Black Alice

Greetings from Black Alice
Sat, 30 Jan 2010

Dear Loli's,
Hope everyone has been well; it's been a long time since we have new arrivals at Black Alice, and Japan is recently having their festive season and sale period, thus Dec/Jan were like their busiest months. Managed to catch up with some of you girls for lunch last week, and if you have not RSVP'ed to our Botanic Gardens Tea Party, please do so soon. We have like about 30+ guests already!

New arrivals from Innocent World have just arrived; so do by to have a look. If you have not gotten a coordinate for our tea party, you may just find something that you like!

Thanks a lot, and have a great weekend!

Greetings from Black Alice
Monday, 25 Jan 2010

Good evening Loli's,
It's been a while since I wrote to all of you, and even longer since we had our last tea party. I believe that was during Halloween, which was about 3 months ago! I've heard that some of you girls have been looking forward to the next tea party..., and here are the details of our next upcoming one!



Black Alice Tea Party @ Halia Restaurant, Botanic Gardens
1 Cluny Road, Ginger Garden (enter via Tyersall Avenue)
Singapore Botanic Gardens

Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010
Time: 1:45 pm - 6 pm
Cost: $22/person

Host/Gamemaster: Karmen
Organizer: Aeth
Gift Sponsor: BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT



BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT has a special gift for all the Loli's attending this tea party, and there are only 30 pieces, so the first 30 Loli's that RSVP to this tea party will get them!

Wearing BABY is not compulsory, but it is suggested, since they have been so kind to us; sponsoring for our fashion runway during EOY and giving us gifts for our tea parties.

Please RSVP by 1 Feb '10, as we'll need to let Halia know the number of people that will be coming. Once you have confirmed your attendance, please remember to turn up on the day!

I am looking forward to seeing all your lovely Loli's once again, and I hope that 2010 has been good to all of you so far!

I have also attached a map of the place, and also information on the tea party set. Directions to Halia can be found here:
http://www.halia.com.sg/singapore/html/location.html



Tea Set: PDF (Halia)
http://archive.blackalice.com/250110_4.pdf

Thank you very much; see you next Sat!

Love,
Tim

Greetings from Black Alice
Friday, 15 Jan 2010

Dear Loli's,
Nope, I am not dead. Sorry for disappearing for so long; I've been catching up with some work and many friends over the past 2 weeks. Prior to EOY, I didn't really sleep enough, and I lost a bit of weight. But thankfully! My appetite is back, and I've been eating quite a bit and gained some weight back.

In all honestly, I was a little discouraged, not because that I felt that EOY wasn't good, but rather because I felt that I didn't deliver the numbers for my people. I've picked myself up already, and I'll try harder for this year. I tell you, my team is crazy; they all want an EOY 2010. I feel so honored, yet humbled to be their leader.

For those who missed the Lolita fashion runway during EOY, here's the video of it again:


Actually, there was supposedly a shipment from Angelic Pretty and BABY, but both of them didn't make it due to the New Year and Christmas peak season in Japan. I've re-bugged them about this, and I hope they revert quickly this time.

up to 50% SALE at Black Alice
More importantly, we're having a Chinese New Year SALE at Black Alice! We having up to 50% (+5% for VIP members) sale for our items, and apart from a few new items at BA, everything is on SALE! It starts from 5% and runs all the way till 50%, and is stackable with your VIP discount.

For those who are not VIP members yet, you can become one immediately by spending $700 in a single receipt (or combined receipts over 2 months), and you'll get your additional +5% discount and VIP card on the spot.

For cards that have expired, you can bring your expired card and renew it by spending $250 in a single receipt.

Do note that the sale will end anytime.

I did not disappear after doing EOY... my first love is Black Alice, and always has been. We're in the midst of arranging a tea party for everyone... so please keep a lookout for that.

I miss all the tea parties with everyone already.

Let's catch up soon, shall we?

Love,
Tim

Greetings from Black Alice
Friday, 18 Dec 2009

Hello everyone,
This is Grace from Black Alice again with a new Black Alice update for everyone!

