Hallmark's Santa Claus Coffee Mugs for Christmas

There is something simply FUN about these Hallmark Santa Claus-themed Christmas mugs. I love that they are all shaped like his head and focused on his face, the traditional colors that Hallmark used and the glossy finish.

Two of them are formed like a modern-day children's image of Santa, with white hair and beard and red accessories.  One of them features that famous white hair and a red handle and adds on the word Believe, which harkens to the wonderful Chris Van Allsburg Christmas book and movie, The Polar Express. The fourth and final one is more realistic and detailed. You can't help but love his rosy pink cheeks!

They're all fabulous and I can see building a whole collection of Santa Claus mugs with them or just adding a single one to your or their Christmas decor. These mugs would even make interesting vessels for presenting Christmas gifts in.

If you are looking for a specific mug or any face or head-shaped mug, they can be difficult to find. Try looking on this very focused search for Hallmark Santa Claus face mugs by clicking right here to eBay.  

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas!

Brenda

Treasures By Brenda

PICTURE CREDITS, AS SEEN IN THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH:

The realistic Santa mug with the rosy pink cheeks picture is shared by and currently available from eBay seller Time After Time Resale.

The Santa with Believe on his beard is shared and available from seller RFTK Resale. 

The mug above the one that reads Believe is shared and was available from seller hnbboutique. No longer available, that eBay seller has other Christmas items available.

The mug on the top left was from my store and has been SOLD.

MORE CHRISTMAS READING:

How to Create a Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Gift Set.

Discover whether or not Santa has a daughter named Annie!

Enjoy this page full of Christmas mugs from the movies.

31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS: Starbucks Anniversary Collection 2015 Golden Scales Mug

It's been awhile since I have done a 31 Days of Coffee Mugs series. Since 2020, it turns out. Here's to a new series for 2023 starting off with this handsome Starbucks coffee mug. It is the anniversary collection mug from 2015 and features a raised detail of golden scales. A reference back to Starbucks' mermaid. 

You'll love how the dark coloration glistens both with the glossy finish and the gold dots. The metallic finish means that it is imperfect in nature, with little spots here and there in the finish. 

Remember that said gold detailing and metallic finish on a mug means that it is not dishwasher nor microwave safe.

Size wise, it is an ordinary-sized coffee mug. Ordinary, by old-fashioned standards. You might find it small if you are used to having a big mug. This one measures 3 1/4 inches tall by 3 1/4 inches wide across the opening and 5 inches long if you include the handle. It will hold 10 fluid ounces o4 296 milliliters of your favorite hot, steamy beverage. 

Find this Golden Scale Starbucks Anniversary Collection mug by clicking here to visit my eBay store.

You never know

what mugs I might have

in store for you!

Brenda

MORE STARBUCKS MUGS:

Starbucks' the Year of the Rat Mug.

Starbucks' Year of the Monkey Mug.

Starbucks' You Melt My Heart Mug.

31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS (2020): Chess Mug for The Queen's Gambit Fans & Players

Netflix's new hit series, The Queen's Gambit is leading the a surge of interest for the game of chess. Netflix announced when the series hit 62 million viewers that it was the platform's most-watched scripted series ever. 

Apparently, searches for 'how to play chess' and demand for chess games has skyrocketed. eBay reported a 273 percent increase in searches for 'chess sets' immediately following the series’ release. Indeed, I recently sold the one and only chess set that I had in my eBay store. I was surprised but I should have seen it coming. 

Unfortunately in this case, Netflix series do not arrive with a plethora of merchandise, the way movies sometimes do. I went searching for an official The Queen's Gambit coffee mug but came up empty handed. I even struggled simply to find a NICE chess-themed mug and not a modern day creation that simply had a chess quote or black and white picture on it. In the end, however, I found this attractive stoneware mug from Mara. 

Mara's mug measures 5 inches by 3.75 inches and holds 16 ounces of your favorite steaming hot beverage. Conveniently, it is dishwasher and microwave safe.

Reviews of this design in particular are few but other mugs by the company in the same shape have good reviews with a couple of things to watch out for. First, be aware of the size as some people found the mug bigger than they expected and second, be aware of the irregular nature of these hand crafted pieces. Items that are handmade often vary slightly from piece to piece in terms of quality and painting style. 

