Chicago Celebrity, Jennifer Hudson Delivers Baby Boy; Chicago Gifting Company, Baby Swags Delivers Gifts

Academy Award Winner, Jennifer Hudson becomes a mom and receives gifts from fellow moms.

Plainfield, Il – October 5, 2009 – New Celebrity mom, Jennifer Hudson welcomed a son into her family and Baby Swags clients share in her joy by sending a basket full of mom-made products for the newest addition. Jennifer Hudson has taken on many roles in her lifetime, and her latest is “mom”. Jennifer is a American Idol contestant, Award winning actress and singer, who is best known for her Academy Award winning performance in the hit film, Dreamgirls, and Grammy Award winner for her debut album, “Jennifer Hudson”. Aside from her roles on screen, she is also now a working mom, which is something that many of the Baby Swags clients can relate to. With all the ups and downs she has experienced, Jennifer shows her strength in everything she does and is extremely respected on stage and off.

Baby Swags was started in 2006 as a way to help promote work at home moms and the products they create. Since then, Baby Swags has grown leaps and bounds from hosting gift suites, providing silent auction gift baskets to charities, talk show audience member giftings, local media coverage for their clients, national print exposure with celebrities using/wearing client products and more with a primary specialty of celebrity gifting. Baby Swags primarily provides exposure to new and small businesses who have limited marketing and advertising budgets. All products included are made out of love and passion, of course while maintaining the utmost quality.

The following companies provided gifts to new mom Jennifer Hudson:

* LibraKnits – http://www.libraknits.com – Available in Fall 2009, the Swingset Cap is the perfect mix of sun protection and fashion for babies on the go. Handmade in San Francisco from 100% organic cotton yarn, the Swingset Caps are available in nine different colors to meet the needs of every stylish baby.

* Coastal Cuties Gear – http://www.coastalcutiesgear.com – A soothing scent of lavender and chamomile that is safe for babies sensitive skin. This product is made with the environment in mind as well each label that is placed is made using recycled stone which is tree and water free, called Fiberstone ™.

* Adorable Diapers – http://www.adorablediapers.com – Personalized set of disposable diapers.

* BabykakesInk – http://www.babykakesink.com – Embroidered “My Mom Rocks” onesie.
“It was a true honor to provide this one of a kind gift basket for Jennifer Hudson and her new baby boy.” Stated Phyllis Pometta, owner of Baby Swags. “With Jennifer being a Chicago native, I felt a strong connection to this gifting, and she always exudes strength, passion and compassion in all that she does.” Pometta adds, “On behalf of Baby Swags and my clients, we wish her nothing but continued good health, happiness and success in the years to come.”

Baby Swags prides itself on providing excellent services to help gain recognition to fellow work at home moms and their products by providing celebrities with VIP gift bags, assisting in selecting products for celebrity event gift bags and placing products into the hands of celebrities and influential people. If you are a work at home mom and would like to see your products in an upcoming celebrity baby basket or if you have a teen related product and would like to get it in the hands of celebrity teens, please contact Phyllis at http://www.babyswags.com for more details.

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Phyllis Pometta
Baby Swags
815-342-6739

Beach Baby, Levi McConaughey Turns One and is sent a Milestone Gift Basket

Baby Swags helps to celebrate Matthew McConaughey’s son First Birthday by providing him with mom-made gifts.

Plainfield, Il – July 16, 2009 – Baby Swags is proud to have added Matthew McConaughey to their celebrity roster after the birth of son, Levi. Now, Levi is turning one and Matthew is becoming a second time daddy! Baby Swags worked with a group of entrepreneurial moms and sent Levi some special gifts to help celebrate his one year milestone. Matthew McConaughey is known for playing the leading man in several hit romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Failure to Launch. Matthew is also known for J.K. Livin which stands for “Just Keep Livin”, a phrase often used by the actor as well as is a non-profit organization that he started to help boys and girls transform into adults with programs set up to help with important life changing decision making.

