Category Archives: Baby Gift Ideas

Cool Baby Gifts that never go out of style!

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®

New Gender Reveal Layette Cake from Silly Phillie

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Many parents today are choosing to host a Gender Reveal Party to announce and in some cases discover the sex of their baby among family and friends.

There are lots of creative ideas on how to orchestrate a climactic end to a gender reveal party. That’s the moment of truth when baby’s sex is revealed and everyone gets a “sweet surprise”

The Internet is full of suggestions on how to reveal baby’s gender at a party. Some are simple others more elaborate. Doesn’t it amaze you how creative people get when it comes to a newborn baby?

Some of my favorite gender reveal ideas include: 1) a giant box filled with either pink or blue balloons-very dramatic; 2) a sealed envelope with the baby’s gender written on a card by the OB or Ultrasound Technician; and 3) colored cupcakes. This can be done by adding pink or blue food coloring to a white cake mix, then covering it with enough frosting so that no cake shows until biting into it. Yummy!

You can find a more cool gender reveal Ideas on Mom365.com

Gender Reveal Layette Cake from Silly Phillie®

There are many fun ways to reveal baby’s sex at a gender reveal party. But there’s only one that’s built around actual layette items for baby to use after birth. The product I refer to is Silly Phillie’s new & exciting Sweet Surprise Gender Reveal Cake™.

I invite you to view the following video to see how Silly Phillie’s Gender Reveal layette Cake can be used at a party.

Gender Reveal Layette Cake Demo Video

Here are some other things you should know about Silly Phillie’s Gender Reveal layette Cake:

Each one is lovingly made to order in the USA by Silly Phillie®;
The cake is made with a hooded baby towel embroidered with “Sweet Baby”, 4-washcloths (one embroidered with “Sweet Baby”), and either a blue or pink baby bib hidden inside embroidered with boy or girl; and
Gender Reveal Layette Cake can also be ordered as a conventional baby gift or baby shower gift.

I hope you like my new Sweet Surprise Gender Reveal Cake™. It is available now on www.sillyphillie.com.

Until next time,

Phyllis (Silly Phillie®)

Newborn baby: 50% Mommy, 50% Daddy,100% Perfect!

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Nothing is more perfect than a newborn baby.

I am reminded of this every day when I see our beautiful baby gifts being made and sent to new parents, each accompanied by the most heartfelt messages of congratulations from family and friends. It never ceases to amaze me how much joy a single newborn baby brings into the world.

Newborn Baby-The Ultimate Gift

None of this of course is possible without the contribution from a mommy and a daddy. Not to minimize less conventional avenues of conception i.e. donor sperm, this article is a shout out to all those new mommies and daddies in the world.

As a tribute to them and their newborn baby, Silly Phillie® is launching a new line of products with the design “50% Mommy, 50% Daddy, 100% Perfect”. I love it not just because it’s such a cute saying, and we all know how well cute sells when it comes to babies.

I love it because it expresses the sentiment of a shared responsibility between parents for the creation and most importantly the nurturing of their child. Nothing would please more than having this message resonate with all the new parents out there.

“50% Mommy, 50% Daddy, 100% Perfect”

Silly Phillie® baby blankets, onsies, sleep gowns, bibs, burp pads, and hooded towels will be available with this new design. All will be made in the USA from quality 100% cotton fabrics, both interlock and terry velour.

Layette items will be sold individually and as part of baby gift sets and baby gift baskets. “50% Mommy, 50% Daddy, 100% Perfect” will be offered in three different color schemes: one for a baby boy, one for a baby girl, and the third in a neutral palette to work as a baby shower gift.

The line will be launched initially on www.sillyphillie.com the first or second week in June. Afterwards expect to see the items sold in retail stores, hospital gift shops and on other e-commerce baby boutiques.

I hope you’re 100% in love with our new products! Lol.

best,

Phyllis (Silly Phillie®)

Unique Baby Gifts Make a Lasting Impression

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The other day a woman named Angelique called to order a baby gift. The gift was for an important business associate at a large pharmaceutical company.

Angelique emphasized that she wanted a unique baby gift that would make a big impression. She specified that It had to be a Welcome Wagon™ baby gift and it had to also include a Silly Phillie® bathrobe. More about the bathrobe later.

After several minutes reviewing options together Angelique decided to order a Personalized Deluxe Welcome Wagon Gift for Baby Boy . We agreed to substitute a bathrobe for the normally included bath bag and I offered to personalized the bathrobe at no additional cost.

So far nothing was unusual about the call. Silly Phillie® excels in making unique baby gifts, owns the trademark on Welcome Wagon™ baby gifts, and routinely customizes baby gifts for customers. With a made to order in Brooklyn business model, customizing baby gifts is one of the things that separates Silly Phillie® from competitiors.

Once the order was finalized Angelique told me an amazing story about how she came about calling Silly Phillie®. This is her story without embellishment and with her approval to write about it.

Unique Baby Gifts-a Silly Phillie® tradtion

Nine years ago Angelique gave birth to a set of twins. She and her husband received many baby gifts. The gift they treasured most was a Welcome Wagon™ gift for twins. And among the many items in the gift set were, you may have guessed it, two adorable bathrobes.

So when Angelique needed a special baby gift the first thing she thought of was that Welcome Wagon™. But there was a slight problem. She couldn’t remember the name of the manufacturer. The story gets even more interesting. Angelica remembered that she still had both bathrobes at home. She’s been saving them for sentimental reasons-her kids really loved these robes-and partly because she hopes to hand them down to grandchildren one day.

That night Angelique checked the neck labels and discovered that the bathrobes were made by Silly Phillie®. The next day she google searched our company and found www.sillyphillie.com. To her delight she saw that we still make Welcome Wagon™ Baby Gifts and bathrobes, too.

Stories like this one are fantastic to hear. Throughout our 30 plus years in business we’ve heard countless stories about how one or more of our products touched the life of a baby, child or parent in a very special way. Creating unique baby gifts is our passion at Silly Phillie®. Stories like Angelique’s is our reward.

Richard S’Dao

Customized baby gifts-time to call Silly Phillie

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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

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®)

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

Triple Savings on Baby Gifts is here!

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And not just on any baby gifts, but on premium Silly Phillie® baby Gifts!

It’s a well known fact that Silly Phillie® baby gifts are among the very best you can find anywhere. No other company can match the creativeness, quality, and attention to detail that goes into each and every one of our made to order baby gift baskets and other unique baby gift creations.

With the introduction of our “Triple Savings Spectacular” promotion, Silly Phillie® baby gifts now offer the best overall value too.

Here’s how this exciting new program works:

1. Save 20% on any retail baby gift purchased on www.sillyphillie.com. Simply enter the promo code “New Baby” at checkout and a cool 20% will be deducted from your total;

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2. Get a free layette item with any single purchase of $75 or more. The bonus layette item will have a minimum retail value of $20 and will be personally selected by me to compliment the primary gift;

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3. Enjoy Free FedEx Ground Shipping on orders of $150 or more shipping to one location.

I am thrilled to be able to offer our loyal customers these valuable incentives. When you combine 20% off, a free layette item, plus free shipping on larger orders, the overall savings is quite substantial. I honestly think you won’t find a better value proposition on premium quality baby gifts anywhere else.

Please visit www.sillyphillie.com/promotions for complete details on our Triple Savings Spectacular promotion. With these exciting incentives, why would anyone consider anything less than a beautifully made to order Silly Phillie® baby gift.

Happy New Year everyone!

Phyllis (Silly Phillie®)

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!