Brighton Baby

You are all invited to the Bethlehem Baptist Craft Boutique at their north campus in Moundsview (5151 Program Ave). The sale is November 16 from 6-9pm and November 17 from 10am-2pm. Come see us and do a little Christmas shopping.

Thank you again to the great vendors at the Brighton Market!!
Smartypatch Designs - Shannon Peterson
Gunda Stol - Jeannine Bjornrud
Haley Champion
Second Street Designs - Naphtali Kahl
Concreations - Kari Hanson

You all made it a great night!

- Ali & Sondra/Brighton Baby

We just want to thank all who came to the first Brighton Market. It was a fun evening of food, wine and arts/crafts. We had a great response and now plan on holding the Brighton Market bi-annually. We will do one in the Spring and one in the Fall.

A special thank you to Second Street Designs/Naphtali Kahl, Haley Champion, Concreations/Kari Hanson, Gunda Stol/Jeannine BJornrud and Smarty Patch Designs/Shannon Peterson for sharing their amazing products and playing the biggest role in making this first Brighton Market a success!! You are all amazing and we hope you will be at the next one.

Thanks again.

Brighton Baby will be hosting The Brighton Market on Saturday, September 29 from 4pm-8pm. The Brighton Market is a home sale with various Minnesota artists/craftsmen. There will be baby blankets, bags, norwegian rosemalling, jewelry, customize garden art, and much more. It will be an evening of wine, hors d'oevres and a perfect chance for you to support Minnesota artists. The open house will be held at 1101 2nd St NW, New Brighton, MN 55112.

Hello friends. We have not done any sales this Spring due to the fact that Sondra gave birth to a beautiful little boy in March. Now that summer is here we are excited to get out and sell our blankets. We still have the catalog online and will be adding more blanket patterns very soon. We are also going to start to do some artisan open houses. We will have the first in New Brighton, where there will be around 4 or 5 different Minnesota crafts people showing their products. And there will be wine and hors d'oeuvres for our guest. We will send out evites and post a flyer on our website and myspace account as soon as the date is confirmed. It should be a fun way to check out some local products, shop and have fun. Thank you to everyone who has enjoyed our baby blankets and continues to spread the word about us. We really appreciate it.

We will be selling blankets at the fifth annual HalcyArt Show in Nashville, TN on Saturday, December 2, 4:00-8:00pm.

Location: Kim and Hal’s house at 1100 Halcyon Avenue, corner of 11th and Halcyon
and John and Wendy's house, next door at 1104 Halcyon Avenue.

Artists: We'll feature the anchor-artists you so look forward to seeing every year, (like Manuel Terán and his Ecuadorian handicrafts and Margaret Krakowiak, who always surprises us with something new) and new HalcyArtists' work, including children's blankets, knitted shawls, and guitars - all made by hand.

Shop Creatively: As you well know by now, your holiday shopping won’t be complete until you check out the handmade silver jewelry, paintings, photography, and pottery offered by our favorite local artists. Why shop in the mall when you can shop in the 'hood?

Be sure and arrive hungry and thirsty for the tasty morsels and wine supplied by our hosts and by sponsor Christy Shuff (owner of Rumours Wine and Art Bar).

Circle the date in your book with glittery pens and draw stars in the margins to remind yourself of the cozy and festive occasion you expect to experience at HalcyArt 2006 when you come, bringing twenty of your closest friends.

Please forward to friends!

When I (Ali) was pregnant with my youngest son, I couldn't find any bedding that I liked. So on a whim I decided to try come up with something myself.

I got so many compliments on the blanket I made that I started to wonder if I should start making and selling them. I shared my idea with my good friend Sondra and we decided that we should do it together. We both loved to sew and loved the idea of being able to work and still be at home with our children.

We decided that we needed a little something to make our blankets even more unique. I remembered a little stuffed giraffe that had been given to my husband when he was a baby that we had passed down to our two boys. It was their favorite thing to carry around, sleep with, chew on and so easy to clean -- just throw it in the washing machine. So we decided we'd replicate them and that would be our trademark.

And so began Brighton Baby. We hope you love our blankets and think they are as special as we do.