Category Archives: Baby Gift Ideas

Personalized Dual Purpose Infant Step Stool Gift Set

An Infant Step Stool makes a great gift for a newborn baby or infant celebrating a 1st. birthday. But not all infant step stools offer the versalitity of Silly Phillie’s dual purpose Flip Stool.

Dual Purpose Infant Step Stool

Silly Phillie’s infant step stool is superior to others. The reason for this is that it can be converted or “flipped” easily from a step stool to a chair. This dual purpose versatility is reflected in the product’s name: Sit down-Step Up Personalized Flip Stool Gift Set. An infant step stool is an essential item in a child’s delevopment. Having one that converts to a chair makes it twice as useful.

Fantastic Personalized Infant Step Stool Gift Set

Silly phillie has worked it’s usual magic by turning this infant step stool into a unique personalized gift set. For starters, The white painted wood step stool features an attractive sports themed design, which is especially appropriate for boys. Next, the step stool comes beautifully personalization with the child’s name. Further, three terry bath acccessories with a sports ball theme are included. Finally, the gift ships beautifully gift wrapped in clear cello tied with ribbon & bow to make an impactful impression.

About Silly Phillie®

Unique Baby Gift Baskets designed by 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 products. Or send an email to: phyllis@sillyphillie.com.

I’d “love” to hear from you!

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Baby’s First Halloween Gift Ideas

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Baby’s First Halloween is a very special occassion. It’s a time for parents to dress up the kids in fun or scary costumes and go trick or treating in the neighborhood. As one of the most celebrated days of the year, Halloween is one of the most anticpated and particpated holidays for families.

Baby’s First Halloween Gift Ideas

Silly Phillie® offers two fantastic gift sets to celebrate Baby’s First Halloween. Both include an adorable 2-piece Halloween costume for baby. One is a fantastic Pumpkin outfit, the other a cute as can be Octopus. Morever, both sets come with a pumpkin treat bag to carry the treats in, pus a Halloween themed baby bib. To top it off, the outfit and treat bag will be personalized with baby’s name in both sets.

The costumes are available in one size- 6-12 months. This is a perfect size for a baby anywear from 3-12 months. Typical of all Silly Phillie gifts, each of these Baby’s Frist Halloween sets come beautifully assembled and wrapped to make an immediate impression.

Interesting Facts about Halloween

Halloween has it’s roots in the pre-Christian Celtic festival of Samhain. It was believed that the ghosts of the dead roamed the earth on Samhain, which occurred on October 31st.
Trick or treat came from the middle age practice of poor adults and children going around in costume begging for food on Samhain .
It was the turnip not the pumpkin that was the original jack-O’-lantern
Halloween is the third most celebrated party event of the year in America behind only New Year’s Eve and the Superbowl
It is believed that Halloween and the candy industry were the influening factors that led to Daylight savings time.

Please visit the History Channel for a more indepth history of Halloween.

About Silly Phillie®

Phyllis Gordon SDao-Owner/Designer

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

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.

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

Luxury Baby Gifts Made To Order By Silly Phillie

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Silly Phillie® is known for making luxury baby gifts. Those gifts usually share common traits such as a distinctive style, upscale components for baby, plus a knockout gift presentation that never fails to impress even the most discerning of new parents.

Luxury Baby Gifts from Silly Phillie®

Many of the company’s luxury baby gifts are indeed large creations featuring a signature component. Examples include our beautiful wood rocking horses, rocking chairs, and Deluxe Welcome Wagon™ toys. These items usually come embellished with an abundance of quality layette items.

The latest luxury baby gifts from Silly Phillie® take a different path. Rather than basing the gift around a premium wood toy, these new gifts are luxurious based on the quality of the fabric and distinctiveness of the design.

That fabric is a super premium quality terry velour. It is meticulously woven from 14 oz 100% combed cotton yarn. The result is a fabric so soft, so absorbent and so luxurious we had to call it “Ultimate Terry Velour”. As a result, all of our hooded towels, bathrobes, bibs and burp pads are simply a cut above other quality terry items for baby.

