Weekly Recipe Organizer

I'm trying to think of a good way to organize my meal plans for the week.  I like looking ahead for the week and knowing what I'll be eating.  Plus, it also helps me get organized for grocery shopping trips over the weekend.  We have hooks on the side of our refrigerator.  I intended them to be used to hang aprons (and I hung my apron there this morning).  But, this recipe organizer looks like it could be hung from the other hook: Hanging Weekly Recipe Organizer

Sewing Project: Montessori Placemats

Right now Ben sits in his highchair at the table for most meals.  He seems to understand that it is a place for eating and generally does pretty well.  I know it'll be awhile before he's at a booster seat and actually AT the table with a placemat, but when that time comes, I think he'll be ready to help learn how to set the table - and I think placemats like these would come in handy - teach him where the plates and forks and cups go, and give him a sense of responsibility at mealtime. 

Homemade Baby Food

With a food mill and a food processor, making baby food at home has been really fun.  Frankly, it's also been a good way to get rid of some of those vegetables in my refrigerator that I can't eat on my own or figure out a good meal to make with.  But, I do need some inspiration - or a reminder of what new foods I should be introducing to Ben.  So, I wanted to keep track of a few websites.

Wholesome Baby Food
Homemade Baby Food Recipes

Vintage Bibs

I found a pattern for "vintage bib" on the allfreesewing.com site ..... it looks easy...famous last words.

Update (8/25/11):  The bibs have been sewn!  Photos coming soon - both with vintage ties and velcro closures.  My mom did an amazing job.  They are super-absorbent and Ben loves them!

Fabric For Sale

Just purchased some fabric scraps from a site called "Clothilde.com." Most of the packages contain 5" squares for quilting...but I found on that is 10". I hope it will work for either the letters or the blocks. And, I hope I like the patterns......

Vegan Treats

I went to the library to get a book on hold - Shimura Trouble; a Rei Shimura mystery that takes place in Hawaii (best of both worlds). While there, I scanned the new book shelf and found two books with promising vegan recipes: Veggie Burgers Every Which Way by Lukas Volger and Vegan Bake Sale by Carla Kelly. Don't know where to start reading!

Bibs out of Towels

Ben has been going through bibs like crazy lately.  Rather than spend a lot of money buying more bibs, I was thinking perhaps we could make bibs out of old towels.  I found this how-to: Bibs out of Towels - which is making me want to go out and search for really cool vintage towels - which would cost money and kind of defeat the purpose of getting bibs at a low price!  But, definitely an idea...on the look-out for used and cheap towels!!