Changes in Ophira's Website - Hearing wedding bell very near

Hi everyone and good week for you all!

Happy birthday to our beloved August-born fans!

So today is important day for Ophira's Jewelry. You may wonder for what, but please let me keep this as secret until good news come to me. Believe me, I have an urge of sharing the news with you more than anyone else, but again, I need to be patient and wait until I can confirm it's true :). So please be patient with me and cross fingers for my good news coming soon!

Recently I spent most of my time in the library, being a good student (well, you know, sort of) and trying to do as much research for my jewelry business as possible. Good news is that I finally could run away from the crazy heat in Tel Aviv during the day and bad news is that I spent less hours for making my jewelry. However, I finally found some business books I wanted to read (and now my bookshelves are full totally - IKEA is calling me in a very seductive voice lolz). I can never ever imagine myself, having a bachelor degree in business and used to own a business, still have to read tons of books in order to understand the concept of home-based business and web marketing. Especially the books for Dummies... am I a dummy already? ~(=__=")~.

Anyway, yesterday after a lot of effort in arranging my inventory and personal calendar effectively, I managed to make some new stuff for Ophira's Jewelry - tropical fruit tarts, flowers charm & little cute flower basket. I haven't had time to take the photos yet but will do it slowly within next few days. Hence the photo I use here is not really mine, I just use it as a reference photo for anyone who is curious what "fruit tart" looks like.

Also Ophira's Jewelry has a shocking change. Grand Sales have started, thereby if you visit us now, you can see that most of the prices are 50% OFF. The period is only until 31 Aug, so don't hestitate to order and save more!! 

Well, moreover, as I said my previous post, there are some major changes in ordering styles for Ophira's Jewelry products. You now can choose which kind of accessories/jewelry, which scent as well as which materials you want for your order.

For example, you want to order our Little Penguin and want it to be a necklace. However you are allergic to silver and you don't like steel/copper, now you can choose the most suitable chain you like for the order- in this case it's gold. Ophira's Jewelry wants to give you more options and being flexible with your order. Also the basic cost displayed now will only be the cost for the charm (Little Penguin), additional material cost will be added in according to your choice (necklace, earrings, hanging, bracelet,etc... or gold, silver chain, etc...). Hence "you only pay for what you want and what you like us to do" - said Ophira's Jewelry :)

If you have any question, email me at minh@ophirasjewelry.com or visit our website.

I will try to create detailed instructions for this change to help our visitors. Hope you guy like this change and continue supporting Ophira's Jewelry as usual!

Have a wonderful week and happy shopping with us!

With love,

Ophira's Jewelry

Scented Jewelry & Grand Sales

Good day everyone!

Today is the day for Ophira's Jewelry (OSJ) monthly Newsletter to be delivered to your Inbox folder. Yet you haven't sign up for our mailing list, you can view it here for now and don't forget to SIGN UP HERE so you won't miss our Welcome Gift.

Lately I have informed you about my application process on first booth in Tel Aviv artist market. In case it doesn't ring a bell, you can review this post HERE. Anyway, I'm excited yet worried now as I have to bring all the samples to committee to convince them that my jewelry is in perfect condition. And it also means that I need to make more samples and designs. Ow!__(>_<)__ Whatever, my adrenaline is up, thereby nothing can stop me lolz. :)

This is our very good news after months waiting. Hence I have decided to launch a special GRAND SALES for Ophira's Jewelry: 50% OFF for all items (except on sales items & new collection). So what are you still waiting for? SHOP NOW & SAVE EVEN MORE before it ends. Promotion only lasts until 31 Aug 2010.

Moreover, I have developed my Polymer Clay jewelry in a brand new direction: Scented Jewelry. As you can see from most of my new tag, it was referred as "Scented Earrings", which I found the way to absorb the scent from fragrance oil to our jewelry, bringing accessories & jewelry to a whole new level - wearing with please and therapy :). Sound great? Even better until you know that you can choose your favorite scent when making order. And if you don't or forget, no worry, I will send you email to remind on your scent choice before shipping out. What do you think? I personally feel happy to finally able to develop this trend (I was thinking of being organic but... hehe... polymer clay itself is not organic already :D).

VISIT US NOW to order or READ MORE on how it works for you.

If you have any question or request, feel free to email me at minh@ophirasjewelry.com. I'd love to receive your comments :).

