Category Archives: Rocking Horse Baby Gifts

The Popularity of Rocking Horse Baby Gifts

Silly Phillie® has sold over 35,000 Rocking Horse Baby Gifts over the years. In fact, they represent the company’s best selling products after only Welcome Wagon gift sets.

The History of the Rocking Horse

One must go all the way back to the middle ages to begin to understand the popularity of rocking horse gifts. Specifically, children were known during that period to play with what was called a hobby horse. The hobby horse was basically a stick with a fake horses head attached to it. Interestingly, hobby horses can still be bought today after all these years.

The hobby horse was mostly replaced during the 16th & 17th centuries with several versions of what we now consider to be a classic rocking horse, featuring two rockers and a place for a child to sit. As a result, rocking horse based toys have been popular for centuries!

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Rocking Horse Baby Gifts by Silly Phillie®

Silly Phillie® Rocking Horse Baby Gifts are attractive for several reasons. First, they include a quality wood rocking horse toy that baby will grow into and enjoy playing with for quite some time. Next, each one of these gifts is beautifully embellished with made in the USA layette items for the newborn. Finally, Silly Phillie® Rocking Horse Baby Gifts are artfully assembled to produce a “wow factor” few other gifts can achieve.

Last by not least, save 20% on www.sillyphillie.com when using the promo code 2020.

About Silly Phillie®

Unique Baby Gift Baskets designed by Silly Phillie

Phyllis Gordon SDao-Owner/Designer

Silly Phillie® designs, manufactures, and sells unique baby gifts, layette, and bathrobes for kids. The company’s premium products are made with love in the USA since 1985. We personalize and customize “beautiful gifts for beautiful babies“. Visit www.sillyphillie.com.

Silly Phillie® Creations, Inc. is a woman owned business. Call 855.885.3900 to inquire about our unique baby gift baskets and other sensational products. You can also email me directly: phyllis@sillyphillie.com.

I’d “love” to hear from you!

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Baby Shower Themes by Silly Phillie

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As a baby gift designer I am well aware of the various Baby Shower Themes used by expectant parents. Some themes are classic, while others trendy. But a unified theme definitely adds to the appearance and festiveness of a baby shower.

Baby Shower Themes-Unicorns

I had the pleasure this past weekend of attending a fantastic baby shower. The shower was given for my dear friend Corrie’s daughter-in-law, Ashley. It was a tastefully done affair in every way. Ashley is expecting her first so everything had to be perfect. She and her husband Michael choose to name their new daughter Oliva, and picked Unicorns as the the theme for the shower.

There were Unicorns everywhere you looked. From table decorations, to wall posters, to the party cake. I even got to take home several delicious Unicorn cookies for my two granddaughters. Little girls love Unicorns. How do I know this? Both my granddaughters sleep in Unicorn pajamas and go to school with Unicorn lunch bags and pack packs!

I saw many beautiful baby gifts at the shower. For my gift, I created a magical Wood Unicorn rocker, personalized for Oliva. In fact, we all loved it so much here at Silly Phillie it has been added to our Unicorn Gift Collection. If you look closely at the photo just above you’ll see the Unicorn Rocker on the gift table, along with ourUnicorn Diaper Cake and Towel Set.

Silly Phillie Baby Shower Themes

Silly Phillie can customized baby shower gifts to practically any theme. These include Unicorns, ballarina, sports, nursery rhymes, animal characters and others. Importantly, we can work closely with customers to make sure their baby gift is the hit of the shower. In additoin, we include quality items for baby that are appreciated by the new parents!

About Silly Phillie®

Phyllis Gordon SDao-Owner/Designer

Silly Phillie® has been designing, manufacturing, and selling unique baby gifts, layette, and kids bathrobes since 1985. The company’s premium products are made with love in the USA. They can be purchased in select retail stores and online @ www.sillyphillie.com.

Silly Phillie® Creations, Inc. is a woman owned business. Please call 855.885.3900 to inquire about our unique baby gift baskets and other sensational gifts. Or send an email to: phyllis@sillyphillie.com.

I’d “love” to hear from you!

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Celebrity Baby Gift Made for Hoda Kotb

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It’s always a source of excitement whenever Silly Phillie® is asked to make a celebrity baby gift. Hoda Kotb is the latest celebrity to receive a Silly Phillie baby gift. As many of you know, Hoda Kotb is a noted newscaster and co-hosts NBC’S Today Show.

Ms. Kotb recently revealed that she adopted a baby girl and named her Haley Joy. It was an emotional event to say the least. Ms. Kotb battled cancer more than 10 years ago, leaving her unable to conceive a child. She is experiencing the joy of motherhood for the first time at the age of 52.