Baby Swags was started in 2006 as a way to help promote work at home moms and the products they create. Since then, Baby Swags has grown leaps and bounds from hosting gift suites, providing silent auction gift baskets to charities, talk show audience member giftings, local media coverage for their clients, national print exposure with celebrities using/wearing client products and more with a primary specialty of celebrity gifting. Baby Swags primarily provides exposure to new and small businesses who have limited marketing and advertising budgets. All products included are made out of love and passion, of course while maintaining the utmost quality.

The following companies provided gifts to the one year old:

* Puddlefoot – http://www.puddlefoot.com – 100% organic cotton t-shirt with eco-friendly inks and dyes. Soft and stretchy with a wonderful vintage feel. Made in the USA, mother owned and operated.

* Chickadee Prints- http://www.chickadeeprints.com – Cool beach themed, personalized “Levi” thank you cards printed on recycled paper.

* Just-Be – http://www.jb-justbe.com – Just Be a Blessing onesie.

* Neat Solutions – Products for moms on the go! Multi-Use Pads, Disposable Bibs and Floor Mats make great gifts to make clean up easier for parents.

“It was a true honor to work with my clients to provide this one of a kind gift basket created just for Matthew McConaughey and his toddler, Levi.” Stated Phyllis Pometta, owner of Baby Swags. “We all absolutely adore Matthew and enjoy his work!” Pometta adds, “On behalf of Baby Swags and my clients, we wish him nothing but continued happiness and success in the years to come and more importantly, wish Levi a very happy first birthday filled with fun and lots of love.”

Baby Swags prides itself on providing excellent services to help gain recognition to fellow work at home moms and their products by providing celebrities with VIP gift bags, assisting in selecting products for celebrity event gift bags and more. If you are a work at home mom and would like to see your products in an upcoming celebrity baby basket or if you have a teen related product and would like to get it in the hands of celebrity teens at the Teen Choice Awards, please contact Phyllis at http://www.babyswags.com for more details.

For information or to request an interview with Phyllis Pometta, please call, 815-342-6739 or email info at babyswags dot com.

Baby Swags Sends Birthday Gifts to Shiloh Jolie-Pitt for her Third Birthday.

Hollywood tot turns three and Baby Swags celebrates the occasion with hand crafted products.

Hollywood’s hottest couple, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are gearing up to face the toddler years as daughter, Shiloh turns three. Baby Swags and it’s clients wished the toddler a Happy Third Birthday by sending her a special Birthday Bash Basket to help celebrate the special occasion! Each of the products included in Shiloh’s gift basket were touched by the hands of a mom, or were inspired by a mom and with that, it makes these gifts extra special. To see a closer look at what was included for Shiloh’s third birthday gift basket, visit the Baby Swags website. Baby Swags was started in 2006 as a way to help promote work at home moms and the products they create. Since then, Baby Swags has grown leaps and bounds from hosting a gift suite, providing silent auction gift baskets to charities, local media coverage for their clients, national print exposure with celebrities using/wearing client products and more with a primary specialty of celebrity gifting. Baby Swags primarily provides exposure to new and small businesses who have limited marketing and advertising budgets. All products included are made out of love and passion, of course while maintaining the utmost quality.

The following companies provided gifts to Shiloh:
* Overall Being – http://www.overallbeing.com.au – A luxurious black swirl and zebra print minky blanket made by Overall Being which is run and owned by a mother of 4 boys who lives in Melbourne, Australia.

* Princess Lulu Couture – http://www.princesslulucouture.com – Stylish bling Converse sneakers adorned with Swarovski Crystals, and a personalized, 4×6 framed all blinged out! Shiloh will be rockin in her cool custom Converse by Princess Lulu Couture!

* Fantasia Kids Party Rentals – http://www.fantasiakids.ca – Personalized and sculptured name center piece that is decorated by hand that can be used as a table decoration or cake topper and used to help celebrate Shiloh’s birthday.

