Jamie Kutchman , Founder

Back in 2014, I started out designing welcome gifts for weddings but it has quickly expanded to welcome gifts for corporate events as well. I love the challenge of bringing thoughtful, personal touches to corporate event gifts and surprising the attendees with packaging and contents that are a far cry from the typical, boring, predicable corporate gift box they're accustomed to seeing. This is exactly why I'm over-the-moon excited to share with you this year's Top 10 corporate event gift designs! Here we go...

Anaheim Ducks

It's not everyday that we get to gift professional hockey players and their significant others which is why we were elated to be asked by the Anaheim Ducks to come up with something really impactful for them to gift at their annual holiday party. This year's theme was "winter wonderland" so we kept everything white with accents of black and grey to achieve a modern, unisex gift design that would coordinate perfectly with the party. We included engraved cedar coaster sets with the Anaheim Ducks logo, his and hers luxe mittens and gloves, an artisan candle, bubbly and last but not least, a set of hockey skate cookies by Sugar Studio. We finished off the deluxe white gift boxes with crisp white ribbon and gift tags with shiny gold foil (Just Write Studios) and the Ducks logo again.

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Arizona Awaits

With a major event approaching, rather than gifting attendees at the actual event, we sent "Arizona Awaits" themed gifts on the client's behalf ahead of the event to drum up interest and excitement! To achieve the Arizona look and feel, we included a modern spin on cactus cookies (Sugar Studio), local tortilla chips and salsa as well as large succulents. We finished them off with a custom welcome note on the inside (Just Write Studios) and silky merlot ribbon (Torn & Tied) on a 'happy holidays' tag on the outside.

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Ensemble Health Montana Retreat

Ensemble Heath Partners was headed to Montana with both employees and clients for a cozy corporate retreat at Paws Up, a luxury resort and ranch. They wanted gifts to reflect the location and feel of the event and we were absolutely up for the challenge! We selected weathered grey wood crates for the packaging along with trail mix, Montana jam, Paws Up wine tumblers, locally-sourced caramels, and cedar Montana coaster sets. The gifts were given a professional touch with logo gift tags and custom welcome letters featuring a personal note from the company's CEO. And since the event was held in December, fresh pine and pine cones served as seasonal accents.

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Utah First Unisex Spa Gifts

When Utah First Credit Union came to DC for an event welcoming clients and employees, they wanted to treat their attendees to spa-themed gifts a few days into the conference. They were gifted on a particular day where there was a lot of walking around the city on the itinerary. While spa gifts tend to lean more towards the feminine, these gifts had to be completely unisex. We included bath salts, a travel candle with matches, and a cube of Sugarfina candy. We also had custom gift tags and a welcome note designed by Just Write Studios for that added personal touch! By the way, did I mention that any client with branding colors in marigold and grey are automatically our dream client?!

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Cline Rose Business Birthday

When a small business owner makes it to their ten year business birthday, it is worthy of celebrating. This is especially true when they time a rebrand to coincide with this very same anniversary. And Joanna Abizaid, owner and founder of Cline Rose Designs, did just that. Our goal was to show off her fresh, new and white branding along with some both fun and useful items. We added her new logo to hardback journals. We also include real life succulents with adorable painted teracotta pots in blue and white! To emphasize Cline Rose's milestone birthday, we selected confetti cookies by Buttercream Bakeshop and a little box of gold birthday candles.

Image: Tracey Hart Photography

Image: Tracey Hart Photography

Thermoseal

Thermoseal was elated to discover that they no longer had to put gifts together themselves or come up with any more creative ideas for gifting once they discovered they could outsource the entire process to us. This was an all-male corporate retreat at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Pennsylvania and we had a blast working with them on these ultra-masculine welcome gifts. There would be bird watching excursions, time by the outdoor fire pit and other outdoor activities so naturally, we opted for rustic wood crates filled with binoculars, artisan smore's kits, Yeti tumblers for cocktail hour, Pennsylvania-made pretzels, flask-shaped water bottles and custom Nemacolin logo cookies. The crates were finished off with gift tags featuring the event logo along with deep navy ribbon.

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Deutser

Deutser was responsible for planning several corporate retreats at the Salamander Resort in Middleburg, Virginia on behalf of their client, Phi Air Medical. With a mostly all-male attendee list, we needed something that leaned masculine but not overly-so since there would be a few ladies in attendance. We also wanted to highlight some Virginia items as well, to add to the feeling of a destination getaway for the guests. Perhaps you remember these from our post earlier this year? We selected kraft boxes for a natural feel along with Virginia peanuts and leather Virginia koozies. We also included water bottles in the shape of flasks for a nod to the outdoors. Custom logo gift tags and black satin ribbon incorporated the client's branding while custom designed conference brochures served as a functional piece to let attendees know important itinerary info upon arrival to the resort. But the highlight of the gift boxes? Custom cookies in the shape of medical transport helicopters, done in the exact same color scheme as the Phi Air Medical fleet. (Sugar Studio)

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Cognex

Cognex is a quirky, eccentric and fun-loving company. Let's put it this way. Employees refer to themselves and one another as Cognoids. They reached out to us following their acquisition of six different companies in just ONE year. They were holding an event for all of those people instrumental in making the transitions successful and wanted the gifts to represent the various locations of the companies being acquired, both in the US and in Europe. Examples include Swiss chocolate, Colorado caramels, and German gingerbread. And for the best part? Because they develop software involving barcode readers, we couldn't help but ask Sugar Studio for some "thank you" barcode cookies.

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

Image: Lissa Ryan Photography

So, have we convinced you that corporate gifts don't have to be boring? Let us know what you think. We'd love to hear which one is your favorite and why? For more information on our Custom Gift Design Service for corporate events, please visit here or reach out via hello@marigoldgrey.com.