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Fun Northeast Family Road Trip – Week 3 – Boston, Rhode Island, and Connecticut

by KC Coake

You ready for some more road trip fun? Today I’ve got the 3rd week of our Northeast Family road trip for you. This is our 3rd big road trip together in which we’ve now seen 42 of the 50 states together. Only 8 to go! In this post, I’ll cover our 3rd week of this […]

How to Make This Easy DIY Fall Wreath

by KC Coake

Pink, Blue and Gray Fall Wreath

How about a little fall crafty fun? In my quest to craft and make cute things for my house that match my current mood and decor, I decided to make a fall wreath.  As a busy single mom, finding a little crafty time can get a bit challenging. Yet, I need some crafty time because […]

18 of the Best Back to School Organization Hacks

by KC Coake

I say this every year, but it hard to believe that back to school season is almost here. I’m putting together some organization hacks and ideas to help make this back to school season a little easier.  I always find back to school to be exciting and yet overwhelming. There are so many things that […]

Fun Northeast Family Road Trip – Week 2 – Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine

by KC Coake

Last summer, my girls and I took our 4th road trip together. This road trip took us through the entire Northeast in 4 weeks.  Our road trip through the Northeast means my daughters, and I have seen 42 of the 50 states together! In this post, I’m going to tell you all about our 2nd […]

7 Tips for Quick, Stress Free Entertaining

by KC Coake

7 easy entertaining tips and ideas for busy moms. Learn how to to make things easy and quick for yourself when entertaining.

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Food Lion. All opinions are 100% mine. Ever wanted to entertain but then mom life took up all your time, and you felt like there was no way to have friends over without it turning into a ‘thing’ that took up too much time? […]

Easy to Make Award Ceremony Badge Presentation Bags

by KC Coake

st and easy to make bags for an award ceremony. They are a simple and inexpensive way to add some cuteness to your badge presentation.

Can you believe it’s already nearing the end of the school year? 😱 With the end of the school year comes all kinds of award ceremonies. As busy hardworking and creative moms, we want to put on something nice for our kids, but often time is the enemy. I created these cute little bags for […]

Travel Accessories for a Successful and Fun Road Trip

by KC Coake

List of travel accessories essential for a family road trip. Combo list of tech gadgets and accessories to make travel with the family easier and more fun.

Have you ever wondered what you tech items you need for a road trip? There are so stinkin’ many options out there you could spend a small fortune and fill up your car with all the fun tech gadgets, but do you need them all? What do you really need? It can be overwhelming, confusing […]

How to Make a Fun Pom Pom Wreath

by KC Coake

Cute DIY pom pom wreath tutorial showing step by step how to make this easy wreath using a pom pom maker. Perfect pom pom crafts for your home decor.

Hi, chicas! How’s mommy land today? I’ve got a super fun and super fluffy craft for you today. It’s a DIY pom pom wreath! You may have seen on Instagram at Christmas the adorable pom pom wreath I picked up at Target(affiliate link). It was so stinkin’ cute! I had also had in my mind to […]

How to Make Pretty Felt Flowers Using a Cricut

by KC Coake

Learn to make 5 easy varieties of felt flowers. Tutorial showing how to make felt flowers that can be cut by hand or with the Cricut.

Have you ever tried to make a craft or DIY project from something you found on the web and the directions were lacking or non-existent? I recently had that happen with trying to make felt flowers using my Cricut. It was so frustrating! I found this cute cut file on Cricut that would cut out […]

Fun Northeast USA Family Road Trip – Week 1

by KC Coake

Great ideas and tips for a northeast family road trip. Covers ideas of things to do in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont and Niagara Falls.

I’m so excited to be sharing today’s post with you. It’s been overdue since last summer. Today, I’ve got all the details on the first week of our Northeast family road trip.  We had a great road trip last summer. If you follow me on Instagram, which you should go do now, then you saw […]

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