Around The Room | Anna
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One of the first things we did when we moved in this house was to paint Anna's room. It was a very, very bright green. Now it's a lovely light pink called Romance from Sherwin Williams.
My goal with her room this time? To create a comfortable place to sleep and play - and especially make more room to play. I moved the hopscotch rug from Simon's room to her room.
Everything in her room are things we already had - some things were moved from other rooms. I love the idea of shopping from what you already have...a move makes that even easier with everything temporarily displaced.
The yellow and white pieces on the wall are both from second hand stores. The "Anna" alphabet print is from PennnyPeople. The wall calendar (with the green horse) is from Stories by Mia.
Little loves. Sheets and quilt from Land of Nod.
Along the window is the low yellow shelf that was found at an estate sale ($10) and in the background is the yellow dresser that was used as her changing table in the old house.
Original elephant art by Mati Rose. The "A" was a gift purchased in New Zealand. The little bird is from Cabin + Cub. The print of the woman reading was a gift from my Mom.
A spinning book shelf that I picked up at the Coburg Antique Fair last year.
The awesome poms were used for her first birthday party and are from Pom Love.
Happy little girl.
I read in the paper yesterday that there's a Komen Race for the Cure event here in Eugene this Sunday. I signed up to run the 5K and started a little fundraising page with a $1000 goal. I know there are many of you out there who have faced breast cancer head on - some of you I've even had the pleasure of meeting and hugging in person. Here's to those of you fighting this disease, to those who have passed on, to the loved ones who put one foot in front of the other each day, and here's to finding a cure!
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what a lovely room she has, i love that she has the very hungry caterpillar i think all kids should have that book, both my kids have one each for when they have kids to i will keep them (in many mnay years to come that is lol) we are in New Zealand and they each have a buzzy bee to which is a standard toy for kiwi kids (well i think it is and all the kids in our family have one)
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Such a beautiful room! That top picture may be my favorite Anna pic so far this year. She just looks so happy! Thank you so much for running the 5K - as someone who has lost my grandmother to breast cancer and then watched my mother fight it for years (AND WIN!!), it means so much to me when people are willing to work for a cure!
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LOVE this room for Anna! So bright and filled with wonder! Perfect! Love there is old and new together...so filled with love!
Komen Race for the Cure has been a big part of my May for the last 10 years. I am one of Kathy's Crew..we do the warm up for the race and then I walk it (85 year old knees on a less than 85 year old body!). 2010 was the first year I could not make it because of a torn meniscus. Kathy Caiello recently opened her own gym and commissioned the local high school to do a Race for the Cure mural. It was on the stage for the warm up in 2010 and now hangs in her club. So many of us have been touched by this disease...it is great to have a way to take action and do something to cure it!
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Love that you share where you have found your wonderful finds...especially the ones from Esty. Have found some of my favorites because of you. Thank you. One you might like:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/saratams
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she is so adorable. i love how everything is just within her reach and how you repurposed things from other rooms. wasn't that yellow "rack" in your scrap room/office at one point holding stamps?
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lovely bedroom! I covet the book stand!
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i looove that spinning bookshelf! & the room is so sweet <3
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"Pink little girl's room" are words that often fill me with dread. This is lovely - not a drop of pageantry, and heaped with books! Gorgeous, thanks for sharing!
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I am a 1 year "young survivor" and I thank you for your efforts to support the Race for the Cure.
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[...] · Leave a Comment I saw this blog post via Making it Lovely and jumped on over to Ali’s blog and saw these gorgeous pictures of her baby Anna’s nursery. It’s Sherwin Williams [...]
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[...] see the rest of Anna’s cute room, visit Ali Edwards’ blog. the pom pom ceiling makes me very [...]
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Found my way here via Mati Rose's flickr :) This is such a sweet little room! I definitely feel inspired by this space and will think of it often as I create a space for the little one we have on the way! Thank you so much for sharing :)
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[...] was inspired by this blog post. And yes, I’m far behind the curve on the pom pom trend, but oh well. I love them, Clare [...]
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Hi Ali! Love Anna's new room and color schemes are so beautiful. She is growing so pretty. She really looks like you a lot.
I'm writing you with a maybe weird question! Just yesterday we found out we are having the blessing of being pregnant with a little girl. We have 2 boys ages 5 and 4 and now our 3rd (surprise) is the GIRL! Anyway, I LOVE the colors and clothing that Anna uses. I was wondering what do you do with the clothes she has grown out of? If you are keeping for a 3rd one I understand, but if you ever want to sell it, let me know. I will be more than happy to buy from you.
Thanks for sharing your creativity and life with us. Enjoy your new home and your family.
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[...] Anna has the sweetest pink room. [...]
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