Introducing: Pickles Journey

At the January Gift Market in Atlanta, we found a fabulous new line of baby blankets, animal blankys, and bibs.  Pickles is the baby division of the quality manufacturer Scene Weaver.  Journey is the Pickles line of faux fur products.  These blankets, blankys, and bibs are incredibly soft and luxurious.  The prints are wonderful and we are especially fond of the new Old Paint design. A coordinating satin edge is added to each product.  We offer monogramming on all our products by Pickles Journey. Visit our website and see what we are so excited about http://www.thepolkadotstore.com/ .

Free Shipping During Anniversary Celebration

This week as been busy!  Thank you to all the new customers and loyal repeat customers for all the orders.  I love seeing what fonts and color choices my customers select for their items.  Each one turns out unique and adorable.  The Anniversary Celebration with free shipping ends tomorrow night at midnight.  Take advantage of this great offer before it ends!

Below are pictures of items personalized for customers this week:



3 Marthas Towels and burp, burps by Swaddle Designs




Vive Le Fete Smocked Diaper Bag, Fancy Monogram



5th Anniversary Celebration

Happy Anniversary to The Polka Dot Store!  It doesn't seem like five years ago The Polka Dot Store.com became a reality. This week (18th-25th) we are offering FREE SHIPPING on all orders.  We are so excited to be offering this to our customers!  Also, new items are coming in from orders placed at market in January in Atlanta.  Check the website daily to see what new items are showing up.  There are fantastic new products from Mud Pie, 3 Marthas, Swaddle Designs, Pickles Baby line, Little Things Mean A Lot, and BabyLegs.

Recent Monograms

The Polka Dot Store has been busy.  Below some of the most recent monograms we have done on products:

Resent Monograms

We've been stitching some adorable monograms on our products.  A few of the latest are featured below.  The Pastel Pink and Brown Dot Ultimate Receiving Blanket by Swaddle Designs is stitched using brown thread in the Arabesque 8 font.  Sage Green thread is used to stitch the Fancy Monogram on the Pink Polka Dot Everykid Towel by 3 Marthas.  A special order blanket by Granny's Attic is monogrammed on the hem in blue using the Arial font.  Lastly, the Red Truck Hooded Towel by 3 Marthas is stitched in red thread in the Century Schoolbook font.

We think it is so much fun to see the monograms after they are stitched out!

October 18, 2010

Good morning everyone! The Polka Dot Store has a great new menu and several news products have been added to the website. 3 Marthas has several new collections and we are carrying the new Baseball, Penguin, Posh Pup, and Giraffe series. Bibs, burps, and gowns are available in the new collections. If there are other products in the collections you would like available on the website, please let us know!

October 12, 2010

Good Morning!

The Polka Dot Store website has a new menu! The new menu gives the website a fresh look! Take a look and tell us what you think. www.thepolkadotstore.com

September 20, 2010

This cute Horse Wobbie by Mud Pie was personalized with the name "Jackson" in the Segoe Print font. Didn't it turn out cute? The horse rattle fits snuggly in the little pocket.

September 13, 2010

We are so excited The Polka Dot Store website has a new look! Janet worked very hard to give the website a fresh new look. We invite you to take a look and let us know what you think!

http://www.thepolkadotstore.com

September 7, 2010

I am very sad to say two of my vendors have given notice they are closing their doors. Mullins Square closed their company last week and Mary James will close in October. They were great companies to deal with and I will miss their great products. The Polka Dot store will continue selling products from both companies until we run out of inventory. Order while we still have available merchandise!

August 21, 2010

We have the best customers!

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

One of the first vendors we started ordering from when we opened The Polka Dot Store was Little Giraffe. They are a wonderful company offering the most luxurious products on the market today. We carry items from their baby collection but they also offer an At Home collection. The blankets, burp cloths, security blankets, and hooded towels come in three textures. The Velvet Deluxe Collection is soft and light weight while the Chenille Collections is a heavier weight ideal for colder climates. Best of all is the Luxe Collection. You will be amazed at how soft and luxurious it feels. The superior quality and easy care of all the Little Giraffe products is sure to please any new mom. New patterns are frequently added to the Little Giraffe Collections to give them a fresh trendy look. Below are the approximate sizes for their products.



Blanket (Chenille & Luxe) 29 x 35

Blanket (satin chenille) 35 x 45

Blanky 14 x 14

Burpy 17 x 13

Hooded Towel 41 x 24



Recommended care is machine washing in warm water with a gentle detergent and drying on the lowest temperature setting, with no heat. Remove while still damp. Finish drying flat. Never use bleach. Many of their products are woven from poly-microfibers, which fuse together when exposed to prolonged heat.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Part of the lastest order from Mud Pie arrived today. It was so exciting to open the box and take out the new merchandise. The Holiday Tutu is just adorable. We will be working hard to get the new merchandise ready to put on the website.

July 25, 2010

Our Monogrammed Diaper Covers can be personalized with a name, single initial, or 3-letter monogram. In this picture, the name Campbell is stitched using the Curlz font and light blue thread. The diaper cover can be found under the Accessories tab on our website.

This is a picture of the Little Sprout Hooded Towel by Mud Pie that we personalized for a customer. The Comic Sans font was used to stitch the name in hot pink thread. This adorable towel came be found under the Linens tab on our website.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Personalizing the products we offer is a large part of The Polka Dot Store. Here are a few photos of work we have done recently.

White with Big Blue Check Hooded Towel and Washcloth by 3 Marthas personalized in the Comic Sans font in medium blue thread.



Airplane Bib by Mullins Square in the Jester font using red thread.

Unicorn Backpack by Stephen Joseph in Edwardian Script font using white thread,

Personalized Cotton Knit Bib in the Curlz font using hot pink thread.

We offer a variety of font choices and thread colors but if you don't see a font or thread color you want, please send us a message telling us what you would like.

In the coming posts, I plan to post bios about different brands we carry. We try very hard to find the very best brands with the highest quality products.

Monday, July 19, 2010

I'm so excited about the new merchandise I found this weekend at Gift Market in Atlanta. Little Giraffe has some exciting new designs. Mud Pie has darling new Christmas items. Swaddle Designs new paisley collection is fantastic and 3 Marthas has several great new collections. I can't wait for it to start coming in!

July 11, 2010

Welcome to The Polka Dot Store blog, Behind The Monogram!