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Here is how to pick yours:

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-Think about what someone would actually search — not what you would call your post
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At Home, Food, Fun, Kids, Life · July 19, 2020

At Home with The Kings – Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches

At Home with the Kings - homemade Ice cream sandwiches

Today is National Ice Cream Day and I wanted to make these fun ice cream sandwiches with you. The truth is we make them without ice cream which sounds ridiculous but believe me they are just as good!

My mom used to make these as a quick summer snack but she used grahm crackers and cool whip. I decided to make them a little more fancy and we use choclate chip cookies and homemade whipped cream.

I would love to tell you that I have this magnificent homemade chocolate chip cookie recipe but I don’t. When I make them I either use the recipe on the back of the chocolate chip bag or I buy cookie dough from the store.

The Whipped Cream is homemade and the recipe is simple and will take you about 10 to 15 minutes. In a large bowl I used a 32oz container of heavy cream, 4 tbsp of sugar, 1 tbsp of vanilla and a sprinkle of nutmeg. I use a hand mixer and it takes about 10 minutes. I start on a low speed and as it thickens I increase the speed. You want the whipped cream to be thick so make sure you can place a spoon or the mixer attachments on the top and they don’t sink. That’s how I know it is right.

You can make this recipe with actual ice cream if you would like, but you should try them like this first and see what you think.

Homemade Whipped Cream

The good thing with whipped cream is that someone is always ready to help me clean up.

Helping Mom

Once you have your whipped cream and your cookies have cooled the assembly is super simple. Cookie, whipped cream, cookie. Wrap in plastic wrap or line them up in a pan with wax paper and freeze for an hour and a half so they set up all the way.

After they set up they are ready to eat… or for a photo shoot.

Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ice Cream Sandwiches

XO,

Tiffany

Other At Home with the Kings Posts here.

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In 2026 it is easy to feel like breast cancer is a beatable disease. And a lot of the time it is. But we have to be careful not to let that thinking make us forget that people are still dying from it. This past year our friend group has felt her absence in ways that are hard to put into words.

I am a busy person, and I do not always prioritize my health the way I should but this summer I booked my mammogram and I made sure not to reschedule it.

It is never a fun experience. But St. Tammany Women’s Pavilion does a beautiful job; the atmosphere is calm, the robes are warm, and they make something uncomfortable feel a little more manageable.

If you take one thing from this post let it be this.  Get checked. Make early detection a priority. If your provider is recommending a preventative screening, then get it done. Your health is your wealth. Not just because you want to live a long life but because you want the quality of that life to be worth living. Early detection saves lives.

Book the appointment.
Every time I bring up hashtags someone tells me th Every time I bring up hashtags someone tells me they do not work anymore.

Here is my take. Hashtags are still live on Instagram and they are still one of the main ways people search through the platform. Until Instagram tells us they are done I am going to keep using them, intentionally.

What has changed is how you should be using them.

Instagram has officially capped hashtags at 5 per post. Instagram made this change deliberately because stuffing 20 to 30 generic tags into every post was not serving anyone. Hashtags are no longer a reach tool. They are a clarity tool that helps the algorithm understand what your content is about.

5 intentional hashtags beat 30 random ones every single time.

Here is how to pick yours:

-Think about your niche, your audience, and your location
-Think about what someone would actually search — not what you would call your post
-A clown costume post might use #halloweencostume or #cosplay instead of #clowncostume because that is what someone searching for inspiration is actually typing

One more thing most people are missing. Instagram is leaning heavily into SEO and keyword search now. The words in your caption are doing work that hashtags used to do. Write descriptively and use natural language your audience would actually search. The algorithm is reading your words so give it something to work with.

Save this before you write your next post.
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@tiffanitrancalix throws the best parties… #90snig @tiffanitrancalix throws the best parties… #90snight #justagirl
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This is part one of two. Today we are talking about gift guides for creators. Next Tuesday we are talking about gift guides for retail businesses and small business owners. Save both.

Here is what a well built gift guide actually does for you as a creator:

	•	Drives affiliate revenue through platforms like LTK, ShopMy, Amazon Associates, Collective Voice, Mavely, and Howl
	•	Lives on your blog with its own URL so you own it and it keeps working long after the holidays
	•	Gives you content to distribute across every platform including two Pinterest pins per guide — one to your LTK post and one to your blog
	•	Opens the door to add gift guides as a bonus deliverable in brand collab pitches — and yes, services count too

Start by planning your categories. Gifts for her. Gifts under $50. Stocking stuffers. The more specific the guide the more useful it is — and useful content gets saved and shared.

The creators who win the holiday season start building now.

Save this and start planning your first guide this week.
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