But there ‘s more good news for Hoda Kotb. Soon after adopting Haley Joy she announced plans to marry her boy friend, Joel Schiffman. Mr. Schiffman, 58 years of age, is Vice President & Director, Financial Institutions at Janus Capital Group. The two have been dating for 5 years and living together for over a year.

Celebrity Baby Gift – nothing new for Silly Phillie®

Personalized Rocking Horse for Haley Joy

Few manufacturers make more baby gifts for celebrities than Silly Phillie®. Sometimes orders are placed directly on www.sillyphillie.com and sometimes we receive a call from the gift giver. Hoda Kotb’s gift was actually sold by All About Gifts & Baskets, one of our valued re-sellers.

In either case, the gift is designed and made to order by Silly Phillie®. Our most popular celebrity baby gift is either a Personalized Rocking Horse-like the one we did for Haley Joy- or a Deluxe Welcome Wagon. Both are fabulous high quality gifts that will impress even a celebrity!

About Silly Phillie®

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Silly Phillie® has been designing and manufacturing unique baby gifts, layette accessories and kids bathrobes since 1985. The company’s premium products are made with love in the USA. They can be purchased in select retail stores and from online gift boutiques, including www.sillyphillie.com.

Silly Phillie® Creations, Inc. is a woman owned family business. Please call 855.885.3900 to inquire about our unique baby gift baskets and other sensational gifts. Or send an email to: phyllis@sillyphillie.com.

I’d love to hear from you!

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Owner/Designer

Unique Baby Gifts for Girl that Impress

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Unique baby gifts for girl surprisingly are not that easy to find. Not because there’s a lack of choices. Quite the contrary. The market is inundated with baby girl gifts making it difficult to sort through the clutter.

Another factor is that most baby gifts for girl look too much alike. Unfortunately, many product designers/manufacturers are content to offer “me to” products rather than coming up with original design ideas. This a pet peeve of mine as a designer, but that’s a subject for another day.

5 Unique Baby Gifts for Girl

Pretty in Pink Welcome Wagon

Pretty in Pink Deluxe Welcome Wagon. Every little girl should have her own special welcome wagon pull toy. This limited edition one from Silly Phillie® is pretty in pink, filled with gorgeous layette and can be personalized too!
Triple Layer Grand Baby Cake. Baby girl gifts don’t come tastier than this diaper cake from 1800flowers. Three layers tall and made with premium ingredients, this one will satisfy anyone’s craving for a unique baby girl gift.
Baby Girl Rocking Hose and Layette. A classic baby gift if there ever was one. However, you won’t find solid wood rocking horse gift sets everywhere these days. Check it out at storkbabygifts.com.
Owl Character Hooded Towel. There’s lots of hooded towels for baby girls but only one you’ll give a “hoot” about. Precious design and top quality too. Check it out at buybuybuy.com.

About Silly Phillie®

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Since 1985 Silly Phillie® has been designing and manufacturing unique baby gifts, layette accessories and kids bathrobes. The company’s premium products are made with love in the USA. They can be purchased in select retail stores and from online gift boutiques, including www.sillyphillie.com.

I’d love to hear from you!

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Owner/Designer

Celebrity Baby Gifts Trending at Silly Phillie

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Celebrity Baby Gifts are nothing new for Silly Phillie®. In fact, the latest celebrity to receive a Silly Phillie® baby gift is Alec Baldwin. He and wife Hilaria welcomed their third child on September 13th, 2016. It was a healthy baby boy they named Leonardo Angel Charles Baldwin.

As many of you know, Alec Baldwin has been rockin! on SNL this season. His impersonation of Donald Trump, the Republican Presidential candidate, alongside that of Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton, has been the high point of the show recently. Those of you who haven’t seen their classic debate skits should check this out.

While Alec Baldwin has been rockin on SNL, his son Leonardo will be rocking on his own soon enough. That’s because someone sent the Baldwins a Personalized Rocking Horse Baby Gift made to order by Silly Phillie®. This classic gift includes beautiful layette items for the newborn baby, and a keepsake wood rocking horse toy. Here’s a photo of the gift we made for the Baldwins. (photo was taken before gift was gift wrapped in tulle).

Silly Phillie baby gift for Leonardo Baldwin

Celebrity Baby Gifts from Silly Phillie®

Silly Phillie® baby gifts are unique, upscale and made to order in the USA. That’s why they’re given so often to celebrities. Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise, Mia Hamm, Sarah Jessica Parker, & Henrik Lundqvist are just a few of the celebrities that have received one of our gifts.

