Flower Child

Pink Poppy 2-Piece Pants Set

Pink Poppy Knot Dress

Do you have a "Flower Child"? Well, Silly and Sweet Baby Boutique has added some new items to our line that will make her (and you) very happy. Two of our featured items are made with vibrant Pink Poppy and contrasting pink fabrics. The adorable Pink Poppy Knot Dress features the gorgeous Pink Poppy material, easily adjustable knot straps, and an extra-full skirt for maximum twirl. You can extend the season life of this dress by adding a long sleeve layered tee for the fall or pair it with the ruffled pants featured in the Pink Poppy 2-Piece Pants Set. This custom-made outfit has the same Pink Poppy fabric in the pants as the knot dress, and is paired with a white t-shirt with your child's name in applique on the front. You can choose between a long or short sleeve shirt.

There are many more exciting items we are adding to our line so please be sure to check out the What's New page. We have found some great "Back to School" items that we will feature in our next newsletter. If you are not signed up for the Newsletter, please click on the link and get signed up so that you can stay updated on new products, coupons and fun information about Silly and Sweet Baby Boutique.

We hope everyone is enjoying their summer! 

New Ownership at Silly & Sweet Baby Boutique!

Hello Friends!!  We’ve got some exciting news to share here at Silly & Sweet Baby Boutique: we’ve got a new owner!  After developing and nurturing the boutique for a year, Michelle has passed the torch to Angel Derifield.  Angel lives with her husband (Brad), her two precious sons (Jake, age 5, and Gray, age 2) and a black lab (Jackson, age 13) in beautiful Victor, Idaho.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with the area, Victor is just over the mountain from Jackson Hole, Wyoming.  Angel and her family moved to Victor from Lexington, Kentucky about a year ago (Go Big Blue!).  They enjoy hiking and biking in the Tetons, fishing the local rivers and ponds, and skiing at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and Grand Targhee.  

Angel is very excited about the opportunity to grow the wonderful online boutique Michelle created.  She has some new and exciting ideas for the the site that we hope you’ll like.  You can continue to shop with the confidence that you’re supporting a mommy-owned business, and we’ll continue to look for and offer products from other “mompreneurs” around the country.  We hope to use this blog to highlight some of the products on the site and to offer other tidbits and useful information from time to time, so check back often.  If you have any suggestions for how we can improve the boutique, including items you’d like to see or improvements to your shopping experience, we’d love to hear from you.  

As always, there are many ways to keep up with what’s happening at Silly & Sweet Baby Boutique, including new items, sales and discounts.  You can sign up for our email newsletter on the website; you can "like" us on Facebook; you can follow us on Twitter; and you can add our blog to your RSS feed.  We plan to offer some deals and discounts in the coming weeks to celebrate our opening, so don't miss out!

We'd like to thank everyone who has given us kind words of support during the transition to new ownership.  We look forward to continuing to offer one of the best selections of baby and toddler gear on the internet for years to come!!

And the Winner Is....

Congratulations to Heather, post #30, for winning the Silly & Sweet Baby Boutique giveaway! Heather will receive a Doodlebugz Crayola Crayon Keeper of her choice!

Thank you to all those who participated in the giveaway!

The winner was received by selecting a random number using random.org's random number generator.

Doodlebugz Crayola Crayon Keeper Giveaway!

What child wouldn't love to have his or her very own Doodlebugz Crayola Crayon Keeper?! Available at Silly & Sweet Baby Boutique, our crayon keepers are perfect for organizing and storing your little artist's crayons. The portability of the Doodlebugz Crayola Crayon Keeper makes it convenient to take to grandma's house, restaurants or any other place your child likes to color.

As featured in Parent's Magazine, this handy little crayon keeper comes with a box of 24 Crayola crayons and holds up to 64 crayons (two fit in each pocket) - no more cluttering up mom's purse with crayons!

Want to win a Doodlebugz Crayola Crayon Keeper? In recognition of reaching 700 awesome Facebook followers, or Facebook "Likes", Silly & Sweet Baby Boutique is hosting a giveaway! We'd love to present one of our loyal fans with a personalized Doodlebugz Crayola Crayon Keeper. The winner will be selected at random and be able to choose from one of four (4) colors (pink camo is no longer available) and we'll even add the optional personalization so you can get it with your child's name.

