Erin Bartel
Erin is a marketing consultant in Wichita KS. She spends her days helping businesses and non-profits navigate the ever-changing waters of digital & local marketing and homeschooling her kids. She and her daughter also own Sassy Squid Ink, an imprint designing notebooks, journals, and sketchbooks. A mother of 2 happily married to her college sweetheart, Erin's hobbies include bribing herself to exercise, traveling with (and without) her family, and trying to remember where she hid the chocolate.
Give the Gift of Music This Holiday Season: Shop Senseney Music
This article is sponsored by Senseney Music.
Looking for meaningful and timeless gifts? Think Senseney Music this holiday season. Shop in-person and online for the instrument you’ve been dreaming about for yourself or a loved...
Virtual & Online Holiday Events, Concerts, and Shows for the Whole Family
The show must go on! Many of our favorite holiday traditions will look a little different this year - including these fun events, concerts, and shows that will offer online viewing instead of in-person...
5 Ways to Election-Proof Your Friendships (Before It’s Too Late)
Unpopular opinion: Our relationships are more important than who we are voting for in November.
Your co-workers, the people at church, your kid's teacher, the newlyweds who live two doors down from you? You have...
5 (Non-Cookbook) Books to Gift the Foodies in Your Life
Foodies adore everything related to eating and drinking: Talking about it. Writing about it. Reading about it. We love looking at photographs, hearing stories, and uncovering delicious new recipes. We plan our vacations around...
Family Friendly Events at Botanica This Fall
This article is sponsored by Botanica.
If you’re looking for some fun family-friendly events this Fall, Botanica is for you! Our gardens are looking absolutely vibrant right now and we have plenty of wide open...
The Enneagram & Motherhood: How Your Type Affects Your Parenting Style
How does your Enneagram Type influence motherhood and your parenting style? We asked 9 moms to tell us exactly that.
The Enneagram could easily be described as the the newest and oldest personality test to...
Wichita Mom Picks: Our Favorite, Must-Have Items at Trader Joe’s
Trader Joe's opened in Wichita one year ago, and we still get TONS of questions! Never been there? Not sure what to buy? Want to know what other mamas love? Here's our list of...
7 Postpartum Exercise Mistakes Moms Don’t Know They’re Making
This article isn't about eating half a bag of Doritos instead of carrot sticks, or how ANY exercise is better than sitting on your couch binge-watching HGTV...those are mistakes we know we are making....
Real Self Care Isn’t A Luxury, It’s A Discipline (and It’s A Necessity)
Everyone talks about it, but who has time for the glammed-up versions of "self care" we see circulating on the internet? Real self care doesn't always look like a glass of wine in a...
Can Your Kids Bust Out of This Free Digital Harry Potter Escape Room?
Looking for a fun activity to kill time? If you've got Harry Potter fans in your house, you should give this free digital escape room a try!
We've read the books, watched the movies, and...
Where to Find Our Favorite Wichita Murals (interactive map)
If you've been in Wichita for more than 10 minutes, you've seen at least one eye-popping ICT mural. We've got Wichita Flag Murals, Keeper of the Plains Murals, encouraging murals, thought-provoking murals - and...
Free Lunches for Kids and Senior Citizens in Wichita (Plus Where & How to...
This list of places offering free lunches for kids in Wichita & surrounding areas, as well as free meals for seniors and families in need will be updated regularly during COVID-19 social distancing.
Meals for...
What You Need to Know Before You Start Working from Home for the First...
Whether by choice or necessity, you're considering working from home: WELCOME! Those of us already living the laptop lifestyle have a few things to share - stuff we probably learned the hard way when...
25 Mom-Approved Shows for Kids on Netflix
Whether you're looking for a show to binge as a family or just to get some peace and quiet while you work, here's a list of our top 25 mom-approved shows for kids on...