Glassdoc
You write about buying gifts when you were a child from Blenko. My question is have you been to Blenko in the last decade?
Not one thing in this shop is affordable.
My kids have a $10 - 15 limit. What could they buy for their teacher or gmom?
Cookie
Cookie,
Yes. I have been to Blenko in the last decade. I continue to find many items at Blenko in the $10 - 20 range. Often the Blenko waterbottles will be $20 or under. Frequently one can find items on the clearance table for under $20. The small frogs and whales are often under $10.
One item - I frequently purchase is the Blenko Glass disc - these are attached to a chain, a ribbon or a key chain and the cost is $8.00.
Katie Trippe and Company started with the Blenko Waterbottle image, they continue to add designs - The Pink Ribbon for Breast Cancer and the image of our State (WV) are 2 of my most frequent purchases.
Return to Blenko. Talk with the shop ladies, they'll guide you and your children to affordable Blenko Glass. A few years ago in a conversation with Mr. Walter Blenko we discussed the need to have small touchable items ( not easily broken) that children could purchase. Blenko has continued this tradition of offering affordable glass.
You didn't mention taking your children to the observation area. Please take them each and every time they accompany you to Blenko Glass.
Randy Rider - Keith Morris and the others enjoy having children visit.
If we teach the children about the importance of buying local, buying Made In West Virginia, buying goods from our neighbors - well - perhaps we'll develop more manufacturing jobs and keep the ones we have.
BLENKO GLASS MADE IN WEST VIRGINIA! Buy only made in the USA this year!