I have a variety of mugs that are cheap and cheerful that we use everyday, nothing special about them. I do have this pretty set that I have had for many years, that I received as a gift, that actually have never been used.

Those are gorgeous, Rose! I just love pretty blue and white dishes!

LOL auntjen--I love this post! I thought I was a little weird in enjoying such a thing--although our question each morning is a little different: "Where do we want to be today?" When we travelour souvenir of choice is a Starbucks coffee mug. We are getting quite a collection from all over--China to Turkey to Paris and beyond. A decidedly low-brow mug, but they bring back such fond memories.

RoseAbby--oh my gosh, those are beautiful. I'd be afraid I'd chip one--so I'd have tone content to just look at them!

Diana

Thanks tvq1, that is why they have lasted at least 25 years now because we only look at them!!

What is it about blue and white dishes? I generally don't like blue and white motifs, but with dishes I love it. Is it because there really isn't any blue food so there's always contrast?

I need cups of a size, at least 12-oz, up to 16 oz. Not too wide mouthed. Comfortable handle. Prefer white interior.

DH is fussy about the handle too. As a tongue in cheek nod to Dunkin Donuts, all our coffee mugs are from there. However, they have to be white and brown, or my newest are gold, to match my kitchen. And, the handle has to be DH approved.

I prefer pottery mugs. This was my favorite until I dropped it.

Made this one for dh last year when World Market offered a freebie deal.

Oh you struck a chord:). I love my extensive collection of Rennaissance Festival Grey Fox Pottery mugs for my overindulgent cup of morning coffee. We have at least 2-4 every year since 1995. My husband for years did not want me to use them as I have broken a few over the years...now, we both use them. I sip, hold the weightieness of it in my hand and reminisc of the many visits we've had over the years. Early on when the mead and stout was the highlight to more recent years when my daughter would do flips on the trampoline or paint hearts on the painted lady of Fairhaven. They are so large the take 4 cups+ each. Guests are always surprised by these when presented with one and endless conversation starters are close at hand:).

My 'must have my coffee in this mug' everyday mug. In the early 80s we stayed at a new Radisson Hotel in DC for a week. I complemented the dishes that were used in the hotel's restaurant, the mugs were just the right thickness and size. When we checked out, a box was handed to me. 4 mugs! Only 3 remain.

This one was given to me by my boss at one of my first jobs. I loved and respected him a lot, so I treasure this mug and the other gifts he gave me over the years. I really miss him.

Thank you for sharing (or sharing about) your special pieces!

Here's the one I have my tea out of at work. It was a last-minute purchase at Heathrow Airport, using up all of my British coins at the Harrod's shop there.

I love nice cup of tea. Mainly because it warms my hands.

I have white Wedgwood countryware (both mugs and cups and saucers) that is pure white in a cabbage leaf pattern. Love them, and have for years.

Then there are all the silly gift mugs, travel mugs, photo mugs etc etc. Most of our storage is glass fronted, so I relegate all the assorted mugs that might not otherwise coordinate with what I have in my cabs to what we call "the ugly mug drawer". Even within the ugly mug drawer, are some favorites of mine (sorry can't post a photo right now).

I love the clear glass Metropolitan museum ones. I have two big white ones that say "You go girl" that I got my DDs. And I have favorites from Atelier Make in Montreal that I picked up on vacation. I bought them in a little shop with a bunch of other stuff and had no idea they were $34 each, until I went on line to buy more.

I had never heard of Atelier Make. What lovely pieces, in delicious colors!

Thanks for posting that! Me neither, until I turned them upside down! I also have a cityscape one.

This is my favorite. If it breaks I will cry. It is big and I can pour a big cup of coffee without worrying about sloshing coffee when I stumble down the hall in a fog early in the morning. Yes it is an elephant and the potter is from Tuscaloosa, home of The University of Alabama Crimson Tide. I found it in Highlands NC while shopping for other pottery and would have bought a dozen (well at least 6) but it was the last one.

Some days should be...:)

or...

I love My fiestaware mugs!

My baby is 23 years old. I still smile when I use the "new mommy" mug that someone gave to me shortly after she was born.

I started out with two of these Longaberger mugs. DH loved their weight and handle, so we now have 10. On vacation so I can enjoy a relaxing cup while watching the Today show. Happy.

I didn't realize Longaberger made mugs too! Love that piece. It's chunky and substantial - everything a coffee cup should be!

My favorite mug, though I don't use it often. It's a Mackenzie-Childs enamelware mug. The handle/cup gets extremely hot with a new pour and then coffee cools down really fast. I do love the line of tableware they have.

That's my favorite color green. <3

I primarily use Fiestaware mugs and am trying to not accumulate too much stuff for me. Soo, last year we started purchasing tea ware from Pip studios for my 14 year old daughter. I believe the studio is Danish? Such lovely, feminine designs.

Love MacKenzie Childs! I have the teapot and sugar bowl and woukd love a few (4)mugs, though a bit pricey.

