Custom Boogie Baby Blanket

Flowered baby gifts are the new rage. Spring is early this year and the fashion industry is abloom with flowered pants and dresses for Moms and little girls alike.

Everyone loves flowers and nothing welcomes a new baby girl more than a bouquet of flowers. Real flowers fade, but our new floral handcrafted baby blankets will last forever and may even become an heirloom. Boogie Baby customs crib size blankets in every possible color combination and with either a ruffle or flanged edge starting at $129.00. The name is appliqued in your choice colors.

Butterscotch Blankees blankets are custom for your baby and available in 19 colors with 19 different accents for the flower and name. They are made of beautiful knitted acrylic &  can be ordered  to fit a stroller at $56.00 or a crib for $120.00

Our handcrafted floral baby blanket is  made exclusively for Namely Newborns . This beautiful organic blanket is  $75.00 and two names are embroidered on the blanket in your choice of pink. The soft organic pink jersey is backed with organic cotton. This personalized baby blanket fits easily into your diaper bag to use as a changing pad , but it is large enough at 28 by 36″ to cover baby warmly in the stroller or crib.

Even our custom diaper wipe cases can be covered in flowers. The travel size diaper wipe case starts at $29.99 and the nursery size wipe case starts at $49.95. One name can be embroidered in a variety of fonts or you can choose baby’s three letter monogram.

Cover baby from head to toe in our supersoft terry hooded flower tubby. This towel is perfect for beach or bath and will keep baby warm and cozy until she is four years old. Whether you choose a baby blanket,baby wipe case of baby towel, remember flowers are always perfect for baby girls.

Custom Daisy Blanket by Butterscotch Blankee

A floral baby blanket that is even organic

Yesterday, was our second bazaar and it was terrific. We put all of our reduced items including Margery Ellen Layette in the front room in baskets. Our back room showed displays of gift sets from Little Giraffe, Bearington Bear and our custom line of organic blankets.Everyone received a free shopping tote when they entered and then it was a mad rush to fill it with adorable baby gifts before we ran out of popular sizes.

We invited several guests to spice up the event. Danny Elfenbein from the Zoo Miami  is helping us connect with the zoo. He bought a 3 Marthas baby towel featuring  what else – elephants. 10% of all items purchased with the code zoobaby are donated to the new zoo babies. There is an upcoming preganancy at the zoo and judging from the size of the mother, this will not be a secret long.

Our second guest was artist Carolyn Heiss. She is able to create a beautiful portrait of a child or any group of children and family members from a portrait. She brought beautiful samples of her work as well as pieces of estate jewelry and fine baby earings in 14 k gold with diamonds. Wow! what a great gift for a newborn.

Organic nurseries provide the perfect safe nesting environment for newborns.  But the commitment to an organic nursery is not an easy one. Many organic bedding sets are white or natural.  You may have limitations in color and products, but that doesn’t meant you have limitiations in quality and style. Once you have decided that you must have an organic nursery, here are our tips to jazz up your nursery.

Pure White Organic Bedding by Dwell Studio

Most  organic bedding is white or natural like this Dwell Bedding set . So in order to make your room a jewel here are our tips.

l. Paint the room a deep jewel tone color like emerald green, hot pink,or cobalt blue.

2. Divide the walls in half with a molding and paint the upper portion a lighter tone of the same color as the lower portion. If you want to be really dramatic, choose two colors like pink and green , or aqua and brown, lavender and sage, or navy and red.

3. Accent with bright white baseboards and molding.

4. Include an organic blanket in bright colors to accent your crib.  Custom the blanket in colors that repeat the wall colors.

5.Personalize everything with bright colored embroidery. Keep repeating the same accent colors on everything you can find.

6. Look for organic towels and clothing. These can be hung on dowels on your wall to punch out color in your room. 

Organic Baby Blanket Handcrafted for Namely Newborns

8. Add a bright wall organizer from 3 Sprouts. They come in hippo, monkey and alligator designs. These wonderfully characters will  decorate your walls, and organize your clutter and will still be safe and organic.

Organic 3 Sprout organizer

What’s the Best Present to Give Big Brother or Sister?
Nothing is more traumatic for a toddler than to be replaced by a new baby. This little stranger gets all of the attention and tons of presents. Big brother and sister are going to be very jealous. They may even resort to hitting or biting the new baby, taking his toys away or stealing his bottle.

