{"id":664,"date":"2012-05-15T23:27:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T23:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenwithtiffany.com\/?p=126"},"modified":"2021-12-07T17:51:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:51:28","slug":"alex-and-ani-jewelry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c3social.co\/GWT\/alex-and-ani-jewelry\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex and Ani Jewelry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenwithtiffany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/alexpage1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-137\" title=\"alexpage1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenwithtiffany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/alexpage1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I recently went to a \u201cBangle Bar\u201d party.\u00a0 What is that, you ask?\u00a0 Well, it was for a jewelry line called \u201cAlex and Ani\u201d.\u00a0 They make necklaces, earrings, rings, and bracelets; hence bangles.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t sure if I was at a Barney\u2019s clearance sale or a Crystal Meth party (I haven\u2019t been to either by the way, but I do watch <em>Sex &amp; The City<\/em> and <em>Breaking Bad<\/em>).\u00a0 It\u2019s like the \u201cBlue Stuff\u201d Walt put out.\u00a0 It was a PR party to bring awareness to the brand, so the bangles were free.\u00a0 I\u2019d say complimentary, but then people ask \u201cAre they free?\u201d\u00a0 Free, complimentary, gratis, swag even.\u00a0 People love free anyway they can get it.\u00a0 A pen, a box of mints, a chapstick, even a yardstick; I\u2019ve seen it, they love it!\u00a0 But unleash some fashion forward ladies on trendy, cool, complimentary bangles (plural, you were able to build a bangle ensemble) and\u2026 Watch Out, mass destruction.\u00a0\u00a0 My brother was there to witness this and from a man\u2019s perspective, he was truly boggled at how these bracelets were like crack.\u00a0 I have to say I \u201cfiended\u201d a little myself (picture below).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-131\" title=\"Alex and Ani chair\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenwithtiffany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Alex-and-Ani-chair-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The party was set at a private home with the bangles all along the mantle.\u00a0 Would you believe if I told you that they brought the painting above the mantle down?\u00a0 I mean literally DOWN by pushing and nudging their way to grab bangles.\u00a0 I\u2019m happy it wasn\u2019t my place.\u00a0 These bangles <em>are<\/em> worth fighting for, although I would say that is not really the mission statement of the company.\u00a0 They take a more zen-like, spiritual approach, promoting consciousness and unity by enlightening the mind and empowering the spirit, not going gangsta on your fellow bangle-party goer for some freebies.\u00a0 I digress.\u00a0\u00a0 There are many reasons I love this line, but the one that means the most is that they are eco conscious.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Carolyn embraces a philosophy that is based upon using eco friendly, recycled materials made entirely in the United States.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenwithtiffany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bangle-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-132\" title=\"Bangle 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenwithtiffany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bangle-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>The owner and designer, Carolyn Rafalian, uses reclaimed metals.\u00a0 On Alex and Ani\u2019s site, in the \u201ceco friendly\u201d section, they state that \u201cCarolyn embraces a philosophy that is based upon using eco friendly, recycled materials made entirely in the United States. Because of this, Alex and Ani is able to purchase metals from local mills who have received recycled scraps from refineries, which in turn, use those pieces and sell their scraps back to the Mills. Carolyn believes that by creating designs that support the environment and encourage social consciousness, consumers can use their purchases to make a difference in protecting our planet and our future.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Green With Tiffany loves that!\u00a0 Named after her first two daughters, Alex and Ani have been around for over 10 years.\u00a0 The bracelet, or bangle (as it\u2019s referred), I\u2019m writing about is their signature patented bracelet I understand Juicy knocked off (shhhh).\u00a0 I won\u2019t tell if you don\u2019t :0.\u00a0 Truly gifts that you can keep giving as you build a bangle ensemble for friends and family.\u00a0 Check out their site at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexandani.com\/\">www.Alexandani.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently went to a \u201cBangle Bar\u201d party.\u00a0 What is that, you ask?\u00a0 Well, it was for a jewelry line called \u201cAlex and Ani\u201d.\u00a0 They make necklaces, earrings, rings, and bracelets; hence bangles.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t sure if I was at a Barney\u2019s clearance sale or a Crystal Meth party (I haven\u2019t been to either by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[48,49,50],"class_list":["post-664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beauty","tag-alex-and-ani","tag-bangle-bar","tag-fashion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alex and Ani Jewelry - Green with Tiffany<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I recently went to a \u201cBangle Bar\u201d party. 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