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Morag Grassie, owner of Ally-Bally-Bee, which opened this week on Elm Street in New Canaan (just a few doors up from Franco's Wine Merchants). Credit: Michael Dinan
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This is a hand-turned and segmented walnut and maple bowl, available at Ally-Bally-Bee. The walnut and maple are sourced locally, Redding or Wilton. The artisan is Rob Roy. $240
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Wild horse photography by Caroline Christie at Ally-Bally-Bee. She goes to multiple locations throughout the United States to capture the horses in their natural habitats. Christie will provide any custom size of any of her own photographs, because she does her own printing and framing. This photo is placed inside a barn wood timber frame ($475 framed—very small matted prints are available starting at $25).
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This is Runamok Maple syrup, a selected of different flavors and aged maple syrup, designed to pair with cheese. It's available at Ally-Bally-Bee for $28, and makes a very good gift, especially for men.
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Melinda Shea is the Redding-based creator of this jewelry. These necklaces at Ally-Bally-Bee are a very fine titanium mesh, the top one a citrine droplet with crocheted wire mesh around it. On the bottom is a whiskey quartz crystal. The citrine costs $130, the whiskey quartz $125.
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Elissa Capetanakis is the artisan of this imaginarium, available at Ally-Bally-Bee. It is a tiny world that is put into a lanter and this one focuses on the theme of Easter. There's a vintage bunny and a succulent in an easter basket, and it's designed to be set out on a buffet table or as a hostess gift. $75
Ally-Bally-Bee, the handcrafted gift shop founded by Morag Grassie, opened Thursday at 134 Elm St. in New Canaan.
The co-op model shop features artisanal works from area residents—see gallery above.
Grassie, a Glasgow, Scotland native who created Ally-Bally-Bee after taking a degree in molecular biology and launching a career as a scientific researcher, said she was feeling “a little bit tired but very excited” hours after the shop opened its doors.
“We were still stocking here at 2:30 this morning,” she said as New Canaanites popped in to the warm, welcoming space. “It’s all come together really, really quickly. The artists have been down and it’s very exciting to see new artists coming through the door, coming to find us.”
It’s what we needed in town. A relief from resturants and banks.