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Spiritual Sayings Make Tempe Jeweler’s Wares Stand Out

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10 years ago

August 18, 2016

An insight with every piece.

Customers at Zenned Out aren’t just buying jewelry, the Arizona Republic reports. They’re buying spiritual messages. The handmade pieces at the Tempe jewelry store have phrases affixed to them like “Be a voice, not an echo,” and “Just breathe.” The spiritual messages resonate with customers, who give proprietor Cassie Uhl responses like, “Oh my goodness, I’m hearing this at the perfect time.” Uhl started selling her jewelry on Etsy, and she opened the Zenned Out storefront in 2014. She worked as a schoolteacher, a nanny, a yoga teacher and a painting instructor before getting into the jewelry business full time.

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