| ~ Note ~ Song's Jewelry received for 2007 Yadkin Valley Chamber of Commerce Community Beautification Award. The award recognizes a chamber member who has excelled in beautification of their property, building or the community. |
Connie's husband David, and son Richard help Connie at the store. Our cat Smoke and Sandy come to work every day with Connie Richard is a attending at Surry Community college and David works at Appalachian State University. |
| Connie Song, Owner Gemologist Gemological Institute of America * GIA Diamond Certified * GIA Diamond Grading Certified * GIA Colored Stone Certified * GIA Colored Stone Grading Cert. * GIA Gem Identification Certified. Bringing my personal touch to business. By the time I opened my jewelry store, Song's Treasure in Downtown Elkin, I had already established a good business that had started in 1999 in my previous location on North Bridge Street in Elkin. However, I had always wanted to have a store in downtown Elkin. The Hudson's Bootery building became available and after a major renovation project inside and out Song's Treasure became a downtown shop in May 2002. "Connie gives you personal attention," Ralph Shoemaker, of Elkin, said. "Every time we come in here, she's happy," he said, laughing and pointing to his wife, Jane. I do think of my customers as my family. I enjoy meeting people, talking with them, and making them happy. I want them to feel like they can depend on me. When I select a piece of jewelry, I consider the person who will be wearing that jewelry. I match jewelry with the customer's personality. I personally work with each person and make sure their needs are meet. I also do custom design work. I grew up in a small town named Kong-Ju in South-Korea, it was about the size of Elkin. My home was filled with my parents, four sisters, three brothers and my grandmother. I was her favorite grandchild! My mother was homemaker, cooking three meals a day for the entire family----food that took a lot of time to cook. My father taught Chinese and worked in real estate. After high school, I moved from Kong-Ju to the "big city," Seoul and got a job in accounting which I had studied in school. I used an abacus for calculations. I worked for a big trading company and was exposed to English so I decided to take courses and learn the language. I got married and had a son, Richard, in 1987. We moved to Elkin in 1992 to be near my husband's parents. A year later we divorced. I tried living in New York for a very short time, but it never felt right, so I returned to Elkin. I needed to stay with my son and my son needed to stay close to his father's family. I took courses and became a licensed nail technician. I opened my first business in 1995. It was a full service beauty salon in Elkin. On Valentine's Day in 1996, I had a date with a man I considered a friend, David Webber. During the meal, I began to notice how nice he was. He was very interested to hear about my son and said he would like to meet him. I told him I will give you one year to see how we will work out. He liked my idea. We got married in November, 1996. We celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary in November 2007. My two helpers that accompany me every day are Smoke and Sandy, my two faithful felines. They seem to enjoy meeting my customers. ************** Song's Treasure was renamed Song's Jewelry in 2007. During this time, Song's Jewelry also went through a bit of a transformation in regard to marketing and merchandising. Connie changed the name from Song's Treasure to Song's Jewelry and added a larger selection of diamonds and precious stones and speciality gift items. |
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Song's Jewelry 109 West Main Street Historic Downtown Elkin, NC 28621 Phone (336) 835-7743 osong@aol.com www.songsjewelry.com |
| About Song's Jewelry |
Smoke Sandy
Our Family in Christmas 2007
Our son
Richard
Richard