Top Corporate Holiday Gift Designs that Aren't Red and Green

Are you looking for branded holiday gifts that stand out? A best practice when sending corporate holiday gifts and branded client gifts is to have the gifts mirror your branding colors. But, what happens when your branding colors aren't red and green and you still want your holiday gifts to look in-line with the season? You're in luck today as we're sharing top ways to give business holiday gifts that aren't over-the-top holiday with the best branded corporate holiday gifts that aren't red and green.

Your business gifts can still look festive for the holidays and remain true to your brand no matter what your brand aesthetic is. No matter what brand colors you would like to showcase this holiday season, we are confident they can be incorporated into a holiday gift set and meet your business gifting goals. 

Let's unbox some of our favorite corporate holiday gift sets that break from the red and green holiday tradition.

Blue, Gold and Wood Holiday Gifts for L.A. Galaxy

The professional soccer team LA Galaxy has hired us here at team M&G multiple times to create custom holiday gifts to send out to their business partners and clients at the end of the year. 

This project I'm about to show you was our third time working with LA Galaxy and talk about a design challenge! Here's why: We had to bring their brand to life in a completely new and different way and stay away from any concepts or themes we've previously done while also remaining true to their company's brand. 

For these non-holiday holiday corporate gift sets, we began with natural pine keepsake gift boxes and filled them with items you'd likely use while enjoying wine. With LA Galaxy being in California, we wanted elements of this locale in the gifts as well.

Inside each wine themed holiday business gift set, we included wine snaps cookies, custom branded wine tumblers with the company's logo, handmade bottle stoppers with the shape of the state of California carved into the top, a luxury soy candle in a gender neutral scent, gourmet small batch chocolate bars, and custom branded coasters with their logo. 

To add more intentional branding to the holiday gift sets, we created branded gift tags and notecards, also featuring the LA Galaxy logo, along with a heartfelt holiday message from the company. We used wood fill as a luxurious touch along with pine and pine cones to further reinforce the holiday feel.

Let's take a look inside the custom branded gold and royal blue holiday gift sets with a California wine country theme that we designed for the LA Galaxy. 

Black and White Holiday Corporate Gifts For Anaheim Ducks

It's not everyday that we get to gift professional NHL hockey players and their significant others which is why we were elated to be asked by the Anaheim Ducks to come up with impactful curated holiday gifts for them to gift at their annual team holiday party.

This year's team holiday party theme was "winter wonderland" so we kept their business holiday gifts in line with this theme. We used white with accents of black and grey to achieve a modern, unisex gift design that would coordinate perfectly with their party.

We also designed the holiday gifts to be shared between couples. Inside each branded corporate holiday gift set, we included engraved cedar coaster sets with the Ducks logo, a his and hers set of luxurious mittens and gloves, an artisan high end candle, two bottles of bubbly, and last but not least, a set of custom baked cookies in the shape of an ice hockey skates.

To bring home the winter wonderland theme for these holiday corporate gifts designed for two to share, we finished off the deluxe white keepsake gift boxes with a crisp white ribbon and gift tags with the company's logo. 

Let's unbox and dig into the non-traditional white and black winter themed corporate gift sets for the Anaheim Ducks NHL team...

Blue and White Cozy Holiday Gifts for iHire

iHire is another corporate gifting client we have had the privilege of working with on multiple custom gifting projects. It is always a fun challenge to come up with a new and creative concept for a business gift while staying on message for the brand.

For this season's holiday gifts sets, we came up with a cozy blanket theme for gift that would stand out for the company, and keep giving long after the holidays are over.

The white keepsake corporate holiday gift boxes were filled with all the essentials to stay cozy and comfortable during the winter season. A warm and cozy candle, ceramic travel mug, mint herbal tea, a high end JBL branded speaker, and gingerbread flavored gourmet chocolate were topped off with a dusty blue and white plaid luxurious throw blanket. A gold pinecone added the final finishing touch to these homey themed holiday business gift sets. 

Let's look inside the white with pops of blue custom branded corporate holiday gifts sets with a cozy relaxing vibe that were anything but traditional...

Navy and Gold Holiday Gifts for NY Interconnect

We love NYC, especially during the holidays and were feeling very festive to use this beloved city as the theme for untraditional corporate holiday gift sets! NY Interconnect wanted custom holiday gift sets that would exude the vibe of quintessential New York City at the holidays. The company's branding is navy, green, and white so we began with custom linen covered hat boxes in navy along with matching blue basket fill.

We filled the NYC-at-the-holidays themed corporate gift sets packaged in a unique round keepsake hat box with quintessential yellow NYC taxi cab ornaments, FAO Schwarz movie trivia cards in honor of the iconic NYC toy store, locally-sourced snacks and hot cocoa mix from New York based companies, and then rounded out the curated businesss gifts with custom baked sugar cookies depicting a snow globe featuring Rockefeller Center in December along with a pair of ice skates!