Sorry, couldn't get the image to copy. Please click on the link to see the cute mug. TIA

http://www.mackenzie-childs.com/Table-Kitchen/Drinkware/Courtly-Check-Enamel-Mug.axd

Love Pip Studios and Mackenzie Childs! Such pretty, happy designs.

I just won the eBay auction on these Cornishware mugs. I'm over the moon!

I am mildly obsessed with coffee mugs. They have to feel a certain way in my hand, be a certain size, etc. I found my perfect mug at Starbucks, and now I collect them. They're the ones that have the names of cities/states on them. Since we travel quite a bit, I have a pretty good collection: Boston, Miami, NYC, Ohio, San Diego, Chicago, Philly, etc. I am going to Baltimore in a couple of weeks so I assume I'll find one there. I now make my family stop at Starbucks at any new destination to see if they have mugs. They changed the design/shape a while back, which sort of annoyed me at first, but I'm over it now.

I used to just buy a mug from everywhere we traveled, but I found that the text/images on most souvenir mugs fade quickly, so I now buy only Starbucks mugs. Even my oldest one hasn't faded a bit.

We don't have any mugs that match or are part of any kind of china "set." So if we have 10 people for coffee, everyone has a different mug!

None of my mugs match. This has grown to be rather fun. I even have a mug which mugs: (I keep it perched at the top edge of my cabinet, to look down at unsuspecting guests...) Behind it you can see a beer stein I colored and fired myself, years ago.

This is a really neat item of glazed pottery; I have no idea where it came from: (Behind it, to the right - a cool mug gifted to me by my first real boyfriend.)

And, here are four mugs - the first a friend had made a set of mugs using nice photos she herself took. The second - a Lebanese artist I met on Live Journal, back when Live Journal was a thing - Third, a momento from last summer at Martha's Vineyard. Fourth - a Christmas gift from a co-worker some time or another.:

Broken leg? Aaaaack! Grab yourself one of those mugs, fix a cup of tea, and rest thyself! ;-)

My mugs are mostly made in England. I was lucky enough to find an Emma Bridgewater large mug and a pitcher in the hearts pattern at my local Goodwill store. They were 99c each and look brand new. I also found a Leeds Pottery creamware mug and some Royal Doulton mugs there. From my trips to England, I have commemorative mugs of Princess Diana and Charles, the Royal Jubilee and one of the Queen Mother. I don't use those. Another favorite mug is a pottery mug with a raised portrait of Robert Burns that I bought at his house in Ayr. I have several Portmeiron mugs, also.

I have some pieces of blue and white cornishware (a bowl and a large jug), but no mugs.

I make a photo mug every Christmas and those are always my favorite. The size is perfect, but seeing pics of my boys over the years is the best! We also give a mug to great-grandpa with his Christmas gift. He raves about it.

This year's mug arrived yesterday and I can't wait to use it for my coffee this morning!

My husband always gets very upset when he sees that someone else also has a #1 Dad mug.

Besides my favorite oversized elephant mug, these are my favorites, made by a local potter. Notice the little thumb rest on the top of the handle. I have a set of the reddish ones. The other was given to me by my DGD for my birthday. Love the colors. And they hold the heat so well.

Outside, the majority of my pottery mugs all have the thumb rest. Love the glaze on the mug on the left!

All these pretty mugs.. looks like I am going to do a bit of Black Friday shopping today!

I don't drink coffee, but do love hot tea and chai tea. Most of our mugs are Platzgraff Naturewood (probably 20 years old). Then we have half a dozen with our neighborhood name, including a pottery mug from a few years ago. I recently broke our favorite mug from Vegas. Perfect size. :( We have one with DH name all over it in different languages (present from my mom years ago) and a Gunsite mug. Favorites currently are mugs that feature pictures of our grandchildren, ordered from Shutterfly.

I'm currently at DD2's house since she has work today. This is my favorite mug at her house. She ordered it on etsy. The print is on both sides:

A friend gave me a MacKenzie Childs enamel mug and I only use it when she stops over for coffee. It's pretty but as okra pointed out - the handle gets hot and the beverage cooks too quickly. I prefer stoneware - it keeps my coffee hot and I like the heft. We have one shelf of mismatched mugs - favorites that we've accumulated on the years.

Love seeing everyone's pretty mugs, I've been using the same Pfalzgraf tea rose mug for years, it feels better hand and mouth than any other I've used, but hub just brought this one home from his India trip so I thought I'd share the pic. One of his relatives gifted it to him and I doubt it'll be used, we're both rather sticks in the mud for our daily mugs, but it's cute and will keep it in the cabinet.

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Cheesy, I know, but for our everyday "just us" mugs DH and I enjoy mugs that have a connection with a good experience or shared adventure. The back story on our current favorite -- The barn is the iconic image of the ski resort we have been visiting for that past 27 years and is located at what was the entrance to the last ranch holdout near the mountain base. The property finally sold, the landmark barn was restored and along with several acres was dedicated as a city park, and the remaining land developed as a 62 lot subdivision where we have purchased a lot for our retirement home. So the mug represents our hopes and dreams.