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 comment1 LikeThe 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 LikesThe destruction caused by hurricane Ian and the storm surge might be the end of the beloved Over Easy Cafe. It is hard to believe that it was almost 10 years ago that Annie last visited and that might have been the last time! In a recent...
Today we proudly introduce our latest, hand-thrown custom mug style - The Ramsey 16 oz. This newest addition to our Signature Mugs™ line-up was created by one of our potters Jon Conrad and is named after the county in which we produce all of our beautiful...
It has been some time since our last blog about handmade logo mugs! As I sit and type this I realize how inconsistent my blogging has been - good thing that my New Year's resolution is to do at least one blog per month. With that...
It's here, it's here! The first snow of the year has fallen and as quickly as it came last Tuesday night it has already disappeared. But what a FLURRY of activity it's been inside the pottery: catalog #9 (featuring all of our handmade and wheel thrown...
With the success of Kiwi we decided to bring on another new glaze!!! We proudly introduce Powder Blue. From L to R we have Powder Blue w/Sunshine white, Powder Blue w/Blue white, Powder Blue (solid) and Powder Blue w/white. The other names that we tossed around included Tiffany...
For second chance, St. Paul potter aimed small By Nick Woltman of the Saint Paul Pioneer Press Peter Deneen says bankruptcy was the best thing that ever happened to him. After building Deneen Pottery -- a $1 million-a-year business -- from scratch, Deneen lost the company to his...
We've been saying that our mugs are touched by 24 pairs of hands and now we can say that our company was touched by greatness. On Tuesday, Mayor Chris Coleman (and three key members of his staff) stopped by for a tour and conversation. As our family business...
Making mugs is what our family business is all about...
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...
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...