Be considerate of this sensitive older sibling. He is going to need a lot of love and you can help.  When you select a present for his baby brother or sister; the most thoughtful thing you can do is bring or send him a present too.
That being said; what do you get the older sibling.?Here are 4 great ideas.

l.The easiest gift to bring is a  book. This gives immediate gratification. If you are visiting, you can always spend a bit of time and read the book to the older child. We recommend big brother books like Meet Jack Truck or any of the Olivia books for the little girls. The LLama, Mamma series and Curious George  is great for kids of both sexes 2-5. If the sibling is over five, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible,No Good , Very Bad Day is always a pleaser.

2. It’s hard to guess which toys kids have or like once they are over two. You can never go wrong, however,  with a soft stuffed animal for kids of both sexes. This is the time that the older sibling needs a little tender love and a soft plush bunny or teddy bear will do the trick.

3.Another popular idea is a character beach towel. No one can have too many hooded towels. Finding a towel with a sports or animal theme is always a welcome addition.

4. If the older child is in pre-school or camp, a nap mat or back pack makes a useful gift that will show him that it’s more fun to be older.

Unless you know that the child likes clothes,  we find that most clothing is unappreciated by a child. Please avoid getting a big brother or sister shirt- this is the last thing the older child wants to be reminded of ; he knows his role has changed and doesn’t need it to be rubbed in with a trite logo shirt.

Nothing says summer at the beach better than bright beach towels.

Baby is covered in his bright Bumblebee Towel

Before you hit the beach or hang poolside with your baby , make  you’ve got all the essentials.That means sunscreen, plenty of towels, snacks and a stylish bag to carry it all.

The most important accessory for your baby is a great towel. A baby towel should cover the child from head to toe to protect against harmful sun rays and to provide warmth from cool summer breezes after a dip in the pool or an adventure in the surf.   Baby’s sensitive skin needs to be protected at all times. After swimming we recommend wrapping baby in a warm 100 % cotton terry towel. A towel with a generous hood not only protects him from dangerous uv rays, but dries him off quickly especially the hair. It is easy for a child to get chilled after swimming and most kids get fussy when you towel them off. But if they have their favorite towel with them; they will look forward to being wrapped up.

Baseball hooded tubby towel is great for the sports fan!

Tips for finding the right beach towel:

1. Look for a towel with a hood.

2. Make sure it 100% cotton.

3. Make sure it is long enough to cover baby from head to toe.

4. Find a character or theme that is fun so everyone wants to be wrapped in a towel.

5. Personalize with a name or initial to avoid mixing up towels.

Want to change  your baby at the beach without finding a public restroom. ? It’s easy to cover baby with a giant towel and slip off that wet swim diaper and damp swim suit. Undercover you can put on his fresh suit or summer clothes. No one can have too many hooded towels; they make the perfect baby gift.

This was our contest and our rules. We are proud to announce the winner.Namely Newborns  found the cutest baby.  All Moms think their baby is the cutest; well, if you think your baby is  supercute , there’s next year ‘s contest and we will  reward you with a $100 shopping spree at www.namelynewborns.com . Scoop up  blankets, towels, security blankees, organic products, add names and receive everything up to $100 free. Valid until Dec.31,2011.

Here are the rules:

1, The baby must be shown with a product from Namelynewborns.

2. The deadline is midnight June 22 , 2011.o

3. The jpeg ( picture) must be shot in high resolution.

4. Submission of a picture gives Namelynewborns the right to display this picture on our website and our blog.

It ’s that simple. Send a jpeg of the baby you think is super cute and you might be the winner. Help us find the cutest baby by sending in pictures of your own baby or by contacting the baby’s that you have sent gifts to in the past year.

Here are some photography tips.

l. If the baby is to be photographed in the blanket,  we want to see the baby’s face and the blanket.We recommend taking a photo of the baby covered by the blanket either sleeping or peeking out from under the blanket.

2. For towel shots we recommend wrapping the baby in the towel or draping the towel over baby.

Baby under a hooded towel

3. For plush toys or belly blankets, photograph the baby holding the item.

4. We like our baby’s in diapers or simple neutral clothing.

We are absolutely ecstatic to see your adorable pictures with our products. As an extra bonus, we are going to give a free gift, to the first 10 submissions.

Start taking photographs so we can proudly display this year’s cutest baby on our website.

Mother’s Day is probably one of the most important holidays of the years. Everyone wants to remember their mother. Stores are loaded with cards , with candy and beautifully wrapped presents. Everyone offer free gifts.

More restaurants are sold out on Mother’s Day than any other day of the year. Families love to get together on Mother’s day and have a special time together. Brunches are especially  popular and who could be bold enough to suggest that  Mother cook on her special day, so it’s to a favorite restaurant .

