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Acrylic Awards for You

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Acrylic Awards and acrylic trophies make excellent corporate awards. At wvawards.com we have a variety of acrylic awards that can accommodate any type of recognition you need.We have star themed acrylic awards that are always in demand. We have clear and jade acrylics, marbled, and color accented. We have corporate acrylic awards that have matched bases, black bases, colored mirrored bases, acrylics that sit in frames, and those that have no bases at all.

Browse through our selection of acrylic awards and choose the ones that are just right for your employees. Whether you are honoring your employees for helping to save the company from disaster, or they have just reached their first milestone as a new hire, you can make them feel appreciated and honored by the awards you choose for them.

The first grouping of acrylic awards we feature is the every popular star-themed ones. Check out the Rising Star Acrylic Award. It has a large engraving area for your special message of recognition or appreciation. The clear acrylic plate stands in a rosewood piano finish holder with a cast metal star to the left. This is an award that will make your employees feel special.

A group of awards that work well for several levels of recognition is the Star Column Acrylic Awards. The clear column features a gold star on top. The base is black acrylic with a gold-mirrored top that radiates color accents through the column for a classy look. The smallest acrylic award is a 7”single column, followed by a 9” and 11” acrylic service award or acrylic appreciation trophy . For the highest achievers, try the two star column acrylic award, or the three star acrylic award.

The Luminary Star Acrylic Award is one of our favorites. The black engraving area is set off by gold or blue accents that radiate from the beveled edges of the star. In the proper lighting, the star will almost glow with color!

The Sculpted Star acrylic awards come in 3 sizes and 2 color accents, blue or gold. The three size variations give you the option of awarding 3 levels of sales achievement, or number of years of service to the company.

Other star acrylic awards include the single 5” star, an acrylic star on a base, and an acrylic star obelisk. These could be used individually or as a coordinated group to honor your employees for various levels of accomplishment.

Your may prefer acrylic awards that have attached bases. We have them with matching bases, and mirrored bases with color accents that enhance the award. The White Cap Acrylic Trophies have a matching base that blends with the award and helps accent the frosted top. The Waterfall Acrylic Awards are a coordinate group similar to the White Caps and could be selected for a different level of award for your next award ceremony. The Cracked Ice Acrylic Award is another that has a matching base that blends in with the piece to help emphasize the icy looking edges. The Jade Diamond Acrylic Award, as above, has a matching base to give emphasis to the diamond shape where the special message is engraved.

The other style of bases is the mirrored ones with color accents that radiate throughout the piece. The color accents add an attractive and eye-catching feature to each corporate award. The Optima Acrylic Awards and Beveled Peak Acrylic Awards have black bases topped with gold mirror that sends golden reflections upward to make them very rich looking. The Frosted Impress Acrylic Trophies have a black base with blue mirror that sends blue rays to the frosted top.

Free-standing acrylic awards have become very popular. They also come in many shapes, sizes and colors. The Shell, Round, and Fan shapes are clear with blue or gold accents. They all come in 3 sizes and are versatile for any type of award your may require. Other freestanding acrylic trophies have colored engraving areas for a more vivid display of the important award message. These include the Octagon Acrylic Recognition Award that comes in blue, red, or green marble and 3 sizes. Another group is the Rounded Top Stars and Stripes Acrylic Service Award. They feature a black engraving area trimmed with a patriotic red, white and blue theme. This same style of award comes with marbled accents in red, blue and green. Yet more freestanding acrylic achievement awards include the Premier Group. They feature a rectangular tower with clean, simple lines, and blue accents radiating from the base. Also, check the Acrylic Award Facet Wedges that are 1 ¼” thick with a choice of gold or blue accents. They are perfectly sculpted for the display of color throughout the piece. The Marquis Diamond acrylic award is beveled and peaked, and is accented with a base that includes either a red, blue or gold splash of color. And last, but not least, we have the 3D Magnetic Acrylic Award. It is quite versatile with engraving or even a photo that can be inserted between the clear front and the black backing plate, giving it the 3D special effects.

The acrylic awards that sit in frames have a completely different look. The standing frames add color and texture to the acrylic inserts that hold your special engraved message. We have several styles with rosewood piano finish frames. One of these is the Prestige Acrylic award in 3 sizes. The ½” thick clear acrylic insert slides into the sturdy rosewood base, and is adhered to the base with double-faced tape. Another rosewood frame group has 2 styles and several sizes. Two of the pieces are arched acrylic awards with a gold metal inlay in the frame that provides a nice accent color. These corporate acrylic awards are 9 ¾” and 11” tall, and have a large engraving area for your special message. The other style is rectangular with a small peak at the top of the acrylic. They sizes are 8 ½”, 9 ½”, and 10 ½”. All of the Rectangular acrylic awards have clear adhesive for easy attachment to the base. These pieces are individually boxed and free engraving is included.

A different style of framed acrylic awards is the Midnight acrylic group. They feature a black acrylic base with “wings” to indicate victory or achievement. The 3/8” clear acrylic slides into the holder and remains unattached.

Another style of framed holders is the Roman Column acrylic. The black Roman columns are made of heavy resin for a classic look. The clear arched acrylic is ½” thick and holds the special message for your recipient. The acrylic insert adheres to the base, and the Roman Column acrylic award is individually boxed.

Our acrylics include acrylic clock awards. The clocks are part of the rosewood frame group and make nice coordinate awards to enhance your presentation ceremony. Each clock award is in a rosewood piano finish base with the acrylic piece permanently attached with adhesive. The clocks include a battery and each clock award is individually boxed.

