The Coffee Barn gave this Mendota design a community setting from the beginning. The aim was to bring recognizable places into an object someone could use at breakfast, not to make a generic souvenir of a small town.
Details in the drawing
The wraparound artwork includes Union Depot Railroad Museum, Graves-Hume Public Library, Mendota Sweet Corn Festival and Amtrak 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 Mendota Mug page. The mug is carried through The Coffee Barn; please check the mug page or contact the shop before making a special trip.
A gift idea with a real place behind it
For someone who grew up in Mendota, the pleasure is recognition: Union Depot Railroad Museum and Graves-Hume Public Library are specific enough to begin a story. Add a handwritten note about the place you remember together. The mug becomes a prompt for that memory, rather than a generic souvenir.
Ashley Ann