How to Order from Angelic Pretty

Welcome back!

Today I want to show you another "How to". This time featuring Angelic Pretty.
Since they opened their online shop for international we have access to their whole variety of items.
But there's one thing that gives many girls and boys headaches: Everything's still in Japanese.Actually they have a shopping guide on their page - you guessed right, it's in Japanese as well.

Oh boy...

So here we go. I promise it's easier than you think.

First of all you'll need an adress provided by Tenso. If you don't have one you need to register at their page or otherwise you won't be able to order from Angelic Pretty. They only accept international orders with a Tenso adress.

Select everything you like to order and put it into your cart.

The pink button puts something into your cart and is definitly in stock.
The white button puts the item into your cart but needs to be ordered from another store and it could be sold out before your order is processed.
Sold out is sold out. Try your luck on the secondhand market.

When everything is in your cart you want to check out.
You already have an account? Great, just log in and skip the following part. Otherwise you want to register first, select the button on the right side.

To register you need to fill all fields with a bown kanji box in front of it. You'll also need to provide your full name in kana, Katakana if you have a western name. For example you can use this convertor to get your name in Katakana.
I already filled in most of Tenso's information as they are always the same. XXXXXX stand for your personal number provided by Tenso which is like your identification number.
Use the drop down menue to choose the prefecture (I forgot to select it). You'll find it on your Tenso profile.
Birthday and security question are optional but maybe they will bring you some benefits in the future.
Unfortunatly the security question is in Japanese only. Better take a screenshot of it.

 

After registration or login you will see your shipping information.
Now you need to choose your preferred payment and shipping methode.
You can add a new adress or choose another shipping adress if necessary.
It's very important that you choose "Creditcard" as your payment methode because Tenso doesn't do cash on delivery and will reject any package which isn't already payed.
For my part I leave the delivery part as it is.
You can use your collected point to get a discount by choosing the upper option.
Anything you want Angelic Pretty to know? Leave a comment in the box.
When you click next you will be directed to your controll page. If everything is ok, hit next.

This is the last step of your order. It's time to take out your creditcard.
I think you can choose how often you like to pay with the drop down menue, but I'm not sure how it works. I always leave it on the first option which is single payment.
You can save your information for future purchases which may be a benefit for very sought after releases (also known as bloodbath). Please notice that I had major problems with this option and I couldn't complete my order because I checked the box. This has to be a bug but if you come across this problem as well, just uncheck the box and hit the dark pink button.

Oh!? Wow, you made it! Congratulations on your purchase!
You'll get a confiramtion mail from Angelic Pretty.

All you need to do now is to wait until you get an email from Tenso telling you to pay for shipping and fees.

I really hope this guide helped or will help you with your order.

See you soon.
Blushing Rabbit

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Making a brooch/headdress

Hello my dears,

Yesterday I met up with two lovely friends and did some crafting.

With some delicious christmas cookies (yes, it's already November and christmas items are totally ok now!) and coffee we poured all our supplies onto the table to get a hold of what we have and what we can do with it.
Lace, fake flowers, fake leaves and ivy, fabrics, pearls.

I gathered a lot of lace to fullfill one of my desired projects. A lace-shabby-chich brooch.
In my opinion Shabby Chic and Mori Girl have a lot of things in common especially aesthetic wise, so I gave it a try.
If you search for 'Shabby Chic Lace Brooch' on Youtbe you'll find tons of great tutorials. I got a lot of inspirations from this one:

Aren't they lovely? Very talented.

Unfortunatly I forgot a lot of leftover lace at home, because I stored them in my desk instead of my crafting box. Whoops. But my friend had a huge bag full of cotton lace and she gave me some of hers.

Well, I'm not very crafty or creative but let's share the final product.

It was very easy, except gathering the lace. Why did nobody told me that you need fine motor skills?
But all you need is a hot-melt gun, a little piece of felt/fabric for the back, lace, lace and more lace, maybe some decoration like flowers or pearls and patience. Perfect for people who can't sew, like me.

In the end I like it. That's what matters, right? Right.

It still need a brooch pin, right now it only has a clip glued on. So practically it's a headdress.

I will definitily do more of these, they are fun to do and a good way to use leftover lace.
Let me know if you made some yourself, I would love to see your's.


See you!
Blushing Rabbit.

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How to order from Taobao using Taobaoring

Hey everyone,

Today I want to translate one of my past blog entries of my german blog.

If you're active in any Lolita oder Mori Girl community you'll always stumble across the question "How to order from Taobao?".
Taobao seems quite confusing, but it isn't that complicated, I promise.

Taobao is the chinese version of Ebay. You can find a lot of interesting facts about Taobao on Hellolace.
A shop's credibility is always shown in symbols on their profile.
Hearts < Diamonds < Crowns

http://hellolace.net/shopping/taobao-guide

I use Taobaoring for my shopping sprees on Taobao. Until now they are very reliable and quick and their fees are not too high.
Also I really like the fact that Taobaoring has a very clear homepage. They always update in time and you don't have to write a ton of emails like with other shopping services.

How do you order now? That's easy.

First of all you need to know  which items you like to purchase. If you do a Lolita related order you can take a look on this or this list on EGL. If it's a Mori Girl related order, please refer to the document in the International Mori Girl Community on FB.

First step is to go on the front page and click "Quick Order".
On the next page this little box is important:

Copy the URL of your item and insert it into the boy and click "Get it".
Now you can choose more options if available like size (1), colors (2), discount (3) and quantity (4).

If you are not sure if you chose the right color you can also specify which item you mean by giving them the picture URL. Sometimes the colors aren't translated correctly so this might be helpful.
You can also add more details or questions in the input box (remark).

Now click on "Add to My Cart" and you're another step closer to a finished order.

Repeat until you added all your items to your cart and click "Continue".
You need to register to complete your order.

Taobaoring offers different shipping options.
(If you're living in Germany, do not use EMS as your order will be caught by GDSK which will charge you an expensive fee to tax your pachage at the border.)

You still have more questions or requests? Here's the space for it:

you only need to click "Confirm Order" and they will check if everything is available. You can also save your order for later use.

Taobaoring will now check if your desired items are available and how much freight is. this should take them 1-3 days. They estimate their shopping fee and total and will send you a notification email that you can pay the first invoice.
They offer different options for your payment, please note that they charge you extra for Paypal payments!
After you paid the invoice they will purchase the items and let you know as soon as everything arrived at their office.

I really like the fact that they take pictures of your order and upload them.
After everything arrived they send you a second invoice for shipping.
Sometimes it happens that items are sold out after you paid the first invoice, in that case they refund you through Paypal/payment option of your choice.

That's it, I hope I didn't forget anything.
If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment.

Hope to welcome you soon again.

Blushing Rabbit

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