All posts by Laura Crawford

Laura is photographer, blogger, writer and kid wrangler. She also happens to be a VancouverMom.ca Top 30 Mom Blogger, a Food Bloggers of Canada member and VKFW Magazine contributer. She will bake for anyone and everyone and will likely attempt to decorate any given space she can.
Baked Goods, Cookies, Recipes

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

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What do you do when you needed chocolate chip cookies like yesterday?? Chocolate chip cookie bars, that’s what. These are WAY easier than individual cookies (not that cookies are hard) because there is no scooping or switching cookie sheets, it’s all in one pan. Which makes for even softer, gooier (with plenty of warm, melted chocolate) chocolate chip cookie bars. Yum. These are my answer for impromptu play dates, or quick desserts when we just must have something yummy and gooey (we eat them right out of the pan warm) or when someone in my life has forgotten to mention that they signed me up to bake something…not that such things ever happen! Continue reading Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars →

Class Treats, Craftiness, Kids, Kids Can Do!, Kids Can Do!, Themed Treats

Kids Grad Cap and Gown Lollipops

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Kids Grad Lollipops = Cap and Gown Graduation Lollipops

kids grad lollipops

Every year I like to challenge myself to come up with some new and cute, but fun and edible way for my daughter and her classmates to celebrate year end. Our final days of grade 2 turned into a bumpy ending and most non necessities had to go. But because of our fight to get thru the year, despite unforeseen challenges, I also felt all the more compelled to celebrate. Continue reading Kids Grad Cap and Gown Lollipops →

Just because

2017 Top 30 Vancouver Mom Bloggers

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I am one of the top 30 Vancouver Mom Bloggers! It has been a whirlwind of disbelief and happy dances these last few weeks. I could barely believe when I got the email (and the honour) that I had been selected as one of Vancouver’s 2017 Top Mom Bloggers!!!!

I can’t lie, it’s been hard work to create and begin writing my own blog. And all the research, countless googling and youtube videos that begin with ‘how do you…’ searches. But it feels amazing when you get positive feedback for all the hard work and time you have put in.

I write this blog because I have a passion for writing and sharing my love of baking, decorating and parenting with others. I feel this journey has just begun and that there is so much more I want to share and write about. Yet, I want to take this moment to thank you all for your support. For reading my musings and tutorials along the way and showing me some love! So if you feel so inclined, check out some of the other awesome bloggers nominated and maybe throw a vote our way.

Thanks!!

Update: The voting period has now ended.

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Baked Goods, Cakes

Pretty Birds Nest Speckled Cake

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A delightful birds nest cake. My oldest daughter dances through life. In fact she danced before she could even walk. She has danced through the grocery store, at the library and even just down the street. You name it, she has tried dancing there, without even noticing she was doing so. Continue reading Pretty Birds Nest Speckled Cake →

Craftiness, D.I.Y., Kids, Kids Can Do!, Kids Can Do!

Easy West Coast Fridge Magnets

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We love spending time with our family up in Sechelt and nothing beats time at the beach. But one particular stormy day at the beach, got the creative juices flowing. Our children are always on the look out for beach glass and cool shells. So my incredibly talented and creative sister-in-law came up with the fantastic idea that we collect beach gems to create our own fridge magnets! Continue reading Easy West Coast Fridge Magnets →

Hilarious kid moments, Kids

Messy Weekend Mornings!!!

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Messy weekend moments. I have had visions all week of sitting down today, with a few hours to myself and writing uplifting and happy tutorials. But I can’t, I just simply can’t, because this is how my day has gone thus far… Continue reading Messy Weekend Mornings!!! →

Hilarious kid moments, Kids

4 Kids for The Weekend

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Blissful sleep.

Then groggily waking to four kids (my two, plus their cousins), I inquire, Continue reading 4 Kids for The Weekend →

D.I.Y., Decor, Kids, Refurbished

How to Create a Reading Corner

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A terrific Reading Corner. So my life is busy. Just like everyone else. And yet I jumped at the opportunity to help create this multi purpose space. Located in one of the portables at my kid’s school (yes I can see and/or hear you all shaking your heads in horror for volunteering for such a huge project). But I love design that much and I also love (flying head first into) a challenge and nothing is more fun than decorating for kids!! Continue reading How to Create a Reading Corner →

Baked Goods, Cookies

The Rather Incredible Breton Brittle

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Hansel and Gretel Breton Brittle

Breton Brittle (or as it’s become known by my kids in our house, ‘Hansel and Gretel’) is pretty amazing stuff. Like, beg mom to make hansel and gretel stuff, popular. I actually like to watch for sales and try to always have a box of Breton Crackers on hand in the house (just to be able to whip this bad boy up on a moments notice)! Having the ingredients, which tend to be pantry staples anyway, has saved me many a time when I needed something quick. Continue reading The Rather Incredible Breton Brittle →

Baked Goods, Class Treats, Cookies, Themed Treats

Earth Day Cookies

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earthy day cookies

This is a fairly simple cookie, that goes over well on earth day, or anytime you feel the need for ‘I heart the earth’ cookies. I suppose there is never a wrong time to show the earth some love! These cookies are simple enough to make, that one should walk away with same level of sanity they began with (sadly, I can not say that for every recipe or project I embark on). But these cute cookies are easy  and they tend to make an annual appearance for Earth Day around here.

Continue reading Earth Day Cookies →