I am officially addicted to the epicness that is glassybaby. After hearing the founder speak at a fall Junior League meeting, I invested in my first two votives and immediately wanted more.
The company has such an incredible story and a great product. They not only produce all their glass items in Seattle, but pay a premium to the glass blowers so they have the means to pursue their own artistic interests AND give 10% of their sales to various charities (not profits!). The founder (Lee) had some great stories of how she built the brand. For example, one of Lee's friends wanted to give their friend Martha some candle votives as a gift. That Martha turned out to be Martha Stewart and Lee was featured on Martha's first show after she got out of jail! Lee also talked about getting contacted (or maybe "seeked out" is more appropriate) by Jeff Bezos because he wanted Amazon to carry the product since he was such a fan. Talk about being a big deal...
We had an evening Junior League social at their flagship store in Madrona where they make all of the glass masterpieces. We got to see all of the artisans at work. There are actually 5 people that work on each and every glass votive at different points in the process. So of course I had to purchase two more to match: a dark gray called ‘brother’ (because I love mine!) and a red one for the holidays entitled happiness (because we could all use a little more in our lives!).
…and of course I dragged my mom a week later to their store since I knew she would love it and bought two more: a super cool multi-colored one and a green one just in time for the holidays! Maybe I need to go on a 12 step program or something, but I guess there could be worse addictions in life. An earring tree, great quote block and artistic collection of candle votives...I feel like that is getting to be Pinterest status! :)
