For X-mas this year my Mom gave me a Glassybaby. Now what's that you say? Check out the image above, although this time the photo doesn't do it justice. Basically it's a blown glass candle holder that's made with a lot of love and patience. Something about it is just really soothing. I light mine just about every time I sit down to work at my computer.

For me the cool thing about it is the floating water like appearance. When the tea light wax inside begins to melt, the green glass looks like it has a shadow of water inside. It's pretty cool.

My Mom gave me a green one since she knows that's my favorite color and primary brand color. The following is a description of the Glassybaby and what it's all about. If you like what you read, you can find out more at www.glassybaby.com or call 206.568.7368.

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The favorite description of Glassybaby was written by Lee's 12 year old son, Hector, and given to her in the early morning last Christmas.

"A Glassybaby is physically a small, colored, glass cup, candleholder, or vase. But the light of the candle coming through the Glassybaby generates more; it gives warmth to a cold day, a calm token of peace in the busy world.

Since 1998, three-time cancer survivor Lee Rhodes has been designing, publicizing, and selling these small, extremely tough and strong cups. In 2001, she began to learn to blow these glasses, and has produced many glasses since.

Glassybaby are made through a multi-layered glass blowing process and their color comes from different shaded color rods to produce a mix of opaque, translucent, and deeply colored glasses. This method creates a thick, strong piece of glass that has many functions and uses.

Glassybaby come in 53 different colors that you can mix to create a stunning, flickering picture for a quiet vigil or a bustling party. Shining out of a window, a Glassybaby creates an aura of love and good that fills the heart of anyone on the sidewalk or street.

There is almost no limit to the moods and feelings that a Glassybaby or a group of Glassybaby can produce in someone, be it the calm and tranquil mint green or the inspiring dark orange.

As glasses, the Glassybaby are beautiful and useful, they act as cups and goblets, and the transparent colors are ideal for this job. The Glassybaby are dishwasher safe and are practically indestructible when you drop them.

Glassybaby are useful in many ways. But their real use is lifting bad moods and loneliness. Their warm and colored light flickers like we do in everyday life.

The Glassybaby serve as a metaphor to symbolize hope, and are humble in spirit but not in beauty. Whatever your mood, a Glassybaby can keep your home inviting and full of Spirit." - by Hector Rhodes.

The kid who wrote that is 12 years old! I think he has a future in copy writing.