To Enter This Giveaway (you must do the mandatory entry and then any or all of the following):

• Mandatory: Visit the Silly & Sweet Baby Boutique website (http://www.sillyandsweetbabyboutique.com/) and post a comment on this blog entry about your favorite Silly & Sweet Baby Boutique product OR post a comment about what you think about the Silly & Sweet Baby Boutique website in general; we always welcome suggestions to help us improve. (1 entry)
• Optional: “Like” Silly & Sweet Baby Boutique on Facebook; comment on this blog that you “Like” us on Facebook. (1 entry)
• Optional: Follow Silly & Sweet Baby Boutique on Twitter and tweet this: “Win a personalized Doodlebugz Crayola Crayon Keeper from @SillyandSweet http://bit.ly/dgmwGz Please RT”; comment on this blog post that you tweeted. (1 entry)
• Optional: Blog about this giveaway on your blog with a link back to http://www.sillyandsweetbabyboutique.com/; comment that you did with a link so we can read about it. (5 entries)
• Optional: Add a link back to http://www.sillyandsweetbabyboutique.com/ on your website (click here for additional linking information); comment that you did with the link so we can see it. (5 entries)
• Optional: Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and confirm your subscription; comment on this blog post that you are on our mailing list. (1 entry)
• Optional: Leave a comment on this blog post telling us where you found out about this giveaway. (1 entry)
• Optional: Make any purchase at Silly & Sweet Baby Boutique while this giveaway is running, today through May 31, 2010. (10 entries)

This Doodlebugz Crayola Crayon Keeper Giveaway will end on May 31, 2010, and is open to US residents only. Please be sure to leave your e-mail address with each entry and leave separate comments for each entry! Good Luck and thanks for supporting Silly & Sweet Baby Boutique!

SwellyBelly Maternity Belly Bands Are Here!

You'll love this practical and stylish belly band. You can use it with your pre-pregnancy or maternity shirts that you have outgtown and you will you just ONE size for your entire pregnancy and even post pregnancy. The versatility of this unique belly band allows you to use it in many ways, including keeping your belly warm, as a fashion accessory and even as a nursing cover. What a great way to keep wearing tops that your pregnant belly outgrows!

So Many Great New Products!

Silly & Sweet Baby Boutique has been working hard adding many new awesome products to our collection for your shopping pleasure! Be sure to check out our adorable new mom-made dresses, tutus, birthday outfits, toddler backpacks and lunch totes, and a great selection of monogrammed tees, onesies and dresses!

Let us know what you'd like to see added to our store! And as always, thank you for supporting a mom-owned and operated baby boutique! Your satisfaction is our goal!!

Shopping Cart Covers Now Available!

Check out our new Balboa Baby® Shopping Cart Covers at Silly & Sweet Baby Boutique! These great shopping cart covers can also be used as restaurant high chair covers to keep to your precious baby away for those icky germs.

The soft, quilted Balboa Baby® Shopping Cart Cover provides a clean and secure environment for babies. And unlike other bulky covers, the ultra soft quilted material of the Balboa Baby® Shopping Cart Cover folds up so small that it can fit into your diaper bag so you will always have it with you.

• 100% soft quilted cotton - machine washable.
• Provides a 360 degree germ-free zone.
• Four elastic corners for easy one-hand installation.
• Toy loops to attach baby's favorite playthings.
• Extra wide safety strap comfortably keeps baby secure while attaching cover to shopping cart or high chair.

Click here to view our entire collection of Balboa Baby® Shopping Cart Covers.

Gorgeous Handmade Easter Dresses

This weekend is your last chance to order from our gorgeous collection of handmade Twirlicious Easter dresses! If you love a style but want it in a different color or pattern, just email us and we'll work hard to accommodate you!

This dress shown is our "Lemondade Stand" Three Tiered Girls Dress. This gorgeous dress is just waiting for your special little girl to show it off!

Beautiful and stylish, this Twirlicious Lemonade Stand dress boasts three exceptional twirly tiers as well as coordinating adjustable green dot straps that tie in an elegant bow in the front. If you prefer the straps tie in the back, simply note your request in Additional Comments upon ordering.

This handmade girl dress is made from very high quality 100% cotton Alexander Henry fabric and is "made to order" so please allow up to 2 weeks for production; this item is shipped 2-3 day priority mail.

Click here to view our entire collection of baby and girls dresses and outfits.

I'm Tweet

Do you Tweet? If you love Twitter, then this trendy toddler tee is a must have for your little one. Let your toddler share in your social media fun!

