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Unique Baby Gifts for Girl that Impress

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®

Unique Baby Gift Baskets designed by 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.

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

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®

Ultimate Baby Gift-6 step guide from Silly Phillie

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I am often asked for an opinion on what makes an ultimate baby gift. I have designed many iconic baby gifts over the last 30 years as owner of Silly Phillie®. But I find it impossible to point to any one of those or any others as the “ultimate baby gift”. All baby gifts are special in one way or another. The more money spent on a gift the more impressive the gift becomes as a general rule. I recently created a customized baby gift for a customer who wanted to spend $300. That’s considerably more than the average baby gift. The result was a fabulous gift everyone loved. You can look at it here.

Ultimate Baby Gift-“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”

Was that the ultimate baby gift? Maybe maybe not. It actually depends on the joint perspectives of the gift giver and the recipient. You know the idiom ” beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. It’s also important to note that money alone is not the deciding factor in giving the ultimate baby gift.

The Ultimate Baby Gift Guide

Ultimate Baby Gift-Caterpillar Welcome Wagon

Uncommon Caterpillar Welcome Wagon Baby Gift

It is safe to conclude that there is no one ultimate baby gift. I personally feel that an extraordinary baby gift must have all of the following things going for it to be considered truly special.

Uniqueness-Nothing impresses new parents more than a gift they haven’t seen before. Uncommon baby gifts always make a lasting impression.
Functional-Parents need lots of things for a new baby, especially if its a firstborn child. Make sure your gift is functional and fills a need.
Superior quality-A gift is only as good as the quality of the product or products inside. Nothing ruins the impression of a baby gift more than inferior product quality.
Relevant theme-Look for a gift with a theme that’s meaningful to the new parents. If they are sports fans for example, a sports themed baby gift will be a big hit!
Personalized for baby–New parents love personalized baby gifts. It’s the extra special touch that makes a baby gift memorable.
Outstanding presentation- First impressions count. Look for a gift that has that “oh wow” factor but not at the exclusion of all of the above.

In conclusion. an ultimate baby gift comes down to one you love giving, and one the new parents need and appreciate. Silly Phillie® specializes in creating made to order keepsake quality baby gifts. Please think of us whenever you need to give a so called “ultimate baby gift” or simply one that stands out form all the rest! Phyllis Gordon S’Dao Owner/Designer-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)

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