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Turquoise Is A Neutral
When you think of a neutral color, you think of tan, black, white, brown, cream, and nude yes? Well I think of all those too, but I also think turquoise. The stone of course! I also think about cheetah print, but that's a whole different subject, we won’t start on that. I wear at least one...
Sierra Rae Guest Blogger
We are so excited to introduce our guest blogger to you, Sierra Rae Lewis. She is a fashionista from Arizona that travels the west in search of just the right fashion trend! Sierra is a sophomore in college majoring in communications. She writes for her school newspaper as well as guest blogs...
Salted Caramel Apple Crisp Bars
Well I decided I would take one for the team this upcoming holiday season and try out the new box flavors for desserts coming out! Often times I feel that I would like them and then don't buy them, opting for the safe cake mix (or fill in the blank for you) that I know and love. So I will be...
Dreambuilder…..A Poem
While we are waiting I thought I would share a poem I wrote about the house we live in now! It was so exciting to get started! One day while I was on site as the crew of men were framing I was inspired to write these words. We have so many wonderful memories in this house it will certainly be...
Patiently Waiting…….
Well here I am patiently waiting for the framers. My contractor RL Brim of www.karltbrimconstruction.com let me know me that we are waiting for the wood package to arrive. Waiting isn't always the easiest thing to do for me. I'm like the rest of our culture and I want my food to heat up...
Flower Heart
These are a few more finds from www.JunkintheTrunkVintageMarket.com There are a variety of metal flowers, metal tags and two metal crosses. I love to move the ones with magnets on and off metal buckets and cans that I am decorating with. Some I can glue on to a decor item such as a frame to...
Metal Leaf
What can one do with a metal leaf you may ask? Well look at how cute this is! I bought several of these wonderful leaves from the www.junkinthetrunkvintagemarket.com. They caught my eye in a giant version that was up on a wall with tree branches and twine around them. At the moment I opted for...
Sweet and Adorable
I went to Junk in the Trunk Vintage Market this weekend. It was nothing less than fabulous! What I fell in love with was baby girl diaper covers! These are the cutest diaper covers ever! I don't have any granddaughters and no new baby girl friends but couldn't pass these up to share with you...
Chocolate Carmel Birthday Cake
In honor of Torey's birthday we kicked off fall at our house! Torey has always been our "chocolate baby". Since I can remember she has loved chocolate. Every kind of chocolate at any time of the day or night! So for her birthday I made her this chocolate, chocolate cake. If you haven't...
Fall Flowers
These flowers put me right in the middle of fall, even though it's still hot in Arizona! I was grocery shopping for Torey's birthday and thought these will make such a perfect fall centerpiece for her birthday dinner. If you're like me grocery store flowers is your best bet for getting flowers...
A New Color!
My builder and I finally got our sample of our metal roof. It is Galvalume metal roofing. I wanted the natural "tin roof" color. So we kept asking the roofer what the color was called. He kept repeating Galvalume. Neither of us had heard of this color name before. I don't think the big box of...
Pasture Turned Pad
Here is a look at the pasture as we start the tractor work. We kept our cattle grazing in this area so they are in a new pasture now as we begin the dirtwork. The pad gets built up with outside dirt so all the grading of the dirt will be the same. There are inspections that go along with this step...
Front Door Fall Shoes
When I saw these shoes I knew I couldn't walk out of the store without them. They kept calling my name.......Carrie, Carrie, Carrie and when I responded I said "certainly I won't leave you here without an owner." So here they are.....the cutest fall shoes ever at my new farmhouse front door! I...
Small Touches….Big Impact
We really want our house to be friend and family "friendly" so it was important to us to have the house accessible for wheelchairs and folks that might be a little challenged with steps. So you can see in these photos that the front door has a gradual slope to it so that there is no threshold...
Indoor Plumbing
The invention of indoor plumbing is a good one! Boy am I glad I don't have to go outside in the middle of the night! So it was very interesting to see how the plumbers laid all the lines for the water and sewer before the concrete is poured. At this point your water gets hooked up and you can...
Meet Carrie
Arizona Farmer and Blogger
I strive to share hospitality and agriculture. I want to encourage people to make others welcome in our homes, on the road and in our everyday life! It’s so important to share how our food and fabric is grown on the farm. My hope is that I can inspire you through our beautiful farmhouse, days on the farm, and building strong relationships that matter.