Alpine Village Family January 10th, 2008
If you want to make a special gift even more endearing, try having your baby gifts personalized. Traditional items, such as silver baby spoons and bronzed baby shoes are commonly engraved with the baby’s name and date of birth, but there are other items, such as blankets, pillows, and frames that can be personalized as well. When you think about it, anything can be personalized, even the furniture! The only limitation is your imagination.
Personalized baby clothes are also popular. While personalizing small children’s clothes is generally discouraged due to the possibility of predators learning the child’s name, personalized baby clothes may be safely given and enjoyed. Baby gifts personalized by the giver rather than ordered with the baby’s name already applied generally fall into the categories of clothes or blankets, as simple personalization is fairly easy on fabric.
Porcelain baby booties are highly popular baby gifts, personalized with the baby’s name, birth date and perhaps parents’ names as well. These baby booties are usually hand painted and quite striking, and you can order porcelain baby booties from a wide variety of internet stores.
Silver has always been considered a traditional baby gift. Silver spoons, frames, and cups look so elegant with the baby’s name, date of birth, and birth weight engraved on the silver baby gift. Elegance needn’t come with a hefty price tag either. If you can’t afford real silver, another option might be sterling silver, silver plate or stainless steel.
Most of the time, purchasers have baby gifts personalized by the store where the gift is purchased. However, this is not always necessary. If you wish to have baby gifts personalized after purchase, you have a couple of options. If the item is simple or you are crafty, personalizing the gift yourself is meaningful and beautiful.
For difficult items or if you do not feel comfortable doing the work yourself, having baby gifts personalized by a professional is possible. Fine jewelry stores generally have a jeweler on staff that can perform fine engraving work, allowing you to have already purchased silver baby gifts personalized. A good seamstress can personalize virtually any fabric item through embroidery or other techniques. A decorative painter who is familiar with ceramics can personalize a porcelain item.
While the concept is not new, having baby gifts personalized is still one of the most thoughtful gifts new parents can receive. Whether it’s a photo blanket or silver baby spoons, personalizing makes the gift that much more of a treasure and keepsake.
win- win
. As for the big kids on the list… I tend to just ask them what they want or give them money 