Three Gold Awards. One Very Proud Team.
We have some news we've been looking forward to sharing.
Wee Blue Bell has won three Gold awards at the Junior Design Awards 2025 - taking every category we were shortlisted for. As a brand that launched just last year, this recognition means more to us than we can quite put into words.
🥇 GOLD - Best Children's Tableware Design / Eco Tableware Design 🥇 GOLD - Best Interiors Product Design (Soft Furnishings) - PatchPocket® Bedding 🥇 JOINT GOLD - Best Children's Interiors / Lifestyle Brand or Retailer
About the Junior Design Awards
The Junior Design Awards, run by the team at Junior Magazine, are widely regarded as the most prestigious accolade in the children's design and family lifestyle space - celebrating products and brands that are raising the bar for quality, creativity and thoughtfulness. To be shortlisted was already an honour. To win across all three categories is something we're still taking in.
What the judges said
Reading the judges' comments was a genuinely moving experience. There's something remarkable about seeing your brand so clearly understood - the values behind it, the care that goes into every design decision, the vision we've been working towards since before Wee Blue Bell even had a name.
On our PatchPocket® Bedding, Bonita Turner, Editor of Junior, said:
"I absolutely love this collection, which goes the extra mile to make kids feel excited about bedtime. Who wouldn't want their own secret pocket in their duvet cover?"
On Wee Blue Bell as a brand, Deputy Editor Eleonore Crompton said:
"Such a beautifully thought out range full of heart and imagination. The way every item works so well together makes this a real lifestyle brand that I want to buy into."
And on our enamelware tableware collection, lifestyle content creator Saff Michaelis said:
"How incredibly beautiful. I think a set of this enamelware would be such a precious first birthday present which would only be more used with time. Bring on the timeless plastic alternatives! So cool you might see one hung on my wall as decor..."
Knowing that our message came through so clearly is, honestly, the best possible feeling.
A little about what was recognised
Our PatchPocket® Bedding - with its trademarked patch pocket sewn directly into the duvet cover, designed for books, teddies and the little treasures children like to keep close - took Gold in Best Interiors Product Design (Soft Furnishings). It is one of our most-loved designs, and it never gets old hearing how children have made the pocket their own little bedtime ritual.
Our enamelware tableware collection - cheerful, durable, eco-conscious and designed to make everyday mealtimes feel like an occasion - won Gold in Best Children's Tableware / Eco Tableware Design. Mealtimes are part of childhood too - and they deserve to be just as joyful.
And as a brand, Wee Blue Bell was recognised as Joint Gold winner for Best Children's Interiors / Lifestyle Brand or Retailer - a particularly meaningful accolade for a small, female-founded, independently owned brand that is still in its very first year.
Thank you
To everyone who has supported us, cheered us on and shared in our vision - thank you. The community we've found through Wee Blue Bell has been one of the great joys of building this brand, and awards like this are as much yours as they are ours.
A huge thank you to Junior Magazine and the entire JDA team and judging panel, and congratulations to every brand celebrated this year.
With love and gratitude,
Fi, Lillian & Lucy Wee Blue Bell 💛