Ethical Gold = Eco-friendly Gold

The BBC shared a story today about a jeweler in Paris who is 'pioneering' the concept of 'ethical gold' - gold which has been sourced from mines where workers are treated fairly, or which has been recycled. It's an interesting story and an interesting concept - part of which has been true for the jewelry industry for centuries. Because the metal has been so highly prized in so many cultures, jewelers have always practiced very careful 'recycling' processes for gold - capturing even the fine dust from filing. Payson Jewelry and Transformational Jewelry have taken it one step further...

All of the fine gold content (the part that makes up the 14K, 18K or 22K of gold jewelry) in www.paysonjewelry.com and www.transformationaljewelry.com jewelry comes from recycled gold. We use a local, family owned casting house in NYC (even taking the subway there, so no extra wasted fossil fuels), that get's their fine gold and fine silver (100% gold and 100% silver) from a US based company that purchased NO gold or silver from mines. They are one of the world's largest refining companies, and practice eco-friendly refining processes (according to their website). So, in the end, a minimum of 72% of 14K gold, and 90% of 18K gold in www.paysonjewelry.com and www.transformationaljewelry.com collections is recycled. And, our silver is guaranteed a minimum of 92.5% recycled.

Click here to see more on the ethical gold from the BBC.

TP Entrepreneur

Mike Michalowicz, author of the wonderful book The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur (he's also becoming known as the TPEntrepreneur, you can follow him at twitter by using @TPEntrepreneur), included some SWAG we created for him in his VLOG this week. He also covers one of my long time favorite companies, Life Is Good. I think I got my first "Life Is Good" T-shirt in 1995 or 1996. I fell head over heels in love with them, their style and their messages. My favorite ball cap is one of theirs too.

So, if you want to see the Toilet Paper Entrepreneur video that talks about Transformational Jewelry, click here:

http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/blog/the-life-is-good-story-video

And, I highly recommend you check out The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur book. It's simple, quite brilliant, and very very helpful if you are an entrepreneur. If you're not, many of the concepts he includes can and will help your life in general if you apply them.

A customer shares her experience

A happy customer that purchased the beautiful Expect Miracles Bracelet emailed us today to let us know that she blogged about her experience with the Transformational Jewelry collection. Janet shares her thoughts on her personal 'jewelry history' and why the Expect Miracles Bracelet means so much to her. Janet is a fellow entrepreneur, with a great website called www.GirlsOnACruise.com. Click to read Janet's blog about the Expect Miracles Bracelet.