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Raw columnar and large faceted Paraiba tourmaline: intense blue! (Source) Appearing to glow from within, the Paraiba tourmaline is an incomparable gemstone. Nearly three decades ago, this vivid blue stone captivated the world! This tourmaline quickly became one of the most sought-after gems in history. Biannually, we invite gemstone expert and vendor James Alger to […]

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The Perfect Custom Engagement Ring: A Gemologist’s Love Story Sydney Strong is our resident Graduate Gemologist. She’s the daughter of our namesake artist, llyn strong, and a fantastic jewelry designer in her own right. (Check out her jewelry line, SS) Last fall Sydney got engaged to the love of her life, Michelle, on top of […]

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We’re celebrating our customers with a huge giveaway! “Heart of Gold” is a necklace from llyn strong’s Unbreakable Heart collection. Made of sterling silver, rusted iron from Greenville, SC, 18k yellow gold, and a 9.7mm South Sea golden pearl on a brown stainless steel chain. Valued at $2,000. Our customers are all amazingly unique, but […]

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Valentine’s Day purchases from llyn strong fine art jewelry include complimentary fine chocolates. In our opinion, the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day should include more excitement—less shopping around. So we’ve partnered with LaRue Fine Chocolate to help you get everything you need in one easy step. Pictured: Turquoise and Blue Diamond Arch Ring and Garnet and […]

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A Glimpse into the Business & Art of Jewelry Making Last month, we were pleased to host Katy Cassel and her two metals classes from the Fine Arts Center (FAC). Twenty art students from Greenville, SC joined llyn in our showroom/gallery to see her finished work and hear her story. She also gave the students a picture […]

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Dan’s custom Column Ring is the perfect example. A local business owner, Dan worked with llyn strong to design an original 18k gold ring crowned with a bicolor tourmaline. It all began as a loose gemstone and a concept sketch. Designing a Custom Men’s Ring From Scratch The ring was built around a central focal point: […]

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One of the truly unique services offered at llyn strong fine art jewelry is the opportunity to work one on one with llyn or any member of her team in order to create a piece of custom jewelry exactly how you want. Every year we complete over 100 pieces of custom jewelry, each one specially […]

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  Our manager, Sydney Strong, is currently finishing her graduate Gemologist degree at the Gemological Institute of America, a program that focuses on how to identify and grade precious stones. For our blog this week, we’re going to take a look at the history of the GIA and their role in the gemstone industry. The […]

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Every now and then, at llyn strong fine art jewelry, we like to give one gemstone the attention it deserves and this October we are bringing opals into the spotlight. In conjunction with our opal dealer, Hopkins Opal, we’re planning an educational show for October 26-28 of 2017, where attendees will get the chance to […]

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Today on the blog we have an artist spotlight on Kate Worthen, our CAD (computer assisted design) tech, who recently finished her first full line of jewelry. Kate has been working with llyn since she was 21. She studied metals at the Governor’s School for the Arts and continued her education at Furman University. She […]

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llyn strong is excited to announce the arrival of a rare new gemstone that will be available soon for custom jewelry. The gemstone is the Lotus Garnet, a beautiful, rare form of orange-pink garnet similar in color to Morganite or Imperial Topaz. Lotus Garnet is a member of three garnet families, Pyrope, Spessartine, and Alamndine […]

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Our goldsmith, Erin Stuart, has released a line of jewelry for sale in our shop. Erin is a Greenville native who graduated with a BFA in sculpture and jewelry from Winthrop University. After graduation, she decided she didn’t want to work at a normal jewelry store, instead opting to find a place where she could collaborate […]

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This year at llyn strong, we’ve designed some truly unique pieces with men in mind. And now that Father’s Day is coming up, it seems like the perfect time to give some attention to our meteorite line. These pieces are all made from the same meteorite and include shirt studs, cufflinks, and brooches with a […]

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This June, the American Artisan Festival returns to Nashville after a 4-year hiatus. Started by Nancy Saturn 43 years ago, the free-to-attend festival was organized to celebrate the best of American arts and crafts. Now, Nancy’s daughter Samantha Saturn has moved back to Nashville from New York City to revive the festival and continue the work […]

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It’s May in Greenville, which means Artisphere is just around the corner. If you’re new to the area, Artisphere is an annual festival that has been going strong on main street in Greenville for 13 years with the aim “to create a nationally recognized Fine Arts festival that enhances Quality of Life and Economic Vitality […]

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Here at llyn strong, we’ve just completed the process of remerchandising. All of llyn strong’s original modular jewelry has been recombined into new looks and all of the floor cases have been changed. If you haven’t been by the shop recently, this is the perfect time to come see what’s new. We are featuring druzy […]

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In the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of the vertical city of Positano, Italy, is a small archipelago containing three islands: Gallo Lungo, La Castelluccia, and the circular La Rotunda. A myth has followed these islands since 1 AD when the Greek geographer Strabo marked them as the home of three sirens. These sirens took […]

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With the arrival of our new website, we’re also opening our online store. For the first time customers will be able to browse our entire inventory on our website and place orders for delivery. The online inventory will be kept up to date with our in-store inventory, providing a real time look at what we […]

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We are excited to announce our annual theme at llyn strong will be ammonites. Ammonites are an extinct group of invertebrates with a distinctive helix shaped shell that often appears intact in fossils. llyn first had the idea for 2015’s jewelry theme while attending the gem and mineral show in Tucson, AZ. The show is massive [...] Continue Reading

John Breaux and Erinn Pasquale signed up for the roundtable with the aim of finding the perfect stone for an engagement ring but John wound up coming earlier in the week to browse and to get an idea of what llyn strong had to offer. During the visit, a particular ring caught John’s eye. The […]

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