. Hebler

German Star Gift Card

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Pretty crochet snowflake is intricate and yet easy to make. Use as an ornament, gift embellishment or window decoration. Great video how-to.

Call them Froebel, Advent, Pennsylvania, Polish, Swedish, Christmas or German stars, they are lovely little ornaments! Hang on your Christmas tree, use to decorate or give as gifts.  Packaged stars with an enclosed, personalized card make a lovely gift. My German star video tutorial shows you how to make lovely 3-dimensional stars by weaving and folding paper strips in about forty steps. Continue Reading

Centerpiece from Re-Purposed Globes

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Don't trash those globes from the chandelier you just replaced. Recycle and repurpose globes to make a candlelight arrangement for Thanksgiving or any season or holiday. When you replace a light or chandelier do you wonder what to do with the glass globes that covered the light bulb? Throwing them in the trash seems like a poor idea since they are usually in nice condition. But whatever could you do with them? Make a beautiful table centerpiece from re-purposed light globes.Continue Reading

Propagate Rosemary

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Rosemary is a perennial herb and easy to propagate from stem cuttings to make more plants. Rosemary infuses lots of flavor in cooking but it also is a lovely ingredient in this light and clean-smelling, simmering potpourri. Learn to propagate rosemary and make a simmering potpourri from it.
Do you have an herb garden or grow herbs on your windowsill? Do you have a favorite herb for cooking? I have a smallish, 4-foot by 8-foot raised bed where I grow herbs and some annuals. Just the ones I use most often in the kitchen. The aromatic evergreen, rosemary, does really well needing little attention. This perennial herb is super easy to propagate from stem cuttings to make more plants. Rosemary infuses lots of flavor in cooking but it also is a lovely ingredient in this light and clean-smelling, simmering potpourri.

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Flip-Flops with Crochet Flowers

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Dress up inexpensive flip flops with easy to make crochet flowers for summer fun. How-to instructions for attaching and flowers pattern.
The calendar says spring but one day it is cold and dreary and the next it feels like summer. We actually have our heater on today. By weeks end, the weather people tell us the temperatures will climb into the high 80’s. What’s a girl to do?  Make some pretty Flip-Flops with Crochet Flowers!Continue Reading

Easy Tutorial How-to-Make a Cool Text Mask using PicMonkey

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Creating a cool Text Mask is so easy! Follow these clear instructions and you will be making text mask for many of your craft and photo projects.
I’ve got to tell you, I am so excited about this new discovery. Maybe you have seen these really cool visuals where a background shows through the letters. It is called Text Masking and these graphics are so eye-catching. Projects created using this technique appear technical and complicated. But they’re aren’t and I’ll show you the easy, how-to steps to make a text mask.Continue Reading

Paper German Stars (7)

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Beautiful folded paper German stars remind many of childhood when they were made at Christmas time. Easy to follow, step-by-step video tutorial teaches you how to make them.
Early each December I receive lots of visits to my folded paper German Stars post with video tutorial. If you haven’t already, go ahead and give it a try. I know you’ll be able to complete the stars with the step-by-step instructions. Pause whenever you need and I’ll talk you right through it.

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Paper German Star Video Tutorial (6)

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Beautiful folded paper German stars remind many of childhood when they were made at Christmas time. Easy to follow, step by step video tutorial teaches how to make them.
 These little paper stars are pretty and fun to make.
Every year beginning in early November and through the Christmas Season, visits to this most popular post spike. So it has become a tradition that I re-post my tutorial for folding simple paper strips into delicate three-dimensional stars that many remember from childhood.
Follow the step-by-step video tutorial, Folding Paper German Paper Stars, pausing as needed, and you’ll soon find you can’t stop making them!

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Crochet Lego Blocks Scarf

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Easy pattern for a Crochet Lego Blocks Scarf for the hipster or kid on your gift-giving list. Colorful popcorn stitch creates Lego looking blocks.
The fun and interest in building and creating with LEGO’s can follow a kid right into adulthood. I know a guy (not the guy in the photos) with a huge collection and though now without much time with career and other responsibilities, is still, unashamedly, an enthusiast. This crochet LEGO scarf is a gift for my daughter’s boyfriend and my son-in-law bravely modeled it for me before I gave it away.Continue Reading

How to Cook Dried Beans

By Lorraine

Eating beans is economical and pack a lot of health benefits. This easy, tutorial shows you how to cook dried beans for freezing, eating and recipes.

Why aren’t I eating more beans!

I know beans are nutritious, high in dietary fiber and fat-free but not until doing a little research for this post did I realize all of the health benefits beans provide.

Canned beans aren’t expensive but dried beans cost even less, don’t have the sodium and other additives that canned beans may contain and taste better!

Eating beans is economical and pack a lot of health benefits. This easy, tutorial shows you how to cook dried beans for freezing, eating and recipes.

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