About
Welcome to Brigid
We're Brigid Trading Company and we make Celtic-inspired artisan goods with natural ingredients and unique, top quality fragrances.
We're a two-person team located in the woods of western Washington, inspired to create by our love of history and mythology, as well as our adventures across Ireland. After years of creating our own unique blends of scents and perfecting our recipes for home and body products, we're excited to share our premium handcrafted goods with you.
Our love of history of mythology is part of what inspires us to imagine more light in the world, and our mission is to help bring light to a world that needs it.
Who Is Brigid?
The inspiration for our name is Brigid, the Irish goddess of the Dawn. She first appears in pre-Christian Celtic mythology, and has gained many names and associations over thousands of years:
- Saint Brigid of Kildare in modern Christianity, the patron saint for millions
- Brigantia, translation: "Lightbringer"
- Heusos, translation: "The Dawn"
Brigid's place in many cultures, myths, and religions is consistently that of the bringer of light to the world. She traditionally symbolizes traits like wisdom, healing, and resiliency. She is also patron to smiths, metalworkers, and other crafters.
Brigid's annual holiday is Imbolc (held in Midwinter on February 1st or 2nd). Imbolc is Irish for "in the belly," a reference to the flocks of sheep that would soon be pregnant. Lighting candles on Imbolc symbolizes the rising of the sun and the coming of Spring, when the days start to grow longer. Brigid's theme is moving forward from darkness by taking an action to create light.
Who We Are
Like many, we faced significant challenges during the pandemic and adjusting to life afterwards. Exhausted by the digital world, we found more and more importance in simple acts like lighting a candle, working with our hands, and being present. Over time, these things led us to create Brigid Trading Company.
Kelly (lotioncrafter, perfumer, miscellaneous) - After a long digital marketing career in corporate America, Kelly chose to move on from a burnout to pursue a creative passion on her own terms. Realizing digital-everything careers were ultimately all unsatisfying for her, she decided to cut back to basics: make real-life goods to sell to real-life people in her local community.
Matt (candlemaker, soapmiller, perfumer, beardo) - After a long career in tech that started at the help desk and led to systems architecture at a major AI company, Matt felt exhausted and out of touch with the real world. It wasn't until after he finally left the AI industry to focus on Brigid that colors started to look like he remembered them from childhood, which he's taken as a sign that he's on the right track.
Brigid inspires us to help bring light to dark times. We strive to bring that spirit to daily life by crafting our goods with deep intentions to inspire positivity, comfort, healing, empowerment, and growth in our customers.
Ethics
We believe strongly in a sustainable, natural future. To help achieve this, we pledge that our products are:
- always made in small batches to ensure quality
- made with environmentally sustainable ingredients
- as all-natural as possible
- scented with high quality, safe fragrances
- packed with low waste and/or recyclable materials
- never tested on animals