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McHenry's Fox River and a Local Coffee Counter

Toast and Roast offers a home for a drawing that follows McHenry's own landmarks.

The Fox River gives the McHenry artwork a natural route. The collaboration with Toast and Roast makes the mug part of a local coffee stop, while the landmarks distinguish the city from the wider county design.

The McHenry mug showing its hand-drawn local artwork
Details from the McHenry mug.
Ashley drawing the McHenry mug design on paper
The McHenry artwork taking shape.

Details in the drawing

The wraparound artwork includes Fox River, McHenry Riverwalk, Petersen Park and Veterans Memorial Park. 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 McHenry Mug page. The mug is carried through Toast and Roast; please check the mug page or contact the shop before making a special trip.

A gift idea with a real place behind it

For a friend who has moved away, the familiar names in the artwork do the work: Fox River and McHenry Riverwalk are reminders of an actual place. Include a note naming the moment you shared there, or ask which detail they noticed first when you give it to them.

Soli Deo Gloria,Ashley Ann's signature

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