we have moved on

to wordpress - http://littleoddforest.wordpress.com

i'm sorry to have neglected you for so so so very long.. join us there! new surprises coming up soon :)

We are hiring again!

littleoddforest is hiring again!

We are looking for TEMP FULL-TIME SALES AMBASSADORS for our stint in Isetan Scotts at Orchard Road.

Able to work at least 1 MONTH, starting 26 NOV 2010
9.45am - 10pm (1 hr lunch/ 1 hr dinner)
1-2 shifts
$6 per hr + 5% commission
Full-Timers preferred.

You must LOVE littleoddforest and fulfill the criteria below in order to apply for this position!

~ Sales experience preferred
~ Must be Super Motivated, Self-initiated & Responsible
~ Big Friendly Smile, Fun, Chatty & Cheerful disposition
~ Hardworking, Detail oriented & Eager to learn
~ Aggressive in sales
~ Creativity is a bonus!
~ Must speak Proper Fluent English
~ Neat freak with great organizational abilities
~ Must LOVE littleoddforest
~ Brand/Product knowledge is needed
~ Female Singaporean only

Interested please send full resume details to -
info [at] forestprints.com - with subject header - Hire Me Please!
(1-liner email applications with no details will be trashed in a second)

I will get in touch with you shortly only if you have been picked for an interview. Thanks!

http://www.forestprints.com

Free Worldwide Shipping!

AND... *drum roll* The 2nd part of our 3 part Super Six Specials! ;D Thank you all for your love!!

SUPER SIX!

Nope, we did not forget! Just too caught up with whipping up all the goodness specially for you :) Can't thank you all enough for the love you've showered us with! *MUACKS! Enjoy!

{ VIFF customers will get an additional 6% Off on top of your usual 10% = 16% !}

TWO Days of Shopping Mayhem!

UPDATE! WE WILL BE AT STALL #9 !
Straight inside behind the Orchard Road main entrance escalator! See ya!


Hello! Friends of LOF in Singapore!

littleoddforest is going out to play at FashBash again!

This time round, it will be TWO CRAZY DAYS OF SHOPPING MAYHEM!

{ SAT & SUN : 28 & 29 AUG @ ORCHARD CENTRAL }

{ 11 AM - 8 PM }

{ STALL # 9 } See attached map.

Nearest MRT : Somerset ( 5mins walk )

I absolutely do not wish to crowd littleoddforest's private viewing space with clearance goods, nothing but brand new goodies only, we say! So help us out and we help you by giving you this one-time-only-crazy-clearance-discount. Our long-time friends will know that this happens no where else except during our FashBash outings!

Bags, Purses, Pouches, Accessories, Tank Tops, Etc. Etc.!

20%-80% Off our Past Collections, Samples, Prototypes & Rejects, and Designs that didn't make it out from my workshop!

Saw something you like from our previous collection or a discontinued range? Then you don't want to miss this!

Be sure to come shop early and join in the only-seen-@-fashbash long-queue phenonmenon.

Don't be the one to miss out on that one-piece-only discounted purse!

The first group of shoppers will even get a SwagBag with goodies from some very fabulous sponsors! http://fash-bash.com/

Catcha there this weekend!

buzzing off,

xoxoxo!

the very busy littleoddforest mistress and helper fairies & gnomes

http://www.forestprints.com/

Our first newsletter for the year!

Better late than never, I always say! :) Don't miss out! Like us on our facebook page for the latest specials! xoxo

Print & Pattern Book!

i am super excited and extremely honored, to say the least, to have my work { littleoddforest } featured in the print & pattern book, by pattern design guru curator, bowie style! especially along with so many other talented designers - all 119 of them! you will know the most famous ones, like orla kiely, cath kidston, and jill bliss, but it's a great mix of big and small, with lesser known artists, such as myself! lynda lye! - with a little of our bio and background information. how fun!!! :D and such an honor to also be alongside some of the artists whose work i love, like ana ventura, caroline pratt, helen dardik, and marilyn patrizio! and a few other designers whose work i have just discovered and fallen in love with, such as silkie lloyd, scott rhodes, and patapri, thanks to this book!

i have already ordered a few copies a couple of months ago (the book was launched in march this year 2010), and gifted them to some people whom i know would appreciate it. hee... you know who you are! you can get yours here! -
http://www.amazon.com/Print-Pattern-Bowie-Style/dp/1856696464
or a kinokuniya if you have one near you!

you do not have to be a designer to appreciate this book, this book is for all who love design, if you are seeking inspiration, or just wanting to have a big dose of design goodness!







i have been anxiously waiting for this book to be published and launched, ever since 2 years ago, when london-based designer, marie perkins (i did not know that bowie was her online pseudonym until last year!! gosh!), from the very famous pattern design blog - http://www.printpattern.blogspot.com - emailed me to ask for some product shots and write-ups. it has been 2 years since! if you read my info in the book, it says i've been doing this for the past 4 years, but it will actually be my 6th year chugging along with my baby, littleoddforest, this year 2010!

bowie scours the world for all good things, design and pattern related, as can be testified by her blog full of visual deliciousness! this print & pattern book is basically a compilation of current designers whom she had most probably previously featured/mentioned in her blog, who work with graphics, surface design, patterns, illustrations and etc., and translate them onto actual products like stationary, textiles and the like.

bowie has been really generously supportive of my work - littleoddforest has been previously featured in her print & pattern blog, and she has also very kindly helped me with some questions i had about expanding my line abroad, when i emailed her asking for any input she might have for me.

thank you so much!! :D

cringe worthy mandarin

it has been a super duper long while!! goodness gracious me!
*flicks the cobwebs away, wiping off all that were left over from last year's christmas party, the new year party, and on-going chinese lunar new year celebrations*
!!!!!!!!

