Holiday Gift Guide for Elegant Baby Keepsake Gifts Under $100

When it comes to the holidays, family seems more important than usual. We spend hours cooking a meal in hopes that the family can get together and share memories as well as make memories with each other. That is why personalized baby gifts mean so much to a new parent. Personalized baby gifts are not just Christmas gifts, but memory keepsakes that will hopefully last a lifetime.

One such gift is the Personalized Night Light at Light Affection. Light Affection features a beautiful photo of the baby with the light glowing behind it. What makes this night light so special is it is not a photo holder. The photo illusion is created from carving a sheet of durable, unspecified material in a way which the light will play with it, producing the illusion of a photo. The carving process for the Light Affection takes a few hours to complete.

The wooden frame comes in three colors- blue, red and black. The night light is delivered with a bulb, and works by an on/off switch. However, this night light is far from usual, and it has an authenticity card specifying the date and the unique serial number of the piece.

The finished night light measures approximately two and one-half by three inches. An easel accessory can be purchased to hold your night light on a stand or desk instead of being plugged straight into the wall. It costs $40 for the night light and $5 for the easel accessory. This is a great gift for other family members too, not just the parents.

If you are willing to spend just a little more, than you should check out the Cotton Eyelet Special Occasion Photo Album from The Elegant Child. The outside of the album is Cotton Eyelet (choice of color), with the front having a framed personalization area. The frame is welting with double bows on the four corners. Inside is a three ring binder with one hundred 12X12 acid free magnetic mount boards. Each board face will hold up to an 8X10 picture.

The cross stitched personalization can be a message of up to three lines, or the baby's name, weight and birth date with the length and time being optional. With this gift being one of the most elegant photo albums around, the price of $76 is small.

The Elegant Child also offers a choice of gift toppers: a 5.5" bunny, a ten inch bear or a fourteen inch bear with an additional cost of $5, $6 and $10 respectively. Also offered is a gift wrap service free of charge. The company claims to ship usually within two weeks, but it would probably be a good idea to order this item as soon as possible due to holiday shopping traffic.

If you prefer to give a keepsake that is multi-functional, then the personalized ABC Keepsake Quilt is the perfect thing. This quilt can be used everyday against the baby's skin, or used as a wall hanging or even just draped across a rocking chair. An adjustable rod is available for purchase with the quilt.

The quilt features prints that was inspired from children's storybook covers from the 1930's and 40's. Each letter is represented by vintage style icons, like A is for apple and z is for zebra. The quilt is made from 200 thread count cotton and all cotton batting. It measures 37"X 48". It is available in blue or pink, but either has 100% cotton yellow backing.

The personalization is that a message or child's name and birth date can be embroidered on the bottom portion of the quilt face. There is a two line maximum with twenty-five characters per line. Personalization will delay shipment for three days.

The ABC Keepsake Quilt costs $98 and is exclusively from Red Envelope, which means that for a charge of $4.95 a gift, the gift can be packaged in Red Envelope's signature red box with white ribbon. And every gift from Red Envelope comes with a story telling what makes that gift so special.

Everyone knows that memories are priceless, and everyone wants to make precious memories every holiday. So giving a precious keepsake gift is a good way to get started.