* The Global Fund for Children – http://www.globalfundforchildren.org – Bundle of three baby board books depicting multicultural babies and children. These board books are developed by The Global Fund for Children to showcase the similarities shared by children around the globe. Each book shows children in a positive light, maintaining their dignity and focusing on the universal joys of childhood.

* BendiWorld – http://www.kristinmcgee.com – BendiWorld provides a girls yoga DVD which is a great way to introduce exercise to children!

* Potty Pony Pals – http://www.pottyponypals.com – Potty training system that consists of Organic Cotton underpants with a DVD. Printed graphics on the inside deter wetting.

Baby Swags prides itself on providing excellent services to help gain recognition to fellow work at home moms and their products by providing celebrities with VIP gift bags, assisting in selecting products for celebrity event gift bags and more. If you are a work at home mom and would like to see your products in an upcoming basket, please contact Phyllis at http://www.babyswags.com for more details.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Phyllis Pometta
Baby Swags
815-342-6739

Baby Swags provides giveaway items to celebrity assistants meeting

Baby Swags was called upon by a group of celebrity assistants to participate in their monthly meeting giveaway. The following companies were lucky to get their products shown to 300 invited celebrity assistants in Hollywood.
Honey Bunz – All natural bath and body products, boy and girl diaper pack of personalized diapers, boy and girl autographed diaper kits. Suggested retail value: $95.00

Naturally Me – Provided each assistant with their own all natural bath soak that is a luxurious blend of oatmeal, powder, sea salts, lavender, chamomile, spearmint and oils. Suggested retail value: 5.99 each

Coco-Zen – Fair Trade chocolate truffles made from organic ingredients: Truffles-To-Give, Truffles-To_go and Party favor tins. Chocolate Body Treats: chocolate flavored lip balm, edible lip scrub, salt body scrub, lotion and soap – all made from organic and Fair Trade ingredients. Suggested retail value of gift: $82.00

Punchbowl Productions – Set of eco-friendly fashionable totes and one necklace designed by Leslie Safley. Suggested retail value: $75.00

If you have an celebrity or VIP event and are in need of gift bags or special giveaway items, please feel free to contact us at 888-284-2170

Charlie Sheen boys are Baby Swags Stylin!

Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen and wife Brooke Mueller Sheen had welcomed twin boys named Max and Bob, and when Baby Swags heard the news, they couldn’t help but put their network of mom-entreprenurs to the twins test. Each company that provided the Sheen family with their products worked double time to insure that the pair would be able to utilize each product to it’s fullest. Each of the products included were also touched by the hands of a mom, or were inspired by a mom and with that, it makes these gifts extra special. To see a closer look at what the twins received, visit the Baby Swags website.

The following companies provided gifts to Max and Bob:
Magnolia Baby – Provided the Sheen boys with their high-end layette sets. So much thought and care goes into choosing your baby’s name, Magnolia Baby’s personalized layette set is a perfect way to celebrate it.

LibraKnits provided each boy with their own hand-made Spro baby hat which is a soft and comfy gift for baby’s first months of life.

BabyKakesInk – Provided their unique embroidered initial onesies for each baby boy.

Ritzy Baby – Provided each boy with their own comfortable minky fabric stroller and travel blanket in a funky baby boy blue giraffe print.

Yikes Twins – For the cute little monsters in the Sheen house, Yikes Twins provided each boy with their own 100% cotton hooded monster towels. They are available in a variety of styles and colors, two sizes to fit birth to 10 years old, and all are made in the USA.

If you would like more information regarding celebrity baby baskets, getting your products into the hands of celebrities, or other marketing services, please feel free to contact Baby Swags directly. Baby Swags is making it’s way around the world with receiving hits from Canada, China, Australia, the United Kingdom and Italy. You can find Baby Swags on the world wide web at http://www.babyswags.com.

