Five, Five Dollar, Five Dollar Ship-ping!

That’s right, blanketmybaby.com has extended our $5 flat rate shipping deal through the month of January.  This means you can buy all of the blankets on your wish list without paying any more for postage.  Blankets also make great baby shower gifts, and if you can’t make the shower, you can ship your gift straight to your friend or family member.

Buy a unique baby blanket in blue, pink, white or rainbow!  Go green and try an organic blanket, add luxury with a cashmere blanket or add personalized touch with an embroidered blanket.  It’s up to you, but the more you buy, the more you save on shipping!

This offer applies to all orders being shipped to United States addresses (excluding Alaska and Hawaii).  Visit blanketmybaby.com to start shopping and shipping!

Great blankets for a jungle safari nursery or just to bring out your baby’s wild side

Little Jax, our friends’ baby appears in our posts often.  Our baby present to Jax was a baby bedding set that matches his jungle safari nursery.

Recently we’ve added several products to blanketmybaby.com that would compliment his “wild” room.  If you’re looking for the perfect animal accessory to coordinate with a themed nursery or if you’re just looking for a unique baby shower gift, visit the Blanket My Baby (BMB) online store to browse a plethora of animal-adorned blankets.  A few of the products offered by BMB are pictured below and many of BMB’s animal blankets can be embroidered/personalized.  Happy Shopping!

Personalized Baby Animal Blankets Available!

Well, we’re working out the kinks on our personalized feature for our site.  This is good news for you, our customer!  We’re looking to add several personalized baby blankets going forward.  We understand that these blankets are hot and make great gifts.  Why?  Because personalized, embroidered blankets stand out from the crowd.  Kids love to have a blanket that says their name, and parents love to take pictures with those blankets!

Here’s a couple of great blankets we have on our site that you can get personalized - Jo Jo Giraffe and the Sweet Baby Blanket with Parkers Pond Keepsake Box.  Both come with fun animal friends that will sure to become new best buds for your little one.

You can get both for the low price of $24.95, with only $8 more to personalize!

Jo Jo Giraffe Personalized Animal Blanket

Personalized Baby Blankets Are Here!

If you’ve been holding your breath for BlanketMyBaby to offer personalized baby blankets, then you are in luck!  First of all, exhale.  Then, check out the many new products we are offering on our site.

Ok, while I admit that I was hesitant to add these products (more below), we realize that personalized blankets are an important part of any baby blanket store.  If you are looking to buy a gift for a friend or family member, there is hardly a better way out there to show your caring thoughtfulness than with an embroidered blanket.  It shows that you go the extra distance to put a touch of kindness in your gift.  Plus, it’s something the child can treasure as their own!

Look closely on our product page.  Notice anything different?  Ok, you may have caught us.  This category page is a bit different than the rest.  If you’ve noticed, there are no helpful filters or pop images to help you get a closer look.  I’ve added these products as affiliate only for now.  Yeah, yeah, not my favorite, but we’re more concerned about you having a fuller selection than the checkout being on BMB.  So go ahead, knock yourself out and discover some of the great personalized blankets we have to choose from!

Personalized Bear Blankets

Personalized Baby Blanket - Bath Time Fun

This personalized baby blanket comes from Simplysublime.com.  Each personalized throw from this site is individually handcrafted with your own unique text woven, not printed, into each throw as it is being made.  This is a nice and lasting technique for the blanket.  

The blankets are 100% cotton and they are huge!  A full size 54″x70″ jacquard woven throw blanket is what you get here.  The blankets are fringed on all sides and handcrafted in the USA.  This baby blanket may not be right for the crib but as a decorative piece in your nursery or for you to cuddle up with.  There are over 20 different designs to choose from for your baby or kid.  The blanket goes for $99.95. 

You can put in first name, last, both, the date or other messages on the blanket.  Instructions for this blanket say to be descriptive when on how you want your text to show up on this throw because the text box provided can fit an unlimited amount of text in it.  So, there are obviously some technical issues that this site needs to resolve, but the blanket is still a pretty cool gift.   

Personalized Baby Blankets - Satin Trimmed

The personalized blanket seen above is from threadsmith.com. It is a satin trim, microfleece blanket, and it comes in baby blue, pink or white. Your kids will love this blanket for the silky trim and the warm, fleece like microfiber. The microfiber blanket is made from 100% polyester so it won’t snag or wear down. This is a very functional blanket and able to be machine washed. It’s also quite large, with dimensions of 36″ x 50″. The blanket starts at $22.95.

A very nice feature to this blanket is that you can customize the embroidery. Your first choice is where you would like the embroidery - top center, bottom center, top left or bottom right. The customization doesn’t end there. You get to place whatever message you want on the blanket, choosing from a huge list of fonts. They also have clip art to choose from or you can use a predesigned template. You have your choice for all kinds of messages, styles and colors. This is a great place to buy a personalized baby blanket! You can be as creative and unique as you’d like to be.

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Unique Baby Blanket for St. Patrick’s Day - Baby Blankets for Special Occasions Series

We at blanketmybaby.com are always looking for where to find unique baby blankets for special occasions.  Below, there is a picture and product description of a blanket sold by St. Patrick’s Guild.  If you’re looking for a festive way to celebrate St. Patty’s Day ’09 or looking for a great “welcome” gift for a baby with Irish heritage, check out the blanket/pillow combo featured below.

The blanket and pillow look like they are made of fleece or cotton with a satin trim.  They feature embroidered Irish-themed designs and festive green text that says “Wee lads and lassies”.

