CRAFTING YOUR OWN FUN: FRIDAY THEME NIGHTS!
"One thing I have always been known for is taking silly things extremely seriously." Mandy Lane, Volée teammate and Mom extraordinaire redeployed her professional skills and vast menagerie of event paraphernalia to the critical mission of family entertainment during stay at home orders. The results are epic!
KNITTING AS A METAPHOR FOR LIFE
How do you manage stress in a time like this? Lesko knits, just like she did in med school. But this time, she is all the more wise. Not in the "every stitch is perfect" kind of way, but because she realized it's more than ok to improvise. "It’s supposed to be enjoyable and increase your love quotient for the world!"
IT'S JUST HAIR
"I'm trying to find my new sense of femininity. It's not as scary as I thought it would be. . ." Volée teammate Christine shares with us her alopecia strength story.
13 THINGS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT OISELLE
It's our lucky 13 birthday! Celebrate with our Nee Day Sale and these 13 fun facts. Our birthday, your presents.
FASHION SHOW DANCE BREAK
Let's take a dance break and enjoy the magic that was the Oiselle Fashion Show at the ATL Olympic Marathon Trials.
HAUTE VOLÉE AND THE NEW NORMAL
With the recent postponement of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, we've been feeling for our elite Track and Field athletes. We reached out to them, and here they answer some of our questions about adjusting to the new normal, self-soothing strategies, and life.
RUNNING AND THE SCIENCE BEHIND MASK WEARING
A Oiselle Volée teammate of ours, and one of the scientists on the Federation of American Scientists’ COVID-19 Ask A Scientist team, answers all of our questions about masks and safely running outside "because everyone deserves some science in their lives."
JOIN US FOR #OTEAMTUESDAY
Join us and your fellow birds for #OTeamTuesday! We will be going live with a special guest, and featuring your posts on our story to stay virtually connected as a community.
MAKING MASKS
Once upon a time, she worked in the alterations department at Nordstrom. Now Oiselle staffer Beth McAlpine is using her skills to aid the local Seattle effort to make masks for the Downtown Emergency Services Center (DESC), which primarily works with the homeless population. We thank and salute you, Beth!
BRIGHT BIRDS COLORING ART
Let's have some fun! We repurposed and created some graphics as Bright Bird Coloring pages for birds of all ages to download and enjoy. Bring out those bright colors!
PREGNANCY, PLANNING, AND PANDEMICS
Planning a family can be tricky, whether you're working around running, your job, fertility, or, you know, a global health crisis. Oiselle athlete Teal Burrell knows the struggle, and shares her story.
VIRTUAL HUGS FROM FLESHMAN AND LESKO
Lauren Fleshman and Dr. Sarah Lesko "hung out" on Oiselle's Instagram Live. It was awesome. Here they share some books, podcasts, and a poem to make us think, give us comfort, prompt us to write, and help us feel like ourselves.