The Fancy Food Show: Why I Love It

San Francisco Fancy Food Show 2017- Castsillo De Canena's Rosa Vano + Bevin Cooper Farkas - bumbleBdesign - smoked olive oil

The Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco I relish heading to San Francisco every January for the Winter Fancy Food Show. After working long days through the busy holiday season creating gift baskets, gift boxes & custom corporate gifts, taking flight out of our B-hive studio here in Seattle and landing in bustling San…

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bumble B design: Custom Gifts for Holidays & Events

Fall is the time for business events, parties, & planning for customer & employee appreciation over the holidays. Here are a few of the custom gifts we created for our clients’ business parties & events this fall: And here are some custom gift designs we are working on for the upcoming holiday season & from…

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Wedding Calligraphy at bumble B design

bumbleBdesign-Flora Forager hummingbird prints - Bookhand calligraphy - moon phases for table names, Seattle WA

This summer I created some fun calligraphy signs for outdoor weddings. Here are a few of my favorites: The welcome message for this chalkboard sign needed to be viewable from afar, so I went big with Bookhand, Italic, & my basic Block style calligraphy. The next few pictures highlight wedding calligraphy I gingerly penned on beautiful nature…

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Administrative Professionals Day Gifts

custom thank you gift at bumble B design: Olive & Sinclair chocolate bar, Thank You book from Compendium Inc., & hand-calligraphed thank you tag

Administrative Professionals Day is April 27th. Whether you have one individual or a whole office staff you’d like to thank, here are some of our gift basket, box and bag suggestions. For more gift ideas, visit our website. You can search by price range, or input “Administrative” into the search bar. We ship nationally and…

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Custom Corporate Gifts

bumbleBdesign - Refresh Recycled Glass Gift Box - Party Favors - custom corporate gifts - eco-friendly gifts

Companies often are tasked with the job of coming up with a gift or party favor for an event, but don’t have time to source and package the gift or party favor themselves. This is where bumble B design comes in handy! One of our business clients contacted us recently with the need for several…

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Product Buzz: Dang Toasted Coconut Chips

bumbleBdesign-Dang Toasted Coconut Chips - gluten-free snack

January is the month of the San Francisco International Fancy Food Show as well as the Seattle Gift Show, and given that we specialize in Pacific Northwest & West Coast gifts, I try to hit both looking for tasty new products. This year’s shows did not disappoint. Here’s one product that I thought would be…

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Holiday Gifts: Order by 12/12

bumbleBdesign-Seattle Basket-XL-$200-with hand-calligraphed card

Please get your holiday gift orders in by December 12th for continental USA shipping via UPS ground. We do ship internationally as well. We create each gift to order here at bumble B design, with care and artistry. And this takes time! Here are some of the holiday gift baskets and boxes we’ve been creating this…

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Holiday Business Gifts at bumble B design

bumbleBdesign-818 Stewart Holiday Gift Towert, Seattle WA

Fall is a busy time in the B-hive as we busily work on designing custom holiday gifts for our business clients. Here are a few examples of our current gift projects. Client: Pacific Medical Centers Our client Pacific Medical Centers loves giving local  Pacific NW edibles in their holiday gifts to their health partners. They…

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Celebrating Earth Day: Eco-friendly gifts & practices at bumble B design

Salmon Platter - eco-friendly acacia wood - bumble B design, Seattle, WA

Offering eco-friendly gifts and products is a strong focus at bumble B design.  We look to source baskets, boxes, and bags that are made from recycled material, or sustainably harvested woods & grasses. Our Salmon Platter is made from sustainably-harvested, non-endangered acacia wood from Pacific Merchants and features wild-caught smoked salmon and other West Coast savory snacks.…

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