Living Olive & Oak
From the Journal
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- We’ve Been Waiting for This — Our Search for Land
I bought this house in 2017 for myself and my dog. Fast forward 9 years, I’m leaving it for something so much bigger. - Why I Started Kota’s Prompt Jar — And How It Works
How a simple jar full of paper slips became our screen-free solution for bored kids — and why it works better than anything else we’ve tried. - Strawberry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream — The KitchenAid Recipe We Made Today
The heat index was too high to go outside, so we made ice cream instead. A no-cook, no-egg KitchenAid base with fresh strawberries and mini chocolate chips — easy enough for little hands to help with start to finish.
Hi, Im Tiffany!
I’m a wife, a mama, and a homeschool mom who genuinely doesn’t know what the hell I’m doing most days — I’m learning right alongside my kids. What I do know is I want them to fall in love with the world around them, not with a screen or a feed. I want them outside, immersed in it, curious about it. That’s a big part of why the prints exist in the first place.
I try to be as crunchy as I can within reason. I bake sourdough, I cook too much, and I’m always testing new recipes that lean a little healthier for my kids. I’ve also got a creative brain with nowhere to put all of it — which, if I’m honest, is the other real reason this shop exists.
Right now we’re in a small house on less than an acre, but getting land to actually homestead with my kids — to show them what that life looks like, not just talk about it — is the dream. We’re almost there.
