My Childhood Bedroom & Giving Back

<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553497275028656338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHR-gJxvVUW43Tb6Dp3lshfHYr9Da8E4HP7JJ1oPZGVwUjfXWTqs8BrA629LbYGtsjBJnHzxMZ41Wyys-KhbuDOupDSFv9n_8wqN26QcEB5OOjOWyZSWv0xpl1AHf_dh4jdTBJ_BZNe_pI/s400/untitled.bmp" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Two wonderful bloggers, Claudia from </span><a href="http://www.stonehouselove.com/"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">StoneHouse Love </span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">and Beth from </span><a href="http://www.hellosplendor.com/"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Hello Splendor</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> recently announced their charity campaign: </span><a href="http://claudiaclobes.com/2010/12/13/blog-for-digs-schedule-is-here/"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Blog for Digs </span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">to support </span><a href="http://www.dwellwithdignity.org/index.html"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Dwell with Dignity</span></strong></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>.</strong> This organization has a mission to help families escape poverty and homelessness and to help them maintain a standard of living they can be proud of and thrive in. To raise awareness they are asking over 55 bloggers to blog about their childhood bedrooms. </span></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;">'</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">The bedroom above is pretty close the bedroom I dreamed of having as a little girl. It was in the big Sears catalogue - a lovely confection of pink rosebuds and white. Above is a modern day version by Laura Ashley of my childhood dream. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">'</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553491303707195458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiy_0fv2GaWaBan0zcbWXENdZydsdeJkwWhawDbwP8_7AKGymRgjsT9F-BPNVdkWWGwgIIOK-clyqMQIivV6UZ9Lo3qiFQGUI78szRXcHtP5drxysQupPzEGKostg-lZx9-CzO-D_U2F3I/s400/osborne-little-maharani-lime-pink.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 275px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">We were not a wealthy family but my mother was very resourceful - She found wallpaper very similar to this one for $1 a roll at a discount warehouse. Luckily there was enough to cover my entire bedroom that I shared with my younger sister.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">'</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553495104692556066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvI6f8UAUAqyNVZDQNWhSk0qLm9vvZsmLm5SuFzO5UR7o6xVkfjefPR_n5LvQCjANaim5bvarDlipNJ5WteAASy8YfK8D1gE-ncZYXtHVn9M82NhrlSCUUE3_aEe8fbO9JYJcbXI8E10Cw/s400/Green+desk.bmp" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 252px; CURSOR: hand" /> </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">She also bought us two small desks and painted them lime green!<br /><br /></div></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553491304299133874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZ_aoDcg1VCxeEpXUg1oP4ZDkQ_t0TrhD-oHKgQS0261P8SXACvIXUWJ_e4PFhyphenhyphenNIWsT8KfaI3PQvouY_-afQHWqtA9DK4x4UNZ7DI0NHE730dPgztIYTeCqSfxkT5XHsgMurpPrb5Xtq/s400/awning1.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 304px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">My mother was a great seamstress and fashioned us curtains that looked like awnings out of pink and green striped fabric, similar to the ones above. Though not my dream of pink rosebuds, it was a happy room and I have many memories of staring at the floral patterns and planning my future and dreaming my dreams. </span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;">'<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553512941741988994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8TglqP8txEq2LsVsXmFkPWBZ_uZ_w56faDURXF5m8thx7nclykxmUu41qhQBZs9jFCMQ5XM6oaun_O7_PnEVFmxGYVsjBEp9Aewd2BsqXWjsgRmJCxaAMpzmHmcIeKX2Z4-VdZfVpHAQd/s400/Dwell-Final1-300x131.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 131px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEtDCmGj8bsC-VjJnY526DxsAQqSM9uTh6d9V6AS8cjYYOEV-NDw9ow033N-iS0Tbf0PbEJr7WBuPlMT1sPcP0McWgtLATZHGgBKGS3MkxdRylCbmSX7MyqIsHru3aCW7Uk09gQzQzqNp/s1600/cradle"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></a></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">If you have a moment do visit </span><a href="http://www.dwellwithdignity.org/index.html"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>Dwell with Dignity</strong> </span></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">and perhaps help other families create a place for dreaming dreams and planning for better futures. </span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Also visit <a href="http://www.dorynsdish.com/dd/2010/12/my-childhood-bedroom-was.html">Doryn's Dish </a>to see her childhood bedroom.</span></div></span>

My Childhood Bedroom & Giving Back

Two wonderful bloggers, Claudia from StoneHouse Love and Beth from Hello Splendor recently announced their charity campaign: Blog for Digs ...

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