An acrylic clock award with clean, simple lines is the Premier Acrylic clock. It is free standing, 1” thick acrylic with a high quality gold metal quartz clock. The Premier clock and the others mentioned previously, make great awards for many occasions.

The choices of Corporate Acrylic Awards are many and varied, from clear to very colorful, free standing to sturdy bases, and small to large engraving areas. Make your selection according to your particular taste and requirements for engraving space. We at wvawards.com hope you will enjoy browsing through the awards to find just the right ones for your top performers.

Engraved Corporate Plaques to Fit Your Needs

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

We at wvawards.com have many different sizes and styles of plaques to fit your needs as well as your budget. We will take a closer look at some of the plaque groups to highlight their features, so you can see which ones will fit your needs.

The first group of plaques we will look at, are the solid walnut plaques with scalloped corners. They also have plates with scalloped corners to match the shape of the plaques. Plate color choices are black or green marble. There are 6 sizes ranging from a 6″x8″ award plaque to a 12”x15”corporate plaque. With so many sizes to choose from, it is great to use these for years of service awards from 5 years on up to 30 years. Or, they could also work well for sales awards, using graduated sizes for certain sales achievement. If you don’t need all 6 sizes, choose the number of sizes you do need and award those to your employees. For example, choose 7”x 9” for salesman of the month plaque, 8”x10” for salesman plaque of the quarter, and 9”x12” for salesman of the year plaque. These increasingly larger plaques will show the degree of accomplishment by the size of the award. Recipients should be motivated to earn all 3 sizes and they will value the awards for many years to come.

We have classic plaques that are nice traditional pieces to present for recognition awards, appreciation plaques, or other achievements to be honored. The genuine walnut plaque group has a tapered edge and a silk-screened plate with a glistening border that enhances the entire plaque. This group of 3 plaques can be used together or separately, and the plate colors include green marble, blue marble, and black. Even if you just need one plaque that says ‘In appreciation for help with a special corporate project’ you can order it on line at the click of a button. Free engraving and 1 logo are included in the price.

Another classic plaque group uses the same plate style mounted on a step-edge walnut plaque. This plaque is a little more economical and offers our business customer a choice in price. This group has 4 sizes from 7”x9” appreciation award plaques to 10”x13” service award plaques. Again, it is a nice traditional plaque style that can be used for any recognition award to honor your hard working staff members.

We have a second group of engraved plaques in which we have mounted the plates on walnut plaques and on cherry finish plaques, with the latter offering an even greater savings for you, the customer. First, take a look at the solid walnut plaques with the golden ray plates. These are one of our most popular plaque groups, especially with blue marble plates. The golden rays give a new dimension to the plaques and make them a crowd pleaser. The plates come in green marble and red marble as well. Using these same plates, take a look at the economy cherry finish plaques. These plaques now become a crowd pleaser for those on a tight budget, who still want an attractive, quality plaque.

Let us switch to a plaque group that is not so traditional. The high gloss American Walnut plaque comes with a “wave” plate that has black accents in the wave portion, and either a green marble or a blue marble plate where the wording will be shown. These plaques come in 3 sizes and, of course, can be used individually or in groups of awards. These eye-catching award plaques are a popular group and you should consider them for your next awards ceremony.

Need to recognize the top star or star performer in your group? We have plaques with star themes that would be perfect for the occasion. The Rising Star Acheivement Plaques feature a star that has risen to the top, emphasizing star achievement. The walnut plaques have a step n’ roll edge and set off the plates nicely. Plate colors include black with gold, green marble with gold, and blue marble with gold. Another group for top performer plaque awards are the walnut plaques that feature starbursts in the top and bottom corners. Again, these star themed plaques fulfill the purpose of honoring your top stars and top performers. Plate color choices are red/gold, green/gold, and black/gold.

Now let us move away from walnut plaques to black piano finish plaques. These engraved award plaques have a hard, high gloss finish that really accents the patina marble plates attached to them. Plaques have a black felt backing for added elegance. The plates come in a choice of blue marble, red marble, green marble or black. The unique design of the plate is very striking and will make impressive pieces to have on your office walls.

Besides the black piano finish, we also have Rosewood piano finish recognition plaques for awarding your employees. These plaques have a rich dark reddish brown finish and can be used for appreciation plaques, recognition plaques and achievement plaques. One of my favorite combinations is a Rosewood piano finish recognition plaque with a red marble plate. It is a perfect match and looks so luxurious.

We also have some very unique Rosewood and black piano finish plaques that have clear acrylic plates suspended above the surface of the plaque. The Rosewood piano finish plaque comes with gold hardware and the black piano finish with silver accessories. These acrylic award plaques have keyhole slots so that they will hang either vertically of horizontally on the wall. They also come with a peg that can be attached to the lower back, so the plaque will stand on a desk or shelf. These plaque awards come in 2 sizes, 8”x10” or 9”x12”, and free engraving with 1 logo is included in the price.

Do you want the absolute latest in plaque awards? Try our “Green” bamboo plaque. Bamboo is a certified renewable resource and is “the perfect award for environmentally conscious organizations.” The bamboo award plaque comes in 6 sizes from 6”x8” to 12”x15”, with engraving done right into the surface of the plaque for a “burnt wood” look. Plaques are ¾” thick and have keyhole slots on the back, so they can be hung vertically or horizontally. Plaques are individually boxed.

We have a lot of choices in color, style, size, and price in our corporate plaque awards. Please feel free to browse through all of them to make the selection that best fits your needs. You can enter your wording on line, or Email it separately. Watch for new and different plaque groups that we will be adding in the future. Many plaques remain popular for years, so if you like something more traditional, choose a classic style plaque, otherwise watch for the new and different as they are introduced into our line of corporate awards.