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Baby Shower Gift by Silly Phillie®

Customized baby gifts-time to call Silly Phillie

Silly Phillie® is best known for creating unique baby gifts. A recent post in this space titled “Unique Baby Gifts from Silly Phillie®” addressed this topic in much detail.

Creating customized baby gifts is a much lesser known fact about our company. The reason for that is probably due to: 1) people assume we don’t offer this service because so few other companies do; or 2) many people think the process might be a hassle and possibly too expensive.

But that’s definitely not the case for these reasons:

Silly Phillie® baby gifts are made in the USA. Most competitors by contrast import their products or have other companies make them. Silly Phillie® operates a full scale manufacturing facility. Made in Brooklyn is something we’re very proud of. This gives us the ability to modify, embellish and personalize baby gifts on the spot.
We make the process for ordering customized baby gifts painless. As long as the customer has an idea of what they’re looking for and how much they want to spend, Silly Phillie® will pull it all together quickly and beautifully I might add.

Customized Baby Gifts-More than just adding a Name

Don’t get me wrong. Personalized baby gifts are fantastic. Adding a baby’s name to a baby blanket, hooded towel, or bib makes the gift more special for sure. In fact, personalized baby gifts account for almost 40% of all baby gifts sold by Silly Phillie®.

But customized baby gifts go beyond adding a name to an item. It usually entails creating a customized theme, and/or re-configuring contents in a baby gift basket.

Our Nautical Themed Welcome Wagon™ (shown in photo above) is a recent example of a customized baby gift that did both. The customer in this case wanted a nautical theme-the new parents love sailing-and specified the items wanted for baby.

The result is a beautiful looking customized baby gift that delighted our customer. The process required just one call. Silly Phillie® was equally delighted with the outcome. The Nautical Themed Welcome Wagon™ has been added to the company’s permanent collection of unique baby gifts.

Don’t forget that customized baby gifts are just a phone call away at Silly Phillie®. Our toll free No. is 855.885.3900.

Speak to you soon!

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Owner/Designer

Unique Baby Gifts from Silly Phillie

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Silly Phillie® has earned a reputation for creating some of the most delightfully unique baby gifts. Baby Hoagie, Special Delivery Pizza, Nice Cream, & Natural Rocking Horse Baby Gifts are just a few examples of unique baby gifts introduced by Silly Phillie®. Octopus for boy & girl are two new additions to the company’s collection of unique baby gifts. In typical Silly Phillie® style, Octopus Baby Gifts are adorable, made to order in the USA with baby boutique quality layette, and impeccably presented to make a memorable impression.

Unique Baby Gifts-the driving force behind Silly Phillie®

Unique baby gifts is what has enabled Silly Phillie® to stay a step ahead of competition in a competitive category. Each of the company’s products is designed around the following simple but powerful core set of values:

Baby gifts should be exciting & unique. Having a newborn baby is one of the happiest moments in life. Friends & family inundate new parents with gifts to celebrate the occasion. For any one gift to stand out, that gift must be unique, adorable and memorable.

The stuff inside matters. Silly Phillie® baby gifts are made from baby boutique quality layette items. Nothing short of that is acceptable. People often are fooled by the ‘glitz” of a gift and don’t pay enough attention to the quality of the contents. Inferior contents will be remembered far longer than how good the gift may have looked.

First impression is critical. You only get one chance at a first impression. A gift must be impeccably presented with attention paid to the smallest details if you want to make a positive first impression. Silly Phillie® baby gifts are proudly made to order in Brooklyn, NY. This hands on control over the entire production process results in unique baby gifts that are beautiful in every way and superior to mass produced products.

I hope you like our new Octopus Baby Gifts and enjoyed hearing about how we go about making unique baby gifts at Silly Phillie®.

Until next time…

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Designer/Owner-Silly Phillie® Creations

Personalized Baby Gifts & Buy Buy Baby

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Buy Buy Baby and Bed Bath & Beyond is in the process of launching a new program featuring Silly Phillie® baby gifts. It is the first time these two retailers will be selling Silly Phillie® baby gifts.

All of us at Silly Phillie® are thrilled with the opportunity to partner with these two fine retailers. Their large customer base should mean significant additional exposure and sales for our line of unique baby gifts.

But the thing we are most proud of is that Silly Phillie® is the brand they chose to offer personalized baby gifts for the first time. This is a significant step for these retailers and we are honored that they have placed their trust in our company for this new initiative.

personalized baby gifts selling at buy buy baby

Lion Hooded Towel Personalized

Unique Personalized Baby Gifts

Silly Phillie® has been selling unique personalized baby gifts for more than 20 years. It is one of our major points of difference versus other baby gift companies, along with our signature quality and unique designs.

