{"id":34855,"date":"2016-12-05T22:34:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T03:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=34855"},"modified":"2016-12-05T22:34:06","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T03:34:06","slug":"a-ruby-ring-for-a-good-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/a-ruby-ring-for-a-good-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"A Ruby Ring for a Good Cause"},"content":{"rendered":"

In July, I debuted the ruby dangle ring that I created for ANZA Gems<\/a>. As I explained at the time, Monica Stephenson, who writes the jewelry blog iDazzle<\/a>, founded ANZA Gems<\/a> in 2014. Through ANZA, Monica offers a transparent journey from the gem mine to the customer. She personally sources ethically mined, colored-gemstone rough from Tanzania and Kenya; brings the uncut stones back to the U.S. to be faceted by gem cutters here; and then has them incorporated into fine jewelry by designers with whom she collaborates.\u00a0 At least 10% of the proceeds from every sale goes back to three East African schools that Monica supports.<\/p>\n

Monica shared a new photo of the ring today and I’m totally in love with it.<\/p>\n

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A photo posted by ANZA Gems (@anzagems)<\/a> on