This mug is a functional and affordable piece of artwork, making it a great gift idea for anyone who loves chess. Order your Mara chess-themed mug from Amazon by clicking here or on eBay by clicking here. Be sure to come back and tell us what you think of the mug if you do decide to buy it.

What is in your coffee mug today?

Brenda

Treasures By Brenda

Game Reviews:

Discover Cranium Board Games.

See all of the Jenga Stacking Games.

Find 31 Days of Coffee Mugs.

31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS (2020): Toy Story Mugs

Disney Pixar's Toy Story needs no introduction. The award-winning movie series debut in 1995 and was a huge hit everywhere including in our household where there were two little boys who loved Woody and Buzz.  Since then, the familiar characters have entertained us through a total of four movies with a rumored number five on the way.  

We all know that 2020 has been a year of challenges because of the virus. In the movie world, this has meant the closing of theatres and a reduction in film production. Will there be a fifth movie? The answer to that question is still unknown so we will just have to wait and see if our beloved characters will return.

Anyway, today is Day 5 in my current 31 Days of Coffee Mugs series and I am thrilled to present these handsome limited edition Toy Story coffee mugs. They were originally sold through the Disney Store in commemoration of Toy Story's 20th Anniversary. They feature the original sketches and concept art for Woody and Buzz Lightyear.

These retired mugs are generously sized, measuring 4 5/8 inches (11.8 cms) in height and 3 3/8 inches (8.6 cms) across the top and are both microwave and dishwasher safe.

Whether you prefer Woody, everybody's favorite cowboy, or Buzz Lightyear, our favorite space ranger, you can still find these mugs both new and used sold as a set or individually on eBay by clicking right here.

What is on your favorite coffee mug? 

Brenda
Treasures By Brenda

Quick Links:

See the Toy Story merchandise in my eBay store.

31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS (2020): Chalkboard Coffee Mugs

Why not put your coffee mug to work? Use it as a form of communication!  Grab your chalk and get ready to play with your coffee today. 

For the fourth day in my 31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUG 2020 series, I bring you chalkboard coffee mugs. The exterior surface is used as a blackboard allowing you to pick up a piece of chalk and personalize the mug in any way you like.

I think that it would be a fun to have one of these mugs and I decided that I would choose a plain one that you can customize with any message like Happy Birthday, Good Morning or I Love You, perhaps with a drawing like the one shown above in the photograph by Flickr photographer maggieda or below in the photograph by Fatma Alemadi or maybe you'd just like to play Tic Tac Toe on your mug.

Konitz Chalk Mugs

Konitz created an interesting and varied selection of chalk mugs. They strive to be on top of the trends in fashion, design and life in order to put them on a mug for you. They are located in Germany and were founded by the Rosenthal family, the creators of Rosenthal Porcelain.

Konitz chalk mugs come with a mug and a piece of chalk and come in a variety of themes including a plain one, the feelings one, the kissing lips one and the Tic Tac Toe one. They hold 12 ounces of your favorite hot and steamy beverage and are made of a durable porcelain that is microwave and dishwasher safe. Find all of Konitz' chalk mugs on Amazon by clicking here or all of Amazon's chalkboard mugs by clicking here.

Starbucks Chalk Mug

The chalk art at Starbucks' coffee shops is very popular and actually a draw and source of entertainment for some coffee drinkers. It comes as no surprise then that Starbucks actually made a line of chalk board coffee cups although these are a little different than the rest of the mugs on this page because they come already decorated. They are a good idea for people who love Starbuck's artwork and want the chalkboard look.  Click here to find this Starbucks' Chalk Mug on eBay.

Do you think you would you have fun with a chalkboard coffee mug?

Brenda

Treasures By Brenda

More Mugs:

31 Days of Coffee Mugs 2015.

31 Days of Coffee Mugs 2016.

Discover the new, used and vintage mugs in my eBay store.

 

31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS: Personaliteas Mug (2020)

For day THREE of the 31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS, I bring you a novel-tea. That is, a fine bone china mug from artist Jumble Sailor in a design called Personaliteas. It’s perfect for anyone who loves their tea in a mug, like me! 

The design on the mug was Jumble Sailor’s entry into a tea towel design competition by ToDryFor’s tea towel competition in the United Kingdom. It is made by Beast in Show and available through Jumble Sailor’s Etsy store. 