Baby Swags prides itself on providing excellent services to help gain recognition to fellow work at home moms and their products by providing celebrities with VIP gift bags, assisting in selecting products for celebrity event gift bags and more. If you are a work at home mom and would like to see your products in an upcoming basket, please contact Phyllis at http://www.babyswags.com for more details.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Phyllis Pometta
Baby Swags
815-342-6739

Baby Swags Will be Seeing Stars at the Boutique Style Expo, Baby & Tween Celebration LA

Shining the spotlight on tween and teen products, Baby Swags will be hosting their first celebrity teen gift suite, the “Rockin Lollipop Lounge” in Los Angeles, California.

Plainfield, Il — April 18, 2009 – Illinois based Public Relations firm, Baby Swags is setting it’s sights on the stars by hosting their first celebrity teen gift suite, the “Rockin’ Lollipop Lounge” at the Los Angeles Convention Center, South Hall, Hall K on April 25 and April 26, 2009. The gift suite is being presented by Baby Swags to help raise awareness for Act Today! Charity for Autism Care and Treatment.

“With April being Autism Awareness Month, each tween and teen celebrity in attendance will be asked to sign a blank puzzle piece while being photographed.” States Baby Swags founder, Phyllis Pometta. “Following the event, Baby Swags will hold an online auction with all the puzzle pieces and 100% of the proceeds will benefit Act Today! Charity.”

The products that are included in the “Rockin’ Lollipop Lounge” VIP gift bags are as follows:

Just Be Products – Tees
Three Peas & Co – Petti Skirts
Creative Clips by Colleen – Hand-made Hair Clips
Holy Craft – Word Blocks
Rejoice! Home, Body & Spa – Body Scrub/Butter
Temptation of a Generation – Temptation Series books
Graycelee – Handbags and Duffle Bags
Pink Pewter – Elegant Headbands
Doce Vida – Gift Certificate
Bendigirl Yoga – Yoga DVD
Boodlebags – Wristlets
Totally Texty – Hair Care Products
Blossom 4 Girls – Skin Care Products
Special mention goes to Fabulously Fierce for providing their one of kind, limited edition, hand-made lampshades to be used in the gift suite décor.

The gift suite will be a hot spot at the two-day highly anticipated event as the tweens in attendance get a glimpse of what their favorite celebrity idols will be receiving. They too will get the opportunity to receive the same “Rockin” products because Baby Swags will be giving away a total of two gift bags following the show.

About Baby Swags:
Baby Swags fully supports mompreneurs, their products and services to which they provide to and for the everyday mom. Being able to assist their clients in promoting their products affordably is one of the great services that Baby Swags can provide. Phyllis Pometta, Baby Swags founder and mompreneur has become the catalyst to help fellow mompreneurs and provide them with opportunities to bring their products into the public eye.

If you would like more information regarding celebrity baby baskets, or other marketing services, please feel free to contact Baby Swags directly at info@babyswags.com.

Call For Teen Products

Baby Swags is debuting their first celebrity gift suite at the Baby & Tween Celebration LA expo that will take place on April 25 & 26, 2009. This is a perfect way to reach out to celebrity teens who have become a valuable asset in today’s economy. What celebrity teens have, tweens want. We are seeking upscale, trendy and fun products to feature at the gift suite and to place in our celebrity teen gift bags. We are looking for products (but not limited to) such as handbags, stationary, electronics, hair care products, body care products, clothing, pet products (-you know they all have cute lil doggies), jewelry, journals, and the list goes on. If you are not sure if your product is a match for what we are looking to include, it is best to ask because you never know until you do! 🙂

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This is a list of our “debut” gift suite incentives:
*Inclusion Cost per company: $250.00
*We would require a min. of 50 products, one for each celebrity gifted and 10 for event media and giveaways at the expo for a total of 60 products.
*Direct placement to celebrity teen girls and boys.
*We would include your company to our press release prior to the event date.
*We would include your company in our press release as a recap of the event.
*We will provide you with photo while at the event and photos of any celebrities at the lounge.
*We will allow your company to provide media kits or marketing material to place in the suite.
*We will display your products throughout the suite.
*We will feature each participating company individually on our blog immediately following the expo. (advertorial style)
*We will highlight the event on our website linking back directly to your company.
*Media -Various journalists and many mommy bloggers.
*Tween Reporter will receive a product as well and post about experience and gifts on her blog as well.
*2 giveaways at the event