i have totally lost my blogging/typing-down-news/events-that-have-occurred-sharing-my-thoughts-in-long-paragraphs mojo (not that i ever had a good done anyways!)

my ex-intern screamed at me over the email tonight, threatening that it would be the last reminder i get from her, about updating this forsaken business blog which i occasionally use for personal agenda and rants. i say screamed, because it was in bloody caps, underlined, and highlighted. i get your point. so even though it is 3.10am right now as i am typing this, i'll just get it done right now, because i'll most probably (definitely) just forget yet again tomorrow.

sooooo..... !!! the promise i made end of last year, which i had failed to fulfill - telling those of you, random readers, whom might not know yet, about our very first interview on singapore telly! :)

last august 2009, i was interviewed for a current affairs docu in mandarin, tuesday report 星期二特写之《360行以外》, for a feature on some of the less-taken paths (jobs/career paths/life goals) some people in singapore have chosen to take on. my segment was about how i used the world.wide.web. to help kick start littleoddforest.

one fine sunny afternoon (not kidding), i got a phone call from one of the producers of this programme, asking me about lof and etc., and so it began.

the producer was really nice and friendly, heck, the small crew consisting of the camera man and light guy, were all super nice and chatty! the first day of filming took almost one whole day. the second time they filmed was mainly for the customer interview portion, including some additional questions for me, and that also took quite a few hours, and the third and last filming was for additional shots which were needed to help in sequencing the shots. they filmed for so many many hours and it was all compressed into just about 10-15 minutes! woah. and my segment was broadcast on tv on 29 sept 2009.

this was the best 5th year in business present we can ever ask for.
from the heavens. if there was one.
the best things in life, you don't ask for, they just fall onto your lap.
thank you, crystal, and especially mandy, lijun and hazel, who have most sportingly and generously agreed to be interviewed for the littleoddforest's customer interview segment :)))))

below are some of the clips and behind-the-scenes shots,













{ of course i had to read off from somewhere! my mandarin... woah. haha! and yes, google translator rocks. }









so here you have it. done in less than 30 minutes! a very long post, no? space taken up mostly by the videos and photos. ha!! i'm allowed to cheat on my own blog, dammit. i hope this will keep me from being harassed about the next blog posts. teehee....

hungry monster pouch copycat

yet another one.... i don't usually do this, can't be bothered to, nor have the time to do this, but my assistant, mabel, was already halfway done with the photoshop image, so! might as well! ;D having assistants rock!
http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=51035767003%40N01&q=hungry+monster+pouch&m=text

she had the audacity to ask my very same stockist, Shanalogic.com, if they would like to stock her copied monster pouches. which was how i found out in the first place. not very smart. ha.

happy holidays!!!

don't drink too much or overeat, people! ;D
MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
woot!
XOXOXO!


psssttt!
don't forget our NO SHIPPING dates!
22 DEC - 28 DEC ;
30 DEC - 4 JAN 2010

we love being in videos!

i love seeing littleoddforest goods in videos! and in this one here, littleoddforest bags were a part in a cool video of our Belgium stockist, Rose Rouge { www.rose-rouge.be } :D woot!



i will try my best to give ya all at least 1 decent post before this year ends! we are afterall 5 this year 2009, and one of our best business birthday pressie and highlight of the year was being asked to be on telly! ;D huzzah!

LOF @ Isetan Scotts!

LOF has once again been invited to Isetan Scotts!
So it’s time for us to come out and play again, a special 2 weeks only outing for us!
We have a date with YOU, our dearest Singapore friends!
Head on down to our little corner of LOF goodness!
We will be super stoked to see you there!

4 DEC FRIDAY - 17 DEC THURSDAY
isetan scotts
350 orchard road, shaw house
level 1, bags dept.
10am to 9.30pm daily

♥
new combinations/fabrics from our latest collection!
very limited pieces have been specially whipped up for this event!
so don't miss 'out!
♥
one-of-a-kind pieces!
♥
our VIFF customers!
you may use your exclusive VIFF online membership 10% discount there in person!
exclusively at Isetan Scotts!
♥
more than 30% off!
selected designs from past collections / discontinued designs!

I will be restocking every other day, so this gives
you reason to pop by whenever and as much as
you can! Come say "HIYA!" if you spot me there,
or our friendly sales gal!

Yes, we always relish fresh new experiences!
And, NO! We haven't sold our souls to the mass
commercial world of departmental stores! Never
say never, I always say! We wll once again be
trying our best to spread the love for quirky
colorful handmade, fair trade goodness to the
departmental store shoppers this holiday gift-
giving season! Hurrah!

Any questions you may have, feel free to get in
touch! If there are any designs in particular that
you would like to see there, feel free to drop me
a note too! I can't promise you anything with my
crazy schedule, but I promise I'll try to see what I
can do! Otherwise, we’ll catcha there, sweeties!!!

xoxoxo!
your littleoddforest mistress,
lynda

♥ pssstt!!!
OUR DEAREST INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS!
Don’t forget our FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPING
OFFER until 16 DEC!

♥ pssstt psssttt!!!
LOF purchases made at Isetan Scotts will be
eligible for your VIFF membership! Bug our LOF
gal about it if she forgets! Just be sure to leave
us your name, email and mobile number when
making your purchase there! Details on how to
become our VIFF are posted in both LOF Group
and Fan pages

♥ pssstt psssttt ppsssstt!!!
there will be a one-of-a-kind limited edition pouch
gifted for every 1-receipt purchase above $300.
*very limited pieces only! whilst stocks last!