There is a new Baby, The Stars Shine Bright shipment in store now!
(Ahhh~ It seems to be raining lolita these few days =D)

This round we have:
- Bunny Milk and snow strawberry (Ice skating bunnies!)
- Printed tights (for something different than wearing socks)
- Wrist cuffs
- Frilly parasol (Love it! I personally ordered one for myself)

and a new print series (and personal favorite)
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..
...
- The Castle of Nightmare series
seriously the photos do not do the actual item any justice! The prints are much more vibrant in real life with each pattern really standing out.

Please don't forget to request for your return voucher(>$300) and your stamps for the points card ($100/stamp) while purchasing. And also some of your previously vouchers expiry dates are by 31 December 2009, please do check and use them.

So come on down and take a look at the new arrivals! Pick a new dress to wear or find some matching accessories to finish your dream coordinate for this EOY and festive season!

~Grace

Greetings from Black Alice
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009

Hello everyone! =D
This is Grace, staff from Black Alice! As Tim is very busy with the upcoming EOY, I have stolen his limelight and drafted a little update post for everyone.

Today we just had a new shipment of Innocent World goodies for all of you! (YAYYY! Rejoyce!)

We have brought in some newly released items (such as the classic styled violin print JSK for those music lovers) and also restocked some of the favorites incase you have missed it previously at Black Alice (like the basic school socks, perfect to go with all coordinates).

My personal favourite from this collection is the adorable rabbit pouch and the unique Trump Spades bag. Don't you think they will go perfectly with an Alice theme coordinate? Do come down to take a look as I promise they look way better in real life than in pictures.

When you come down, please do remember to pick up your EOY tickets if you have not yet. =D
Ticket prices are: $12 (pre-sale) and $15 (at the door) so remember to grab them earlier on!
If you have not heard yet, Black Alice is having a Lolita Fashion runway that is sponsored by Baby, The Stars Shine Bright itself (hush hush surprise), so do come down to support!

Now you can also get Yui Makino's concert tickets over the counter at Black Alice!
In case you have not hear about her, she's the highly acclaimed voice actress of Sakura from Tsubasa Chronicle, it is a real honour for her to come down to Singapore to perform. Black Alice only has a selected amount of tickets so do hurry to choose the best seats to see the Seiyuu at her best!

Black Alice is also having a promotion of giving away a very pretty and useful Baby the Stars Shine Bright 2010 Schedule book with every $700 spent, and we currently left only one piece. So who will be the lucky customer?

Do drop by to take a look at the latest arrivals and to say hi!



- Grace

Greetings from Black Alice
Mon, Dec 7, 2009

Dear Lolitas,
Hope your Dec has been good so far! It's been really crazy for me, especially since EOY is drawing near. I promise we will resume all our crazy tea parties in 2010 after EOY is over! I think I really want to go for a short holiday in 1st quarter next year; I need a break. A few updates:

Christmas Wishes on BA Christmas Tree
Just like in 2008, the next time you drop by the shop, do ask for our BA tag to write your Christmas wishes and hang it onto our tree. I have already written mine down and hung it down there. I hope all our Christmas wishes will come true!

EOY Presale & Yui Makino Concert Tickets
We will be doing a Lolita fashion runway during EOY itself, with BABY being our main sponsor for our runway this year. I have no idea what clothes they are preparing, but they are looking into it currently!

If you have not gotten your tickets yet, you can get them at Gatecrash:
http://www.gatecrash.com.sg

Singapore Post Offices, SAM Machines for concert tickets (they are bundled with free general admission). General admission tickets can also be bought at Black Alice!

The lovely Angelic Pretty Dreamy Dollhouse series have also now arrived at Black Alice; this time we were not able to get all the colours as some of them have already been sold out. I especially like the one in lavender and mint, and the lavender reminds me of the Sugary Carnival prints, which I really love. Please drop by to have a look!

