Released on: September 10, 2008, 1:20 pm

Press Release Author: Tina Mansfield/String-Ring

Industry: Apparel & Fashion

Press Release Summary: Promoting kindness while wearing a trendy, chic piece of
sterling silver jewelry. How cool is that?

Press Release Body: With the hope of promoting kindness, a graphic artist in
Houston, Tx., has designed an interactive piece of jewelry called String-Ring – The
Kindness Reminder. The sterling silver ring is designed to be threaded with
interchangeable colored strings and is inspired by the old custom of tying a string
around ones finger to remember something, and in this case, to remember kindness.
Each ring comes with a set of 10 strings, each color representing a particular act
of kindness.

The colored strings can be changed as often as desired depending on the message you
wish to remember. For example, red or pink is the color of love and is a reminder to
be kind to one another. Blue represents tranquility, and promotes patience with
others. Purple stands for empathy and is a reminder to be tolerant of the people’s
differences. Silver symbolizes wisdom and understanding and is a reminder to
forgive. Gold is the color of wealth and acts as reminder to give…not just money but
attention, time, knowledge, or even a smile. Green is a reminder to respect the
environment and all other living things. Orange represents energy and enthusiasm and
is a reminder to laugh – “Especially at ourselves,” said Tina Mansfield, the ring’s
creator.

The response she has received has been inspiring. She related a story about a
cancer survivor who wrote saying she loved the yellow and white reminder strings.
Yellow is the color of optimism and reminded her that she will get through a bout of
thyroid cancer. White represents peace, life and simplicity.

“Customers are even making their own reminders. A lady bought her niece a ring for
her first communion gift and asked that the white string be used first, to remind
her of her faith. I absolutely love that people are finding their own inspirations
in the ring,” Mansfield said.

Tina has donated the first 100 String-Rings to The Rachel’s Challenge Project.
Rachel was the first victim of the Columbine school shooting in 1999 and her father,
Darrell Scott, travels the globe speaking to high-school students at assemblies in
the hope of promoting kindness and tolerance within our schools.

Mansfield got the idea for the ring several ago as she became more aware of the lack
of respect in society today. She wanted to create a reminder that would help teach
tolerance, kindness and give hope. “I made a rough prototype, then teamed up with
Bryan Boyne, owner of Gem Diamonds in Houston. Bryan found a manufacturer for the
ring design. My husband, Jeff Walker, built the online store for the product, and in
March 2008 we launched the String-Ring. Since then I have sold 250-300 rings online
all across the U.S.”

The rings are priced at $24.95 each. Send e-mail to Mansfield at
info@string-ring.com or log on to www.string-ring.com for more information.



Web Site: http://www.string-ring.com

Contact Details: 281 782-4041
info@string-ring.com