OK, now I need to go back to my sample preparation. Only 4 days left :). So everyone, have a nice day and a wonderful weekend ahead!

By the way, I have adjusted OSJ website with new page of FAQ. Hope you can find some answers for your concerns there! If not, email me :)

With love,

Ophira's Jewelry

http://www.ophirasjewelry.com

New & New - Lots of News :D

August finally comes! 

It seemed to me July was so short, yet summer was still so long with all the heat. Last 2 months were really exciting to me, by every means, especially my very-nice-&-wonderful trips to US & Singapore. Still feeling like sweet dreams never end... but like a song, "all the good things come to an end", leaving behind memories & love which will never be faded away.

So first thing first - Congratz to my beloved friend for her Vietnamese Coffee Shop - Phin - which is opening very soon early of August (sorry sweetie, the shop does need a page or website so I can refer properly :)). The shop design is amazing, cozy yet beautiful with all decorations brought with her from far far away Vietnam. If you are in Houston area (especially in Clear Lake City area), Texas, don't forget to drop by, have a typical Vietnamese cup of coffee & enjoy a moment of relaxing :).

Now back to Ophira's Jewelry latest news, finally we got the call from the artist market regarding my application on last May. Well - I passed the first round - YAY! \(^_^)/ Next, we are going to have a meeting with board of committees to check on our quality next week. If nothing goes wrong, Ophira's Jewelry will have its first booth displayed by end of August (I truly hope so). Everyone, cross fingers for all the best to us!

Moreover, another wonderful news came up to me also in the same time. My Worm collection was sold out and completely becomes more popular than other products, following closely by Little Penguins - in which I designed new version of female with cute pink ribbon & a wedding couple - bride & groom. The first thought appeared to my mind was "Kawaii!!!" (means cute in Japanese). Totally impressed by this result, I have decided to make more Worm & Penguins, and yes, coming together with another August promotion exclusively, again, for subscribers & members. So WATCH OUT and get your own favorite worm warrior or penguin by VISIT US often or just SIGN UP MAILING LIST with us.

Otherwise, as you guy may know, lately I got a lot of jet lag from traveling and inspiration on wire works, giving me "term & condition" to design new look for the field I nearly forgot. I was so pleased with what I have done so far, feminine yet high class look with a little classic. Have you not yet seen any of my wire masterpieces, pass by here and give me your opinions :).

OK anyway, I would like to gently remind you that our Newsletter is coming soon on 5 Aug (Thursday). Hence, our dear subscribers, check your emails often so you don't miss it as sometimes it will go to Spam folder (I don't know why :( ). And our prospective customers, if you'd like to be part of Ophira's Sales Event or simply like to keep update on our products, SIGN UP NOW & RECEIVE FREE Welcome Gift from us as compliment for supporting us.

Any question or comment, please feel free to email me at minh@ophirasjewelry.com

Have a nice working week & Enjoy shopping with us! \(>o<)/

Best regards,

Ophira's Jewelry (Emy)

Newsletter for July - Wonderful trip

Happy Birthday to all July-born fans and customers! Ophira's Jewelry would like to wish you success, health and happiness in your day and everyday in the future.

I'm back, from my trip to US and Singapore. It was such a crazy schedule last few weeks, following by weeks of jet lag and weather changing. Well, but I can't say it's not cool. Indeed, it was absolutely cool especially I had a chance to see my dearest friend, Washington DC and to do many may things for Ophira's Jewelry. However, it was a pity that our event for Ophira's Jewelry didn't go as scheduled and planed. Reason? I had to move my trip and we couldn't arrange place for event in Houston (oh well, in case you don't know, Houston is huge and we got nearly lost many times :) ). So my sincere apology to all our fans and customers who had confirmed coming to this event. Next event, Ophira's Jewelry (OSJ) will definitely arrange more carefully and details (by the way, I am planning for a special event in Vietnam on October as I will be there for my wedding. Are you interested in?)

OK, enough talking, let's back to OSJ newest update. We are upgrading our website after testing and receiving a lot of feedback - thanks to our wonderful friends & customers - for improving the Web Site. I'm really appreciate your help and time in giving me your comments. So for now, our Web Site still works as normal, however, some functions will not display well, which I am trying to fix. Thus some sales products may not be displayed as it should be, but no worry, I will email you the revised invoice before payment is made to ensure you didn't pay more than you should. 

