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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Mother’s Day Gift Baskets, Boxes & Bags

bumbleBdesign - Magnificent Mom Pin - Mother's Day Basket

Mother’s Day is May 10th – how will you express your love and gratitude? Our gift baskets, boxes & bags can be customized to suit your mother’s particular tastes. All of our gifts come with beautiful, handwritten gift tags or cards. We offer gift delivery within Seattle, and can ship nationally. Please visit bumbleBdesign.com for…

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Recent Raves & Client Testimonials

bumbleBdesign - Chocolate Gratitude Box, Seattle, WA

I put a lot of care into the quality and beauty of bumble B design’s gifts and strive for outstanding customer service, and receiving positive feedback from clients and gift recipients is tremendously rewarding for me.  It helps me know what I’m doing right in terms of customer service, and learn what qualities in our gifts and…

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Product Buzz: Tonewood Maple Cube

Tonewood Maple Cube - bumbleBdesign - Breakfast Basket

I’ve updated bumble B design’s Breakfast Basket to include some delectable new products I stumbled across at the International Fancy Food Show in San Francisco earlier this year, including Tonewood’s Maple Cube. Tonewood’s Maple Cube caught my eye despite its small size: I have never seen a maple product presented in a dense, sleek-looking square…

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Cultivating Kindness

bumbleBdesign - Tim Girvin quote & Jonboy Caramel, Seattle, WA

“Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.” – Bob Kerrey As I was giving my name badge to the receptionist at the Pacific Market Center today, I suddenly remembered one of my New Year’s resolutions: to practice acts of kindness – random or not. I reached into…

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Seattle Spice: World Spice Merchants

World Spice Merchants - Seattle, WA

I’ve been out of a few key spices and teas for too long, and a break in my gift deliveries today provided the perfect window of opportunity to hit World Spice Merchants (www.worldspice.com) near Pike Place Market and get the job done. No matter what mood I enter World Spice, I leave happy and excited.…

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Client Appreciation Gifts for Valentine’s Day

bumbleBdesign - Valentine's gifts for clients

Valentine’s Day is a fun, unexpected time to give business thank you gifts. This is the time we often give our own client thank you gifts as the holiday season is too busy in the B-hive for us to create our own gifts. We like taking the opportunity to highlight some of our current favorite treats in…

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Holiday Gifts: Order by Nov.29th!

bumbleBdesign-Chocolate+Coffee-Holiday Gift Basket-Seattle

It’s getting very busy in the B-hive with holiday gift production, and if you haven’t done so already, now is the time to place your holiday gift order! All holiday orders should be placed no later than November 29th. Please mention your ideal gift arrival time-frame upon ordering. Note that we will be on vacation…

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Custom Corporate Holiday Gifts

bumbleBdesign-custom corporate holiday gift tower, Seattle WA

October & November is the time when we work with businesses to develop custom holiday gifts for clients &/or business partners. If you are planning on giving business gifts this holiday season,  please get your order in before Thanksgiving! Here are a few business gifts we’ve developed for larger-scale giving this holiday season:   Pacific…

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