A Fresh New Twist on an Ancient Tradition.

    /24-7PressRelease/ - Houston, TX, September 09, 2008 - 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 according to 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.

Mansfield got the idea for the ring two or three years ago when she was getting ready to send her child to school and 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 [email protected] or log on to www.string-ring.com for more information.

About String-Ring

String-Ring.com is an on-line retailer of String-Ring, The Kindness Reminder. For further information contact us at [email protected]

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