My Unusual Paperweights

A few months back, our construction manager was researching recycled glass countertops for a prospective client F.C. Dadson was wooing at the time. We didn't end up winning the business, but we were left with a lot of really neat looking countertop material samples -two of which ended up on my desk.

Not really sure what to do with my Vetrazzo samples (one in Charisma Blue and the other in Bistro Green), I just let them sit there. They got caught in the shuffle of daily paper work. Since then, many people have asked me about my "paperweights," sparking conversations about how cool it is that something like beer bottles can be recycled into something that beautiful.

Anything to start the conversation, right?

If you're a business using unique materials or practices to create your products, your retail space, or your displays, why not bring them front and center and to the customers' attention? My recycled glass countertop samples inadvertently became conversation pieces. Imagine the buzz I could have created if I would have publicized my unusual paperweights.