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 super excited to announce a new handmade mug style - The Tall Belly! With the popularity of the Ramsey at 14 oz. we decided that another larger mug was needed for our line-up. We hit the drawing board (with our thinking caps on) and started to explore...
We are proud to share this story (which appeared in the Western National Parks Association newsletter) as it focuses on both our custom USA-made products and our shared values. WNPA is Committed to Developing Innovative Products and Publications for Our Partner Parks WNPA works with vendors whose values are in line...
I love being able to deliver our custom handmade mugs to our customers, and I especially love delivering to the Mill City Museum! Last time Eloise was just 1 year old and wasn't much help, but this time she pitched in and helped carry one...
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...
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...
Making your logo mugs is keeping us busy! I hope that the summer finds you all well. Here at the pottery we are focused on working hard, as we set clear expectations. We have hired two new potters (this makes 7), and a second shift is...
It has been a while since our last blog and so much has happened here at the pottery. Production is up and lead times are now at just over 10 weeks?!? Yes, it is hard to believe but ever since the holidays things just haven't...
Today I will be telling a story about a very special handmade mug. This mug is the the newest addition to our line of Signature Mugs™ and was named on January 26th, 2012 in Little Rock, AR. So many of our blogs focus on events or...
Listening, watching, or just paying attention are things that I'm doing much more of these days...