Blue Eyed Sun swept the board at the Gift Of The Year Awards, held during this week’s Spring Fair @ Home, and organised by The Giftware Association. The company’s Bioloco Loop water bottles won the Contemporary Gift and People’s Choice categories; the Bioloco Plant Kids Bottles won the Ethical Gift category; the Bioloco Plant Lunch Box won the Kitchen & Dining category and Bamboo Cup by Chic.Mic won the Own Label category.
Also winning a clutch of Gift Of The Year awards was The Candle Brand, whose Burn & Bloom Candle Collection won the Beauty, Bath & Spa category, while the company’s The Flower Diffuser won the Home Fragrance category and the My Gift Of All Time category.
The full list of winners are as follows:
Beauty, Bath & Spa
The Candle Brand: The Burn & Bloom Candle Collection
Branded Gift
Hacche Retail: Richard Osman’s House of Games
Cards & Wrap
Alljoy Designs: Message In A Bottle Pop Up Cards
Children’s, Educational and Pre-School
Whiz Kid Games: Passport To Genius
Commemorative, Collectable and Charitable
Gibsons: Rainbow Heroes In Aid Of Samaritans Charity 500 piece Jigsaw Puzzle
Contemporary Gift
Blue Eyed Sun: Bioloco Loop
Design & Craft
Fizz Creations: Hyper Jungle Paper Heads
Ethical Gift
Blue Eyed Sun: Bioloco Plant Kids Bottle
Fashion Accessories
Carrie Elspeth: Stay Safe Sentiment Bracelets
Festive & Occasions
Gibsons Games: Christmas Around the World Jigsaw Advent Puzzle
Food & Drink
The Bottled Baking Co: Baking Mixes
Home and Garden
Ilex Studio: Avocado Vase
Home Fragrance
The Candle Brand: The Flower Diffuser
International
Julia Gash: Julia Gash
Kitchen & Dining
Blue Eyed Sun: Bioloco Plant Lunch Pot
My Gift of All Time
The Candle Brand: The Flower Diffuser
Novelty
Go La La: Filthy Gorgeous
Own Label
Blue Eyed Sun: Bamboo Cup by Chic.Mic
Pet Gift
Wren & Rye: Pawbles
Stationery
Thinking Gifts Company: Bookworm Lights
Tech & Gadgets
Fizz Creations: Make Your Own Tech
Under £15
Craft + Crumb: Birthday in a Box
The Judges Choice Award winner went Go La La for the company’s Filthy Gorgeous soap range.
The Giftware Association highlighted that the themes of care, gifts that give back, sustainability, helping others and protecting the environment were the key trendsthroughout the last year and were evident in the types of gifts that were entered and performed well in the Awards. They included jigsaws that gave back to charity, vases that encouraged us to plant more trees as well as gifts and kits that can be posted to loved ones for birthdays, baking and crafting.
“The competition is a great way to spot key trends, and the move towards sustainability and ethical gifting has flowed through all the products,” commented The Giftware Association’s marketing and PR manager Chris Workman.
Continued Chris: “From what has been a very different competition this year, we have certainly seen a resilient industry, and an industry that has grown, adapted and thrived even in testing times. It was great to see so many fantastic products entered, and congratulations to all the winners, highly commended, and shortlisted companies, and all those who entered.”
This year’s competition attracted over 700 entries, with over 6,000 members of the publicvoting for the inaugural People’s Choice award.
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