glassybaby tales

Pleasing glassybaby table... Forty-winks... Seven Roadshows and a Baby!

 

A pleasing Thanksgiving table was set with glassybaby, and everyone had plenty of turkey with all the trimmings: sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts, cranberry sauce, and lots of gravy!  And of course, as is tradition, the kids put black olives from the relish tray on all five fingers.

Some family members, as can be clearly observed, overdid a skosh and immediately took their places on the sofa for postprandial forty-winks:

But they came back to life when they heard it was dessert time!

Speaking of eating, did you see the two page spread in "Food & Wine" featuring glassybaby and drinkers? Drinkers are on my "to buy more of" list in time for the holidays. They make any gathering more festive.

'cedric' is especially cheerful, as well as versatile. The gorgeous hue is as at home at a holiday celebration in December as it is at a garden party in August.

There are seven glassybaby road shows on the docket for December including one in Spokane on Thursday the first.

Please join us and shop the glassybaby collection from 5:30 - 8:30pm at Madeleine's Cafe and Patisserie at 707 West Main Avenue, Spokane. We are pleased to tell you that 10% of sales from this jolly event will be donated to Lilac Services for the Blind.  

Oh yes, just so you know, 10% of sales at the Bellevue store will be going to Special Olympics the entire month of December! So come on down!

Happy news! Armelle and Sean, our glassblowing couple, welcomed a new baby girl on November 18th.  The young lady was named Juniper Anouk. Much happiness and love from your glassybaby 'family'.

And warm wishes to you our glassybaby friends.

Until next time,

Alice

aliceblog@glassybaby.com

 

 

 

Thanksgiving Traditions... Cornucopia of glassybaby... Message of Healing

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

Will you be going over the river and through the woods this year or will the multitudes gather together at your house? Either way, I hope it is a Thanksgiving to be remembered.

It's a time of tradition and a time of harvest which is the reason I paired 'tradition' with 'harvest' glassybaby, next to one of the old turkey plates I bought in Philadelphia years ago. Now that I think of it, those plates are as much a tradition for us as certain glassybaby are becoming. I love it that we pull the same things out to use year after year, and I love it even more that the family would whole-heartedly object if we didn't.

Above is the glassybaby set 'thankful'. It is a luscious cornucopia of all things bountiful, generous, robust, and toothy that we would hope to find surrounding our Thanksgiving table.  The mother-earth colors are 'warm gravy', 'harvest', 'ripe olive', 'dijon', and 'jane's caramel'.  Couldn't you just put them on a plate and sop them up with a biscuit? So good! I could even eat them up with a spoon!

A tradition we had when the children were quite small was to ask everyone in the family what they would be thankful to find on the Thanksgiving Day table. More than once we had hot dogs and hot fudge sundaes in addition to turkey, dressing and pumpkin pie.  Now, after saying grace, we frequently ask all assembled what they are most thankful for. At the risk of awkward moments, nobody has to answer, but usually there are wonderfully heartfelt and sometimes surprising offerings. We have so much to be thankful for.

'tradition'

 

At this special time of year, I would like to express my thanks to all our glassybaby friends who support the healing message of glassybaby. It is always amazing to me the light and love these magical little vessels exude whether it's during sickness or health. I am thankful to be a part of of such a bighearted company whose aim is goodwill and giving back.

 

Until next time,

Alice

aliceblog@glassybaby.com

 

glassybaby Therapy... Donor Love... Where in the World is glassybaby this Week?

 

  

 

Last week I creakily strolled out of the house and a few days later, came back with a brand-spanking new knee. After much hesitation, I had finally decided to take the plunge and now, I couldn't be more pleased (Physical Therapy notwithstanding!).

Appearing at my hospital bedside were exquisite flowers arranged in a 'bff' glassybaby sent by my dear glassybaby family. And next to that was a lit from within 'heart' brought by my Ernie...  glassybaby therapy at its finest! Things couldn't be much better. I feel so grateful. And just in time for Thanksgiving!

