{"id":83512,"date":"2025-05-02T15:02:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T19:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=83512"},"modified":"2025-05-02T15:32:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T19:32:32","slug":"its-already-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2025\/05\/its-already-may.html","title":{"rendered":"it’s already May???"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apparently there is a saying in futbol–meaning soccer– the essence of which is that a futbol team is a short blanket and if you pull it up high enough to have strong offense and score a goal, you leave your feet exposed and don’t have strong enough defense to protect yourself from the other team scoring a goal. You always have to prioritize one or the other.<\/p>\n

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Prado Trench, Garibaldi bias skirt, Cannes Trousers on frequent wear these days<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I feel that way sometimes about running this small company. I can either spend my time developing new patterns or I can be here doing social media, connecting with you,\u00a0 and marketing to be visible and to sell the patterns we have.<\/p>\n

It’s so difficult to do both! Sometimes it feels impossible.<\/p>\n

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Two Classic Shirts on frequent repeat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In any case, I’m still here, trying to catch up on the fall patterns after our first very successful Creative Madrid tour (more on that later!), and I just looked up to discover that it’s May already!?! Are you playing along with Me Made May<\/a>? I’ll be posting to Instagram and with occasional recaps here. I’d love to see what you’re wearing.<\/p>\n

And I promise to be here more. I miss you!<\/p>\n

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In which I compare soccer to running a small business… and also talk a little about Me Made May. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":83515,"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":[20877,20757,20866,20913],"class_list":["post-83512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-cannes","tag-classic-shirt","tag-garibaldi","tag-prado"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/catching-up-feature.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-lIY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":80898,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2023\/04\/whats-behind-our-new-pattern-collection.html","url_meta":{"origin":83512,"position":0},"title":"what’s behind our new pattern collection?","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"April 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"What inspired our spring pattern collection? 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