Chocolate Croissants

What’s your favourite meal of the day?

Pain au Chocolat | Blue Owl Treats

Mine is definitely breakfast! A perfect wake-up for me would begin with a jog in the morning sunshine, followed by a freshly brewed cup of joe, the paper and some berries with granola!  There’s something so precious about savouring the early hours of the day, don’t you think? Continue reading

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Puppy Cake

Happy September to you!

Puppy Cake | Blue Owl Treats

What are you busy rushing around doing now that the “school year” has begun? Are you continuing the same-old-same-old? Waving early morning goodbyes to your little scholars? Or cracking open the books? I’m feeling over the moon to be Continue reading

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Blackberry Rhubarb Crisp

Summer: What does it mean to you?

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I feel like such a Vancouverite when I say this, but to me summer feels almost precious. On the west coast, sunshine is ours for 3 months out of the year, so when the weather turns golden, the summer months seem to rush past in a frenzy. Sometimes I find myself Continue reading

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Rosebud Cupcakes

Blue Owl Treats | Cupcakes

A couple weeks ago I hosted a baking event in partnership with the Dollar Collective.

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Caveman Banana Bread

Caveman Banana Bread | Blue Owl Treats

What’s your fitness regime? Are you a runner or a biker? A swimmer, a rower or a bit of all the above? :)

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Nanaimo Bars

Nanaimo Bars | Blue Owl Treats

Last week I came across these photographs from one of my favourite blogs Bippity Boppity Boo and couldn’t help but share. Do they fill you with a piercing sense of wanderlust as well? Like I’ve mentioned before, I can’t wait to travel, adventure and get outside this summer!

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DIY Moleskine Journal

DIY Moleskine | Blue Owl Treats

Do you keep a journal?

I always have! I am the kind of girl who still carries around dog-eared day planners, notebooks and diaries each filled with messy handwriting and notes. Call me old fashioned, but I think that there is something so fulfilling and therapeutic about spilling thoughts onto a blank piece of paper, without a soul to see. Are you like me? Continue reading

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Pavlova Nests

Pavlova Nests | Blue Owl Treats

Happy long weekend! All Canadians out there, do you have any plans for Victoria Day? I am staying in the city to work, but am looking forward to a long bike ride this evening and to a seawall picnic with some friends tomorrow afternoon. Oh, and it’s our birthday on Sunday! Let’s hope for some sunshine :)

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Homemade Granola Bars

Blue Owl Treats

Hello sunshine!

So, it turns out that 11 weather records were broken around BC this past weekend! What a glorious May we’ve been having in Vancouver.  Were you one of the thousands of Vancouverites to flood to the city’s sunny beaches over the weekend? I had a pretty busy schedule but made it out for my first beach picnic of the year! Continue reading

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Italian Crostatas

Blue Owl Treats

How well do you know your neighbours?

I wish I knew mine better!

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