Lads and Lassies Baby Blanket and Pillow Set from St. Patrick’s Guild

“Wrap your Irish wee one up in love with this adorable Irish throw and pillow set. The light green with a dark green trim set is the perfect way to welcome a new baby into the family. The soft throw and pillow each say ‘Wee Lads and Lassies’ in green writing with delicate designs around the words. The Irish throw and pillow set will be the perfect addition to any baby room, and makes a great gift for a baby shower or a Baptism. The Irish throw and pillow set is also machine washable, so you don’t have to worry about those little messes that your wee lad or lassie may make.” (product description is as it appears on www.stpatricksguild.com)

An Everyday Parent’s Advice for Buying the Perfect Baby Blanket – Unique, personalized blankets with the baby’s name embroidered make great gifts

Lisa, 33, Eastgate, Ohio
Proud mom of Nolan, Rylie and Ashlynn

If was going to buy a unique baby blanket for a friend, I would buy a personalized blanket embroidered with the baby’s name.

I received a personalized blanket as a gift from a client of mine for the birth of my third child.  It is made of a very soft, pink, fleece material and has an attached bunny.  My baby loves to play with it and hold on to it.  The picture below was taken of her with the bunny blanket and is featured on my website, http://hezlepphotography.smugmug.com/, under “Portfolio” and then the “My Kids” tab.

When buying a personalized blanket, it is still important to purchase a blanket that the baby will love to cuddle with and that the parent will actually use.  Blankets can be unique and practical at the same time.  See the following post featured on blanketmybaby.com for my general blanket-buying advice:

An Everyday Parent’s Advice for Buying the Perfect Baby Blanket - Swaddling blankets and multi-purpose blankets - Babies need different blankets as they grow

You may have noticed that she is laying in a basket with another homemade, crocheted baby blanket.  I do not usually give crocheted blankets as gifts because I do not know how to make them.  If you would like to read why crocheted blankets are my all-time favorite baby blanket, visit the following post:

An Everyday Parent’s Advice for Buying the Perfect Baby Blanket – You don’t always have to buy the perfect baby blanket – Handmade, crocheted blankets are my all-time favorite

Valentine’s Day Baby Blanket Gift Ideas Part 2 - Baby blankets for special occasions series

This is part two of our list of Valentine’s Day baby blanket gift ideas.  This list includes items for sale and ideas for making your own unique baby blanket for February 14th!

Unique Baby Gear Ideas - Red Valentine’s Blanket

On the Unique Baby Gear Ideas website, they suggest buying a cheap, red fleece blanket at a store and then adding a white stitch around the edges, attaching lace or sewing on accents.  They also advise personalizing the blanket with your baby’s name and embroidering hearts or other Valentine’s Day images.

What a great idea for a quick, homemade blanket!

Green Start Baby Art

Green Start Baby Art carries the unique, eco-friendly, love-bug-themed baby blanket on the right.  It is 100% organic and made of natural jersey cotton. The fabric color is natural cotton (looks almost white), which has no dye.  The blanket is made in the USA.

The cutest part is the creative text on the blanket.  On one side, the blanket has a picture of the love bug with a heart and says “little luvbug”.  On what Green Start Baby Art calls the bum side, the blanket says “luv stinks”!  Creative.

Messages from the Heart Baby Blanket on eBay

This pink blanket made by Messages from the Heart is very soft, featuring a pink & brown argyle border and stitched corduroy and chenille hearts.  The words “Work of Heart” are embroidered on this classic style blanket.  The many textures and colors will make this blanket fun for your baby to touch and cuddle with.

Christmas Baby Blankets - Baby Blankets for Special Occasions Series

Unique Baby Blanket Ideas for Christmas

Make Your Own Christmas Baby Blanket

Visit the Michaels site to learn how to make the Caron Christmas Baby Blanket.  You can purchase Caron’s Simply Soft Yarn at Michaels and download a free pattern for knitting and then embroidering a Christmas baby blanket.

The blanket can double as a baby carriage cover.  This blanket pattern is rated as a 1 out of 5 for level of difficulty with 1 being the easiest.

The design is classic or country Christmas style and makes a great gift, keepsake or family heirloom.

The Royal Nursery First Christmas Blanket

This Christmas baby blanket can be personalized with your baby’s name and features an embroidered rocking horse.  The rocking horse design gives the blanket a very classic Christmas style.

The blanket is made of soft, white micro-fleece.

All you have to do is type the baby’s name into the web page!  As with most personalized items, order in advance because it will likely take a few weeks to embroider and ship.

Baby’s First Christmas Blanket from Blueberry Babies

Blueberry Babies carries a blanket made of white fleece and trimmed in satin.  Babies love to touch soft trims and other textures. A comforting fact (given that this Christmas baby blanket is stark white) is that it is machine washable.

The blanket comes with one of the embroidered designs pictured above: a reindeer, Santa or holiday tree. The chunky, rounded designs of the embroidery give the blanket a cutesy, contemporary Christmas feel.

The blanket can be personalized with your baby’s first name. If you want to use this blanket for multiple children, you can skip the name, or why not embroider your last name only and use it as a family blanket?  It would be a fun item to get out each year a baby in your family celebrates a first Christmas.

Do you own a great Christmas baby blanket or have feedback on one of the blankets showcased above?  Tell us about it by posting a comment so that our readers can have all the information they need before making their Christmas baby blanket purchase.