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Gift for a Baby Girl by Silly Phillie®

Ultimate Hooded Towels introduced by Silly Phillie

Silly Phillie® is delighted to announce the arrival of Ultimate Hooded Towels made from super premium 100% cotton terry velour. For those not familiar with woven terry velour fabric, one side is sheared to produce a soft “velour” like finish. The other side is highly absorbent loop terry.

Silly Phillie® Ultimate Hooded Towels are made not from ordinary terry velour. In fact, luxury hotels use this very same premium fabric to make their expensive bathrobes. Silly Phillie® imports the fabric directly from a renowned fabric mill in Europe. The towels themselves are made to order by Silly Phillie® in the USA!

Ultimate Hooded Towels

Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear Ultimate Hooded Towels are the first in a soon to be available line of premium terry velour products. Additional hooded towels, kids bathrobes, bibs and burp pads are all in the works.

Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear Hooded Towels have a lot going for them. They’re positively adorable as anyone can see, over sized to fit babies and toddlers, and quality made in the USA. But the most important thing is how wonderful the towels feel. One touch is all that’s needed to realize these are not ordinary hooded towels.

If you’re contemplating giving a hooded towel as a gift, or buying one for your own child, choose one that feels as good as it looks! Also, Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear towels can be purchased personalized with a child’s name on www.sillyphillie.com.

Makeing Hooded Towels the “old fashioned” way

Silly Phillie® Creations was launched more than 30 years ago with two items: a hooded towel and a matching hooded back sack. Both were made in the USA from premium terry velour fabric. Rich terry velour fabric helped put Silly Phillie® on the map back then. With it’s return, the company is back to what make it great in the first place!

If you have any questions about this piece or would like additional information, please email me, Phyllis@sillyphillie.com , or leave a reply below. I’d love to hear from you.

Phyllis Gordon S’Dao

Silly Phillie®

Silly Phillie® Baby Gifts Receive Brooklyn-Made Certification

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I am delighted to announce that Silly Phillie® Baby Gifts received a prestigious Brooklyn-Made Certification. Managed by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Brooklyn-Made is a certification program for locally-made goods. The certification is a market-driven, geographically-focused certification assessing and validating products manufactured in Brooklyn, NY.

Silly Phillie® was approved on August 26th along with a number of other fine Brooklyn based manufacturers. The announcement is posted on the homepage of the Brooklyn-Made website. This recognition reinforces our strategy of making better quality products in the USA. The fact that we’re able to do so in my home town is the icing on the cake for me personally.

Silly Phillie® Baby Gifts- a difference you can see.

Brooklyn-Made certification is important to Silly Phillie® for these reasons:

Brooklyn-Made is a source of pride to our staff, many of whom live and are raising families in Brooklyn.
It helps communicate our made-to-order domestic manufacturing approach. Most of our competitors, on the other hand, mass produce their baby gifts overseas.
Brooklyn-Made provides a rationale for why Silly Phillie® Baby Gifts look so much more impressive than most. It’s a difference you can see. Please visit www,sillyphillie.com to see for yourself.

That’s all the news I have to share with you at this time. With the Christmas Holiday’s right around the corner, please come back soon to explore our new collection of holiday inspired baby gifts. And if you don’t find exactly what you’re looking for, we can customize something to your liking. After all, our products are Brooklyn-Made!

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®

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

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

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!

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)

Top 5 Baby Girl Gifts

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It’s only fitting that I follow up the recent articled in Silly Phillie® News titled 5 Best Baby Boy Gifts with one that seeks to identify the top baby girl gifts.

It’s well known that girls are generally easier to shop for than boys. One reason for this is that product designers like myself find it easier designing cutesy stuff for girls. Designing for boys is always a bit more challenging.

But when it comes to newborn babies, there’s really no difference in the amount of merchandise available for either sex. And with the explosion of online retailers, finding outstanding baby girl gifts is easier than ever before.

But how do you decide among the many great baby girl gifts available today? I advise customers to first consider: 1) do the parents have a gift registry set-up; 2) Is the baby a firstborn or second or third child; and 3) do the parents have a particular interest or hobby. All of these questions will help focus you on choosing an appropriate gift for that particular baby.

With this in mind, here are 5 of my best baby girl gift ideas.

5 Best Baby Girl Gifts

1. Moses Baskets: A Moses Basket is one of my favorite baby girl gifts. Moses Baskets are great because they can be moved easily giving parents the flexibility of having baby with them in any room of the house. There are lots of beautiful Moses Basket to choose from. Mosesbaskets.com offers a nice collection of baskets. Naturally I’m partial to the Deluxe Moses Basket Layette Gift Set offered by Silly Phillie®. In addition to a quality basket & bedding, this one is filled with beautiful “Princess” themed layette for the newborn baby girl.

Baby Girl Gifts- Moses Basket & Layette Gift Set

Moses Basket Baby Girl Gift

2. Baby’s First Year Gift Set: This is a customer favorite gift for a baby girl that won’t break the bank. Baby First Year Gift Set includes a total of 12 pieces, including several different sized layette items for baby to grow into. It also includes a keepsake Baby’s First Year Calender to record milestones, and a decorated wood box that can be used to help keep things tidy in baby’s room. It’s a thoughtful gift that will be used throughout baby’s first year.

Baby’s First Year Gift Set

3. Personalized Rocking Horse Gift Set: Nothing’s more impressive among baby girl gifts than a beautiful Rocking Horse & Layette Personalized Baby Gift. This is definitely the gift to give when you want to make a big impression. Silly Phillie® has been making exquisite Rocking Horse Baby Gifts for over 20 years. The wood rocking horse is beautifully finished in white and looks great in any nursery setting. Layette items are made in the USA by Silly Phillie®.

Baby Girl Gifts- Personalized Rocking Horse & Layette

Rocking Horse Baby Girl Gift Personalized

4. Personalized layette: This is one of the more elegant baby girl gifts. It includes 7 premium quality all natural cotton layette items. Each is made to order in the USA and each comes beautifully personalized with baby’s three letter monogram. The gift ships in an attractively wrapped gift box. For those of you looking for classy baby girl gifts this one should be at the top of our list.

Personalized Layette Baby Girl Gift

5. Giraffe Wagon Gift Set: Every little girl should have a special wagon pull toy that she can call her very own. And no wagon is as special and adorable as Silly Phillie’s Giraffe Wagon. This little beauty is made of wood and features distinctive giraffe plush accents to give it a unique look. The Giraffe Wagon is part of a wonderful baby girl gift set that includes made in the USA layette. Baby Girl Gifts simply do not get cuter than this!

Giraffe Plush Wagon Baby Girl Gift Set

Keep this list in mind the next time you go shopping for baby girl gifts. Remember, my staff and I are here to assist you if you have any questions or special requests. Thanks for taking the time to read my 5 Best Baby Girl Gifts!

Phyllis