Pictures below:

Good Morning from Black Alice
Mon, Nov 16 2009

I had a great EOY auditions last Sat with solo singers and bands. It was really fun! MTV recently did a video coverage on Black Alice and Lolita's:
http://www.mtvasia.com/Onair/Shows/MTVOnTheStreets/index.php

Also, I've managed to get a few more pieces of the Vampire Requiem JSKs (they are completely sold out at BABY), Usakumya and Lovely Room JSKs (complete with matching headbows) and Jewel Bouquet series. ^^

Oh yes, BABY calendars for 2010 are also now available, and if you spend more than $700 during this season, you'll given a free BABY schedule book, while it lasts.

Thanks a lot, and have a great weekend!

Pictures below!

Greetings from Black Alice
Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009

With EOY drawing nearer, I've been getting busier lately, but it's pretty fun. We ran our auditions at Black Box over the last week, and it was really quite something. I saw many talented people and some pretty amusing performances. We're doing another round of auditions this weekend for singers and bands, so I think that would be really exciting as well.

Presale tickets to EOY and Yui Makino's concert have just started yesterday, and are now available via Gatecrash, Singapore Post Offices, SAM Machines and Black Alice! Simply ask for it over the counter at Black Alice.

We're doing a Lolita fashion runway for EOY this year, so please don't miss it! For those who don't already know, Yui Makino is the seiyu for Sakura in Tsubasa Chronicle, and is an accomplished pianist and singer as well, doing songs for titles like Aria, Welcome to NHK, Tsubasa Chronicle, and many others. Personally, she's also one of my favorite artistes, which is why we got her to come perform for EOY.

More details can be found at:
Official website: http://www.theeoy.com
Gatecrash: http://www.gatecrash.com.sg

We had an awesome tea party at EKAC during Halloween, and it was probably our largest tea party so far. Pictures at our gallery:
http://gallery.me.com/blackalice#100368&bgcolor=black&view=grid

Also, new items from Innocent World have arrived; so see you at Black Alice soon!

Thanks!

Greetings from Black Alice
Thursday, 29 Oct 2009

I'm currently typing this from Starbucks, Raffles City. Joshua, a good friend of mine is just sitting beside me, and we're both doing our work... except that he's taking a short break and currently on Facebook. Like me, we're both sound people... and I think we are both... closet geeks. We love Windows 7, Linux and lots of RAM. Alright, alright, I better stop. :D

Opening Hours for Black Alice on 31 Oct 09
Due to our Halloween Tea party this coming Sat, 31 Oct 09, please note that Black Alice will be closed in the day, and will only open from 5 pm to 9 pm. For those who are still considering on whether to join us or not, I just want you Loli's to know that the entire cafe has been reserved for us, so it's like a private event for BA. ^^

New Items from BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT
We also have new arrivals from BABY, The Stars Shine Bright... so do drop by to have a look!



Hope to see everyone during our Halloween Tea Party!

Greetings from Black Alice
Wednesday, 28 Oct 2009

Boy does time flies... it's been a year already, and I know that this is a really late invite, and you're invited to join our Halloween Tea Party this coming Saturday! I know I promised many of you that we will be having a Halloween Tea Party, but one of the previous locations that we secured jumped ship on us. Thankfully, we managed to find another welcoming place!



Black Alice Halloween Tea Party
Sat, 31 Oct 2009
1:15 pm - 4 pm
Attire: Lolita, Pirate, Aristocrat, Halloween Themes (you may also bring Halloween props such as pumpkins, sweets, witch hats, etc)

Things to bring: Sweets to exchange with one another!
$15 per person
Ladies-only event

Location
EKAC
No. 7 One-north Gateway
#01-14, Singapore 138642
7 min walk from Bouna Vista MRT, beside ACJC
(Map attached)

Contact number: 6778 9712



Menu (Pick 3)
Pizza
Meatballs
Salad
Mash Potatoes
Sandwiches - Assorted

Dessert
Assorted Cakes - Cheesecake and Chocolate Cake

Beverage (Pick 1)
Orange Cordial
Lime Cordial
Coffee
Tea


Please RSVP latest by Friday, 30 Oct 2009 to let us know if you're coming as I'll need to inform the chef on the food quantities for them to prepare the dishes for us.