At Namelynewborns we love our mothers as much as we love our babies so we are also offering a free beach bag for all Moms when they purchase any of our beautiful hooded towels. Our 3 Marthas towels are known for their gorgeous appliques . The funky butterfly towel shown is pure white cotton terry with two butterflies appliqued on the  pique hood. The bib matches the fabric trim on the butterfly wings and normally sells for $12.00 . We are offering it free with the purchase of this towel. There are other fabulous towels included in this special. You can choose a posh puppy towel, a baseball towel, crown towel, hearts from 3 Marthas,. Caden Lane has beautiful dot and stripe towels and Boogie Baby has customed 4 soft velour towels exclusively for Namelynewborns. The Boogie Baby towels are unique and can have a matching blanket customed for an amazing unique baby gift.

All of our towels can be personalized with either one or two names. So for a perfect Mother’s Day present, give Mother a new free beach bag and baby gets a free bib with every towel . Towels must be $30 and over.  Hurry because quantities of free bibs and beach bags are limited.

Earth Day is just Around the corner. Celebrate Earth Day Friday ,April 22 which also happens to be good Friday.  Make this a really good day and help the planet sustain itself  while  helping your baby acheive a healthy life style by introducing organic baby products to the nursery.  At NamelyNewborns we have a wide assortment of organic towels from 3 Sprouts and beautiful handcrafted organic blankets that we design exclusively for us. Our organic baby blankets are large enough for tummy time, yet pack into a compact square to fit into most diaper bags.

Organically grown cotton is better for the health of your family and the environment. It is that simple.

Organic cotton  is cotton grown naturally without the use of harmful chemicals. Organic farming relies on natural processes to grow, maintain and harvest the cotton, rather than the chemicals in pesticides, herbicides and synthetic fertilizers used in growing conventional cotton.
It is more time consuming and expensive that non- organic production.

• It takes 1/3 of a pound of chemicals to make one conventional cotton t-shirt?
• 7 of the top 15 chemicals used in conventionally grown cotton are classified as “known” or “suspected” carcinogens by the EPA?

We suggest you add an organic blanket or an organic towel to baby’s layette. Every little bit makes a difference. Start by trying one organic product. Who knows you might decide it is worth the extra expense for a purer safer product. If we all support the organic manufacturers, they will continue to produce more and more organic products that will help our planet and provide a safer product for our children.

You are never going to go wrong if you choose a baby shower theme that will let you incorporate as many things as you want without ruining the theme. Some themes will not let you do this because otherwise, the theme will be ruined, like using the pink panther theme even if someone is having a baby boy. You might wish there was a blue panther but you know there isn’t one. You can choose a Blues Clues theme and that would be perfect for a baby boy, but what if the baby happens to be a girl? Once again, it will be awkward. For you next baby shower, why don’t you try a cute as a button baby shower theme that will prove delightful and not at all gender-restrictive. It can work for a girl baby and it can work for a boy baby so that you do not have to bust your brains coming up with a way to make the theme fit the baby’s sex. The mother to be will be delighted since it will be a functional and yet also a very cute theme for her baby shower party.

You can choose this theme and have a lot of fun coming up with ways to make things cute as a button for the baby shower; you better believe that a lot of things can be cute as a button especially buttons which are always viewed as necessity and not exactly something that is a cause for celebration. You can incorporate the themes from the invites, to the cake and even to the party favors that you give your guests one the party is done.

First thing that you do is to give out the invites. But before you do that, you have to make sure that they fit your theme very well. You can shop around for invitation packages that feature buttons, or you can also design your own if finding ones that you like are proving impossible. Print out your invites in some special paper in the color that you have decided on and glue a single button on the top most part of that paper. Then get some ribbons and decorate the edges of the invitations. After that, you just lick the envelopes and you send them out. That is step one.

Next, you come up with the cute as a button baby shower theme for your cake. Everyone loves cake and even more so if it looks as cute as button. You pick the cake of your choice and you can sprinkle it with some edible chocolate buttons that you may buy from specialty chocolate stores of even in your local market. You can even make some cookies that look like buttons to put around your cake. These chocolate buttons and cookies can also be served to your guests when the time to eat rolls around. You will need some centerpieces and for this, get a clear glass container, a mug or a jar will do, fill it with buttons and stick a flower in it; this will look very cute. Also, you may use buttons as confetti for the buffet table.

Find come button shape soap or button covered picture frames that you can hand out as party favors. Your guests will want something to remember a baby shower that was as cue as a button.