Sometimes coming up with a creative gift idea for business purposes can be challenging. You want to get your boss or your executive assistant a meaningful holiday gift. You want to impress that important client with your creativity when you present her a gift as a token of appreciation or to celebrate finalizing a major deal. You want small gifts to present to potential clients when you make sales calls.

For all of these occasions, you can go the traditional route with cookies in a fancy tin for the boss, roses for the assistant, a bottle of wine for the big client, and “gimme” caps or embossed ballpoint pens for the potential customers. But, what if your boss is allergic to wheat or your assistant hates roses? How do you know if your big client likes wine, or if she even drinks at all? And how many commercial ink pens does on potential customer really need?

One creative idea for all of these occasions might be personalized leather (just be sure your gift is not meant for a member of PETA!). A laser tooled personalized leather cufflink box with a glass window in the lid might be the perfect gift for the boss or an important client or executive assistant (or an earring box if the boss or client executive assistant wears earrings instead of cufflinks). For more casual gifts to promote your business, you could order personalized leather luggage tags or sand-filled leather paper weights laser tooled with your corporate logo on them. Leather jewelry boxes and other personalized leather items would be a gift the recipient would appreciate and could use for many years.