May Sponsors

I am pleased to introduce the May sponsors at Olive Green Anna.  We have fashion bloggers, lifestyle bloggers, graphic designers, boutique owners, photographers, and other vintage handlers sponsoring the blog this month.   So make sure to check out these lovelies!

I have asked each of them for three words that describe their work. 

So... Here they are!

Turquoise Flamingo
 "vintage, pretty, business"

Isla Everywhere 

 

 

Noellephant
"quirky collegiate adventures."

 

Tenpenny Splendid
"eat, make, read"

Wallflower Vintage
"Mad Mod Mode"

Thank you lovelies for sponsoring the blog this month!  You are all doing wonderful creative things and it has been my pleasure having you!   

cheers,

anna

Birthday Girl

Dominik and I are in the Black Forest in southern Germany for my birthday weekend.

Enjoying nature, books, and each other.

Anna

Sound und Fashion #3 cont...

The evening was stellar.  I couldn't have asked for anything more.  The music, fashion, and atmosphere were just splendid. 

The M.C Stephi asked Julia and me to walk the runway.  Which was a surprise.  

Sound und Fashion #3.

 Here are some shots from our Vintage Sound and Fashion Night at Action House. I presented seven vintage looks,  five ladies and two men.  My models did a wonderful job presenting the outfits, we drank delicious classic cocktails and enjoyed my husband's jazz band Whiskey Mafia.   Julia showed her handmade clothes made from vintage patterns and inspired by vintage.  Luckily my talented friend Mulu took some photos as I enjoyed the show. 

And here are a few of Julia's summer looks.   

More photos in color tomorrow.....

anna

June Sponsorship

I have been thoroughly enjoying sharing my space with other creatives the past 4 months. 

I would love to offer free sponsorship for the first 5 commenters on this post.  If you have been a sponsor before, you are more than welcome to sponsor again!

If you have a band, blog, or business, which matches what Olive Green Anna is all about, I would love to give you an ad space for the month of June 2012

Here’s what will happen:
-You first 5 leave a comment below, and make sure to leave an email address.
-I will contact you as soon as I receive 5 responses.
-Your ad will be featured here on this blog for the entire month of June 2012. 

I am excited about how Olive Green Anna has grown and is growing.  This blog has been a wonderful space for me and from what I hear, for you too! 

Thank you for your support lovelies!

Anna

Olive Delights: 21.5.2012

  Olive Delights is a weekly post here at Olive Green Anna where I share some of my most inspiring, delightful things from the last week.  It is a lovely time to collect inspiration and to share it with you.

1. I did a lot of work in our garden this week.  It has been a lovely new hobby of mine this spring.

2. These vintage shoes are so gorgeous!!!

3. I love this lady's style of drawing.

4. Wow these scarves are lovely!

5. I love seeing these pieces side by side. 

6. Pretty lamp.

7. We went hiking to a monastery brewery near by it was a beautiful day with good friends and delicious beer and food. 

8. Pancakes with my husband on the weekend. 

9. Still been dreaming of my own store front like this one!

10. I finally have been doing some painting and crafts.  Oh I have missed it so.

What are you enjoying this week?  Any little delights?

Anna

Happiness Tip: Read a Book you have been wanting to Read

I know that your book list is probably pages long.  However, just choose one that you have been wanting to read for sometime and get started.

It takes just one book to get you back into reading.  I have read for fun more this past two years than ever in my life.  It has been about a book every 2 months, but that is a lot for me.  It all started with the book The life of Pi.  Have you read it?  

Anna

Purging my closet!!!

 Here are a few things I ask myself when I go through my closet to get rid of things...  It is tough... But worth it!!!

1. Do I like it? the fabric, cut, color...
2. Is it comfortable?
3. Are there more than one place I can wear it?  (work and on stage...haha)
4. Does it match other things in my closet?  Can it mix well?
5. Have I worn it in the past year?
 

I have a tough time throwing clothes out sometimes.  In college I wore a pair of jeans until they had to be cut off into shorts and then patched those shorts for two years, until the majority of them were patches and barely any of the jean was showing.  Finally, I had to say good bye to them.  I threw them in a dumpster and threw expired food on them from my refrigerator, because I knew that I would go back and retrieve them unless they were covered in something nasty.

What do you do to keep your closet clean and rid of excess clothes? Any tips?

Anna

SOFA-Fashion Show Preparation (photo heavy)

Exactly one week ago, was my very first fashion show along with the lovely Julia Sentman "Naehkoenigin".  It was Vintage themed with original vintage from me Olive Green Anna and hand-sewn fashion from vintage patterns by Julia.  I showed 7 looks and Julia showed 2 sets of 6.  The location was on the roof top at Action House, it was magical. Dominik played tunes with his jazz combo called Whiskey Mafia.  It was a wonderful time.  Definitely the highlight of my business year so far!

I wanted to show a bit of the behind the scenes of our Fashion Show.  It was a lot of hard work, but well worth it! 

There was much to be done before the guests arrived. 

The little things like:   ironing, booklet folding, runway building, lighting, walk practicing, makeup, hair, decorations, bar set up, Pop-Up shop set up.

The one thing I forgot to prepare was to ask for someone to take photos of the event.  All of these above were taken by me before guests arrived.

I was able to give my camera to a good friend who is  a great photographer however my battery then died half way through.  Whoops.  Fail. 

I'll share some of the photos he was able to capture in the next days. 

If any of you have any photos from the evening, I would love to get a hold of more!

Thanks a bunch.

Anna