TOKENS & ICONS
Do you have a sports fanatic in the family? Someone who’d rather buy a bench from an old stadium than get the hot water tank fixed; eat peanut butter and jelly to save for a piece of memorabilia which you consider God awful? Do I have the solution for you…TOKENS & ICONS…recycled nostalgia.
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| Jewelry from baseball seam |
Now admittedly, sports especially team sports do nothing for me. I am a team player just not that way!! But combine team sports with jewelry and/or some necessary household item and I’m game.
TOKENS & ICONS takes pre-existing items from salvaged sports arenas or about to be scrapped icons and makes them into pens, bottle openers, cufflinks and other manly items. This is jewelry your husband/bf/partner will be happy to brag about because he’s wearing a piece of history. And this is not only for sports fans…they also use remnants from iconic items such as vintage watches or the fuselage of a Pan Am jet. So your boss loves baseball, what better way to brown nose than with cufflinks made from the seams of a NY Yankee baseball; a bottle opener made from a Boston Red Sox bat; a wallet divider using the material of a used uniform (It was Fabreezed, I hope).
If he/she prefers vintage watches, why not kiss up with links using the mechanical
movements from the early to mid 20th century or a bracelet made from authentic watch faces. With sterling cufflinks from a Notre Dame football or a classic pen made from original stadium seating, you might just get those Manolo’s you’ve had your eye on.
Tokens & Icons can be found at MOMA, Michael C. Fina, Arcadia or at www.tokens-icons.com...877-558-7404…for more info contact ward@tokens-icons.com
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| Stadium seating |
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| Pan American fuselage |
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| Stadium flooring becomes a stool |
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| Golf anyone?...bottle openers |
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| Copper window sash from NY's Flatiron Bldg |
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| Vintage watch becomes cuff links |
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| Uniform becomes wallet divider |
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| Seating becomes opener |
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| NY Times puzzle links |
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| Seats become openers |
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| Puzzle ring in tri-color |
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Ring in pieces
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SONIA SPENCER LONDON
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| Jewel tones |
If sports and memorabilia is not your thing, I have yet another solution, SONIA SPENCER ENGLAND. Sonia has been in business for twenty-two years and is sold in stores such as Selfridges, John Lewis, Michael C. Fina and at the Royal Academy of Art. This was her
first time at the MrketNY Show and is also launching a collection from Pantone. Yes, Pantone, the pantone that you use to design your color palette has a collection of knit ties in satin/silk and a colorful selection of cufflinks and other men's accessories. Sonia's ceramic bone china cufflinks are also worth a look as they make great gifts even if you don't wear cufflinks. These are definitely more my speed!! You must check out her website for a look at the some of the best “occasion” gift selections including gifts for groomsmen. www.soniaspencer.co.uk
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| Ceramic bone |
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| Ceramic bone |
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| Naughty boy links |
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| Burlesque |
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| Pantone links |
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| Pantone links |
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| Pantone links and key fobs |
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| Changeable color combos |
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| Collar stays |
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Pantone ties
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