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...
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...
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...
"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...
Most of the blogs that I write are about how awesome our handmade mugs are - this one has a different subject, our daughter's first stay at a B&B. At the last National Innkeeping Conference sponsored by PAII, I mentioned to Sarah and Erik, owners of...
As our family business (of making logo mugs) continues to grow, stories from innkeepers about 'mug collectors' are happening more often. Typically 'mug collectors' remain mostly anonymous to us as they visit properties and purchase mugs. Dad, from the beginning, has always hoped that because...
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...
Most of the blogs that I write are about either the custom mugs that we make, custom mugs that we have made for others, or some topic that is related to stories that involve custom mugs. This is the first blog that will have a...
When we introduced our new site, showing off all of our handmade mugs, some pages from the old site were left behind. One of those pages was a 'links' page that had these little .gif files with our Deneen Pottery logo and the words 'we...