We intentionally sought out packaging and keepsake gifts that would have pops of silver, gold, and metallic silver to give the gifts an extra wintery vibe, while keeping in line with the NYC theme without going too over the top with the holiday to keep them business appropriate.

Each corporate holiday gift set was finished off with tartan plaid ribbon in navy and green along with custom design gift tags with the company's logo and navy blue gift note cards for a luxurious look. These custom business gifts were a huge hit and we love how they brought the company's preferred holiday gift theme to life while still remaining true to company's branding aesthetic!

Let's unbox these wildly popular corporate holiday gift sets that were anything but traditional corporate...

Golden Sharable Snack Themed Holiday Gifts for MDVIP

Metallic gifts will always catch the eye, which is important during the busy holiday season. The metallic gold corporate branded holiday gift sets with a gourmet snack theme designed to be shared within the office that we custom created for MDVIP perfectly set the stage for festive holiday gifts and made a lasting impression on their most important clients and partners.

For their custom branded holiday gifts this year, we focused on creating a gift that could be shared during holiday gatherings and what is better to share than artisanal snacks? We packed each golden keepsake holiday gift box full with gourmet treats recipients can't shop anywhere else including caramel chocolate popcorn, ginger snap cookies, sea salt caramels, honey and herbal tea.

Let's unbox and dive into the golden hued high end snack centric holiday business gifts designed to share...

Red and Black Holiday Gifts for Pinterest

Acknowledge the festive, cheerful spirit of the holiday season, but keep it on brand! That was the goal with the bright red and winter white corporate holiday gifts that we custom designed for Pinterest. 

Pinterest came to our gifting experts with the goal of gifting one of their largest advertising clients for the holiday season, but they wanted their gifts to stand out from the crowd during a noisy busy holiday season. We custom designed corporate holiday gift sets that were modern and festive while allowing the company's the bright red iconic logo and color scheme serve as front and center.

For the festive corporate branded holiday gift, we chose sleek black round shape keepsake hat style gift boxes and focused on quality over quantity when it came to the gifts inside. Luxury candles, small batch artisan caramels, and custom made cookies mirroring an iPhone showing the Pinterest app...we had a blast with red and white corporate holiday gifts!

Let's unbox the unique and festive black, red and white corporate holiday gifts that we custom designed for Pinterest...

Bright and Lively Jewel Toned Holiday Gifts for iHire

We always say that corporate gifting doesn't have to be boring, and we're going to go a step further to say that holiday gifting doesn't have to be red and green either! Our corporate gifting client iHire gave us full creative freedom to bring their brand to life for their holiday gifts this year.

We, of course, wanted to design a custom holiday gift that stayed true to their blue and white brand's color palette, but that wasn't enough - especially during this festive time of year! We also wanted to express the fun, young, and upbeat vibe of their brand too. 

We knew we wanted to brand a few items inside the gifts as well as having the logo custom printed on the outside of the keepsake gift boxes. We selected bright blue Corkcicle brand tumblers along with matching coasters with their logo.

To reinforce that luxury tone for their holiday gifts that was important to the client, it was a selection of fun sweet treats all the way! We included toffee and caramel candies from Dylan's Candy Bar, gourmet shortbread cookies, as well as brightly colored rainbow sour candy from Sugarfina.

We finished the modern jewel toned corporate holiday gifts off with several mini ornaments to match the custom branded holiday notecards featuring the same color palette. We also added some fragrant pine for a festive last touch!

Let's unbox the fun and festive yet colorful holiday gift sets...

Black and Lime Holiday Gifts for OMS Nashville

The oversized gift boxes that we custom designed for a large Nashville-based oral surgery practice to gift to their referring dentists and business partners were anything but boring and traditional corporate holiday gifts.

The company came to use because they wanted their holiday gifts to their most important network of referrals to stand out this year. We came up with a bright and festive themed corporate holiday gift set that included some nods to Nashville where the business is based. 

Each black and lime green themed holiday gift set included locally-sourced chocolate as well as small batch coffee. To accompany the coffee, we even included one of our favorite tech gadgets of this entire season...the temperature controlled Ember brand mug! 

For packaging, we selected high end keepsake black gift boxes to allow the lime green of the company's brand to really pop. We were careful to not have the company's branding be too much, over the top and in your face. We wanted to keep their custom holiday gifts tasteful, warm, sophisticated, and gender neutral so that everyone could enjoy.

We finished each gift set off with custom designed gift tags with the company's logo, custom branded holiday notecards, and fresh pine and pine cones. 

Let's unbox the bright but tasteful locally inspired corporate holiday gifts that we custom designed for OMS Nashville...

Red and Aqua Holiday Gifts for Parrish Ortho

This project is proof that bright aqua really can become a holiday color! Parrish Orthodontics has multiple locations in their large practice and receive referrals from countless dentists in the area.

When the holidays roll around, they want to thank the referring dentists and their network partners for all for the patients they're sending their way. This particular year, the company wanted something unique and fun that would get their best referring clients' attention and stand out amongst all the other gifts coming through the door in December.