Moreover, our blog will be moved to the Website, hence you can check our latest news and updates right from there without typing different address (save more time & give more satisfaction haha). The new blog location I will keep you guys updated, but until then, please do keep visiting us frequently as you always did.

Otherwise, it's July so... we have our July Newsletter coming out. If you haven't signed up for our mailing list, you can view it here. But don't forget to sign up, as you may miss all the sales and promotions exclusively for subscribers (also you will save time in having someone deliver your favorite newsletter to your mail inbox instead). All you need to do is typing your email address, click "subscribe", and here you go. If you are concerned about your privacy, don't be worried as we won't disclose your details with third party, as yes, we only send you newsletter & promotion related to OSJ. No spam, no junk mail. Well, then what are you waiting for? SIGN UP NOW, receive our FREE gift and Get a place in our current July promotion.

Also if you want to review all our newsletters, you can also go HERE to check them out.

Finally, I have decided I would eventually go back into designing some metal jewelry, like I did in the beginning as some customers really liked them. Hence keep your way around here and wait for the grand coming back of OSJ in dangling jewelry - vintage and stylish haha :)).

If you have any design you love to have, feel free to Email me at minh@ophirasjewelry.com

Or can drop me message on my Yahoo Messenger: candy_tery@yahoo.com

Or even can just leave the message on our Web Site :).

Alright? Have a wonderful week and enjoy shopping with us!

With love, 

Emy Dang

P.S: Dear all my beloved customers, your reviews and testimonials are very important for me. I'll love to hear your feed back and feeling for OSJ. Hence please do me a favor and write us your opinions so that others can know how you think of us and we can also improve OSJ to meet your standards in future.

Tag: Happy Birthday Card to July-born customers & fans, Review of OSJ products-1, Thank you card, Review of OSJ products-2.

Singapore, World Cup and Newsletter

So here I am... back to Singapore. It is a wonderful feeling to be back here, especially to run away from the boredom in Tel Aviv for a while. Like my husband said, it is my vacation, a chance to charge my energy and great opportunity for me to do some shopping :-). Thus, last week I was completely out of "work-mood", wandering every placed I liked, looking for and buying my basic-human-needs (with "s", of course :))). However, it turned out I didn't shop too much, except buying some cosmetics for keeping stock from Body Shop and Laneige, 2 pairs of shoes (well, shoes here is way MUCH cheaper and MORE beautiful than in Israel) and books. It completely surprised me when I didn't buy any clothes haha... Maybe it's because I'm getting old... Oh god, am I? :(

One in many things great about my trip is that I had a chance to borrow all the latest books for Miniature Crafting from library - believe me, it saves me GREAT deal for buying these, either online or in store. I spent most of my time in the Library, reading books and planning for my Marketing strategy/Website adjustments seriously. Well, I learnt a lot, and finally get my head out of the confusion in designing the newsletter as well as other promotion for Ophira's Jewelry. Yahoo!! Can't wait to send you guys our latest newsletter for July, which will come on 1st July, Thursday by email. If you don't remember to SIGN UP, NOW is a good time to do so... A Welcome gift is waiting for you (free shipping offered) as well as other promotion exclusive - which is only for subscribers.

And our current subscribers - don't be worried, you are entitled for this Welcome Gift anyway. We will contact you soon for shipping address verification before sending out your gift. So, if you don't want to waste your FREE SHIPPING included with this welcome gift, SHOP NOW to add more items and SAVE THE BEST DEAL EVER!

All your contact details will not be disclosed to any third party and will be used for Ophira's Jewelry's Newsletter, Promotion or Event Announcement ONLY. Please be assured of this :)

Anyway, back to my trip here, though it was wonderful, watching World Cup in Singapore time zone is really a pain for me. The timing is really really bad (2.30am in the morning and most of them are between the good teams) and my beloved England team played never bad like that before... Haiz... I was thinking if I should make some collection for World Cup (probably soccer ball and face of Kaka??? :)) ). Well, should I? 

OK... now it's time for the next news. I will be back to Tel Aviv tomorrow - oh god :( - and will fly to US on this Sunday. My travel plan will include Houston, Washington DC and Virginia (maybe also Texas), and probably I will try to host a small event for Ophira's Jewelry - which you will find out details of invitation and how to attend on our Newsletter on 1st July. One small hint: it will include a lot of giveaways on your own design/choice :). So... Why wait??? SIGN UP NOW before it's too late!

