It takes four Seattle artists, three layers of molten glass and two thousand degrees to make one glassybaby. glassybaby are colorful, handmade glass candle holders and drinkers people use for celebration, for sympathy, for comfort and for home decor. Founded by three-time cancer survivor, Lee Rhodes, the company donates hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities dedicated to health, healing and quality of life. glassybaby founder, Lee Rhodes, was fighting her third battle with cancer and raising three small children when she first dropped a tea light into a handmade, colorful vessel. Lee found great hope in the soothing light and found the peace and calm she needed to heal.