For the triple B’s as we like to refer to them, we created some exciting new products we feel their customers will love. They in turn built a really cool, interactive personalization model for their website. Basically it shows the customer how the name to be personalized will look on the product before the purchase is made.

While not entirely new technology it is nevertheless quite impressive and helpful. Please click here to see how this process works.

What else is new at Silly Phillie? Well, we are a week or two away from launching a partnership with another well respected retailer. While it’s too early to name drop, we are excited about this new opportunity and we’ll announce it here just as soon as it happens.

I would to take this opportunity to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. If you plan to travel as many people do for this holiday please be safe.

Phyllis (Silly Phillie)

Maven-An Exciting New Heath-Care Option for Women

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Silly Phillie® is especially sensitive to the needs and well being of women. After all, the company is owned by a woman, 85% of staff are women, and not surprisingly, 100% of babies are born from- you guessed it- women! Yes, men still haven’t figured out how to do that yet.

That’s why whenever I come across a product or service that’s beneficial to women I try my best to share it with as many women as possible. Call it the sisterhood of Ya Ya, which is what my granddaughters affectionately call me. Cute, right?

Maven is a godsend for busy working mothers

My latest discovery is Maven. Maven is a new and exciting digital health care service for women. Relevant to all women, Maven is especially valuable for those pre & postpartum, when a women usually needs lots of help and advice from a knowledgeable health care practitioner.

Maven works like this. Once you download their app onto your smartphone or tablet, you can connect with a recommended service provider via a video appointment. Service providers include highly qualified pediatricians, nurse practitioners, nutritionists, and OB/GYNs. You’ll be able to meet face-to-face with a provider in real time to discuss your needs. Billing is based on the type of provider you meet with and time spent. All of this is done quickly, conveniently and securely. No more waiting for a doctor appointment or sitting around for hours in a waiting room to get answers to simple questions.

Let’s be clear about one thing. Maven is not a substitute for regular doctor appointments. It is however a wonderful resource to connect with a heath care professional when you need to consult with someone quickly. With practically everything else available today on the Internet, Maven now makes quality health care for women just a keystroke away. Brilliant!

Free Appointment on Maven

And that’s not all. Friends of Silly Phillie® can have their appointment with a health-care professional on Maven for free… a $35 value. Simply download their app onto your smartphone or tablet and enter the promo code SILLYPHILLIE .

Please visit the Maven website to download the app. Think of it as a healthy new relationship!

Phyllis (Silly Phillie)

Baby Gift Sets-New from Silly Phillie®

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Baby Blocks Washcloths & Burp Pads

it is a well know fact that babies need plenty of washcloths and burp pads during the first year. Silly Phillie® addresses the need beautifully with two new Baby Blocks Gift Sets featuring either washcloths or burp pads.

Baby Block Eashcloths & burp Pads Baby Gift Sets

Washcloths & Burp Pads Baby Gift Sets

Great pick-me-up baby gift sets

The Baby Blocks collection includes a total of 4 baby gift sets. There are two washcloths sets, one each for boy & girl, and two burp pad sets, one each for boy & girl. Baby Block Washcloths consists of 8-fabric trimmed terry washcloths, rattle or teeter, and a 4″ decorated cube* with top. Burp Pad sets include 4-fabric trimmed 15″ x 8″ terry burp pads, rattle or teeter, and a 4″ cube with top.

Baby Blocks Washcloths & Burp Cloths baby gift sets are proudly made in the USA from domestic cotton terry cloth. They are attractively retail priced at only $12.50, and represent an excellent value when compared to other baby gifts at this price point. Baby Blocks gift sets are wrapped in a tulle mesh bag for an elegant presentation.

Silly Phillie® & Terry Cloth…an unbeatable combination

Silly Phillie® Creations began thirty years ago this year. It was a novel bath bag & bib set made from terry cloth that put the company on the map as a designer and manufacturer of unique baby gifts and infant accessories.

That initial success with terry cloth led Silly Phillie® to become a market leader in terry products for babies & kids. These products include hooded towels, bath bags, bathrobes, baby bibs, washcloths and burp cloths. The new Baby Blocks gift sets is just another in a long line of quality terry products from Silly Phillie®.

Thanks for reading!

Phyllis

* Baby Block cube is made of sturdy cardboard, printed with baby block design, and comes with a top,

Best baby shower gifts

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Unique Baby Shower Diaper Cakes

A baby shower is a time to celebrate the anticipated new arrival. It’s also a time to choose among the many excellent baby shower gifts that are available. A great baby shower gift should stand out from the crowd, contain quality and practical products, and be memorable long after baby is born.

