Name That Spoon Specializes in Personalized Baby Gifts, after a request from a customer, Sherry Shanbom
created a unique line of personalized silverware for babies and children. Shanbom founded Name That
Spoon Because she knew there was a demand for personalized baby gifts that would last a lifetime.
Shanbom has been the topic of many newspaper articles and has appeared on television and on the radio.
Here's what The Detroit News had to say...
Sherry Shanbom's 2-year-old son Cory may not have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but he
knows fine dining utensils when he sees them.
"I put two spoons in front of him - one plain and one with
his name and beads on it - and his eyes immediately were attracted to the more personalized one," said
Shanbom, owner of Name That Spoon, a company specializing in silverware for tots.
"Personalized Baby Gifts are just totally different and eye catching to children and adults".
The mother and entrepreneur started the business with about $500 last year after a friend asked her to put
her child's name on a small spoon.
Since then, the company has sold more than 700 silverware sets to several customers and seven stores,
including one in Beverly Hills, CA.
Customer Jane Loch of Huntington Woods, MI has bought three of the three-piece sets for gifts.
"I mainly like these sets because it's something children can actually use and save as a momento forever",
said Loch, mother of two children. "It's a great gift because you're giving kids something of their own".
The handmade silverware sets are designed for either newborns or children 1-9 years old.
They are available in stainless, silverplate or sterling silver with silver antique beads, aluminum spirals and
colorful antique accent beads for $25 to $125.
"Many of my customers are concerned with giving the same typical baby gifts," Shanbom said. "Clothes
you forget, but these are keepsakes. You could pass these down from one generation to the next".
"It's a heirloom and showpiece. Some people don't even use them, they just display them."
