What's in a name? Polka Dot Bumblebee

For 7 + years we were known as Secret Stork Surprise. We started out focused solely on baby gifts for expectant parents. We loved being part of welcoming a new baby and when our own baby bee came into the world, we searched for a perfect birth announcement to show our precious new little one off to the world. We also wanted something that wouldn't break the bank. We ended up creating something from scratch and a new business was born!


For a while now, we felt like Secret Stork Surprise didn't suit us. We worried about changing our name though because we had worked long and hard to build a solid reputation as the destination for adorable and affordable custom photo cards. Our turn around time and customer service became legendary and we found our business booming mostly from word of mouth and happy customer referrals. See our KUDOS page to see why! We haven't even added all of our testimonials from our hundreds of holiday orders!

So, with the new year came a new name! Polka Dot Bumblebee has many meanings for us.
Imagine a little bumblebee who isn't afraid to do his own thing... instead of stripes he wears his polka dots proudly and doesn't sting - but instead gives kisses (notice the heart shaped trail that he leaves?) and spreads a little love everywhere that he goes! A little cheesy, yeah - but we love him and we know that you will too!

Our new tagline: Create a BUZZ with your custom photo cards!
Our new motto: BEE original never cookie cutter.
Major Players in this Blog: Queen Bee, Veronica - Baby Bee (my child) and Hubbee (my hubbby)!

This post comes with a blanket apology for the corny puns that I will be using from here on in! :)

Happy LEAP Day - special offer for leap year babies

Happy Leap Day to everybody! I hope that you are enjoying this extra day that only comes around every 4 years. Take some time to do something special to mark this unique day.

To celebrate any leap year babies born today, February 29, 2008. Polka Dot Bumblebee - Custom Photo Cards will be giving away 500 free birth announcement to leap year babies, also known as "leaplings".

The first 10 families to contact us. with leap year babies will receive 50 free custom 4 x 6 photo birth announcements with a design of their choice.

According to the Honor Society of Leap Year Day, the chances of being born on leap day are 1 in 1,461. It is estimated that there are 200,000 American leaplings who share in this special birthday ... and will ultimately stay forever young!