7 Best Baby Shower Gifts

1. Moses Basket: A quality Moses Basket is one of my top baby shower gifts. These sturdy wicker baskets with included bedding provide a cozy & safe place for baby to sleep during the first few months. The big attraction of a Moses Basket is that it can be moved from room to room. This gives parents the flexibility of having baby with them in any room of the house. A Moses Basket filled with layette is an even better choice. You can find beautiful Moses Basket baby shower gifts at Silly Phillie®.

2. Baby Shower Clothesline: This unique baby gift idea gets a lot of attention at a baby shower. A “clothesline” filled with layette items is designed to be hung as decoration at the shower for everyone to see. If you’re creative and so inclined, you can make one yourself. Simply purchase a group of coordinated layette items then hang each from a string or ribbon. If you like the idea but don’t want to go through the trouble, Silly Phillie® offers a full assortment of adorable Clothesline Baby Shower Gifts.

3. Baby Car Seat: A safe car seat is a must for every new baby and one of the best baby shower gifts you can give. A car seat that’s safe and versatile is even better. The Graco SnugRide Classic Connect 30 and the Chicco KeyFit 30 are two highly rated car seats that make travelling with baby hassle & worry free. Each is a complete baby carrying system and both are a 2015 Mom’s Pick at BabyCenter.com. You can also use the car seat as a basket of sorts, and fill it with other items to make your gift even more special.

4. Baby shower Diaper Cake: A well made diaper cake is one of the more fun and practical baby shower gifts. A diaper cake also makes a fantastic baby shower centerpiece so try to choose one that’s compatible with the theme of the shower. When shopping for diaper cakes, make sure the one you purchase includes plenty of diapers plus quality layette items & accessories for baby. Silly Phillie® offers a complete assortment of made to order baby shower diaper cakes.

5. Baby monitors: These safety devices enable parents to keep tabs on baby while they’re in another room. Having one gives the new parents peace of mind throughout the infant stage and well beyond. Monitors typically come with a transmitter and one or two receivers. The better monitors transmit both video and audio. Baby monitors are very easy to set up.

6. Books & Music: Filling baby’s world with music and books is a wonderful way to stimulate growth. Scientific studies suggest that reading books, playing music, and even singing songs to babies helps them recognize language at an earlier age. There are many great choices. In music, I like colorful toys that encourage baby to press buttons to play a different selection of music. My favorites in books are “Corduroy”, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, “Close Your Eyes”, ” Go Dog Go & so many more.

7. Rocking Horse Baby Gifts: When in doubt a Rocking Horse never fails to be a fantastic baby shower gift idea. And why not? A wood rocking horse is large and beautiful, it makes a wonderful keepsake toy as baby grows, and some come personalized & decorated with layette items for baby. The wide appeal of rocking horse baby gifts was more thoroughly touched upon in a previous post on sillyphillie.com.

The above is a list of my favorite baby shower gifts. It’s a good place to start your search. Another avenue to explore is to find out if the parents set up a gift registry. If so you may want to choose an item off their list. If this is a baby shower for a first born child, the parents need practically everything. Don’t be afraid to use your creativity when deciding upon your next baby shower gift.

Phyllis…

Baby Gift Ideas-Why Rocking Horse Gift Sets Are So Appealing

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Discriminating shoppers make Silly Phillie® Rocking Horse Gift Sets their go to baby gift. For more than 20 years, corporate executives, doctors, lawyers, healthcare professionals and regular shoppers have been ordering these upscale gifts over and over. Many in fact have a standing order for one and only change the gift recipient details when it’s time to send another gift.

Rocking Horse Baby Boy Gift

Why A Rocking Horse gift set is among the best baby gift ideas

There are many reasons why Rocking Horse Baby Gifts by Silly Phillie® are so popular. The most important of those are:

The gift includes a quality made & tested safe wood rocking horse toy
Baby boutique quality layette items are also included
The look and presentation is absolutely fabulous
One can be order for a baby boy, girl, twins and as a baby shower gift
Option available to make it a personalized Baby Gift
Tulle gift wrapping is added as the final elegant touch
Made in the USA by Silly Phillie®

There are many excellent baby gift ideas to choose from for sure, including others mentioned in previous articles in this series. But for a guaranteed winner of a baby gift, especially if price point is not an issue, a Silly Phillie® Rocking Horse Baby Gift should be at the top of your list.

As of this writing, Silly Phillie® is the only company making Rocking Horse & Layette gift Sets. Others have tried in the past, but none have had the success we’ve had. I believe the reason for this is that Silly Phillie® is known for paying attention to details and taking the time to make the most awesome baby gifts.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this latest article in the series on baby gift ideas. I invite you to leave a comment, share it with others, and email me with any questions. Phyllis@sillyphillie.com.

