How It Began
It started with a stack of offcuts: heavy, premium solid surface stone, headed for landfill only because it was the wrong size.
Cascie spotted them through her suppliers and challenged Georgia to engrave them. Soon they were holding the first prototype and thinking the same thing: it looks premium and feels good - too good to throw away!
While most trophies are mass-produced plastic, theirs would be different: crafted from rescued material that would otherwise have gone to waste. Georgia and Cascie saw a chance to make a real difference, craft something beautiful, and build a female-founded and operated business doing exactly that.
Meet the Trophy Wives
Georgia Watt, the maker
Georgia started out in the orchestra pit and backstage crew for musical theatre, which left her with strong opinions about wearing black clothing and being properly recognised. She went on to work in IT as a Systems Engineer, before moving into Project Management and Solutions Architecture.
When COVID hit, she saw her chance to have a mid-life crisis, exit corporate life and build something for herself. These days she runs Pryde Pets, a global pet enrichment brand, alongside her digital fabrication business, Booyaka. If you’ve ever wondered who engraves your award and checks the spelling three times, it’s her.
Cascie Heart, waste warrior
Cascie was Georgia's warehouse landlord, which makes this possibly the only business partnership that started with a rent invoice!
She cut her teeth looking after operations for multiple medical centres, so wrangling suppliers, deadlines and a 200-trophy awards night barely raises her pulse.
A serial entrepreneur who founded Little Bread Winner, she's the one who spotted the offcuts, talked the suppliers into handing them over, and will happily chat about your awards night for as long as you'll let her. She loves to help people and celebrate success.
Together they're work wives who make trophies. Yes, they've heard the trophy wives joke. They made it first.
Behind the jokes is something they both take seriously: two women building something that'd be loved, in their own Brissie backyard, out of materials others gave up on.
Our Impact
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34 million tonnes
Business waste generated in Australia in a single year. Much of it perfectly good material, binned for being the wrong size for the job.
Challenge accepted.
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28 million Aussies
Let’s celebrate themWho call this beautiful country home. Coaches, team members, volunteers and other legends, all deserving recognition.
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4.5 million women
Now we’re backing themFemale entrepreneurs around the world who’ve started or grown a business with a Kiva microloan. We know what it takes to back yourself.