{"id":64249,"date":"2018-02-21T07:16:37","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T12:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=64249"},"modified":"2018-02-21T05:36:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T10:36:18","slug":"happy-birthday-to-s-and-to-oliver-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2018\/02\/happy-birthday-to-s-and-to-oliver-s.html","title":{"rendered":"happy birthday to s and to oliver + s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guess what? S is turning 13 today! Can you believe it?<\/p>\n

She was the inspiration for this company and the reason I started it. She’s grown up in the business, and the business has grown up along with her.<\/p>\n

I thought it might be fun to share a few of my favorite photos of S over the years. (In almost all of them she’s wearing something from Oliver + S.) Many of you have seen her grow up on this blog and in our company photos, so here’s a little nostalgia for all of us to share.<\/p>\n

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But we’re not only celebrating her big milestone birthday today. We’re also preparing to celebrate another milestone, and you’re invited to the party!<\/p>\n

In just a couple of weeks Oliver + S will turn 10 years old. We are busy planning a big two-week party to celebrate a whole decade of Oliver + S! To mark the occasion we\u2019ll have prizes and contests and give-always, as well as a few nostalgic looks back through our history. Our 10th anniversary! It’s hard to believe that a little project I started in our tiny New York apartment has turned into a decade-long adventure for you and for us.<\/p>\n

Since I know many of you have a long history and fond memories of Oliver + S, I wanted to invite you to be part of our celebration. We would be thrilled if you would send us your favorite Oliver + S memories or thoughts. Tell us what our company has meant to you and your family (you often say the sweetest things!), and we\u2019ll gather your contributions together for a special blog post. Did you learn to sew with our patterns? Or did you sew something especially memorable? Tell us all about it by emailing your memories to askme@oliverands.com<\/strong>, and we may include your thoughts in a special customer-based blog post the week of the celebration. Send a photo or two of your favorite makes, if you like. We’d love to hear from you and share your memories of this ten-year adventure.<\/p>\n

And that’s not all! In a week or two we’re be releasing our very first tween\/teen sewing pattern by way of celebrating this big milestone. The pattern has been getting rave reviews from S and her friends as well as from our testers. I’ll tell you all about it shortly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s birthday celebration time–for both S and for Oliver + S. Find out how we’ll be celebrating and how you can participate in the fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":64335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[20784],"class_list":["post-64249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-tenth-anniversary"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/birthday-feature.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-gIh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64134,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2018\/02\/my-favorite-oliver-s-pattern-playtime-dress-tunic.html","url_meta":{"origin":64249,"position":0},"title":"my favorite oliver + s pattern: playtime dress + tunic","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"February 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We're happy to have Maria with us today. 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