April Showers Bring May Babies: A Great Baby Gift Keepsake

Kids grow up so fast! As a parent, you need to cherish the moments you have with your baby. For the youngsters in the family, I love this Halycon Days Enamels Storks Egg for a Baby Gift or Children's Gift. It may be more for the parent, but it's something they will both look back at one day. This tiny egg is a work of art on the outside and will hold something you cherish on the inside, like your first tooth or the lock of hair from your first haircut. This collectible will stand out as something special and sentimental. With excellent design and impeccable taste, this Storks Egg by Halcyon Days is a great keepsake baby gift! Click here to view more collectible enamels by Halcyon Days Enamels available at Sallie home.

Price: $175

Forest Friends Rabbit Bank is a Hopping Good Easter Gift

There is only so much candy you can put in a kid's Easter basket. This year mix it up with a gift that will last more than a couple minutes and won't rot teeth; the adorable Lynn Chase Forest Friend's Rabbit Bank. From the Children's collection this green Rabbit Bank is so cute painted with vines and leaves, four-leaf clovers, and dragonflies all over it. After the Easter Egg hunt, let your child fill the bank with all that money they've found in the eggs; it's a lesson in saving. Give out-of-the-box this Easter, and give the Lynn Chase Forest Friend's Rabbit Bank; it will be a hopping success! Click here to view other Lynn Chase giftware items available at Sallie home.

Price: $30

A Petite Gift for a Petite Person; Raynuad's Petite Gourmand 3-pc Baby Dinnerware Set

Making a small child can almost always be a difficult task. It's boring for them; why would they want to sit still instead of playing? That is why it's important to make dinnertime fun and you can do this with the dinnerware. When I was a child, I had a complete dislike for milk. The only way I would drink it would be from my plain white mug that had a surprise in the bottom; a cute bear sculpture. To use that mug I had to promise to drink all the milk and not just spill it. Very clever my mom was. Raynaud Tableware Chinatook a tip from mom and have created fun dinnerware for children.

Raynaud tableware, creators of avant garde fine china, have created a Baby Dinnerware set that is so entertaining to the eye no child could resist. The Petite Gourmand 3-piece Baby Dinnerware Set by Raynaud comes with a plate, bowl and cup with easy to handle handles. Each piece has an eye-catching. hand-painted illustration. On the inside of the bowl there are boats wading in the waves and the mug has a colorful illustration of what looks like a guy flinging food. Then depending on the sex, boy or girl, the plate either has a girl in scarf, top hat and wand walking to a birthday cake or a little boy balancing plates surrounded by stars. It is a delightful gift for the upcoming holidays or a celebratory "welcome to the world" birthday gift. For more Raynuad China Tableware and dinnerware gift ideas available at Sallie home, click here.

Price: $114

Lynn Chase Monkeys Make the Best Martinis

Martinis are the perfect party drink; however it's not always the easiest drink to make and serve. The best way is make a large amount, keeping them on hand in a martini pitcher to serve any one's martini needs right away. Lynn Chase's Monkey Business Monkey Martini Pitcher with Stirrer is one of the cutest pitchers around. The handle and stirrer are laced with a climbing green vine and a monkey with bananas on his head is sitting on the pitcher waiting to serve. This pitcher makes a great birthday gift or house warming gift for the martini lover. It is the perfect party starter - no guests' martini glass will go empty. I'll have a martini stirred not shaken!

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Price: $95.00

Lynn Chase Children's "Piggy" Banks

You've heard of a Piggy bank but how about a Rabbit Bank, Jaguar Bank or a Panda bank? Now-a-days children are learning to save their pennies in banks that are not exclusively pig-shaped.

Lynn Chase has a collection of children's "piggy" banks that come in an array of colorful animals like the rabbit, jaguar, or panda. The Forest Friend Rabbit Bank is cute and green, surrounded by the outdoor foliage and butterflies. The Jungle Jaguar Bank holds the money in a sleeping jaguar. And the Jungle Party Panda Bank is so adorable chewing on his bamboo. All of these would be a great gift for any child, any age; it's never too early to learn the value of a dollar, plus it's a great accessory for the child's room. Click here to see all the wonderful gift ware by Lynn Chase, available at Sallie home.

Price: $25-$40

A Gift That Shows True Love: Steuben Glass

I have another great Mother's Day gift idea or Birthday gift or an anytime of the year gift for a wonderful mother or parent. It is the flawless Penguin Parent and Child tabletop sculpture by Steuben Glass.
According to Steuben Glass, Penguin parents raise their chick in warmth and safety, protecting them from the frigid climate and surrounding predators. This sculpture, which is a parent encompassing their chick as they touch beaks, symbolizes the everlasting bond between a parent and child. The strength of this bond is so strong that their beaks become one. This is the perfect gift to show your love and appreciation to a caring parent, the one who raised you, stuck with you through thick and thin, and still loves you no matter what. It is the ultimate gift for the ultimate parent. Click here to view all of Steuben Glass' tabletop accessories available at Sallie home.

Price: $250

Barn Yard Fun for the Table; Barn Dance 3 piece Child Set by Lynn Chase

Dinner should be a time for family to get together, talk about their day, and enjoy each other's company. But let's face it, it's hard to enjoy dinner when you have little kids complaining and refusing to eat their dinner. Dinner is just not fun for kids - they have to sit still, eat on boring plates, and listen to grown-up talk. We need to make dinner fun again.

Lynn Chase's Barn Dance 3 piece child set aims at making dinner - or any meal - appealing to children. With fun animal prints and barn yard animals on the plate, soup plate, and mug this set can keep kids entertained and stimulated. This dinner set makes the perfect children's gift; it's cute, practical, and comes in the most adorable case!

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Price: $75.00