Phyllis

Baby Gift Ideas-Silly Phillie Welcome Wagons

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Silly Phillie® Welcome Wagons™ have earned the status of a classic baby gift. And rightfully so. More than 75,000 Welcome Wagon™ pull-toy baby gift sets have been made & sold by Silly Phillie® over the last 20 years.

Deluxe Welcome Wagon Baby Boy Gift

Why are Welcome Wagons™ among Silly Phillie’s best selling baby gifts year in and year out? One reason is the name. With Welcome Wagon™ printed on both sides of the wagon, these gifts communicates the perfect sentiment to welcome a newborn baby.

But the popularity of Welcome Wagon™ baby gifts goes well beyond the name. Here are the top product based reasons why among baby gift ideas, a Welcome Wagon™ is such a smart choice.

A great keepsake toy. Beautifully made of wood & decorated with “Welcome Wagon” on both sides, baby will have a treasured wagon pull-toy to play with as he or she grows.
Quality layette items. Each Welcome Wagon baby gift comes filled with baby boutique quality layette items that are made in the USA by Silly Phillie®.
Something for everyone. There are Welcome Wagons™ for boys, girls, twins. triplets and in neutral to be given as a baby shower gift. There are also occupational themed Welcome Wagons for firefighters & police, and many can be purchased as a personalized baby gift.
Regular or Deluxe. Two different sized Welcome Wagons™ are available and each has a different price point for you to choose from.
Made to order looks. Each Welcome Wagon™ baby gift is made to order and gift wrapped by Silly Phillie® to make a fabulous presentation.

So the next time you’re searching for baby gift ideas, hop on the wagon and make a Silly Phillie® Welcome Wagon™ your next baby gift.

I hope you’ve enjoyed reading this latest piece in the series on baby gift ideas. For more good ideas please visit https://www.sillyphillie.com/baby-gift-ideas. You can also send me an email with any questions. My email address is phyllis@sillyphillie.com.

Phyllis

Baby Gift Ideas- The Original Baby Hoagie Gift Set

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The Original Baby Hoagie Gift Set

The Baby Hoagie™ was created more than 20 years ago by Silly Phillie® yet it remains a highly popular choice today among those looking to give a unique baby gift.

Cleverly presented to look like the “hoagie” sandwiches made famous in Philadelphia, this tasty looking baby gift set is actually made from 100% cotton layette items. Each Baby Hoagie™ is made to order in the USA, and can be ordered for a baby boy, baby girl, or in neutral to work as a baby shower gift.

Silly Phillie® has sold thousands of Baby Hoagies over the years to the delight of new parents. The success of the original inspired the introduction recently of the Vegetarian Baby Hoagie. This one has a “healthier” fruits & veggies theme highlighted by a cute “Give Peas A Chance” embroidery design on one of the layette items.

Vegetarian Baby Hoagie baby Gift Set by Silly Phillie

Vegetarian Hoagie Baby Gift Set

So if you’re searching for baby gift ideas, a made to order Baby Hoagie® might be the thing that satisfies your appetite best.

By the way, a consequence of selling so many Baby Hoagies is that most people now assume Silly Phillie® must be from Philadelphia, especially in view of our name. The truth is we’re from Brooklyn, New York, not too far from the wonderful city of brotherly love.

12 reasons why Belly Stickers Diaper Cake is such a memorable baby gift

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Silly Phillie’s new Belly Stickers Diaper Cake includes, among other things, a set of 12 adorable monthly stickers. These large, brightly colored & numbered from one to twelve stickers are designed to be used as props for parents to take a photo each month during baby’s magical first year. The above photo shows our little sweetheart Jessa at 5 months sitting up wearing a belly sticker. Precious!

Here are some of the milestones belly stickers will help capture:

Month 1: photo of baby home from the hospital

Month 2: photo of baby getting in her new surroundings

Month 3: photo of baby beginning to smile

Month 4: photo of baby playing with hands & toys

Month 5: photo of baby sitting up & eating first solid foods

Month 6: photo of baby out & about with mommy & daddy

Month 7: photo of baby beginning to talk-not just babble!

Month 8: photo of baby starting to crawl

Month 9: photo of baby exploring the surroundings

Month 10: photo of baby beginning to stand up while holding on for support

Month 11: photo of baby possibly taking first steps

Month 12: photo of baby celebrating his or her first birthday

Belly Stickers Diaper cake is sold with sets of stickers for boy, girl, or as shown below in a baby shower neutral collection. It is available now at www.sillyphillie.com. Don’t forget to use promo code WINTER to save 20%.

Baby Shower Diaper Cake-Belly Stickers by Silly Phillie

Belly Stickers Diaper Cake