If You Did, and Then You Didn’t…
Posted by Julia on May 23, 2008. Filed under Green Weddings, Stuff We Love, Wedding Jewelry and Rings
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If you’re getting married, or if you’re just someone with a heart of gold and plenty of it in material form, this is for you.
The cleverly-titled company I Do Now I Don’t is an online auction site with an eco-conscious mission: recycle your jewelry! If you are looking save on a beautiful ring and contribute to sustainable commerce, click on the “I Do” button. Got too much jewelry that you never wear or want to turn bad memories into someone’s bright future? Click on “I Don’t” to put your luxuries up for auction.
On top of the fact that you’re recycling and reducing your carbon footprint, through I Do Now I Don’t you’re also donating the profits to environmental causes. You angel, you.
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Wow! I have to tell my brother about that site!! He’s stuck with a really expensive ring. poor guy.
I like the idea of re-using what’s already out there. Todd Reed is an amazing jewelry designer I found that uses recycled gold and recycled rose cut diamonds. Most of his work uses raw diamonds from conflict free areas. I wish more designers would do things like that. Gold looks the same reused or new. check out his stuff at alteredspacegallery.com
Todd Reed’s my favorite jeweler, too. His stuff is really unique. Actually, Shibumi Gallery in Berkeley sells some of his pieces. Definitely worth a visit!
Wow, great article. And great site. I need to tell my friend. She’s been looking for a site to resell her ring and has had zero luck. Thanks for the tip!
Neat I was totally just talking about this site and that’s cool, you guys already talked about it here on your blog: http://www.herecomestheguide.com/blog/detail/finally-help-for-men-seeking-engagement-rings/
Nice, lol!
I think that this is a good website for those who have split and want to get rid of the ring. Good way of recycling
I love that you get to read the story behind the piece of jewelry - and that you’re helping someone off those bad memories with your purchase. You have some great re-use resources Julia, thanks for sharing them!
Hey, I heard about a new jewelry company that is launched and have a lot less expensiveness prices then Green Karat. You can check their website http://www.GreenORO.com and find lot of green jewelry pieces that are alike green karat but at very competitive rates. They specialize in green wedding bands and non-conflict diamond rings. The company is as green, environmentally and socially conscious, as a jeweler can be and unique thing is that they are offering three very exciting features which no one is offering right now.
1- Green Box Program
2- One Tree & One Ring a Time
3- Make Your Own ORO Ring
4- ORO Certificate of Authenticity [ Each ring you buy from http://www.GreenOro.com carries a Unique Tag Number ]
The head of the company is Shimon Farkas and you can see how extensive her background is in all things green at her current website. http://www.GreenOro.com, He & his family is in jewelry business for three generations and featured on the ABC Morning News and New York Fashion Show. Shimon Farkas is the prime manufacturer of green jewelry all in house and nothing is outsourced to any third party that gives him leverage to cut down his cost and share it with the customers and also with assurance he is offering ORO Certificate of Authenticity with each ring.
The aim is to make the pieces extremely affordable AND eco-friendly. Should be a really innovative website too, you can also ask for any Custom Design and that can be made within a matter of few weeks.
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What a terrific idea, Julia, thanks for the tip.
Did you know that many of the talented jewelers on our website at Here Comes The Guide will take your old jewelry (or an heirloom stone) and redesign it into a new fabulous piece, too. I particularly recall talking to Ken Gehrkens of Gehrkens Jewelry and Lee Andrews, owner of Sun Studios about a few extraordinary pieces they each made in that vein. They have a really genuine reverence for these stones and designs enabling them to revitalize our old mother-in-law’s pieces into something we’d actually love to wear!