We'll be playing a few simple games, chill out, and enjoy a mini tea party together. Just so that you know, MTV Asia is coming down for a while to film our tea party for a web episode footage. MTV is doing a small episode on Loli fashion, and they took videos of our Isetan runway and Black Alice. I also did a short interview with them as well yesterday, and we mentioned things like how Lolita started, the different of styles, popular misconceptions, etc. It was some sort like an educational program for Loli. ^^

Since Black Alice started, I have always went in the direction of educating the public about Loli fashion, and I believe this will be a good opportunity. But cameras aside, I think what is really important is that we all have fun during Halloween... it's been a while since our last tea party!

We have also prepared a small surprise for everyone will be coming! It starts with V. :D

Please let me know if you are coming, and I'll see all you lovely Loli's on Sat.... thanks!

Location map is attached:
- One-north Gateway is a new condo, EKAC is located at Level 1
- Alight from Bouna Vista MRT
- Walk 7 min along North Bouna Vista Road towards ACJC

Greetings from Black Alice
Mon, 19 Oct 2009

Dear Lolitas,
Black Alice had a really great runway show with Isetan last Saturday! If you missed it, not to worry, some pictures and a video of the runway are available at the EGL LJ community at:
http://community.livejournal.com/egl/14370971.html


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yPhB0wVpBU

You can also find more pictures on Facebook and our BA gallery:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Singapore/Black-Alice/90512457182
http://gallery.me.com/blackalice#100352

I have just attached one picture in this email! Man, it was awesome when I was there on Sat. Alanna was the one who coordinated and planned the styling for the models, and I think she did an amazing job at it.

But the activities with Isetan don't stop there! From 20 - 25 October 2009 (Tuesday to Sunday), Black Alice will be having an exhibition and sales corner at Isetan Scotts. We'll also be organising some fun activities for the public on 24 and 25 October, all of you are welcome to drop by to join in the fun! The activities are as follows:


Candy Giveaways by our Lolita Ambassadors
Date: 24 October 2009
Time: 2pm, 4pm, 7pm
Catch lolitas from our community giving out candy to the public in Isetan Scotts. The candy will be packaged together with a card introducing lolita fashion briefly. Hopefully this will bring about more awareness of our fashion!

Lolita Crafting Session
Date: 24 and 25 October 2009
Time: 3-5 pm
Join Black Alice in a mini craft session this weekend and learn how to make tulle ribbon hair accessories and simple bracelets with our crafty lolita instructors! Materials provided, while stocks last.

Photo Taking
Date: 24 and 25 October 2009
Time: All-day event
A corner of our space will be dressed up for photo-taking opportunities! Members of the public can snap pictures of themselves with lolitas, or even try on lolita fashion for themselves. Lolitas are welcome to come and take pictures of themselves here too!

Candy Buffet
Date: 24 and 25 October 2009
Time: All-day event
Sweets for the sweet! A selection of sweets and candy will be made available to the public all weekend. Everyone can drop by to pick up some candy for themselves too. (Please note table will be cleared for the crafting session on both days.) While stocks last.

Greetings from Black Alice
Friday, 16 Oct 2009

Black Alice is involved in Isetan's Japan Fair from 20-25 Oct 2009 at Isetan, Shaw Tower (Lido), and we have quite a few activities during the fair. Alanna has more of the details with her, and I'll probably update more on the activites next week.

More importantly, there will be a Loli fashion runway at Isetan tomorrow!

Isetan Lolita Runway
Sat, 17 Oct 2009
2:10 pm
Isetan, Shaw Tower (inside departmental store)

There is a mix of a few different labels in the runway, but apparently Black Alice is the finale and highlight of the runway. I haven't seen it personally yet, so I'll be down tomorrow to have a look as well. I'm really excited about it! Please do come down to have a look! You can give me a call at 9712 3456 or drop me an email if you're coming and we can probably all see the runway together.

See you there!