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The event will bring in 20,000 attendees and we have been told that celebrity teens, Sammi Hanratty, Jennifer Stone, Aria Wallace, Justin Stein the Stunners and G-Girls are all confirmed and will stop by the Rockin Lollipop Lounge!

*Visit our website at www.babyswags.com or our here at our blog for our information and for more on the expo, please visit www.seascapeproductions.com

Ask me about our added bonus gifting and for a complete listing of all the celebrity teens that will be lucky to receive this gift bag!!
Deadline for receipt of products would be April 15th.

Phyllis Pometta
Founder/CEO
Baby Swags – Celebrity Gifting & PR
815.577.8459 Office
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KTVK 3 Arizona and products on Liam McDermott,
Wyatt Crow, Honor Marie Warren, Violet Affleck, Marcia Cross’s -Savannah,
Tony Hawk’s-Kady, Ed Sanders-Triplets, Denise Richards and more!

Marcia Cross’s daughter Savannah wears Tutulegz

As a part of our 2008 Holiday Gift Bags, Baby Swags sent out gift bags to various celebrity families, Marcia Cross being one of them. To date, we have received emailed thank you’s from Ed Sanders and Tony Hawk and today we spotted a photo of Marcia Cross while out with her daughter, Savannah. In the image, Savannah is wearing the Crazy for Cupcake tee that was given to her by Tutulegz.

photo: CBB

Tutulegz Tee

Tony Hawk & Ed Sanders send their thanks!

Baby Swags 2nd Annual holiday gift bag was received by twenty celebrity parents, a couple being Tony Hawk and Ed Sanders. Baby Swags and our clients have received special emails of thanks for the products they received. The photo below contains the products that have been received (though they may vary from celebrity to celebrity). For more detailed information on those products, please visit our website at www.babyswags.com.

Here are the emails that were received:

We received a gift bag from Babyswags and we wanted to thank you for all of the darling gifts for Kady. The tutu, the Kadence onesie, the clips and belt and the hairclips are all perfectly suited for our funny lil gal!

Tony just brought the bag home- so we haven’t had a chance to take photos for you, yet, but here is a shot from New Years Eve.

Best of luck to all of you and, again, thank you for your generosity.

Cheers,
The Hawks-
Tony, Lhotse, and Kadence Clover a.k.a. Kady
Riley Spencer and Keegan too- they love to make fun of their girlie sister!

And then there is our email from Ed Sander’s wife, Gioia:

Hi Phyllis!
We received the package and we wanted to say wow the stuff you sent is great! Everything is wonderful. If I can find a day when the girls are all dressed up in their new clothes, I will send you a photo. Also, the books you sent Max are great. They really touch on everything. They are nice books to take in the car or out to dinner.
Thank you again, I’ll be in touch soon.
Gioia

If we get more notes of thanks or images, we will post them!
Thanks

Holiday Gifts Baby Swags Style

Baby Swags sent off it’s 2008 holiday gift bags that were a part of the companies 2nd annual holiday gifting event. We sent off 20 bags to a variety of celebrity families this year. The bags were filled with really cool mompreneur products and I am so happy to share them with you.

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Baby Swags Helps Santa With it’s Second Annual Holiday Celebrity Gifting Event.

Select Celebrity families receive an exclusive Holiday Gift Bag for the 2008 Holiday Season.

Plainfield, IL December 31, 2008 –Plainfield, Illinois based entertainment marketing company and their entrepreneurial women clients have presented twenty celebrity families with the companies second annual holiday gift bags that are stocked full of mompreneur goodies.