For these untraditional custom designed corporate gifts, we used the aqua in the company's branding and paired it with bright red for a fun, festive spin on the traditional holiday red and green.

In each custom corporate holiday gift set, we included a trio of gourmet cookies, holiday themed chocolates by Chouquette, Virginia peanuts and an artisan candle by Brooklyn Candle Co in a spruce scent. But the most unique part of all for these high end corporate holiday gift sets...custom cookies in the shape of a tooth with braces. 

Festive and on-brand is how we like it! Let's unbox and look inside the white, red and aqua custom corporate holiday gift sets...

Blue and White Two Tiered Gifts for Oceania Cruise Lines

Fairly often at the holidays, clients come to us and request a tiered approach to their business gifting. For example, they wish to create a higher price point gift for certain gift recipients, often for larger offices to be able to share. Then they want to create a "tier two gift" or smaller-price point gift set that will go to much smaller offices or even just to one individual recipient.

This custom holiday gift project for Oceania Cruises is a great example of a tier gifting system done right. We kept the overall blue and white branding color palette and vibe the same for both holiday gifting tiers, just at two very different price points.

For the larger tier corporate holiday gifts, we included handmade snack bowls as well as larger sized packages of some of the same contents found in the tier two gifts. Regardless of tier, they all received custom accordion style holiday cards that unfold to a useable calendar with each month on its own page.

Let's unbox the unique two tiered corporate holiday gifts that we custom designed for Oceania Cruises...

Gold and Pink Holiday Gifts for Gold PR

Gold PR's branding is hot pink and gold. Hardly traditional holiday colors! But we didn't let that bother us one bit when designing their custom corporate holiday gifts.

We wanted to bring a better together gift theme concept to life with items that Gold PR's clients could use together at home while enjoying wine and cheese. We included really special handmade cheese boards along with modern geode wine tumblers, a set of gold cheese knives and a few accompanying snacks to round out the curation. The result? On-brand, festive and fun holiday gifts completely representative of the company's overall vibe.  

Let's unbox the untraditional pink and gold corporate holiday gifts that we custom designed for Gold PR... 

Monochromatic Cocktail-Themed Holiday Gifts for IWC Schaffhausen

Opting for a monochromatic color palette is a sure way to elevate a corporate holiday gift design and help it stand out in a crowded field. For IWC Schaffhausen's custom holiday gift sets, we created modern and luxurious cocktail-themed gift boxes with a monochromatic color palette that not only left a last impression but help recipients create an unforgettable experience on their own.

A high end gender neutral experiential holiday gift, these sleek black boxes were filled with useful goodies that paid homage to the Swiss company's roots. Swiss chocolates, mountain engraved cocktail tumbler glasses, cocktail cubes and a holiday scented candle set the stage for a cozy winter evening of relaxing.

A silver pinecone popped against the black paper fill and added a festive touch to these monochromatic gift boxes. A sleek branded belly band held together the black gift boxes which were then topped with a black and white plaid throw blanket. The final touch was a custom branded gift tag and luxe black ribbon to tie everything together. 

Let's unbox the unexpected black, white and silver corporate holiday gifts that we custom designed for IWC...

Are you feeling inspired to get creative for your holiday business gifting? We hope this lineup has convinced you that you do not need to have a red and green branding aesthetic to send out on-brand holiday gifts! Practically any color combination can be made holiday appropriate with just a little bit of creativity and imagination.

For more inspiration, be sure to browse our galleries of custom corporate holiday gifts for more gift sets that break holiday tradition.

If you need help with your corporate holiday gifts and would like to outsource the entire process from design to to sourcing to assembling to delivery, reach out to our team of gifting experts. We'd love to help you design a creative and on-brand holiday gift that wows!

Happy holiday business gifting!

3 Ways To Do Gifting With Marigold & Grey

When it comes to corporate gifting, gifts for your business, or gifts for your company's employees, clients or events, there are three unique ways to gift with Marigold & Grey.

#1: Custom Gift Design Service

If you're interested in elevated branded gifts for your company for employee appreciation, holiday or any corporate event in between, please get in touch with us to ask about our custom corporate gift design services. We'd love to work with you or your team to create something that reflects your company's brand with limitless options for customization to include branding the packaging, gift contents, printed collateral, and more. 

#2: Add-Your-Own-Logo Program (i.e. Semi-Custom Gifts)

In addition to custom gift design, we also offer a thoughtful semi-custom gift design program with low order minimums and your company's logo and brand on each gift you send. Our Add-Your-Own-Logo Program is perfect for businesses that want to send company branded gifts either all at once for an event or particular marketing campaign OR throughout the year, on demand as you need them, for special occasions like employee appreciation, birthdays, client thank you gifts, and more.

#3: Ready-to-Ship Collection in our Online Shop

For curated gift sets and themed gift baskets that are easy-to-send for any occasion in life or work, don't forget to shop our curated collection of ready-to-ship gift boxes with quick turnarounds and no order minimums. These ship out within 1-3 business days; rush next-day shipping is also available at checkout.

All images: Lissa Ryan Photography