Ultimate Terry Velour + Unique Designs = Luxury Baby Gifts

Friendly Frog Baby Bath time Ensemble is the latest luxury baby gift from Silly Phillie® featuring Ultimate Terry Velour fabric. The set includes a luxurious hooded bathrobe (18 mos.) and over-sized hooded towel (28″ x 44″). Both items feature an adorable frog design on the hood and are made to order in the USA by Silly Phillie®. The gift can also be ordered personalized as an option.

About Silly Phillie®

Silly Phillie® designs and manufactures unique baby gifts, layette accessories and kids bathrobes. They are lovingly made to order in the USA at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Silly Phillie® branded merchandise is sold in retail stores, drop shipped for online e-retailers, and sold directly on sillyphillie.com. Silly Phillie® Creations, Inc. is a woman owned family business since 1985. Please call 855.885.3900 to inquire about our luxury baby gifts. Or drop me an email at phyllis@sillyphillie.com.

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Owner/Designer

Uncommon Baby Gifts make a lasting Impression

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The search for Uncommon Baby Gifts typically begins when a baby shower invitation arrives or someone just had a baby. This could be a family member, friend, co-worker or business associate.

Let’s face it, a new baby is one of the most exciting and momentous occasions in life. As a result, it is only natural to want to celebrate the event with a very special gift for the new baby.

There’s also another reason. Everyone knows that parents are inundated with gifts for a new baby. Consequently, a gift must be unique in order to stand out and have a chance of being fondly remembered as time passes.

Where to find Uncommon Baby Gifts

The Internet is definitely the best place to begin looking for uncommon baby gifts. Some people have a “go-to-gift” they like to give. Most others need to search for one. But beware, there’s a bewildering number of manufacturers websites and e-commerce baby boutiques to shop on the internet.

I suggest you start your search on Etsy.com. Etsy has a wide selection of uncommon baby gifts that are crafted in the USA by small manufacturers. If you don’t find something you like on Etsy, try searching on Google using the search terms “uncommon baby gifts” and “unique baby gifts”.

What makes a great baby gift?

Just because something is uncommon doesn’t make it a fantastic baby gift. A gift for a baby must also be incredibly cute, purposeful and filled with lots of love. Personalized baby gifts of practically any kind are always a big hit with new parents.

About Silly Phillie®

Silly Phillie® designs and manufactures unique baby gifts, layette accessories and kids bathrobes. They are lovingly made to order in the USA at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Silly Phillie® branded merchandise is sold in retail stores, drop shipped for online e-retailers, and sold directly on sillyphillie.com. Silly Phillie® Creations, Inc. is a women owned family business since 1985. Please call 855.885.3900 to inquire about our unique baby gifts. Or you can drop me an email at phyllis@sillyphillie.com.

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Owner/Designer

How to profit from Wholesale Baby Gifts

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Wholesale baby gifts are purchased and sold by a variety of different brick & mortar retailers. And for good reason. Baby gifts as a category sell well, usually at full markup, and produce minuscule returns. The type of stores that profit from selling baby gifts are Baby Boutiques, Hospital Gift shops, General Gift Stores, Florists, Department and Specialty Stores.

What to look for in Wholesale Baby Gifts

Most retail stores today have a limited amount of shelf space and sales personnel. Given these obstacles, a baby gift must possess a great amount of presence in order to stand out and be noticed. Moreover, the following is a list of attributes to look for in wholesale baby gifts:

Eye-catching presentation
Uniqueness
Quality components
Gender specific theme
Clear description of contents
Price competitiveness

Best ways to find Wholesale Baby Gifts

There are several ways to shop for wholesale baby gifts. The first and fastest is to search the internet. It is quite common for manufacturers to showcase their products on a company website. Most also allow qualified retailers to place orders online.

Second, industry trade shows are a great way of actually seeing lots of products in one place. A trade show is also a good place to discover new vendors and find new products that are being introduced at the show,

Finally, shopping retail stores in your area is a must. It is vital to know what products are being sold by competition, and learn about their pricing & merchandising strategies in order to refine your selling efforts.

