The Caribbean Export Development Agency salutes
all participants in the 15th Caribbean
Gift and Craft Show October 2-5, 2008, at the
Sherbourne Conference Centre, Barbados and
recognizes the winners of the
FirstCaribbean
International Bank Best of Show Awards.
The awardees who all exemplified the show’s theme
“Celebrating Handmade
Designs and Caribbean Traditions” were:
Best in Show
Angelique Custom Creations (www.angeliquebarbados.com)
– Barbados
Best New Product/Product
Line – Gift and Craft
Things Jamaican (for Frazer’s Ceramics’ New
Breadfruit Line) (www.jbdc.net)
-Jamaica
Runner-up: Akilah’s Jewellery (www.facrp.org)
– Trinidad and Tobago
Best New Product/Product
Line - Fashion
Kuumba Designs (E-mail:
kuumbadesigns@yahoo.com) – Saint Lucia
Best Booth
Exclusive Cottons of the Caribbean (www.eccicotton.bb)
– Barbados
Runner-up: Things Jamaican (www.jbdc.net)
– Jamaica
Best Design School
Barbados Community College (Graphics and
Communication) (E-mail:
solodesigns@hotmail.com) - Barbados
Best Creative Packaging
Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales (for the cohiba
leather and wood cigar cases) (E-mail:
fcbc@fcbc.cult.cu) – Cuba
Runner-up: Arawak Islands (for soap wrapped with
text paper) (www.arawak.islands.com)
– Grenada
Best New Designer
Wilma’s Originals (E-mail:
wilmastomp@cq-link.sr) – Suriname
Best New Handcrafted
Product
Image of Likeness Art Gallery & Studio (Ceramics)
– Guyana
Runner – up: Rainforest Pottery (E-mail:
nicholasyoung@hotmail.com) – Guyana
The Show Directory
which lists exhibitors by product categories and
countries is now available for download. Please
click on the below link to access:
15th Caribbean Gift and Craft Show
Directory
