9 Creative Deal Toy Ideas to Celebrate Success

May 15, 2025 by David Parry

Coming up with creative deal toy ideas can be a chore for bankers Especially when they’re faced with the same predictable, stock design suggestions. Fortunately, there are a number of imaginative–though commonly overlooked— design...

End of Project Gift Ideas – Project Completion Awards

July 21, 2025 by David Parry

Most organizations appreciate the importance of recognizing individual achievement and accomplishment. However, many organizations fail to appreciate the necessity of recognizing that same effort and accomplishment when it comes to teams and groups,...

What’s The Difference Between Glass And Crystal?

July 18, 2025 by David Parry

  Glass and crystal look similar to the untrained eye, but they're not manufactured the same way and there are other important differences that may make one preferable to the other for your custom award or deal toys. These differences...

Lucite Vs. Acrylic: The Differences And Uses Of Both

July 17, 2025 by David Parry

Acrylic: it's one of those words that's become part of everyday life. Having said that, most of us would probably struggle to define exactly what it is. We just know what it looks like. Lucite is a term that probably isn't as familiar. What...

Custom Lucite Embedments: The Questions You Should Really be Asking

July 16, 2025 by David Parry

Custom Lucite embedments, as you may already know, offer an ideal way to preserve, showcase, and honor prized items and objects. Unless you don't know what you're doing. Or you don't know enough about Lucite embedments to ask the important...

Planning a Business Anniversary: 9 Crucial, Preliminary Tips

July 14, 2025 by David Parry

If you're planning, or even just considering a business anniversary celebration, you may already be aware of an overwhelming array of options and suggestions. These range from opulent black-tie events to more subdued gatherings. They also run the...

How to Make Tombstone Awards More Memorable

July 10, 2025 by David Parry

Here are a couple of creative sparks for distinctive tombstone award designs Tombstone awards tend to have their own built-in cachet and perceived value. Even the most conventional tombstones have tremendous significance for recipients---for the...

Unique Code Name-Inspired Deal Toys for Your Next Big Deal

June 16, 2025 by David Parry

Code names offer a rich, and too often neglected, source of deal toy ideas. Why do code names inspire so many memorable and successful deal toys? Code names tend to provide ready-made design ideas because they also tend to be both colorful and...

Do Lawyers Get Deal Toys?

June 6, 2025 by David Parry

Yes, lawyers do, in fact, get deal toys. That's been the case since the practice of giving out deal toys first took root among investment bankers and dealmakers back in the 1970's. But that's probably not the most relevant or illuminating...