Our Story

The PERSONA journey began in 2008 when Melinda Tomasello joined several friends for lunch in Orlando, Florida. One friend was celebrating a birthday, one had been sick and one had just dealt with some family issues. Melinda purchased small gifts for each friend. As co-owner and designer of Originality, Inc., an award-winning corporate gift design firm, she set out to create unique packaging–a simple gift bag was just out of the question. After a little trial and error, she created heartwarming characters made from pails . . . and Birthday Betty, Get Well Greta and Happy Helen, the first PERSONAS, were born!  READ MORE ABOUT OUR STORY at www.personagiftpail.com