If you’ve ever attended five baby showers in as many months, or double-booked birthday parties for three Sundays in a row, you know: gift giving can become a huge headache, even if rewarded with yummy cake frosting! After all, who wants to be the person who gifted yet another cute but generic baby blanket? Or worse yet, the third “it” toy in line for returns at the local big box store??

hip littles is a boutique that offers hip gifts for the hip littles in your life—from babies to big kids, for everydays and special days. We even have a few goodies for the exceptionally cool mothers, to whom these youngsters owe their hipness (whether they realize it or not!). We know that every gift deserves to be instantly beloved and undeniably unique, a gift that no one would even dream of returning because it’s a duplicate or just plain lame.

From cardboard dollhouses, rockets and lemonade stands to personalized placemats, BPA-free aluminum water bottles and director’s chairs, to bedazzled leggings and headbands; embroidered blankets, pillows, and diaper covers—hip littles’ gift options are unique, affordable and, most importantly, personal.

The brainchild of Allison Friedland, hip littles launched in 2009, shortly after the sale of her first business, Uncommonly Cute, which gained extraordinary recognition from Cookie, People, Pregnancy, Child, Us Weekly, Urban Baby, Daily Candy, Parents and a slew of celebrity moms throughout Hollywood during its four years under her ownership. Proving once again that necessity is the mother of invention (Uncommonly Cute was launched after the then-new mother discovered the lack of cool clothes to reflect babies’ unique personalities) Friedland has scoured the globe to offer a wide range of gift giving options that reflect the awesomeness of the gift recipient, not to mention the incredible coolness of the gift-giver.