UPDATE: It's about PRICE, QUALITY & UNIQUENESS

Hello Everybody. I'm sorry it's been a while since my last blog entry. I've been so busy making my earring in my Breckenridge, Colorado retail store that I haven't been able to blog my friends, customers and retailers in quite a while.

In a recession it's about price and how things make people feel!

Sales of my origami earrings have been amazing lately and I think I know why: price! And I know what I'm talking about because I have two retail stores in Colorado and my higher priced Jewelry doesn't sell nearly as fast as my "right priced" origami earrings that I make myself!

Besides being great gifts and cute, the price is right. Gifts under $30 are the key to retail success these days. Budgets are tight, but people still want to accesorize and get gifts for others!

Our list of retailers across the country has also grown to over 100. We have been accepted into many museum stores, botanic gardens and fine boutiques across the nation, especially in Colorado, Oregon, California and Texas.

We have also contributed our origami jewelry designs to many non-profit causes such as The Grand Lake Cancer Foundation Walk, The Middle Park Medical Foundation, The Breckenridge Film Festival and more.

NEW DESIGNS AND NEW PAPER: Take a look at some of our new designs below. The tulips are tricky to fold and laquer, but I think they will be a hit this spring. The turtles are also challenging, but I hope women love them! I hope you enjoy!

Exciting SHOPS that carry my earrings!

I am so excited so share with you all about the stores, gift shops and boutiques that carry my origami earrings!

One lady came in today and was so excited when she saw my origami earring display in my Flying Crane retail boutique in Breckenridge, Colorado that she screamed for joy!

"Yeah!" she exclaimed. "I just saw these at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science Giftshop and I wanted them so bad."

"I regreted not buying them right then and there," she said adding that she thought of those wonderful little earrings ever since she left."

She told me she was so excited that she found them again and got to meet me, the designer. It brought me so much joy to see her smilling face.

She ended up getting a three pairs ... two for her and one for her daughter.

Here are some of the shops who carry my origami earrings:
Colorado
Denver Museum of Nature and Science Gift Shop
Denver Botanical Gardens Gift Shop
El Loro: Boulder
Curiosities: Trinidad
Unity Church Bookstore: Boulder
Omnibus: Estes Park
One Song: Woodland Park
Organic Peddler: Del Norte
5 Green Boxes: Denver
For Heaven's Sake: Denver
Crystal Books & Gifts: Grand Junction
The White Lion: Lyons
Pandora Jewelry: Denver
Hi Rocky Gifts: Littleton
Spirit Wise: Centenial
Seasonally Yours: Evergreen
Clinter's Aromatherapy: Westminster
Also in California, Oregon and select East Coast cities!

Modeling my origami earrings

Women love these earrings because they say the are "so cute!" I think the also remind them of their gentle yet strong character. When you wear these lightweight earrings you feel so special knowing you are wearing something folded by hand out of Japanese Washi (hand-made paper).

Designer wearing origami earrings

I had a photographer come into my Breckenridge boutique, (The Flying Crane), and he volunteered to take some pictures of me wearing my origami earrings. Of course I took him up on the offer and thought of all my blog readers right away! Hope you enjoy.

Now in museum store!

Hello Again and welcome to my origami earring blog! These are two merchandise displays I send out to all of my retail customers. It let's everyone know that these gorgeous earrings are hand made in Colorado by my sister and me.
We have great news to share. Flying Crane Origami Earrings will now be carried by the Denver Museum of Nature and Science gifshop! This is in addition to our growing list of retailers who already carry them! See www.flyingcranejewelrydesigns.com to look up a retail store in your location.
An absolutely lovely guests of ours at Flying Crane Breckenridge, (Colorado) this weekend. She loves her dragonfly earrings!

Crane's Flying Earrings

I am so happy to have more requests for posting pictures of other designs. Here are some of the Flying Cranes for this season. Enjoy! :-)

I had a request to post pictures of the Dragon Fly Earrings for Summer 2008. Here they are! (sorry about the blurry ones--I'll get better at photography soon!)

Marie loves her Dragonfly Earrings!

As promised here is another picture of another woman who loves her origami earrings!

New origami earring collection launch at Terra Wellness Fundraiser

Hello and welcome to my origami earring blog! My name is Lua Ton.

My sister and I are proud to have launched our new origami jewelry line this past weekend (June 7, 2008) in Denver at Bliss Salon during a fundraiser for Terra Wellness Center in support of breast cancer survivors!

Many pictures from that day are posted here by request of many attendees.

Wonderful surviors below. "Yes I'm a survior!"

Our hosts wearing our earrings below:
So here is a little bit of information about our earrings:

*Hand folded with love and attention

*Japanese Washi paper

*Sterling Silver

*Beads at the bottom of posts for extra sweet touch

*Laquered for moisture resistance (hold up for years of enjoyment with proper care--so don't go scuba diving in them okay!) :-)

*Light weight and fun to wear!

My sister Khanh and I have made our own origami earrings for several years now and have sold them exclusively in our two retail fashion boutiques in the Colorado mountains: Breckenridge and Frisco. http://www.theflyingcrane.com/

We quickly realized that these earrings are a hit top seller. "So cute!" and "How beautiful!" is what we heard over and over again by our guests.

The earrings are so unique and beautiful because they are hand folded out of Washi paper, (wa means Japanese and shi means hand-made paper). We import the paper from Japan and create them in our

Breckenridge, Colorado studio.

Each piece takes a very long time to create because they are so tiny and each fold must be precise. But don't feel sorry for us because we love to make them for women who want to feel special when they wear them.

(The Dragonfly is a best seller!)

We will make a point of posting pictures of women who love our earrings as we go along this exciting journey!

In the meantime ask your local clothing or specialty boutique if they carry Origami Earrings by Flying Crane Jewelry Designs! :-)

Please understand that we are already back ordered because of such high demand (and it takes a long time to make so many perfectly!) so there might be a delay but don't worry we promise to get your earrings to you and hanging off of your cute ears really fast! :-)

We have a toll free number to call for information on where to get these earrings in your area:

1-877-668-2016

or email us at

info@theflyingcrane.com

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