"I Did It" Monday

I am so excited! I have been wanting to sew some pillow shams for my bedroom for quite some time. I had leftover curtain material that I wanted to use and that limitted my design because I only had so much. I wanted something different. Time was ticking away. I change all the elements(curtains, comforter, pillows) twice a year and October first, I will be changing to the fall/winter set. I was thrilled when I came across a tutorial at Sew Much Ado showing some fabulous throw pillows with shirred middles. They were to die for. Now, all I had to do was figure out how to adapt them to sham size. Well, I did it! I feel a boost in sewing confidence. I am a little disappointed I was not able to match the stripes, but I had a small amount of fabric to work with. I had a little helper along the way. I guess I couldn't have done it without her! Here they are with all the other pillows on my bed. I like alot of pillows! I love toile so I was so thrilled to have enough left over from 2 tablecloths I purchased from TJ MAxx years ago to make the gathered middles in these pillows. It ties them in to the throw pillow covers I made last year. What do you think? I am very happy with them. Now on to a recipe I made last night that I thought was really good and kind of unique. They are peanut butter mini muffins. Here is the recipe: Turn your oven on to 350degrees. Lightly grease(or use papers like I did) 36 mini muffin cups. Cream together: 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter, 1/4 cup softened butter, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, and 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar. Add: 1 egg. Then add: 3/4 cup buttermilk, 3 Tablespoons oil, and 3/4 teaspoon vanilla. In a separate medium bowl, sift together: 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt . Mix your dry ingredients in with your creamed ones. Divide batter evenly among your muffin cups. Sprinkle with 3/4 cup baking M&Ms. Bake 15-17 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. cool on wire racks. Prepare chocolate glaze: melt 2 1oz. squares semi-sweet chocolate in the microwave per package instructions. Add 1 Tablespoon butter. Stir until melted. When the mixture is smooth, put it into a zip-loc baggie and snip the tip(very small snip). Drizzle over muffins and sprinkle with more mini M&Ms. Enjoy! I hope everyone gets the week off to a good start. Take care. Nancy