sorry!!!

a number of my one-of-a-kind bags are on loan for some magazine photoshoot.. and we've managed to forget to remove the item listing totally, and had only disable it's buying option...

i've suddenly gotten at least 5 emails asking me what's wrong.. so sorrryyy!!! no intention at all of leading you on and wasting your time...

so nothing's wrong, and all photoshoot items have been removed.

hope you'll all find something else you like! at my online boutique of course.. heh

looks like everyone's eagerly anticipating free shipping week!

free shipping!

starts 0100 hr 28 oct - 24oo hr 3 nov
singapore time (gmt +8 hours)

shop away >>>

south asia earthquake appeal

please donate any amounts of monetary contributions if you can, towards the south asia eathquake victims

go here --> http://www.redcross.org.sg/southasiaearthquake_appeal_m.htm

read about it here --> http://www.ifrc.org/

help and donations have not been coming as fast and as much as it is needed for this earthquake. just because media coverage has not been as fervent with regards to this earthquake, compared to hurricane katrina or last year's tsunami etc. does not mean that this is less serious, of lesser importance, or that the victims are in less dire straits. in fact, they need it more, being in a developing nation and all, as winter is setting in and many are still cut off in the mountainous regions.

littleoddforest and family will be donating a portion of our october earnings to south asia earthquake victims, so please help to do your part as citizens of economically better-off nations

it's almost a year

just 9 more days to birthday in little odd forest! (funny how i never did announce my own birthday here.. hmmm...) which means it's just 9 more days to free shipping for just one week! don't miss out on this chance! ;)

plush rush

we're off to plush rush at columbus, ohio, usa, all the way the other side of this small world, woopeee! bye, dada! ~luff, your precious treelings~

pleassee wait!

i just got back last night 0(^.^)0

and i'm doing my best to answer all emails that require urgent replies!!

pplleeaseee wait abit more if you're still waiting for a reply from me! i apologize for having only 2 hands and one very tired-after-great-holiday-don't-wish-to-be-back brain... my engine's starting up! i promise!!

i was also very touched and was close to tears to read some very nice emails waiting in my inbox, other than those asking impatiently for re-stocks and new items 0(-.-)0

i'm working on ALL of them, all!! i swear!! emails, sewing, designing, processing orders, exhibition, ordering supplies, swaps, ALL!! every single one!

expect lots of website updates these coming weeks!!

i plan to retire in a nice little cottage in a forest with cute little furry animals that talk, with a beautiful beach just near by, and quaint little family-owned restaurants with delicious food cooked with their hearts... and my own vespa scooter...

breast cancer awareness month

jen at divatribe.com is donating 10% of all sales in october to the susan g. komen foundation, in honor of breast cancer awareness month. show your support if you can!!

okay people, i'll be off to visit my mum, have a little island retreat, and doing some crafthings supplies shopping next week. the little shoppe will still be open, of course, and orders will still be taken, just that, there will be no shipping from wednesday onwards, because my part-time help is only available on mon + tues. all orders from wed onwards will be shipped on the following monday, so it's just a 3 working days delay ya ;)

oh, about the fashion trade show, it's my first time doing this sort of thingie.. and i'm feeling like such a greenhorn.. i was approached by the organisers to participate, it's a b2b fashion trade show that's not open to public and only for international buyers and merchandisers etc. it's stated that fashion tv will be covering the whole event, and blah blah blah exciting facts and there's a who's-who list of international fashion vip guests..

and so we dumped in a huge sum of money from our very tiny financial pool, it was bloody expensive! and doing up the booth is more $$$ too! yeah, for us small fries at least ;p it was as much as opening a little brick-and-mortar boutique in a relatively affordable place in singapore.. but just to gain the exposure and experience, i hope this excuse justifies the costs though.. anyways, i'm not very sure this exhibition was suitable for littleoddforest, because we are not all about fashion. we're more like a life style or name, and much more than just fashion? the thing that sucks was i don't think we're allowed to display any non-fashion related items, like our huggables and home decor etc. we'll see how i can sneak those in ;p

i just don't want to think about it for now, because there seems to be so many papers and forms for me to fill up, so many nitty-gritty details to finalise about our booth space and blah blah blah. i get really annoyed trying to set aside some time from my already super over-packed schedule to do such things. i can give you instructions as to how to do it, but i hate doing it myself.. HA! so my so-called "business-partner" b is chipping in with some things (half my headache is slightly lightened.. thanks! *hugs*)

chicadecanela! how was your experience?? i read that yours was open to public right? did you have a great time??? i loveeeddd how your booth looked like! it's sooo you!!

i'm an overgrown kid, i just want to smile, be nice, make friends and know more people.. but it's giving me this impression that the whole event is going to be bloody uptight, "professional", snobby, boringly-adult-like and freakingly formal... littleoddforest is NOT like that at all.. sigh

oooh lynda.. you need a wake-up slap again

wat's been going on...

