For many years nearly all engagement rings were diamonds. While diamonds are still a tradition for the center gem many clients prefer other gemstones for their center stone. I have had the pleasure of designing several beautiful colored gemstone engagement rings...

I have been in the jewelry business my entire life. I became a Graduate Gemologist(GIA) in 1988. Sometimes I forget that people outside of the industry really don't know much about our industry. They see jewelry in different stores and on the internet, but they don't...

For several decades, we have been specialists at remounting gemstones, especially diamonds, into new rings for clients.  We have approximately 40 diamond semi-mount rings as of March 15, 2017 in stock and on display.  We also have a large selection of solitaire ring...

Last month, a couple that I have known for years asked me to show their daughter class rings as she will be graduating in 2019. We looked at all of the traditional rings which are offered by Gold Lance. She almost had one picked out when her mother mentioned the...

I was commissioned this summer to make a custom ring for a client to celebrate both her 18th birthday as well as serving as her classring.  She had found a pearl years ago and had saved it.  Her parents thought that it would be a great idea to use this pearl in the...

Mark, Mike, and Travis are planning a "Make Your Own Wedding Band Workshop" for a Saturday in September.  This will be an intensive hands on workshop and will be an all day event.  Here is how it will work. First, we will limit the number to 4 people.  This will be...

If you follow us on FaceBook or if you have been into the store lately you know that we have moved to our new store.  For those of you on our FaceBook page, this blog is from my website and it automatically posts on our FaceBook page, so you may have seen some of...

We are progressing very well on our new store located at 108 East Main Street, Abingdon.  I currently am planning on opening at the new location in late March, 2016.  We are working on the floors at this time.  The floors are a combination of heart pine and yellow...

Construction is moving along nicely at our new store on Main Street in Abingdon.  We plan on moving there in March of 2016, about 10 to 12 weeks away.  These photographs show work on the back of the house.  You may not realize it from Main Street, but the rear of the...