Be sure to check out our entire hip collection of organic Text Message Baby onesies, toddler tees and bibs! You're sure to find a great, unique gift without teaching them to type with their thumbs!

Great Baby Shower Gift Ideas

Pick out an adorable baby girl shower gift at Silly & Sweet Baby Boutique, like these posh princess hats by Kensington Baby, and pair it with these super cute Pink Owl Personalized Note Cards available from our friends at So Sweet Stationery.

Mom-to-be is sure to get lots of great gifts at her baby shower and throughout her pregnancy, so she will appreciate your thoughtfulness when you give her these personalized note cards for sending her handwritten thanks.

Is she having a boy? This adorable baby boy's personalized romper and these traditional light blue braid note cards are perfect for the mom who loves classic style.

You can find the note cards at So Sweet Stationery, an adorable site specializing in a wide selection of modern, traditional and unique stationery products.

New Dresses

Silly & Sweet Baby Boutique is so excited to announce the addition of a few new lines of girls dresses and skirts to our collection! Here are a few of our new dresses:

We haven't forgotten about all the little boys out there either! We are keeping an eye out for stylish and unique boys clothing too!

Support Mom-Owned Online Boutiques!

If you're in the market for unique baby clothing or personalized baby gifts, please consider small online boutiques that are run by moms (and dads) who are working hard to bring you excellent products and service, in addition to being successful parents!

Small online boutiques are often overlooked by online shoppers because people only buy from the big stores for various reasons and don't realize the quality and superiority of the personal customer service that so many small businesses provide.

My Second Favorite Baby Tip

A few months ago I blogged about my favorite baby tip: all new moms must purchase the book, The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems. Well, today I would like to share my second favorite tip. It's so easy and so simple, I can't believe I didn't think of it on my own. I would like to give proper credit, but unfortunately, I wasn't keeping track of resources when I was reading up on all things baby when I was pregnant.

So, here it is. When you register for baby items, be sure to include a few waterproof crib matress pads and extra crib sheets to your baby registry. That way you can layer the crib matress with pad, sheet, pad, sheet, pad, sheet. It saves so much time if your baby has leaks or accidents, especially in the middle of the night! I'm short so between being vertically challenged and wrestling with the bumper pad every time I had to remake the crib, this simple tip was a blessing! Hope this helps you too!

Fix Your Disney Princess DVDs

Ok, so this has nothing to do with baby stuff and we don't even sell this item, but I recently purchased one of these and thought enough of it to share it here.

My daughter loves movies, especially Disney princess movies. We purchased Cinderella literally right before it went into the infamous Disney vault. She was just starting to watch movies and just starting to discover the Disney princesses. I don't know how Disney does it, but somehow, overnight, she fell in love with all things princess. Anyway, her new favorite DVD got scratched and she was heart broken.

I researched do-it-yourself remedies online but none fixed the problem. Maybe I'm the only one that didn't know this, but you can take your DVDs to the local video game store (I would assume local movie rental store too, but I don't know) and they will buff the scratches out of your DVDs for $5 each. At the time it seemed like a great deal, or at least cheaper than buying a new DVD, especially one that was in the "vault". But as my daughter's DVD collection and independence grew (along with slacker mommy supervision), she wanted to pick out and set up the DVD player by herself and as a result, more DVDs got scratched. Well, at that rate, $5 a pop didn't seem like such a great deal anymore.

I came across an afforable DVD repair system, the Digital Innovations 10185 Skip Dr. Motorized AutoMax Scratch Repair System. At around $30 on Amazon, I could fix DVDs and CDs (and video games if we played them) at home. I've only taken it out of the box twice and repaired about 6 DVDs and 1 CD, but so far it's working great! Sometimes I have to re-fix the DVD again because I didn't leave it in the machine long enough, but I am really liking it.

So, if you have scratched DVDs and CDs out there, give this repair system as try. If you do, be sure to let me know how it works out for you. Good luck!

Born To Be Wild

Visit your favorite baby boutique for stylish and unique baby and toddler gifts and gear.

Help your little animal stay warm with our Born To Be Wild Set. The set includes a blanket, burp cloth and changing pad, also know as a "tushie roll". Items in the set are also available for sale individually.

Oh, So Adorable!

Perfect for these chilly willy days, this Sweet Dream Hat is an adorable addition to your baby's wardrobe. Available in three sizes, from infant to three years old, and in 14 adorable colors.

We also carry matching Sweet Dream blankets in a variety of colors. There's no better way to keep your little one warm and stylish!