The Pink Polka Dot

The Pink Polka Dot is located at 45 North Main Street in the Queens Buyway shopping venue of Falmouth Village.

Year Established – The Pink Polka Dot was established in 2009 by Jennifer Chagnon.

The story behind the name/logo – Jen knew she wanted to do wedding planning yet she knew she did not want a name with wedding in it because she did not want to limit herself to just wedding or event planning. Jen had always loved the color pink and there was a store she loved as a kid in Florida called the Purple Turtle. After a bit of brainstorming she decided to create a name with her favorite color in the name and hence The Pink Polka Dot. Jen also designed the logo for the store.

Why This Dream – Jen has always loved planning events. While in college she planned events for her sorority as well as large events like concerts for the student activity office. Jen graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and is a licensed pilot. She began her career in the world of aviation insurance. When she planned her wedding the idea crystalized that this was something she wanted to do full time and get out of the corporate cubical lifestyle. She also loved the idea of doing everything in a small business from product selection to marketing and sales and being her own boss.

Fan Favorite Items – A lot of customers come year round to purchase cards at the store. Some customers will come in and purchase 20 or 30 cards at a time and stock up. The Pink Polka Dot carries a lot of very unique artisan cards that are hand made and can not be found anywhere else locally. A favorite happening for Jen is when it is really quiet in the store and she will hear a customer over viewing the cards start laughing at a saying captured in a card and then say “these are the best cards”.

 

 

 

 

Unique Offering – The Pink Polka Dot offers personalized stationery as well as personalized invitations. There really isn’t any other location in upper cape cod where you can get personal invitations created based on your color scheme and interest for as few as ten custom invitations to several hundred custom invitations. They provide custom birthday party invitations, retirement invitations, wedding invitations, baby shower invitations etc.
The store also offers a wedding boutique area with numerous ideas and gifts for bridesmaids and groomsmen. The wedding planning area at the store has a wide display of items such as favors and invitations as well as a sample table setting reflecting how you can carry your design color and theme through to your table setting and linens starting from your wedding invitation.
A new line of product they will be carrying in 2015 will be custom stamps such as address stamps and embossers.

 

 

Interesting Trivia –
The Pink Polka Dot has achieved the award for The Knot Best of Wedding Planning for 2012,2013,2014 and 2015 and was inducted into The Knot Best of Weddings Hall of Fame in 2015.
The floor in The Pink Polka Dot is the dance floor from the old Hunt Club which was a night club in Falmouth in the 1970’s.
The Pink Polka dot was the wedding planner for a Kennedy wedding in Hyannisport in 2012.

General Information – The Pink Polka Dot is open year round with summer hours daily of 10-6. Winter hours are Monday – Saturday 10-5:30 and on Sunday from 11-3. Winter hours are Monday-Saturday 10-5:30 and closed on Sunday.