Coincidentally, Donald Trump and wife Melania also received a Silly Phillie® baby gift. This was just about ten years ago when their son Barron was born. The gift we made for the Trumps was a Deluxe Welcome Wagon™ , personalized of course for the new “Barron” in the Trump family.

Stork Baby Gift Baskets

The gift for the Baldwins may have been made and shipped by Silly Phillie®, it was actually sold by another e-commerce baby boutique. That’s not surprising since Stork Baby Gift Baskets is one of the premier associate websites participating in Silly Phillie’s successful drop ship program. Moreover, Stork Baby Gift offers a wide collection of unique baby gifts and baskets that will satisfy anyone’s taste. The site is owned and professionally operated by Victoria Jimenez.

In conclusion, Alec Baldwin & Donald Trump are connected in more ways than one. In addition to the SNL skits, both are on the long list of Celebrity Baby Gifts made by Silly Phillie®!

Congratulations to to the Baldwins! Best of Luck to the Trumps.

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Owner & Designer

Silly Phillie® Creations

Cool Baby Gifts that never go out of style!

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Everyone loves cool gifts, especially cool baby gifts!

In fact, retailers and manufacturers understand the importance of cool baby gifts and aggressively target that exact keyword in Google search to generate interest in their products and increase website traffic.

Cool Baby Gifts are hot for the following reasons:

The event. A new baby is one of the the most joyful experiences in life. Consequently, friends, family and even co-workers look to celebrate the occasion with gifts that match that level of excitement.
Product choices. Few categories have benefited as much from technological advances as baby products. Scores of new & “cool” products are introduced each year for babies.
Young demographics. The baby gift category is driven by people between the ages of 24-39. This youthful group is up to date with the latest product trends, especially those that are driven by technology.
Gift clutter. New parents are inundated with gifts. Therefore, for a gift to stand out it be must be unique and cool in some way. Nowhere is this need more important than at a baby shower where gifts are usually opened in front of everyone!

Top 5 cool baby gifts

A stroller system. Technology has impacted the stroller perhaps more than any other baby product. Strollers today are complete travel systems. Some include an easy snap and go car seat. One popular model is the Britax Travel System.
Formula Maker. Preparing formula bottles has never been easier. Modern formula machines mix, heat and dispense formula in seconds. Check out the Baby Brezza Formula Pro.
Rocking Horse Gift Set. Every baby needs a rocking horse to call their own. A rocking horse looks great in the nursery and will become a treasured keepsake toy as baby grows. Silly Phillie® offers a wide collection of beautiful Rocking Horse Gift Sets.
Baby Humidifier. A humidifier is an essential but often over looked piece of equipment in a baby’s nursery. Dry air, especially during winter time, can irritate baby’s skin and nasal passages. One of my personal favorites is the line of Crane Cool Mist Animal Humidifiers.
BabyBjorn. This timeless baby carrier is a favorite of new parents. It is ergonomically designed to fit baby perfectly, comfortable for parents to wear and comes in eight bright colors.

5 More Cool Baby Gifts

Cloth Diapers. More and more new parents today are turning to natural cloth diapers as a viable option to disposables. They are Eco-friendly and cheaper and more cost efficient than disposables. Read this excellent summary-Cloth Diapers 101– before deciding whether to make this your gift.
Diaper Cake. If cloth diapers is not your style, then consider a beautiful Diaper Cake baby gift. Diaper Cakes became all the rage after one was featured on the former hit show Sex in the City. Well made Diaper Cakes are made with disposal diapers and quality layette items. Check out this one sold on 1800flowers.com.
Personalized baby gifts. Any thing personalized with baby’s name goes over big with the new parents. Baby blankets & bath hooded towels are just two items that look great personalized.
Books. its never too early to start reading to a baby. In fact, reading to children from early infancy leads to increased neural activity according to a study from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Start baby’s library with books like Corduroy, the Very Hunger Caterpillar, and Is Your Mama a Llama.
Welcome Wagon. Last but not least is a Deluxe Welcome Wagon from Silly Phillie®. These beautiful baby gift sets come filled with an abundance of quality layette items and accessories for baby. It is a superior alternative to baby gift baskets because it includes a fabulous keepsake wood wagon pull-toy for baby.

In summary, there are many cool baby gifts to choose from. But the coolest ones in my opinion are those the new parents really, really wanted or didn’t know they needed. I hope you found this helpful in your search for cool baby gifts.

Until next time….

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Silly Phillie®

Baby Gift Baskets-beyond the wicker basket

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Baby gift baskets are a very popular choice among baby gifts.

