9 Creative Deal Toy Ideas to Celebrate Success

October 22, 2024 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...

Employee Awards: How to Maximize Their Impact and Perceived Value

December 16, 2024 by David Parry

  It’s understandable that employee awards and recognition programs might have taken on added significance during the past several years. After all, employee engagement is a very real and immediate workplace challenge. A recent...

3D Crystal Etching: A Complete Guide for Deal Toys & Awards

December 12, 2024 by David Parry

3D crystal etching: it's an effect that you may not be familiar with---at least by name. And to the extent you might already be familiar with the technique, you may not have liked what you've seen. Most people associate this type of internal...

Exploring the Possibilities of Custom Lucite Award Designs

December 9, 2024 by David Parry

"Custom Lucite" is a term that's been subject to a good deal of misuse and confusion. Some vendors offer "custom" Lucites, especially "custom Lucite awards", with promises of off-the-shelf availability and next-day shipment. But if these vendors are...

The Right Approach to Lucite Embedded Awards

December 2, 2024 by David Parry

Lucite embedded awards can provide recipients with something that is truly deserving of that overused description “unique”. Most award and commemorative options are simply taken off some factory shelf.  Your “unique” award might, ten...

Innovative Currency-Themed Deal Toys for Corporate Success

November 20, 2024 by David Parry

Currency-themed deal toys can play off a variety of creative options, including national symbols, maps, and flags. Currency nicknames have also been a rich source of ideas for commemorating currency-themed transactions.  Over the years, we've based...

7 Corporate Gifting Opportunities for Pharmaceutical Companies

November 19, 2024 by David Parry

It’s no wonder that there are abundant opportunities for corporate gifting for pharma companies. The very nature of the industry tends to lend itself to seemingly endless milestones and achievements that could potentially be commemorated.  The...

7 Memorable Code Name-Themed Finance Tombstones

November 18, 2024 by David Parry

This year marks the 5th anniversary of the frenzied finale of HBO's "Game of Thrones". But more significantly, this week also marks the 5th anniversary of Project "Iron Fleet", one of seven deal toys profiled below that memorably drew inspiration...

Crystal Cubes: 5 Creative Design Options You Should Know

November 11, 2024 by David Parry

Crystal cubes are a popular option for many deal toy and award designs. It's not hard to understand their appeal. They combine the elegance of crystal with the subtlety of a simple geometric shape. What tends to be far less known and appreciated is...