Father’s Day isn’t just a day on the calendar for us at Deneen Pottery. It's a time to reflect on the roots of our family business, to celebrate the fathers who shape us, guide us, and encourage us to keep going! ...
13 June, 2025 Announcements Holidays No comment0 LikesRecently 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 got on the phone and......
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....
16 February, 2009 Just off the Kiln No comment2 LikesWhen we last looked at our glaze line-up - I realized that we were missing some colors that would really make our handmade logo mugs pop for the spring season. Earthy brown, beautiful greens, and stunning reds have always been very popular, so we turned our sights...
Death Wish Coffee mugs are in the works and a limited quantity will be sent to them next week. Since we are only authorized to make their mugs (and drink their coffee) keep an eye on their site for availability in the coming weeks! Here's the...
The 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...