I went to visit my sister this weekend and went on a bit of a shopping spree! We hit the mall and our usual spots, and I also stopped in to her local Joanns. Even though most Joanns stores are pretty much the same, every once in a while I'll find one or two fabrics that either my store doesn't have or has sold out of. 
The fabric on the left is a retro floral knit that I haven't seen at my store. The owl fabric is one I've used a lot in knit, but my store sold out of the woven print a long time ago. The print on the right just jumped out at me and made me think of Spring.
We also spent 4 hours at IKEA! I absolutely, positively LOVE IKEA. Among some of my finds there was this white polka dotted laminated fabric, something I didn't realize they carried. This will probably become a little lunch tote for my mom's birthday next month.
The best part of my shopping trip was picking up a few things to reorganize my sewing space. Here's my messy space before....
And here's after. I got a new bookcase to store fabric and some magazine files for patterns.....
and did some cleaning.
I am totally in love with this little rail and container set I picked up for $5. It holds all my scissors and pens etc, and is at such a nice angle that it's easy to grab stuff and throw it back in. I almost wish I'd bought the longer rail and gotten more containers. Oh well, next time!
I also did a little lighting upgrade. I've been using this light that I bought from IKEA a while ago. Only problem is, it just plugs in, it doesn't have a switch. So I visited Home Depot today and bought a little switch you wire in yourself.
I contemplated waiting for my husband to come home, but that's not my style. I'm a jump in and do it (and maybe ruin it) kind of person. And I'm proud to say that I did it! Maybe not the best job....I think the wires aren't supposed to show on the ends, but hey, it works! I did tell my daughter to stand back the first time I plugged it in and tried to turn it on. I was fairly convinced it might blow up.
No more climbing under the desk to plug in my light!
Hope you had a good weekend!
The time change this weekend hit me unusually hard. I was pretty much in sweats and a ponytail all day. And, I baked.
These muffins are like all the yumminess of bowl of oatmeal, in a moist muffin. And pretty guilt-free as well!
The original recipe is for gluten-free muffins....mine are not.
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup yogurt
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup canola oil
2 ripe bananas, mashed
1 egg
1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
In a bowl, combine oatmeal, yogurt and milk. Mix and let soak for 15 minutes
Mix flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl.
Add brown sugar, egg, bananas and oil to the soaked oatmeal and mix well. Add walnuts and mix well.
Add the oatmeal mixture to the dry ingredients and mix well.
Fill large muffin cups about 2/3 full, sprinkle with walnuts and bake for 20 minutes.
The original recipe said it made 12 large muffins, but my batter only made 9 for some reason.
Enjoy!
Hope you got through the time change better than I did.
I had intended on getting this post up while Celebrate the Boy was still happening, but it didn't happen. So, better late than never. 
So cute! And even better in action, backpack and all.
They ended up a bit long, but I'm sure he'll grow into them. 
