Making mugs is what our family business is all about… And sometimes we make babies. Today I am proud to announce the birth of our latest addition, and my first son: Theodore Fredrick Deneen Born on Friday, May 10th at 4:29pm 8 lbs. 4 oz. and 21″ long (a great size for a baby) He’s [...]
Posted on: May 23rd, 2013
Getting into a groove can have it’s benefits and drawbacks. I remember a specific experience like this when I installed closet rod supports in our bathroom just before Eloise was born. This seemingly simple project turned out to be just a bit more challenging. Somehow I mounted all 3 brackets upside down… When I picked [...]
Posted on: May 3rd, 2013
As we are eagerly anticipating the birth of baby boy Deneen [4/22] we have been hard at work creating a new glaze for our handmade stoneware: Kiwi. For this new addition we have to thank two very inspiring innkeepers, Debbie Mosimann of the Swiss Woods B&B located in Lititz, PA, and Barry Werner of the [...]
Posted on: April 17th, 2013
The Farmers Guest House, located in Galena, IL, shared a change. “We re-did our coffee service with Deneen mugs and Keurig K-cups. What a difference.” Wrote Don and Susan Steffan, the owners and innkeepers. “The revenue in additional mug sales makes up the difference for the increased cost of coffee, not to mention customer satisfaction [...]
Posted on: February 26th, 2013
It is official – Our handmade mugs are a hit with our partners, Western National Parks Association, and we are proud to make this announcement. ————————————————————— John Fasino, Purchasing Manager, sent this message today: ————————————————————— “I would like to congratulate Fort Davis, Pinnacles and Channel Islands. These three Sites are our newest participants in the National [...]
Posted on: February 7th, 2013
Crafting beautiful handmade mugs is what we LOVE to do, but since we started creating our new satin & matte glazes we are now even more inspired about the finish. After our initial launch of that new category we have narrowed the offer to 4 solid glazes and one new marble glaze option. With that [...]
Posted on: January 15th, 2013
“We’re selling a lot more mugs now and [Darlene] thinks it’s because we’ve set up the 4 mug display, along with mugs in the presentation boxes, right in our dining room,” Eric Johnston from the Ash Street Inn wrote in an email to me today. If there is one thing that my dad and working [...]
Posted on: January 4th, 2013
Logo mugs are what we love making, and hearing from friends when they see our work is a highlight. On November 1st I received an email from a good friend named Herb Dickson after he and his wife, Sandra, ate breakfast at Another Broken Egg in Austin, TX. “When the waitress brought our coffee at [...]
Posted on: December 10th, 2012
Rebecca Gallagher, the proprietor of Historic Smithton Inn, emailed me last night with a link to a story that took place at her property on Veterans Day. After I watched the piece it made me think of my grandfather even more since the last blog that I wrote was about our donation to AMVETS. The [...]
Posted on: November 14th, 2012
It is not often that we boast or brag about our philanthropic endeavors, but Dad asked that I make a post about a donation that we made yesterday to AMVETS. While we love creating special mug orders for our troops, giving a donation to help our veterans is just one way that we are giving [...]
Posted on: October 11th, 2012
