I had a great day on Saturday at the Busy Women’s Express shop. Thank you to everyone for your support!

Since then, I have been spending my time getting the house back in order. My art supplies were everywhere, along with baby stuff, dishes, laundry etc. It looked like a cyclone hit it. Now everything is back to normal, the mess has moved to my workspace downstairs which is in dire need of attention. At least I can close the door.

Now to prepare for the next event, the Fall Kids Market - https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129882460421769

Quinoa Pudding

My Mother In-Law introduced us to Quinoa and I love it!! I find it more filling than rice and you can use it in so many different ways.

Sometimes I have it for breakfast

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups water
• 3/4 cup quinoa
• 2 cups whole milk
• 2 ripe bananas
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• salt to taste
• 1/2 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• I added about a teaspoon of cinnamon and a handful of raisins.

Directions

1. Rinse and drain the quinoa. Bring water and quinoa to a boil in a saucepan over high heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat.
2. Blend together the milk, bananas, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a blender or food processor until smooth. Pour the milk mixture into the saucepan with the quinoa.
3. Place the pan over medium heat. Cook and stir until the mixture becomes thick and creamy, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from the heat. Stir in the butter and vanilla and serve warm.

Recipe from allrecipes.com

I took a break from creating yesterday to take the doggie to the beach.

Even though the weather is still beautiful, you can feel fall in the air. The mornings and evenings have cooled down and the air is getting crisper.

I have created some new things lately, I have a craft fair coming up on September 24th at the Busy Women’s Express Shop.

I still have to take some pictures of the new items I have made, I would also like to retake pictures of my older stock so the pictures look a little more pleasing to the eye.

A friend of mine had a booth at the Arts Alive Festival in Langley August 20th. I sent some of my “Penny Blossoms” to her to sell for me at her table.

A link to an Article about the event in the Langley news paper here

Arts Alive on Facebook