Recycled Glass Hearts for your favorite environmentalist

I was walking on a rocky beach near our house with our two little boys recently and found that a recent storm had tossed a number of bottles up on the beach. That same storm had broken a number of the bottles leaving shards of clear, green, and brown strewn underfoot. While I was turned away, one of the little rugrats picked up a neck and dropped it on a rock adding more broken clear glass to the collection. I was mad at him and told him why, but it got me to thinking. Where could I take my boys to learn what happens to the glass that we recycle everyday in our green recycle bin. Maybe there's a place where we can go to throw bottles into a large metal or concrete container and watch them shatter. Who wouldn't have the urge in a controlled environment to smash the bejeesus out of some pre-recycled glass?

I haven't found where to go to smash the bottles, but at the Red Elephant Gallery you will find a lot of post-recycled glass. It's all made by our friends at Fire and Light. The artists there use up to 90% recycled glass in their gorgeous plates, glasses, and vases. The desire to be environmentally friendly and all of our desires to be good to our mothers on Mother's Day has put Fire and Light's tremendous recycled glass hearts in mind as a truly unique, handmade gift to warm your mother's heart. Each heart takes three days to make from smashed pieces to sculpted wonder and each bears the distinctive signature of Fire and Light.