Sweet Delivery
Hot Blondie Bakery makes full-size and miniature baked treats that are perfect for gifting. Signature items include several varieties of blondies and brownies. Or, go for the “crunchies,” brittle-like confections covered in crumbled toppings like Heath Bar. Cost, from $18. Custom flavors and packaging available for corporate gifting. (212) 777-0779; shop.hotblondiesbakery.com
Dust Buster
Zopid’s mini desktop vacuum cleaner is perfectly sized to suck up crumbs and dust hiding between keyboard keys. The trim, battery-operated design can be stashed in a desk drawer. Cost: about $11. zopid.com
Recommended Quaffs
Likelii.com is a website that will recommend new wines based on your current favorites. Bottles can be purchased directly from the site; orders of more than $100 ship free. likelii.com
Vintages Galore
Amazon Wine offers deals on more than 42,000 types of red, white, sparkling, and dessert wines. Shipping currently is available to 14 states; up to six bottles can be shipped for a flat fee of $9.99. amazon.com/wine
Portable Closet
If your venue does not have coat check, consider renting the Chex digital, ticketless system for holding guests’ outerwear. Cost is based on size of group and location/length of event. coatchex.com
Worldly Pillow Gifts
These three mini journals, covered in beautifully illustrated maps of New York, Paris, and London, make delightful pillow gifts. Cost: $14.95 per pack of three. papress.com
Low-Cost Centerpiece
Chereese Jervis-Hill, president of Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.-based Events to Remember, recommends using rose petals in lieu of whole flowers. For a recent event, she used petals, candelabras and votive candles for centerpieces that cost less than $35 per table. EventsRemember.com
Generous Giving
Giftsthatgive.com donates 20 percent of every purchase to the charity of your choice. The site specializes in upscale brands like Eleni's Cookies, Jonathan Adler and Riedel and partners with more than 1.2 million causes.
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Carry-on Gym Bag
Luglife's Puddle Jumper Wheelie doubles as a gym bag and carry-on piece. It includes tons of convenient compartments for everything from laptops to water bottles and gym shoes. Available in ten colors. Cost: $170. luglife.com
Sugar Rush
Instead of chemicals, preservatives and ingredients like hydrogenated corn syrup, the makers of Unreal candy use all-natural ingredients to make "unjunked" versions of favorites like peanut butter cups. Cost: about $1 each at drugstores and other retailers nationwide. getunreal.com
Protein Starter
Tone It Up's Perfect Fit Protein Powder, made with vanilla-flavored organic whole-grain rice powder, is packed with 15 grams of protein and works for almost every dietary restriction. Just combine a packet with almond milk and peanut butter in Tone It Up's BlenderBottle SportMixer for an easy, on-the-run breakfast. Cost: $35 for 20 protein packets; $15 for the BlenderBottle SportMixer. perfectfitprotein.com
Garden-Themed Table
Save-On-Crafts' moss roll sheets, made with preserved green sphagnum moss, add a verdant touch to event tables. They can be used as placemats or table runners for garden-themed events. Cost: $25 per roll; save-on-crafts.com