Creativity 365 Fall Flying

I was so excited to get home and create. I have pictures of the necklace I was making over the weekend and I make a pair of earring that will go with everything. I am really into birds! I have been adding them to many of my designs

I am thinking of entering this necklace into the Vintaj "Autumn Nights" The November design contest. I need to try to get some better pictures. The little flowers are golden and remind me of how the sun competes with the night at this time of the year and the sky is golden in the late afternoon.

I will be posting both of these items on my etsy site later tonight if you are interested in buying them for your fall jewelry
http://bwillydesigns.etsy.com

I hope I inspired you to create something. Tell me what you created and I will share it.

Creativity 365 Pumpkin Muffins/Bread

They turned out perfect. I decided to use half of the batter for muffins and half for a loaf. So, I had enough batter for 12 muffins and one 8 X 4 loaf. The baking time is alittle off. I baked the muffins for 35 minutes and the loaf for only about 50 minutes. The original recipe says to bake for 1 hour and 15min. I suggest setting you timer for 35minutes...take the muffins out and then add another 15 min and see how the loaf is...you can always add time. Our oven always runs hot, so just keep an eye on it. The recipe came from cooking light, so the calories for the loaf..one 1/2 inch slice is 150 cal. The muffins are a much smaller portion so I would estimate 100-125 cal. Either one is pretty good for a treat.

Hopefully, I will get to post my finished necklace today

Be creative today and tell me what you did.

I would love pictures too..I will post your creations too.

Creativity 365 Pumpkin Bread/Muffin Con't

I will post a picture of the finished product, just as soon as it comes out of the oven. It smell great!

Creativity 365

I hope everyone is feeling inspired. I got up early today...didn't really fall back, just got up earlier.

I decided to make Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread, It so yummy and it is a cooking light recipe.

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

2 cups sugar

2 cups can pumpkin

1/2 cup canola oil

1/2 cup fat free vanilla pudding

4 large egg whites

3 cups all purpose flour

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 1/4 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup semisweet choc chips

cooking spray

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl, stir well with a whisk. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, level with a knife. Combine flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture, stirring just until moist. Stir in chocolate chips.

3. Spoon batter into 2 (8 x 4 inch) loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans on a wire rack, and remove from pans. Cool completely on wire racks.

Creativity 365

Today I start my next adventure into blogging. I will do something creative everyday and I will blog about it. It can be almost anything, but it will keep me motivated to stay creative and to inspire others to be creative. Creating...makes me happy. It might be making jewelry, working on my knitting, cooking, designing, organizing...

I will share what I am doing through words, pictures, recipes, tutorials, ect.

I encourage other to tell me what you have done that is creative too.

Today, I am working on my jewelry. It is a necklace that isn't quite finished. I will post the finished product later today.

So tell me what you did today that was creative...inspire me.

Come Back and visit me everyday.

Pumpkin Time

HelloFriends

Hope all is well. It finally feels alittle like fall here. Sunny and cool, very nice.

Peter and I had a great wkd. Saturday we went to the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin festival. We made it in time for the parade and got to see the winner of the biggest pumplin winner up close. This year the pumpkin was 1500+ lbs WOW

We wondered around enjoy all the wonderful crafts and we sampled some pumpkin ale. Here is a picture of Farmer Mike carving a really big pumkin

Hummm interesting a square pumpkin

Peter is modeling a pumpkin beret..he is practicing for our vaction in a few weeks. I think he will leave the pumpkin t-shirt home...I don't think it is in fashion in Paris.

We also bought our pumpkin for the season.

Next Wkd we are getting NEW CARPETING...very exciting, so we spent Sunday organizing and trying to get prepared to essentially move out and move back in all in one day. The people who are putting the carpet will move the big stuff but we have to make sure all the little stuff is boxed up. Ugg

So stay tune next wkd for some pictures of the carpet guys...hee hee

Sorry, I have been a delinquent blogger

We have been very buzy. Friends Julia and Tiago from Chicago came to visit in late September. It was great fun to see them and catch up. We worked with them at the Ritz-Carlton way back when and have been friends since. it's always fun to have visitor, so you have an excuse to be a tourist in our own town.

At the end of Sept,I spent the night in Somona with my friend Angela and Gloria...a girls night out and slumber party. We went to some winery and out to a great dinner. We all work together and it was fun to get away and spend some time together away from work. Here are the girls among the barrels

We spent the first weekend in October in SF at home...hard to believe. It was nice to hang around the house. We had friends over for brunch and got hear about Sylvia and Steve honeymoon in Argentina. I also had an appointment with the owner of a new shop on Union Street and she loved my jewelry line, she will be purchasing several items for her shop.

Last weekend we met Peter's parents in LA. It's great, each fall we meet in a different city. In the past few years we have based the selection of the city on presidential libraries. This year we visited the nixon library in Yerba Linda, CA. Always something new to learn. We visited Hollywood and looked at all the stars on the sidewalk, we went to the Getty Musuem which is stunning and explored the La Brea Tar pits. Peter's nephew and his wife live in Highand and came up to have dinner with us in the city. It was great seeing them.

Well I think we are all caught up. Enjoy a couple more picture