If you have any question, feel free to EMAIL ME. I'd love to receive your emails and comments :)

Have a nice day and nice Shopping with us!

With love,

Emy/Minh Dang

P.S: Did I mention I went to Universal Studio in Singapore and bought a little Gingerbread from SHREK? Well, it was so cool and cute that I kept sleeping with it hihi...

Worms, Mario and preparation for Singapore

I was extremely exhausted these last few days. You can't imagine how hot it was - the weather is getting crazier and crazier... Everyday my body was always sweaty and inside the house it is just so hot that I couldn't concentrate in what I was doing. And that explained why I didn't spend enough time to set up my small photo corner, take the photos under 3 strong lights with extremely high heat and then edit the photos before posting - believe me, this is more that nightmare. I had to choose 2-3 photos from about 15-20 ones I took for each work, and then editing the text, bright and contrast... Oh my oh my, just thinking of it made me sick already haha... I still had about 40 more photos to go through for each product... Wish me luck!

However, last week I did quite a lot of works, starting with multiple styles of cakes - especially the one with roses on top. It was just a beautiful Valentine cake... even though Valentine is still 1 year ahead haha. And not to mention about my success in Kiwi, Orange, Strawberry and Banana cane (I'm so glad) which have cost me a lot of time to figure out how to store and cut it without affecting its shape. Few, finally I could start my favorite fruit cakes :). 

Well, besides cakes, I finally took my courage to order a bunch of ceramic mini plates and another 2 books for miniatures reference on Ebay. Now I'm counting days to receive them and start digging more on magnets and Western dishes :)... So excited!!! I also ordered some ice cream glass - waiting for the best offer from supplier and then you can experience the yummy fresh ice cream parfait - perfect food for Summer right?

This week our friends visited us, and they somehow convinced me to try on making Worms and Nintendo Mario accessories. Well, I don't know about Worm, but for Mario, I am a crazy fan and already made some cute Mario Mushroom Earrings and Phone charm. So I tried myself on the Goomba and Worms hihi... Let me know your opinion on these pieces - I just love it. My husband decided to take one Worm as his phone charm - and it has PINK string haha, and I gave one Worm for my friend as a good luck charm for his new job ;))... Both are so excited about those Worms and guess what, I'm getting more orders ;).

Ok. On Sunday I'm going to Singapore with my husband. Well, I haven't prepared anything yet, except working on the website and packing some orders/samples to bring with me there. I guess I won't be able to update my blog frequently for the next 1 week, but I will be available on YM, email and of course for any nice coffee meet up in Singapore.

Another great news you may be interested in, after taking advice from my friend, I decided that we would give free Welcome Gift for any newsletter subscribers, along with Birthday Gift for subscribers who were born on that related month. It will apply for old and new subscribers (so everyone will be happy :)), hence don't hesitate anymore for SIGNING UP our mailing list and check out our new collections NOW!

If you have any question, feel free to Email me!

See you guys soon!

With love,

Emy

P.S: I have changed a bit on my Website layout, so you don't need to register to buy/shop. If you don't wish to register, you won't have to from now! :)

Cakes day - 1 day before important meeting

Hi there, how have you guys been doing?

With me, today was a good day, as in the morning I felt more energetic than yesterday and started making more little cute things. I am absolutely satisfied with my new Premo White Clay - just right for mixing and creating new shape. What a relief!

I have been thinking of making more cup cakes and fruit cakes for jewelry and accessories. Hence now, I came back to try myself on this section. The result was great with many little slices of cakes which were so yummy-looking and irresistible-eating. However, again, I need to work on my photography skill - it sucked :((...

What do I have now? A pair of earrings - Fruit cherry cake with chocolate layers, Lemon cakes, and Cheesecake. I will try to take better photos tomorrow when I have more free time. Believe me, it seems like I am having a cake party - huge one - which any cake-love fans will want to attend :)...

Tomorrow I will have a small meeting with one of the shopping mall for the weekend artisan boutique. Hopefully luck and good news will come to me and so we can kick-start our first craft show for Ophira's Jewelry. Let's cross fingers for it!

For now, wish me luck :)

Ok. Don't forget to sign up for our mailing list and receive the Birthday giveaways if you were born in June. Also, if you have any question, email me! I'm more than happy to check your emails and suggestions.

Have a good night!

Love,

Emy