Red hot gift bags fire up event planners at industry awards

Klein Creative Communications and Originality Inc. teamed up to create fiery gift bags for top industry names at this summers International Special Events Societys NY Metro chapter Big Apple Awards

NEW YORK, NY August 26, 2004 -- Gift bag producers Klein Creative Communications and corporate gift design experts Originality, Inc. joined forces to bring red hot gift bags to New Yorks top event planners at this summers Big Apple Awards gala, held on June 22 at Pressure. In order to match the spicy red hot events theme of the evenings awards, which honored the most accomplished event planners of the New York Metro Chapter of the International Special Events Society, Klein Creative and Originality created inventive take-away gifts for the top notch crowd.

After guests finished the evening of drinks, dancing and awards to honor the brightest stars in the NYC event planning galaxy, they exited the event space to find a table of sizzling gift bags. Attendees swarmed the table to lay claim to their own red nylon tote, imprinted with the ISES logo and topped with sprays of blazing yellow and orange tissue. An inferno of products was nestled into fiery yellow shred in each bag, including one of several varieties of Frontera Foods classic salsa (www.fronterakitchens.com); organic raspberry-flavored Steaz Green Tea Soda (www.steaz.com); sassy cocktail napkins from Mary Phillips Designs featuring sayings like "Red Hot Diva" and "Stop me before I volunteer again!" (www.maryphillipsdesigns.com); gift certificates for tango and salsa dance lessons from Empire Dance; Kevin Johansen and The Nada's latest album "Sur o No Sur?" from Sony Music Latin America (www.sonymusiclatin.com); 2-for-1 gift certificates at Restaurant Dano (www.dano254.com); truffles from Cabaret Chocolates (www.cabaretchocolates.com); wild greeting cards from Our Lady of Weight Loss (www.ourladyofweightloss.com); bottles of Pepper Boost flavor spray and metabolic energy booster (www.pepperboost.com); Originality, Inc's tasty "hot mix trail snacks; pink-flowered tissue packs from T-Shooze (www.t-shooze.com); a 10% spa party discount and cooling eye gel mask from Spa Chicks On-the-Go (www.spachicksonthego.com); plus Just A Snap (www.justasnap.com) hanging file folders to keep the savviest planners organized. Further details and event photos from the awards gala were featured in BizBash (http://www.bizbash.com/content/editorial/e3812.asp) and can be found on the www.isesnyc.com, and www.kleincreative.com.

With the hangtag and bag presentation carefully designed by Originality, and items procured and bags produced by Klein Creative, both sponsors were proud to send the fruits of their labors home with the award winners. The entire evening focused on excellence at the years hot events, so our goal was to inspire the attendees along their way to next years best, said Stephanie Jo Klein, Klein Creatives founder and president. Between Originalitys inspiring and eye-catching design and the exciting products our sponsors donated for each tote, were confident that weve given ISES members helpful tools to take the events world by storm.

About Originality, Inc.:
Originality, Inc. is a design firm specializing in corporate gifts, with offices in Florida and Virginia. Founded in 2000 by designers Melinda Tomasello and Pam Grimes, the company designs and fabricates corporate gifts and awards for incentive trips, corporate functions and special events. For more information, call 800.598.8662 or go to www.originalityinc.com.

About Klein Creative Communications:
Klein Creative Communications is a New York-based creative marketing and publicity firm specializing in creating gift bags for media, celebrity, charity and corporate events. Founded in early 2004 by former journalist Stephanie Jo Klein, the firm brings the best products to trendsetters and newsmakers to create buzz surrounding new products and events. For more information, call 646-472-5951 or click www.kleincreative.com.

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