Each and every one-of-a-kind HAND in HAND original comes from my hands to yours with my exact HANDprint stamped inside. This “HANDprint of Quality" is my signature of approval & stamp of authenticity which ensures that every piece of HAND in HAND custom jewelry meets our most stringent standards resulting from the most experienced, innovative craftsman in the business using the highest quality materials and techniques to best execute your unique design.

Customer Commitment:

HAND in HAND understands how much work is involved in planning a wedding or special event or just getting through an average day. We have tremendous knowledge and experience in all the phases of the jewelry manufacturing process from creating the unique design, selecting the highest quality gemstones, negotiating the best prices and seamlessly executing the final product.

By leveraging our expertise, we can often save our clients between 20-30% of what you would be charged by most other top quality jewelers for the exact same piece or even stock items that are produced in mass. Each HAND in HAND original is created as a one-of-a-kind original. We only use conflict free diamonds and the highest quality gemstones and precious metals (i.e. for diamonds, we prefer to use "Ideal Cut" diamonds to assure the best sparkle and color, combined with our minimum standard of G color and VS clarity). These standards can be modified per specific customer requirements to achieve your desired result of creating something truly special that nobody else has.

Non-Conflict Diamond Policy:

At HAND in HAND our approach is simple: We only use conflict free diamonds.

HAND in HAND wholeheartedly supports the initiatives of the United Nations and the World Diamond Council (The Kimberley Process) to prevent conflict diamonds from entering the legitimate diamond industry supply chains. To ensure that only these legitimate diamonds, when cut and polished, pass into the jewelry manufacturing process and, therefore, into the diamond jewelry that we create for our clients, we commit to:

• Not buy diamonds from suspect or unknown sources or from countries not participating in the Kimberley Process
  
• Not buy diamonds from a source found to have violated Government regulations on conflict diamonds
  
• Not buy diamonds from regions where Government advice indicates that conflict diamonds are emanating or on sale unless they have been exported under the Kimberley Process
  
• Not knowingly buy, sell or assist others to buy or sell conflict diamonds
  
• Ensure that all company employees who buy and sell diamonds are well informed about the Kimberley Process and industry self-regulation

Our suppliers provide us with the following assurance:

"The Seller will not knowingly sell conflict diamonds and to the best of our ability we will undertake reasonable measures to help prevent the sale of conflict diamonds in this country."

Our suppliers also adhere to the "Clean Diamond Trade Act" which became US Public Law No: 108-19 on April 25, 2003, passed by President Bush. This requires all US diamond retailers to buy diamonds from manufacturers who have documentation warranting that their merchandise was obtained through legitimate channels.

WHAT IS A "CONFLICT DIAMOND"?
In 1998, Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) Global Witness brought to the world's attention that UNITA, a rebel group in Angola, was funding its war against the legitimate Government by the control and sale of rough diamonds. These have since become known as conflict diamonds. We also now know that rebel groups in Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa were also funding conflicts in this way.

Although peace has since been restored in Angola and Sierra Leone, and a cease fire in the DRC, the diamond industry is determined to work with Governments through the United Nations to ensure that future conflicts cannot be funded in this way. At its peak, the trade in conflict diamonds was estimated to be less than 4% of annual rough diamond production but the industry has declared that even one single diamond traded in this way is one too many.

WHAT HAS AND IS BEING DONE TO STOP THIS TRADE?
In 1998, UN economic and political sanctions were announced on Angolan rebels mining diamonds in central Angola. In May 2000, the South African government convened a meeting of interested parties in Kimberley to look for a solution. The rounds of meetings and consultations that followed became known as the Kimberley Process. Over the next two years, agreement was reached on an International Certification Scheme to control the exportation and importation of rough diamonds. This scheme, coupled with industry self regulation, is designed to give assurance to consumers and to protect the reputation and integrity of the diamond industry.

HOW DOES THE KIMBERLEY PROCESS WORK?
40 governments are participating in the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme which provides that each shipment of rough diamonds being exported and crossing an international border must be sealed in a tamper proof container accompanied by a government validated Kimberley Process certificate.

This certificate is resistant to forgery, uniquely numbered and includes a description of the contents of the container. The shipment can be sent only to a country who is a Kimberley Process participant and rough diamonds that are re-exported must also have a Kimberley Process certificate and can only be sent to a participating country.

For more information on conflict-free diamonds, please visit www.diamondfacts.org.

Contact us today to create your custom engagement ring, custom wedding band, custom anniversary gift, custom push present or other special occasion HAND in HAND original design.

HAND in HAND's Privacy Policy :

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• What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the web site, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.

• What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.

• The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.

• How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request (e.g., to ship an order).

Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

Your Access To and Control Over Information
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:

• See what data we have about you, if any.

• Change/correct any data we have about you.

• Have us delete any data we have about you.

• Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

Security
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.

We protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.