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With summer winding down, fall is in the air.  What are the new trends for this fall?  Just like with fashion, Trophies and Awards have fresh styles for the season change. Our awards experts have rounded up the top must-have award trends for Fall 2013.

Trend #1: Gray

This new gray plaque is right on trend!

In fashion this fall, it's all about gray as the new neutral.  Lucky for us,  awards look great in gray too!   One new gray product I love is our new Acrylathin plaque.  What is awesome about this plaque is that the logo or other graphic can be cut through the material, so the silver background shows through.  Looks hot!

Two trends in one - bronze 'rose colored gold' medal with a custom insert!

Trend #2: Rose Colored Gold

One of the hottest color trends for fall is rose.  No longer just for spring, rose is showing up in surprising places, including jewelry.  We are following this trend with new bronze awards, including metals, trophies and other 'rose colored gold' items.

Trend #3:  Custom, Custom, Custom

A huge trend in awards right now is creating your own design, unique to your organization.  Custom awards are big, and we love making them!  We have a process called Logocut, where we create full-color acrylic awards out of any logo.  We also create one-of-a-kind inserts for metals.  These allow our customers to create unique awards tailored specifically to their event.  So cool!

Trend #4: Designer Pieces

Just like in fashion, we offer premium designer awards on our website and in our showroom.  CIP, Nik Meller, Chien Wang of Toujours are 3 of the designer crystal award lines we carry.  These superior crafted awards feature unique and stunning designs that are pieces of art, worthy of display.

Mix things up with your awards this fall by picking a trendy piece! Just like with your wardrobe, adding just one new item can really jazz up your awards program!

Cheers,
Jessica

Last year you bought an awesome perpetual trophy for your fantasy football league.  Now you need to engrave the 2012 winner before your draft.  How do you get it done in a hassle-free, painless way?  We have the perfect process in place to get your engraving done.  It's fast, simple, and very little effort.

The 3 Easy Steps To Getting Your Perpetual Engraving Done

1.  Unscrew the side plate of your trophy.  Make sure to save the 4 small screws; you will need those to reattach the plate after it's engraved.

2.  Slide the plate into a small padded mailer with engraving instructions, your contact information and payment .  Usually commissioners put the year, winning player's name and team name on the engraving.  Also include a check for $20.  This is for the cost of engraving and postage.

3.  Drop it in the nearest US mailbox.  That's it!  So simple!

After we receive the envelope with your plate inside, we will email you an order confirmation and engrave the plate per your instructions.  Then we will mail it back to you.  Be sure to include your address and email with the instructions so we know who to send it to!

Watch our video to see this process in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrq3IwYnO0c

Our production time is 3 days, so plan accordingly.  If you need your engraving done sooner, we do have a rush option available for an additional fee.  Just give us a call at 1-877-926-4700.

Once you get your plate back, take it out of the mailer and screw it back onto your trophy.  That's it!  Now you are ready to enjoy your draft and hype another great NFL season!

Cheers,
Jessica

Our 2013 “busy season” is done.  Sports have finished their games, recitals are complete, schools are out for summer, and businesses are wrapping up the fiscal year.  Many personalized trophies, dogtags, metals, and corporate awards flew out of our doors, each one given to someone special who earned it.  It felt great to create all of these positive awards for people who deserved them.

While working in our production facility, we saw how creative and inspiring our customers can be.  They chose beautiful awards for retiring colleagues, with lovely and meaningful messages inscribed.  We created many fun awards, especially toilet trophies, for golf tournaments and corporate events.

Musicians and dancers received awards at their recitals, acknowledging practice and dedication throughout the year.  Many sports teams were recognized for working hard and improving over the season.  Coaches were given plaques and ball holders to memorialize their passion for the game, and to thank them for mentoring their players.  And many teachers were acknowledged for all they do for their students.

Each order we make has a story, and I loved capturing and sharing many of these on our Trophies2Go Facebook page.  It’s not every day you can create a trophy for “Nana who went to nationals” or “Runder Woman” who completed a half-marathon on Mother’s Day!  If you have a story of your award you’d like to share, email me at [email protected].

We love the work we do to provide meaningful recognition.  Thank you customers for allowing us to share in your accomplishments!

Cheers,
Jessica

Last week, MeritShare announced 6 winners of its “Best People to Work With” award!  The awards were given to companies who demonstrate high levels of employee participation in peer-to-peer recognition. We were selected from over 400 companies that use the MeritShare recognition software.

"Top talent attracts top talent -- and the best candidates are drawn to companies with people who work well together," said Travis Pearl, co-founder of MeritShare, "We established this award to honor companies that demonstrate a high degree of team cooperation and positive communication expressed through a peer-based recognition program."

“We are thrilled to have received this award”, said Jeff Anderson, Trophies2Go CEO.  “Happy employees means great customer service and that’s great for business.”

At Trophies2Go, meaningful recognition is not only for our customers, but also for our employees.  We are extremely honored to receive this award.  To find out more about MeritShare and the “Best People to Work With” award, check out the press release.

Cheers,
Jessica

Airflyte Recognition Awards from Tropar Mfg. Co.

When ordering a corporate recognition award, you want it to impress.  The award you choose needs to be great quality, with a beautiful design, at an affordable price.  And most important, you need to have it in time for your awards ceremony!

We are able to take the stress out of ordering corporate awards because we have a great corporate awards supplier - Tropar Mfg. Co.  They carry the Airflyte brand of plaques, clocks, desk sets, and other awards.  What sets their products apart is the quality - they always have beautiful products at a good value.  They usually have most items in stock, which enables us to get your awards to you quickly.

The other reason we like working with Tropar is the staff - they are just really nice people.  Kathy, our sales rep, goes above and beyond to take care of us and our customers.  They are also a very generous company, investing heavily in the Awards and Recognition Industry Education Foundation (ARIEF).  So far, two children of Trophies2Go staff have received college scholarships from ARIEF, and we are extremely grateful for Tropar's involvement in the foundation.

We thank Tropar for being a fantastic awards supplier!

Cheers, Jessica