P.S. Isetan's Japan Fair/Black Alice had a mention in Straits Times earlier this week (Rori in papers!):

Greetings from Black Alice
Wednesday, 14 Oct 2009

It's been a crazy and fun week; was chilling out a few Dota friends of mine over the weekend. Ate really a lot at Lucky Plaza (the Indonesia food at Lv3 is just awesome), went bowling, drove around and chilled at Mao's place over dinner. Have you realized that who your friends are pretty much determines how your life turns out?

Friends are really weird things. They probably hold more influence over our lives, as compared to our parents. Sure, our parents must have instilled values into us, but our friends influence us a whole lot differently. Very often, they challenge and change the way you think. In another way, if you're surrounded by talented people, you probably will get more things done.

After a while, I realized that it is not what you know... but rather who you know. You can be really smart, intelligent and have a great idea, but if you lack the people to help you fulfill it, it's really difficult. There are just so many skill sets... you can't possibly have everything. I am totally crap with art; I can only draw stick characters at best, and I'm not too good with Chinese/Japanese language. I do however, have good ears for music, tones and am pretty accurate with guns as well.


Scrap Booking Pictures
We had our scrap booking event 2 weeks ago at SMU, and pictures are now up! Michelle (IvoryFox) was our pretty photographer for the day, and everything was taken by her! If you're on Facebook, please do help me tag the pictures, and I do encourage you to join our next event. :D
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=323576
BA Gallery: http://gallery.me.com/blackalice#100334


New Items from Innocent World
We have very pretty new arrivals from Innocent World... pictures below!



Our Black Alice Halloween Tea Party is coming... keep a lookout for the event email invitation!

See you!

Batch Order Consolidation (Victorian Maiden/Beth)
Wednesday, 7 Oct 2009

I had just lunch at my mom's place... one thing about getting married is that you don't get to see your parents that often, and that you really appreciate family. Back when I was younger, I didn't really care so much about it, but as you get older, you progressively start to appreciate how great our parents can be. It's only after you move out that you wonder how come there's always food in the fridge, how come your clothes are always cleaned, how come the house is never dirty, and other things like that.

But I do feel that it is important for married couples to leave their parents, have their own house so that they can leave their family to cleave on one another. Interestingly, even the bible talks about it.



Victorian Maiden / Beth Order Consolidation
It's been a while since we've gotten Victorian Maiden/Beth orders, and we would like to consolidate an order and submit it to them. If there is a dress, a headdress or any other item that you would like from them, please reply/submit your order (blackalice[at]me.com) in the following format:

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Item ID:
Item Name:
Colour:
URL of Item:
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Victorian Maiden: http://www.victorianmaiden.com/main.html
Beth: http://www.victorianmaiden.com/beth/index.html

VM websites tend to load a little slower, so just be patient if it takes longer, or you can try refreshing your pages. As a rough guide, prices are approximately the price after tax divided by 61, or the prevailing exchange rate then (whichever is lower). So if a dress cost 23,800 Yen, it'll be about $391 when it arrives. Shipping is free.

As this is done in good faith, we do not collect a deposit beforehand, but we ask that you honor all orders that are made. Please note that cancelations are not allowed.

Please submit your orders latest by Sunday, 12 Oct 2009.

Thank you very much, and have a great week!

Greetings from Black Alice
Sat, 3 October 2009

Just a couple of days ago, I went to Orchard Central to view the new mall, as the leasing department contacted us on an interest check. I went to take a look at a few units, and I confirm that Far East Organization is a bad mall maker. They may get it right with the tenant mix, but I have never really seen a very successful Far East mall. Take for example: Far East Plaza, Lucky Plaza, Central, Orchard Central. As compared to Capital Land malls such as Plaza Singapura, Tampines Mall and Bugis Junction, it's really quite a stark difference.

The way they construct malls is so weird... small walking spaces here are there, weird escalators that lead to nowhere, small corner placements of units and complicated location of entrances. Does anyone know where the main entrance of Orchard Central is? I totally have no idea.