1. website renovations
2. finishing up a slightly delayed wholesale order of a ton of bags and brooches
   
3. designing a new batch of printed totes for printing
4. sewing 2 custom orders of treelings
5. trying to replenish my treelings
6. furiously sewing brooches til my hands are sore
   
7. working over $$$ details, the big evil
8. stressing over asia fashion week trade exhibition
9. promotional poster design
10. promotional banner design
11. brochure design
12. booth design
13. pissing off my dad
14. tidying up work stuff before i leave for abroad next week, so that my 2 day volunteer assistant knows how to pack and mail out orders on mon + tues - i'll be gone for a week on mon but no one is available for the whole week to help me with orders.. oh well
15. getting rid of some "friends"
16. getting some fab new ones
17. eagerly awaiting some of my product photos by chicago model ann marie (our second collaboration!) and photographer ken erickson
18. cursing and waiting for my ladybird buttons to arrive, 2 weeks late... crap

i don't mean to lie, to my singapore customers and fans, who've been informed that 1 oct was the last day littleoddforest would be at inqbox boutique. something came up at the last minute, which i'm not at liberty to disclose, so we're still there this month, not sure about next month, will keep you all updated... well, i'm kinda hoping not, so that i can use those hangers i've there for the exhibition, instead of buying more of which i'd not use til i get to open a little real boutique of my own? those hangers are pretty expensive, i may have been fleeced...

i need to get rid of stuff... LOADS of stuff... books, clothes, shoes, stuff... i can feel my room enclosing in on me and collapsing... i may just have a "rid-my-room-of-stuff" sale... hmm...

it's all good

thankss to all of you for all your morale boosters, advice, wake-me-up slaps and encouragement :) yes i did say no, but not without some people walking away with some brooches.. hahaha *bitter sarcasm*

seriously, it's getting to be kind of a problem, so no more talking about hanging out at my apt, in my roomful of stuff, unless it's the usual group, and no more nicely-put-refusing replies to emails asking for hand-outs either. you're just not going to expect any replies at all. those "friends" were actually just very long-time acquaintances.. you know, those people you've known for ages but have only exchanged superficial conversations with... yeah... and those emails from strangers asking for hand-outs, are just purely bizarre to me... it wouldn't be if it were a one-time thing... the unfathomable thing is, i've gotten like 7 of those emails in the last 2 months...

on to other news...

this is our birthday month!! our very first birthday in little odd forest! 0(^.^)0 and we're celebrating in little odd forest land here with a spruced up look (pardon us for the renovation works going on) and a new boutique/label name ~ littleoddforest! (we've decided to use forestprints design as our main business name) Most importantly, its FREE SHIPPING for all orders made from FRI 28 OCT - THURS 3 NOV! i've also been adding discount coupons and little freebies to orders, as a surprise! also, i know i say this all the time, but really, new items will be up this whole month! so stay tuned! :)

crap

i've made a freakin' big mistake of replying some emails.... GAWD! i can kill myself right now..

so what do you do when annoymous people just start asking outright for discounts?? at least tell me you're in extreme dire straits and your bag has a hole in it or you need to get a good birthday gift for your sister who's critically ill in the hospital or blah blah blah

and what do you do when people you know just start asking for free stuff and big big big discounts that don't even cover the cost of my materials??? i mean, i do give gifts all the time, but it's really up to me to choose who to give and when to give, isn't it??

how can some people just look at my stock and go "oh! you've so many of those (6 bags of same design but different fabric, which makes them DIFFERENT), give me a few leh.. i like this color and that color in this design. oh i'm sure you can afford to give me a few lah, don't be so stingy lah, you can just sew a few more things to sell what, i'm very poor this month leh, haven't gone for my weekly shopping trip... and i can't sew, but you can! can lah lynda... you're very nice one i know..."

GAWD... PLEASE...

pardon the singapore english (singlish) because that was the way it was said, and to correct it just makes it sound nicer than it should be...

ladies, please... 1 week or even 1 month of no shopping trips WON'T KILL YOU. hurricanes and tsunamis and poverty and stuff like that do!!

i must also learn to not be so easily tempted and enticed... now i'm #$%&*@ broke!! because i failed to get certain details of a business related thingie and be very firm in saying that i'll wait first.. so now that thing better freakin' work out okay and not leave me in big blobs of tears... i'll just have to make sure it works out and wait and see... :(

wat a whole load of rubbish rubbish rubbish...