Thanks for a wonderful 2024!
Thank you for a wonderful first year!
When Kelly and I started this company at the end of 2023, we knew that we were going to be in for a ride. After a few unsuccessful attempts at launching something like this before, we both knew it was going to be some of the hardest work we'd ever done. Unbeknownst to us, we also started with the rollercoaster of2024's economy, one that many small businesses sadly did not survive. We were nervous, and rightly so; we literally had no idea what to expect.
A year later, despite all of the chaos and tears, we're still here! Not only that, Brigid has caught on more quickly than we could have dreamed of, growing from a tiny six-foot folding table on a street corner for the Bremerton St. Patrick's Day Parade, to a full popup shopfront at Pike Place the week before Christmas. Our lineup of house-blended fragrances has grown from five to twenty-two varieties, and we've expanded our handmade products from lotion, lip balm and candles to include goat milk soap, diffuser oils, face and beard care products, and perfume rollers - with more launching soon!
We also learned a lot from what you, our awesome fans, told us and asked us about. We found out that people are quite aware of the health risks of cheap, dirty fragrances, something we're proud to offer an alternative to, and we were blown away by the enthusiasm for our clean, house-blended scents. Quickly, we discovered that our home here in Kitsap County was the exact place we wanted to be: a community of friendly, curious, enthusiastic people who were keen on introducing more natural, locally-made goods into their lives.
And boy, did we have a chance to talk to a lot of you! At our last count, we spent a full eighty-nine days at markets in 2024, hauling our shopfront setup everywhere from the Bremerton farmers market to the Tacoma Dome Holiday Festival, from the bustle of Pike Place Market to a very blustery Port Gamble. After all of this, we've been enjoying our break, but now we're back and ready to go!
What will 2025 bring for us? Well, we're already working on our calendar of events for the year, but we can't do something like that twice, so expect to find us at far fewer markets in 2025. In the meantime, we'll be answering some requests for new products by developing some exciting stuff:
- New lotion fragrances - coming soon!
- Natural hair care
- Natural deodorants
- Shave soap
- and many more gift options!
In closing, we hope that the new year treats you well, thank you again!