And for those who drive.... they make you turn up 7 storeys before you reach the carpark. 7 STOREYS! That is ridiculous. I almost got dizzy while turning up the spiral upslope. That was pretty crazy.

I hope no one is working at Far East... I really have no intention to offend anyone from there. Sure they have nice structures and construction, but practically is king in a mall. Nice designs are... only secondary.


New Forums (SgCircle, http://www.sgcircle.com)
For those who don't already know, SgCafe will most probably be closed down if no one buys it over by the end of the year. I really hope that doesn't happen, but in the event that it really does, I hope there will be another avenue where we can all still mingle with one another. The new forums is called SgCircle, and is located at
http://www.sgcircle.com/

It's still pretty empty at the moment, so if you could register for an account and post your Loli pictures to lolify the place a little, plan your personal gatherings, announce the latest prints, etc, I think... that would awesome. :D

Apart from Loli, I also hope to use SgCircle as a base for EOY and the Japanese loving community, and make it grow from there. Keep your forum accounts on both communities, and just in case the worst really happens to Sgcafe, at least you know where to go.


New Items from BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT
We have quite a lot of new items from BABY that just arrived at our store. Please do drop by and try on the new prints when you are free. I feel that BABY is doing some experiments lately, as they are wandering into the very sweet (Usakumya Print), as well as the very gothic (Vampire/Relief/Chain Bouquet prints).

I really love the gothic-styled prints. Loli has moved from black/white to OTT sweet over the years, and you'll never know that Goth might just be the next in-thing. I really wonder sometimes as well. The future is really unpredictable.

Pictures below, and see you soon!

And hey, one last thing... if you're free to do lunch together next week, please let me know!

Greetings from Black Alice
Tue, 29 September 2009

I just got back from lunch with Yuan Kang, a good friend of mine which I have known for 13 years already. For half my life, I have known this good friend of mine! We were in NCC land in Sec 1, and now he's sitting directly opposite me doing some work. Like myself, we're both self employed people, and eat lunches together pretty often.

A few things to highlight:

1. Staff Application
Staff applications are still open (we have positions for more than 1), so if you are still interested, you may still apply. Please refer to our blog for more details: http://black-alice-sg.livejournal.com/26771.html

2. Lolita Ambassadors Required (Ah-hoc)
Black Alice will be taking part in the Japan Fair for Isetan, Scotts, from 20-25 Oct 09. For this Japan Fair, Isetan is trying to bring out the Japanese "Kawaii" culture, and have enlisted our help for ambassadors of Lolita fashion. As part of the activities during the Japan Fashion Week, we're currently looking for some Lolitas to help us in this area and to help disseminate some information on the culture of Lolita. This information will be put together with some candies into a nice package, and we hope that our Kawaii ambassadors can help the culture and fashion gain more mainstream acceptance. Time slots will be:
Sat, 24 Oct (1 slot, approx. 30 min each at 2 pm, 4 pm and 7 pm)

If you feel that you fit the role of Kawaii ambassadors for Loli fashion for the Isetan Japan Fair, please do let me know. Small tokens of appreciation will be given to our Kawaii Lolita ambassadors.

3. Scrap Booking Event on Sat, 3 Oct 2009
We will be holding our next Black Alice event on this Sat, 3 Oct 2009 at SMU. It'll be a simple and fun activity that we can all do together. Alanna will be our host for that day, and you're encouraged to come in your frilly dresses, catch up with one another and have fun!

Complete event details can be found at:
http://black-alice-sg.livejournal.com/27171.html

For those who are not too sure how to go, it's directly opposite The Cathay. Here's a map for you:



To get more specific directions from Google Maps, here's a comprehensive map of the place:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=smu+singapore+school+of+social+science&hl=en&ie=UTF8&view=map&cid=1729196498284402597&ll=1.299237,103.849039&spn=0.011391,0.01826&z=16&iwloc=A

Please RSVP as soon as possible as we will be preparing the necessary materials for everyone.

Hope to see you on Saturday, and thank you very much!

