Vintage findings

Lately I am completely bedazzled by Stockholm flea markets. I check them out every weekend and yes, I find treasures I have never dreamt of.

Have you seen my shelf with vintage findings in my shop?

Here are the latest items:

Fantastic metal feathers necklace. I secretly hope that I will never sell it, because I love it so much. But we shall see. See it more in detail here.

 

Bracelet with feathers. Fits the above necklace. More details here 

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Stunning red pendant from the 60s. Gorgeous. 

 

 

and one of my complete favorites - this red long strand necklace. You can wrap it one, two or many times around your neck. Real 50s are coming back! More details here

Still October

It's berry time!

And I am going berry-wild!

Meet my Poisonous berries necklace!

And something less poisonous. Made of vintage beads - love giving old stuff new life :)

And something really juicy indeed - new berry pendant. also from a vintage bead.

Emerald and Fuchsia

The combination of emerald and fuchsia is very brave, fresh and popular this year.
Now when fall fashion is almost here, the pastels fade away and the bolder nuances are becoming more attractive. This necklace / bracelet features dark amazing emerald colored jasper and glass beads combined with bright fuchsia beads - definitely a conversation starter!

Hairpiece

Just another option of wearing my necklace / bracelet as a hairpiece.

Just pick the color matching your hair!

More pictures of this item - here

Bridesmaids jewelry

Planning your wedding? Bridesmaid at your friend's wedding?

Well, once I got a custom order of seven similar necklace / bracelets. The buyer was a bride, and she wanted all her bridesmaids plus two mothers to have my necklaces. But all of them will be wearing them in a different way.
I got a picture later - it was amazing. Here stand 7 beautiful ladies and all have the same item created by me, but used in a different way. One had it as a bracelet, one as a collar, one as lariat necklace, one as headband, another as belt... and even an anklet.

And this made me think - well, of course, the versatility of my items allow to be this creative!
and thus I decided to launch a new discount for brides - %15 if you buy 3 and more necklaces.
and if you send me a happy picture after the event - you will get any item of your choice for free... as a wedding present.

Isn't that cool!

So brides, talk to me and let me know which item might fit the color scheme of your important event!

Autumn - necklace and earrings

summer is still here, but I already look forward to my favourite season


Red, brown and very nostalgic :)

And warm...

for more - see my shop

Enchanted Forest

Meet my new necklace - inspired by nature awakening and by amazingly beautiful landscapes of Wermland - this magical part of Sweden with small rustic farms near enchanted forests where trolls still roam. The kingdom of moose and moss.


The moss on the stones is so soft and gentle that I could stand or sit there for hours, listening to a close-by spring, smelling aromas of awakening forest, hoping to meet a baby-mooseThis necklace features amazing beads of green jasper from a vintage necklace, lovely metallic-colored glass beads and other findings.


Already in my shop :)

Several necklaces together - why not?

Summer is coming and I am working on new designs - lighter, happier and more close to nature.
By the way - who said that they can be worn one at a time?

They can be combined to fit your mood :)

Fresh Green Mix

Do you remember a post of mine, where I have been admiring all those treasures that I received for Christmas - among them were these old vintage broken necklaces.


These red broken necklace made of real red corals was my favourite!And finally I have come up with a new design using these old beads!


See more pictures in my shop :)

Bronze and turquoise

I find this color combination very inspiring. Deep and mysterious bronze and bright turquoise.


I used small chips and bigger beads of turquoise, Czech glass beads, shell chips, wooden beads and amazing metal antique bronze-colored vintage beads from an old necklace.

As always - long crocheted string that give you thousand of different looks.

Check my shop Tom Björn Designs for more!

Spring is close!

Some spring feeling :)

This one-of-a-kind item is made of mix of vintage wooden beads, lovely large aventurine beads and sparkling orange glass beads!
I hope the spring will be inspired and will come sooner :)

some passion!

here I am created again once so popular item :) - black fire.

This time I call it "passionately your"

Reds on black - I find this piece extremely versatile regarding what outfit you are wearing. It can fit any festivity, or regular office day, or even some lovely gothic outfit
ah yes, vampires love this one a lot :)

Tom Björn Designs at Basar Under

Three December weekends in a row I was having a show at the Basar Under. Absolutely lovely place - definitely worthy visiting on your weekend vintage shopping in Stockholm. A lot of amazing old findings, a lot of surprising and brave design ideas and a lot of handmade.

I worked like crazy before the show - made tons of brooches, rings, earrings and of course, my necklaces
I spent several evenings and nights thinking on how to present my items - I wanted to keep vintage and handmade spirit in the way the table looks. Old wooden frame, recycled paper and small piece of old lace - and a lovely "grandma" frame for earrings is ready :)

Oh yes, I had a lot of brooches. And somehow I enjoy selling brooches the most!

I was upgrading my stand every day. The wooden frames gave way to bigger stands (still all made by me and still keeping the vintage-lace feeling). I kept the little ones for side stands :)

Look how happy I look! I got huge portions of adrenaline when selling offline. I love explaining people about how to tie my necklaces or what my brooches are crocheted of - I love my things!

I must tell that buttons attracted most of the attention. One I sold two button necklaces one after another and was sitting during the show and urgently crocheting more button necklaces. a lady came and started asking what I am doing, after explanation she bought 2 button necklaces before they were made!
she came back to pick them up in two hours :)

The sales went very good, and now I can buy so much more beads and yarn!! Basar Under will be again open from March and on. Come and touch my necklaces in person :)

Forest Fairy

Like a year ago - when I lived next to beautiful Hagaparken, I decided to make my photosession outside, on the stones, moss, trees. After all, that's where I get my inspiration from, so why not taking my creations back to nature and take pictures of them in their "natural environment"!

So this is one of my new versatile necklaces / bracelets - Forest Fairy.
This piece comes from a fairytale. From any fairytale about deep forests, tall trees, green moss and of course, kind fairies.
These earth colors - brown, green, beige and moss - are my absolutely favorites. And small chips of transparent crystal feel like fresh dew drops :)







See more pictures here!

Buttons collection

More buttons!!

I am in love with these little colorful buttons. I bought a bunch in a secondhand shop and now is utilizing them into a new buttons collection!

Do you like upcycled things as much as I do?






I will list more items (versatile necklaces and earrings) in my "Passion for Buttons" section of my shop on Etsy

New mosaic of images - how to wear my versatiles pieces :)

Necklaces, bracelet, belts and headbands - all in one!

Now this renewed mosaic will be featured in most of my items on Etsy :)

Orange and Turquoise

Another experiment - mixing orange and turquoise.
Let's prepare for Halloween in a happy way :)





If you click on the images, you will be forwarded to my shop.
The price for the necklace / bracelet is $23.5 Free shipping
Earrings - $12.5 Free shipping
If you purchase the set, it will cost $32, see the details in my shop