Silly Phillie® Wholesale Baby Gifts

Safari Hooded Towel Baby Gift Set

Anyone looking for wholesale baby gifts should check out Silly Phillie®. For over thirty years, Silly Phillie® has been designing and manufacturing some of the most unique gifts for babies. Most importantly, these gifts have a proven track record of strong performance in retail stores of all types and sizes.

Two things distinguish Silly Phillie® baby gifts. The first is unique designs. No other line of products can match the originality and presentation of a baby gift made by Silly Phillie®. The Original Baby Hoagie and Safari Hooded Towel Gift Set are two examples of this.

The other is superior quality. Every Silly Phillie® baby gift is proudly made to order in the USA. This results in a level of quality that simply cannot be matched by mass produced imported gifts. Significantly, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce awarded it’s coveted Brooklyn-Made Certification to Silly Phillie®.

Silly Phillie® baby gifts are available for purchase wholesale on www.sillyphillie.com. Retailers can register for an account online and once approved will be able to place orders at wholesale pricing, Please click the following link to the wholesale signup application.

You can also call toll free 855.885.3900 if you have questions or need additional information about our wholesale baby gifts.

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Owner & Designer

Silly Phillie® Creations

Baby Gifts Drop Shipping Overview

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Baby Gifts Drop Shipping is a integral part of Silly Phillie’s business model. In fact, it’s not uncommon today for manufacturer’s of all kinds to “drop ship” their products to customers who purchase them from third party internet retailers.

This type of business arrangement makes sense for a number of reasons. First of all, manufacturers benefit from increased exposure of their products. Second, internet retailers reap the rewards of having more products to sell without the need to inventory or touch them in any way. Finally, it lowers distribution costs and speeds delivery of product to the customer or gift recipient in the case of a baby gift.

Baby Gifts Drop Shipping-A Special Delivery

There are four main parties* in a drop shipping baby gifts transaction: the manufacturer, the retailer, the customer, and the recipient. Here’s a closer look at each:

The Manufacturer. No drop ship transaction can be successful without the availability of quality products and timely delivery from a reliable manufacturer or distributor. It is especially important in a category such as baby gifts where quality and timeliness is critical.
The Retailer. Retailers must provide an exemplary buying experience and excellent customer service. This includes educating customers on the merits of a product without over stating its benefits. Nothing is worse than having disappointed customers.
The Customer. As the one making the purchase decision, customers must be nurtured, satisfied and pampered in order to ensure a successful transaction. Friendly service, special discounts and follow up calls are ways of keeping customers satisfied and coming back.
The Recipient. The final party in a baby gifts drop shipping transaction is the parents of a newborn, or in some cases expectant parents. It is these individuals who’ll ultimately decide whether the transaction was a success or not. The product will be judged on it’s presentation, quality and usefulness. Remember, the purchaser in many cases will rely on the input from the gift recipient to know whether they made a good choice.

* Not including the designated shipping carrier i.e. UPS, FedEx, USPS

Baby Gifts Drop Shipping- A Silly Phillie® Specialty

Silly Phillie® has been drop shipping unique baby gifts for more than fifteen years. In fact, it has successful long term drop ship relationships with internet retailers both large and small. The list includes 1800flowers.com, 1800baskets.com, buybuybaby,com, bedbathandbeyond.com, storkbabygfits.com, cornerstorkbabygifts.com, simplyuniquebabygifts.com, and doodlebuckets.com, among others.

Silly Phillie® built solid relationships with each of these fine retailers by a) having the most unique and highest quality products; b) manufacturing in the USA to ensure fast turnaround; and c) having the capability to personalized and customized baby gifts.

Please contact Iliana Vieira by email (iliana@sillyphillie.com) or phone (855.855.3900) if you would like to know more about our company’s baby gifts drop shipping program.

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Owner & Designer-Silly Phillie®

The Original Baby Hoagie™ is a Cool Gift for Kids

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Silly Phillie’s Original Baby Hoagie™ made the list of Cool Gifts for Kids published by Real Simple Magazine. In fact, it is number twenty two out of seventy seven selected products. I am thrilled to have one of our most unique baby gifts recognized in such a way.

