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Jul 03, 2023

Local businesses highlighted at Longmont’s Left Hand Brewing market

Sip on a cold beer and shop from local small businesses at the Left Hand Brewing every Sunday. The Bricks Market, 1245 Boston Ave. in Longmont, has a variety of different local businesses at the beer

Sip on a cold beer and shop from local small businesses at the Left Hand Brewing every Sunday.

The Bricks Market, 1245 Boston Ave. in Longmont, has a variety of different local businesses at the beer garden from 3-7 p.m. every Sunday until the end of August.

Kristen Stewart, owner of Dialectical Emotions Jewelry and Notions, is also a mental health therapist. She explained while a simple keychain is not a replacement for therapy, having a visual reminder to check in with one’s own emotions can be extremely useful. She highlighted a skills charm keychain and hopes people can take a moment out of their busy day, and remind themselves to calm down and take care of themselves.

“Self care is not a list, we are complicated people with complicated lives,” Stewart said.

She also explained how her square breathing keychain works, a visual reminder of a breathing technique to calm down. She joked that people are “human tryings” and not just “human beings.”

Malia Baynham has always been an artist. She explained she took a woodshop class in high school and would poke around her dad’s workshop when she could.

“I bought a lathe in 2020, and then the world shut down. So I had to learn how to use it through ‘Youtube University,’” Baynham said.

Baynham opened Unlikely Works in 2022 shortly after moving to Colorado. She sells a variety of pens, decor and jewelry. The pens can be made of wood, resin or a combination of both. She also noted all her jewelry designs are her own patterns.

Natalie Severijn said every woman deserves to wake up in the morning and feel beautiful. Cassi Ward owns Chained Up, a permanent jewelry brand. Severijn, who was at the booth Sunday, said the permanent jewelry is a way for a person to feel pretty without having to think about it.

The process is simple, a person can pick out their favorite chain and get it fitted, then a jump ring is used to bring the chain together and is quickly welded together.

“You get to wake up feeling fancy,” Severijn said.

She explained women, especially moms, are busy and having to put on jewelry in the morning can often slip their minds. She said that it’s a simple thing people can have for themselves.

David Hartman, on the board of directors for the Firehouse Art Center, also had a booth at the event. He explained he has chronic pain, and started using art as a form of pain management instead of using any drugs or medication. Hartman only started doing visual arts in his 50s, but he said he had a talent for it. But Hartman has been playing the guitar his whole life.

He offered face paintings, jewelry, art prints and other pins. He said he wanted to make his face paintings affordable and accessible to everyone.

“Art is important and I want to encourage other people to keep making their art,” Hartman said.

Julie Theatte was a violist before starting 3t Ceramics in late 2022. She said she wanted a change, and found making tangible art was equally rewarding as making music.

“I sold my viola and bought a kiln,” Theatte said.

Theatte has dedicated many hours since starting her business to perfecting her ceramic skills and she hopes to have her work on display soon. She said she might not always know what the finished product will be when she starts working with clay, but she finds the process rewarding.

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