“The products included in this years holiday gift bags are so fun and trendy which makes me wish I was a child all over again”, Says Pometta. “As an Entrepreneurial woman myself, I understand the amount of time, energy and passion that has been put into each product.” Pometta continues to add, “These products are some of the newest, hottest, entrepreneurial products out there and it gives me great joy have them included, and more importantly, for them to be a part of our Baby Swags family.”

The celebrity families can keep their gifts, give them away or send them back. In the event that they are sent back, Baby Swags will auction off their gift bags and submit all proceeds to the charity of their choice. Products for this one-of-a-kind, 2008 “exclusive” Baby Swags Holiday Gift Bag include:

* Gigi Belts – http://www.gigibelts.com – Designer belts for babies and toddlers. Easy to take on and off so that you can still do a diaper change in a snap.

* Creative Clips by Colleen – http://www.creativeclipsbycolleen.com – Designer clips as seen on Honor Marie (Jessica Alba’s baby girl) and Denise Richardson’s girls, clips are made for all ages and stages!

* BabyKakesInk – http://www.babykakesink.com – Chic Designs for the Sassy Kinds. Provided celebrities each with a personalized bling onesies, embroidered tee-shirts and/or onesies.

* Tutu Legz – http://www.tutulegz.com – A fabulous, one piece, unique, not so puffy, comfy tutu with legz topped off with girly designs to add some fun! Provided each celebrity with their own TutuLegz and matching TutuLegz Tee.

* Cedar Valley Publishing – http://www.cedarvalleypublishing.com – These award winning books are taking the nation by storm inside schools and homes across the nation. Each celebrity family received their own set of Let’s Get Ready books.

* Bling Around the Rosie – http://www.blingaroundtherosie.com – There’s no such thing as too much bling! Each celebrity family received their own hand placed Swarovski Crytal dresses, tees for the girls and headbands for the moms. All crystals are placed to stay put whether worn to the park, the gym or on a night out on the town.

* Hair Intuitions – http://www.salonintuitions.com – Uniquely designed Do It Yourself Hair 101 DVD. Each celebrity mom received their own copy. This DVD is an easy to follow step by step instructional tool that will give each woman salon style at home. The DVD also offers detailed information on hair tools, styling aids, product application and much more.

In addition to the above products, some celebrities also received gifts from:

* My Good Greetings – http://www.mygoodgreetings.com – $200.00 gift certificate for birth announcements/cards. All customizable cards, envelopes and address labels are printed on 100% recycled, FSC certified papers.

* My Plate-Mate – http://www.myplate-mate.com – Offering celebrity toddlers a unique self-feeding product to be used as a learning tool that assists in promoting independence and self confidence for all users no matter what their age is or limitation.

About Baby Swags:
All of the products supplied have been created by entrepreneurial women. Baby Swags fully supports the work-at-home entrepreneurial women and the products and services to which they provide to and for the everyday mom. It takes a strong woman to build up their business while maintaining their role as mom, wife, and friend. It is for these strong women that many of our products exist today. Being able to assist their clients in promoting products by providing them affordable choices is one of the great services that Baby Swags can provide. Phyllis Pometta, Baby Swags founder and work-at-home mom is on the rise to finding the most unique, most wanted and sought after mom and baby products out there. Not only does quality play a factor in her search, but products also have to be affordable. It is a goal to be able to bring these products into the public eye. Keep your eyes open as new products surface every day.

Baby Swags provides celebrity new moms and their babies with products created by entrepreneurial women. They are quickly becoming the ‘must have’ baby gift basket to celebrity moms. Baby Swags is making their way around the world receiving website hits from Canada, China, United Kingdom, Italy, Greece, France and Spain. If you would like more information regarding celebrity baby baskets, or other marketing services that are provided by Baby Swags, please feel free to contact Phyllis Pometta directly at 815-577-8459. You can find Baby Swags on the web at http://www.babyswags.com

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Phyllis Pometta
Baby Swags
815-577-8459