Dear friends of Black Alice,
I'm pleased to announce our next awaited Loli event!

Black Alice's 1st Scrapbooking Crop!

Taken plenty of shots of yourself and your friends in lolita fashion and want to do more than just stick them in a photo album or put them in an online gallery? Have you considered scrapbooking? Whether it's your first time to scrapbooking or you're a seasoned scrapbooker, we welcome you to Black Alice's very first scrapbooking crop!

The event details are as follows:
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009
Time: 1:45 pm - 5 pm
Location: SMU School of Economics & Social Sciences, Classroom 3.4 (across the road from Cathay, directly opposite Hotel Rendezvous)
Host: Alanna
Suggested Attire: Loli (BABY, AP, IW, VM, MM is encouraged)

Things to Bring:
A photo or twenty! (Please keep in mind the size of our layout when choosing/printing photos. We recommend printing it small to begin with, but photos can be cropped too!)
Other embellishments you think would match your photo (Such as lace or fabric flowers)
Glue (We recommend adhesive tape, look for packaging that says "acid-free" or "for scrapbooking". You can also use glue sticks!)
Scissors and paper cutters
Creativity!

We'll Have:
6"by6" basic scrapping kits in a variety of colours! They'll include:
Cardstock
Coordinating patterned paper
Simple embellishments in each pack
A variety of stamps and coloured inks
Journaling pens (in black)
We've also attached an example of what you can do with a 6"by6" layout! We'll bring along more ideas on the day, so don't worry if you feel stuck or you just think that you have no idea how to start.

Hope to see you there with us!

Please join us for this event and RSVP as soon as you can, latest by Friday, 2 Oct 2009.

Thank you very much!

- Alanna, Black Alice

Dear friends of Black Alice,
We are holding an autumn SALE starting today (Thur, 17 Sept 09), and it will end on Sunday (20 Sept 09). We have huge discounts of up to 35% (additional +5% for VIP members, which will make it to 40%) on most items!

Also, purchases of above $500 will be given a free pair of BABY/AP socks, while stocks last (6 pairs).

See you at Black Alice... details below!

Dear friends of Black Alice,
As Jolene and Felicia are leaving the staff soon, we are now hiring once again! Jolene is starting her full time job soon, and Felicia is returning to Bristol to complete her studies there. She'll probably be back before the end of the year again for a short holiday.


Position
Black Alice Staff (Part Time)

Job Scope
1. Oversee store operations at appointed operating hours (12 pm - 9 pm)
2. Ensure general welfare of Black Alice and her customers
3. Attend to inquiries pertaining to Black Alice
4. Planning, hosting, execution of events
5. Required to wear Loli during work (BABY is encouraged)

Requirements
- Highly motivated, loyal and hardworking
- Positive attitude, integrity
- Good with people
- Experience in sales a bonus


Interested applicants, please submit a picture of yourself in Loli, fill in the form below and email it back to blackalice[at]me.com. Please attach your resume/CV if you have one. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.
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Name (as in NRIC):
NRIC Number:
Contact Number:
Email:
Residential Address:
Date of Birth:
Current Vocation:
Available days to work (ie. Mon, Wed, etc):
Sgcafe Nick (if any):

Short write-up of yourself:



Any particular reason that you want to work for Black Alice?


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Thank you very much for your interest!

Good afternoon friends of Black Alice,
I'm writing this from a friend's place, and like me, he's a self employed. Most self employed people face the same problem... finding lunch partners. I was out with Yuan Kang for lunch nearby in Bedok earlier, and we're currently planning some stuff for EOY.

I was out for a business luncheon at Intercontinental Hotel last Wed. Every Tom, Dick and Harry is either a director, a director or a director. They own furniture companies, magazine writers, asset management businesses, etc. I even met someone who deals with exporting seafood over to Japan. It was really quite an experience, a very humbling one, in fact.

New arrivals from Innocent World has arrived, and I have included pictures below.

Hope to see everyone during our next event, and do drop by Black Alice to see the Innocent World items.

Have a great week!