My work with Mike and Rosanna Shipley grew beyond one Conscious Cup community. In Barrington, that relationship gave the drawing a local home; pair the mug with coffee and a note about the town rather than treating it as a souvenir without a story.
Details in the drawing
The wraparound artwork includes Historic Downtown Barrington, Barrington’s White House, Langendorf Park and Barrington Metra Station. Each is part of the place this mug was drawn to remember.
See the finished mug
Explore the artwork and find current shop information on The Barrington Mug page. The mug is carried through Cook Street Coffee; please check the mug page or contact the shop before making a special trip.
A gift idea with a real place behind it
If this is a housewarming gift, let the artwork introduce the neighborhood instead of trying to explain the whole town at once. Historic Downtown Barrington and Barrington’s White House give the recipient two concrete places to recognize or explore, and a handwritten card can hold the reason you chose this community for them.
The shop and the coffee
Conscious Cup has roasted specialty coffee in Crystal Lake since 2006 and serves it through its Barrington café. That makes a bag of its coffee a natural companion to the Barrington Mug: the gift supports the coffee team behind the local collaboration as well as the artwork. Read Conscious Cup Coffee Roasters’s own story for its current coffee offerings.
Ashley Ann