The origins of the Original Baby Hoagie™

The Original Baby Hoagie™ was conceived as a one time baby shower centerpiece for my niece Lainie Wilker’s baby shower. The shower was to be hosted by my sister Ricki Block at her home in San Diego, California. I naturally wanted to contribute something special to the occasion as Lainie’s aunt and professional baby gift designer. I also wanted it to have a definite East Coast flavor being that I am from New York.

My thought process led me to doing a spoof of a food related item. Specifically, I settled upon creating a Hoagie sandwich made exclusively from layette items for baby. My sister was a little apprehensive about the idea. She was concerned that a whimsical rendition of a Hoagie might not be “sophisticated” enough for her fashionable West Coast lady friends.

Reaction to the Original Baby Hoagie™

The Original Baby Hoagie™ was the hit of my nieces’s baby shower I am happy to report. Everyone absolutely loved it. In fact, I left the baby shower inundated with orders from my sister’s friends! Needless to say Ricki was very proud of her baby sister and I think more than a little bit relieved.

The Original Baby Hoagie™ went into production as soon as I returned to New York. Fortunately, It became an immediate hit everywhere it was sold. That was quite some time ago. Today, the Original Baby Hoagie™ remains one of Silly Phillie’s best selling gifts and most talked about products.

I’d like to give a special note of thanks to Victoria Sanchez-Lincoln, Fashion Director at Real Simple. She discovered the product at a public relations event earlier this year and was influential in getting it on the list of Cool Kids for Kids published by Real Simple.

Phyllis Gordon S’dao

Designer & Owner

Silly Phillie® Creations

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

Corporate Gifts to Employees are Up!

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Corporate Gifts is a big and growing business. According to Advertising Specialty Institute’s 7th annual Corporate Gift Spending Report, spending on corporate gifts is increasing. The report was published at the end of 2015. The upward trend in corporate gifts is attributed to an improving economy following the Great Recession.

ASI results also show that gifts to employees is growing. However, gifts to clients is down slightly. Further, the average amount spent on individual gifts was higher in both categories, but companies spend more on gifts to employees. The need to retain key employees during a robust job market is the reason given for this trend.

Corporate Gifts: Trends to Watch

Other trends identified in the ASI study are as follows:

Gift cards and cash have grown into the leading gifts to employees.
The majority of corporate gifts to employees and clients now feature a company logo.
The primary goal of gifts to customers and prospects is to express appreciation, followed by relationship building.
Fruit baskets, popcorn tins, engraved pens & other personalized items are cited as the best corporate gifts.
Tech & apparel are two categories expected to show strong growth as corporate gifts.

Corporate Gifts: Welcoming a Newborn Baby

While not specifically covered in the ASI study, baby gifts is also seeing growth from businesses. The reason is simple. A baby gift is an opportunity to build good will with an employee or client in a way few other gifts can. In fact, baby gifts actually touch the entire family making it an excellent investment for businesses.

Silly Phillie® specializes in upscale, made to order baby gifts. Further, the company’s proximity to Manhattan, where many large firms are headquartered, along with an impressive line of products has made Silly Phillie® a preferred vendor to the corporate gift market.

Rocking Horse Baby Gift by Silly Phillie

Personalized Rocking Horse Baby Gift Set

Moreover, Silly Phillie® has identified the following qualities as being most important to businesses in choosing a corporate gifts vendor:

Superior product quality
Uniqueness of product
Ability to customize and/or personalize
Quick turn around time
Excellent customer service

Cost did not make this list. While cost is a deciding factor in other product categories, not so when it comes to baby gifts. Product related factors like quality, presentation and uniqueness far out weigh the cost of an item.

I hope you enjoyed reading this piece on corporate gifts. If you have any questions or would like to discuss a corporate gifts program with Silly Phillie®, please contact me by phone (855.885.3900) or email (phyllis@sillyphillie.com). I look forward to hearing from you!

Until next time…

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Silly Phillie®