Customer Highlight: Debra — Love That Continues to Shine

We receive many beautiful customer stories, but Debra’s stood out for its sweetness, its remembrance, and the way it captures what we love most about glassybaby. Her story is a reminder of how art becomes meaningful—how a simple glow can turn into a family tradition, a shared joy, and, over time, a way of holding someone close.

Debra has always loved blown glass—the color, the craft, the way light seems to rest inside it. Her first introduction to glassybaby came during a holiday home tour in 2009, where a glowing display caught her eye. She didn’t bring one home that night, but she went straight to her husband, Kevin, to tell him about the beauty she had seen and how much she thought he would have loved it too. 

A year later, in 2010, a friend gifted Debra her very first glassybaby. 
“Seeing the baby illuminated in our home,” she said, “opened the floodgate to Kevin gifting glassybaby to me over all the holidays and special occasions.” 

And from that moment on, glassybaby became part of their family story. 

Kevin made each piece meaningful—bringing their daughter and son along to pick out gifts for Mother’s Day, birthdays, and celebrations. The kids knew how proud he was to walk through the door holding that small white box, excited to surprise Debra with a new glow for their home. It became a shared joy, something they all looked forward to. 

Over the years, the collection grew alongside their memories. On their 40th anniversary, Debra and Kevin chose hali’a—a fundraiser glassybaby honoring Maui, a place woven into their story since their honeymoon as young college students. It was both a remembrance and a way to give back.

Before losing Kevin, glassybaby represented art, beauty, light, and love. It was Debra’s love language—giving and receiving gifts that carried meaning. And though gift-giving wasn’t Kevin’s natural language, he worked hard at it because it mattered to her. 
“He loved glassybaby as much as I did,” she shared. “It was fun to share it with him.” 

This Christmas marks the second anniversary of Kevin’s passing, and the first time Debra has decorated without him.

The glow of glassybaby now holds something deeper—warmth for the long Pacific Northwest winter nights, and comfort as she approaches the one-year anniversary of losing him. For the first time ever, her glassybaby Christmas tree went up early. 
“It feels extra special this year,” she said. “To have both the light and the memories on the one-year anniversary.” 

Debra’s home is glowing again this season—not just with color, but with love that continues to shine.