3 Reasons why baby gift baskets are so popular

Baby Gift Baskets look great, especially ones that have been smartly designed and made by a talented gift professional.
Baby Gift Baskets usually come filled with lots of cool stuff for the new baby. One word of caution. Don’t be swayed by looks alone. Make sure the items inside the basket are made with quality and are useful. The new parents will remember and appreciate whats inside more than how the baby gift looked.
Baby Gift Baskets make choosing a baby gift easy. With many options to choose from today, both on the internet and in retail stores, anyone can find a baby gift basket that meets their needs quickly and painlessly.

The biggest downside to baby gift baskets though may in fact be their popularity. New parents receive a ton of baby gifts, especially for a first born child. Odds are high that a number of these gifts will be in the form of a baby gift basket. If you want your baby gift to be unique and memorable, one must look beyond the traditional wicker basket.

Silly Phillie®-Unique baby gift baskets without the basket

Silly Phillie® features many beautiful baby gift baskets using a wicker basket. Moses Basket baby gifts, Celestial Baby Gift Basket for Twins and Happiness Baby Gift Baskets for boy and girl are several examples of baby gifts centered around a wicker basket.

Rocking Horse Baby Boy Gift Set

More unique alternatives from Silly Phillie® are baby gift sets featuring rocking horses, rocking chairs, step stools and Welcome Wagons™ pull-toys. These unique baby gifts have all the charm of a baby gift basket and then some, but substitute a more valuable and impressive item for baby than a wicker basket.

I hope this post on baby gift baskets is helpful the next time you go shopping for a baby gift.

All my Silly best,

Phyllis (Silly Philie®)

Personalized Baby Gifts-Make it Special

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A newborn baby is one of the most exciting life changing experiences in life. Celebrating the occasion calls for a baby gift that’s every bit as unique and special as the new arrival. That’s why so many people turn to personalized baby gifts as their way to say welcome to the world.

So many Personalized Baby Gifts, so many Baby Names!

Silly Phillie® has sold over 150,000 personalized baby gifts over the past 20 years. While that fact is not surprising – Silly Phillie®, after all, is a leading baby gift company – what is surprising is how many distinct names we’ve personalized on our baby gifts.

We have a total of 7500 different baby names in our database so far. That’s an enormous amount of names when you stop to think about it. This is especially astonishing when you consider that not too long ago new parents were selecting names from a very short list of popular names.

Baby Names-Trendier the Better

Trends come and go when it comes to naming a baby. But one thing is paramount today. New parents want to give their baby a name that is different. Sometimes that means choosing a conventional name but spelling it differently. Two names with several spelling options are: Carlee, Carleigh, Carley, Carlie, Karlee, Karlie for girls; or Casen, Cason, Cayson, Kasen, Kayson for boys.

An even bigger trend is choosing unconventional names inspired by a host of different influences. Here is what we see trending now:

Nouns: Rainbow, Snow, Ocean, Pine, Love, etc

Celestial objects: Moon, Nova, Luna Jupiter, Skye, etc.

Colors: Indigo, Blues, Red, Violet, Amber, Jade, etc

Another trend fueled by social changes is the redefining of gendered names. Girls are being given names traditionally reserved for boys such as Max. And boys are being given names more closely identified with girls such as Indigo. This clearly reflects the shifting values in our society toward the definition of gender.

Silly Phillie® offers a full collection of beautiful personalized baby gifts at www.sillyphillie.com. Each one is made to order in Brooklyn, NY. and you can count it to be as special as the baby you are sending it to!

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Owner & Designer

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)

Natural Rocking Horse baby gifts are back!

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Silly Phillie® is delighted to announce the return of its popular natural rocking horse baby gifts. After an 18 month absence these incomparable gifts are back more beautiful than ever.

Baby Boy Natural Rocking Horse Gift

The fact of the matter is that Silly Phillie® never intended to stop making natural rocking horse baby gifts. But the rising cost of top quality natural wood products simply made it too expensive to manufacture these classic rocking horse toys and still maintain the quality expected from us.

Baby Gift Natural rocking Horse Gift

But that did not stop our customers from requesting them nor did it deter us from seeking ways to bring them back. An exhaustive search was done. Finally, we found a manufacturer we could trust to deliver a wood natural rocking horse at a quality level and cost that met our demands.

Natural Rocking Horse Baby Shower Gift

The rocking horses are manufactured exclusively for Silly Phiillie® and meet all product safety standards. The layette items featured in these baby gifts are made by Silly Phillie® in the USA. The combination of great components along with a presentation that is second to none, makes these rocking horse baby gifts a “natural” choice when you want to give your best!