We are super excited to announce our new collaboration for our Illustrator Mug Series with Amber Share! During the dark days of the pandemic, especially at the start, when many of our Park Partners were canceling POs and having to close a bright, funny, creative......
13 September, 2022 Uncategorized No comment0 LikesThe Wicher Garden – Queens Cup Recently I was working with Sarah Stotts, from BedandBreakfast.com, on an article about my family’s Custom Pottery Mug business When she asked me for any new images of our handmade stoneware Jumping Rocks popped into my head. So I......
23 April, 2009 Pictures No comment1 LikeAs my family has been making mugs for customers for over 30 years from time to time we hear from folks like Vince Smith of Houston, Texas: Dear Niles: Approximately 12 years ago, my wife and I were in Ithaca, NY and had the pleasure......
17 April, 2009 Testimonials No comment4 LikesIf you requested a catalog and didn’t receive one in February or March your information did not makes its way through our website to us. We apologize for this miscommunication and failure to send you our catalog. The problems have been fixed and the “Catalog......
15 April, 2009 Announcements No comment1 LikeSpring is finally in the air and I had a few minutes this morning to take pictures of the firing that took place yesterday. We fire the kiln 4-5 days a week, each glaze firing heats the stoneware inside up to about 2350º F and......
15 April, 2009 Just off the Kiln No comment1 LikeNot sure where you were from the March 30th – April 2nd… My family (mom, dad, aunt and wifey) spent 4 days in Atlanta talking about our custom handmade stoneware mugs with some of the best innkeeping professionals in the country. We’ve been working with......
09 April, 2009 Conferences No comment1 LikeOn February 13th we shipped an order of custom handmade mugs to Christina and Charlie Ward in Yanceyville, NC and on February 18th we received this email: Hello Niles, Yesterday I received the handmade mugs, they’re PERFECT! it’s exactly what I was looking for. I......
27 March, 2009 Testimonials No comment1 LikeNo early retirement for Peter Deneen. At the start of this year with all of the economic uncertainty we decided to head out to more bed and breakfast conferences in the hopes of attracting new customers. A few weeks back my dad attended the Illinois......
27 March, 2009 Conferences No comment1 LikeWith each order that we ship, we hope to meet or exceed our customer’s expectations… Now and then we are lucky enough to have a reaction like this: Dear Niles and Teena, I want you to know that our new custom mugs are simply spectacular. ......
23 February, 2009 Testimonials No comment1 LikeIt was a cool and sunny weekend here in Minnesota and we had a firing that took place. Today I photographed a few pictures of some of the handmade stoneware custom mugs that are just about to be shipped. Custom Handmade Round Belly Mug...
16 February, 2009 Just off the Kiln No comment2 Likes
It is not often, well this was actually the FIRST time, that a TV anchor decided to bring a camera into our pottery to do a story on our family business. Oh boy, we couldn't be more pleased about how the video, which aired on WCCO channel 4, turned...
Since folks keep asking, I thought it was about time to do a blog post on the steps of making of an official Deneen Pottery mug. To start things off here is a great video that really puts it all together AKA an overview. Our idea behind the...
When your Monday starts out cold, windy and rainy - it's nice to look back at some recent victories: the custom mugs that we made and the fun moments that took place. Last week Jason DeRusha from WCCO news stopped by for a quick meeting and tour....
Pack a picnic basket, pitch the tent, and pull on your hiking boots — In honor of National Park Week, held each Spring in late April, we have some splendid images and stories to share and many are connected to custom mugs that we have created. National...
We just found out from our friends at SNAP that their amazing work on redesigning our website, which focuses on our handmade pottery mugs, is now officially award winning thanks to the Internet Advertising Awards. We think the picture below says it all - The Best Work Won! I...
In 1968, Peter Deneen took his first pottery class at Luther College and learned how to throw pots. Now, 47 years later, we are on pace to produce over 400,000 custom handmade pottery mugs - WOW. How we got here has much to do with Professor Dean...
Lately, conversations of heritage and legacy have been swirling in the air - and while our daily focus is on the production of custom handmade mugs, it is the connection to our past that is inspiring us most of all. The abridged version of "Deneen Pottery History" is, on its surface, quite simple...
When your family business began with college sweethearts throwing and decorating pots in a garage, the idea of receiving an award for being a top Minnesota company is somewhat unreal. But then again, we have sprinkled in a lifetime of sacrifice while adding a second generation that's fueled by...
We are so honored to share these recently completed handmade mugs for the Tuskeegee Airmen NHS, Selma to Montgomery NHT and Martin Luther King Jr. NHS. This is a big year in our nation's history - 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Voting...
When you love horses as much as our Carrie Austin it's hard to pass up the opportunity to work with an organization like Hold Your Horses [HYH] especially when they wanted handmade custom pottery mugs! For those of you that are unfamiliar with HYH, they are...