Someone else who is feeling lots of gratitude right now is Ridge of the Madrona store. His favorite gb color is 'jane's caramel' so for his birthday Sherry, the mother of Alexus, from our UV store, baked him a 'jane's caramel' birthday cake. (Remember the luscious haunted house cake created by Sherry for Halloween?  Well this talented master of sublime confections is at it again.) 

Ridge surrounded the cake with his diverse collection of 'jane's caramel' (so many variations!)and celebrated.  But not alone, mind you! It seems that not only do Ridge and Alexus share the same birth date, but they were born on the exact same day, at the same hospital, only hours apart!! Sounds like the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Many thanks to all of you for sharing this heartwarming and scrumptious tale.

And speaking of birthdays: Did you know that when bone marrow transplant patients receive their new marrow it is considered another birthday... a second chance at life?

Jennifer writes that her son, North, received his transplant here at Fred Hutch on November 13, 1996, from an unrelated donor whom they call "our angel from Chicago".  More complications ensued and three years after the transplant North was given two years to live. It is with great joy that I tell you that this year he will celebrate his 15th bone marrow transplant birthday!

North celebrated by sending his bone marrow donor a purple glassybaby to express his thanks and gratitude.

Inside the package they tucked the story of glassybaby.

Jennifer writes, "My heart is warmed and it brings tears... the journey has been so long... and we have been so blessed."

Thank you, Jennifer and North. We at glassybaby wish you all the best. Happy BMT Birthday, North and may you have many, many more.

Where in the world is glassybaby this week?

We have two exciting Road Shows:

glassybaby in Yakima, Wednesday, November 16, Gilbert Cellars, 5 North Front Street.  10% of glassybaby and Gilbert Cellars Wine Bottle sales will be donated to the ALS Therapy Development Institute.

and

glassybaby in Portland, Friday, November 18, Windermere Library, 733 Northwest 20th Ave.  10% from the sale of each glassybaby sold during this holiday event will be donated to the Windermere Foundation.

Lee will be back on her ancestral ground in Richmond, Virginia next week. Store owners of Roan were in Seattle recently and discovered glassybaby and wanted them in their store for the holidays.  We are sending 300+ of our babies to be at Roan and, better yet, $8 from the sale of each one there will be donated to help cancer patients with day to day needs at VCU Massey Cancer Center.

As Thanksgiving draws closer and closer, the refrain of an old Irving Berlin song keeps dancing through my brain. Warning: it's infectious!

"Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night! I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night!"

Thankfully yours,

Until next time,

Alice

aliceblog@glassybaby.com

Ogling Fall's Bounty... Seeds of Hope... Harvest Moons

'sowing the field' set

For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.

~Naturalist, Edwin Way Teale~

We were recently at the farmers' market ogling the rich bounty of autumn produce: oodles of every kind of apple and squash, wheelbarrows full of carrots, beets, greens, beans, parsnips and nuts... and then it dawned on me: as we harvest, Mother Nature, just as Mr. Teale understood, is planning ahead. The seed pods are flinging their kernels into the wind preparing for a new beginning in the spring. It is really a reassuring thought... all is right with the world... that life will go on.

 

Our new glassybaby set 'sowing the field' is a reminder of the generous offerings of the sown seed, whether it is a grain of wheat, or a seed of hope. 

As you can see, another view of this gorgeous, almost chameleon set implies diverse possibilities:

FYI, the individual colors are 'courage', 'hide & seek', 'nishino', 'eggplant', and 'greenlake'. Aren't they stunning? This has to be one of my favorite sets, especially at this time of year.

Another pet during this season of gleaning is 'harvest'.

                

It is a deep, plush, sink-your-teeth-into-it color, which of course makes me think of pumpkin pie. Hooray! (And it also makes me think of hay rides when I was just a girl, and there was a harvest moon! But now I digress!) 

Here is to a great week.

I hope your football team is victorious, unless of course you are playing the Huskies!

WOOF! 

Until next time, my dear glassybaby friends,

Alice

aliceblog@glassybaby.com