Vintage inspired, I love the illustrations. You can drink your cuppa tea with Camilla Chamomile, Olly Oolong, Brian Breakfast and friends and of course, I won’t tell if you put coffee in your mug. The design is all around the mug and even features a friend called Rosy Lee in the bottom. She’s there reading the leaves whether or not you used tea leaves (or even drank tea). 

This mug is a unique gift idea for the tea lover in your life. It is hand decorated in a winning combination of light blue and deep red in Stoke on Trent in the United Kingdom. It measures 3 1/2 inches (9 cms) deep by 3 1/3 inches (8.4 cms) wide and is microwave and dishwasher safe. 

This mug has so much personality! Find your personaliteas mug on Etsy by clicking here and don’t miss the matching tea towel while you’re there. 

You never know what 

I might have in store for you! 

Brenda

QUICK LINKS:

Follow Jumble Sailor on Instagram.

Follow me, Treasures By Brenda, on Instagram.

31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS: The Golden Girls (2020)

I remember my mother watching the award winning television series The Golden Girls in the 1980s and I know I watched it sometime after that, too. 

The show ran for a total of seven seasons and offered up a whopping 180 episodes. An amazing 27.2 million people tuned in to the series finale in 1992. 

It starred four legendary actresses: Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, all of whom are gone now except for Betty White, who is 98 years old as I write this in 2020. 

The premise of the show was four senior citizen roommates who managed one way or another to live in the same house and stay friends. 

The series has had incredible staying power. All these years later, it is still widely beloved. It is popular with older folk who may or may not have watched it originally as well as with younger folk who were not even born when it first aired. The Queen Mum loved it and Sir Laurence Olivier did, too. 

The BBC calls it the most treasured show ever saying it is the "ultimate pop culture goodie: more naughty-but-nice" and describing the characters as 'fiercely funny, unashamedly soppy, brazenly glamorous (1980s style) and bravely outspoken.' 

If you or someone in your life loves The Golden Girls, they will love this fun coffee mug that features a drawn illustration of The Golden Girls on one side and the text 'Stay Golden' on the other.  I am featuring it here as the second mug in my 2020 series, 31 Days of Coffee Mugs. Find your Golden Girls coffee mug on Amazon by clicking right here. Be warned, it is a big one at 20 ounces, perfect for holding a large cup of coffee or tea!

Stay tuned! You never know what 

I might have in store for you!

Brenda 

Quick Links: 

Buy your Golden Girls coffee mug on Amazon.

The Golden Girls 25th Anniversary Complete Collection DVD boxed set on Amazon.

Vincent Van Gogh Coffee Mugs

Vincent Van Gogh's paintings are worth millions. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to visit the Up Close exhibition when it was in Ottawa and to visit the museum in Amsterdam. More recently, I had the opportunity to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Though I love many of Van Gogh's images, including Wheatfield with Crows, The Starry Night and Cafe Terrace at Night, I will settle for a coffee mug.

Shown here is the beautiful fine china mug set by McIntosh that includes four images of Van Gogh paintings nicely packaged in a gift box. Give this set to anyone who enjoys fine art or Vincent Van Gogh's works in particular. You can find it on Amazon by clicking here.

Brenda

MUGS ON MONDAY: Disney Store 101 Dalmatians Mug called Morning Lap

If you love the Disney movie 101 Dalmatians, you will love this mug that Disney released in celebration of One Hundred and One Dalmatians coming out of the vault.

Affectionately named Morning Lap, it features those cute little dalmatian puppy dogs having fun.  It is bound to cheer you up and help you clear away that London fog in the morning.

It is a beautiful, good quality white mug from the Disney Store that features screen art done in black and red, Dalmatian spots on the lip and the Dalmatians logo in the bottom. It has a matte exterior, a high gloss interior and a red handle.

It’s a generously sized coffee mug, holding 18 ounces of your favorite hot beverage.

Unfortunately, this mug is retired. However, you can click here to find this 101 Dalmatians Morning Lap mug on eBay. 

Brenda

31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS: Disney Store Frozen Coffee Mugs

Some are calling Disney’s Frozen movie the biggest Disney animated movie ever. It has reached this phenomenal level of success around the world in a number of ways.

Firstly, it is an award winning movie, receiving many honors that culminated in the Academy Awards for Best Animated Film and for Best Original Song for "Let It Go."

Secondly, the soundtrack has sold more than a million copies and spent five weeks on the top of the Billboard 200 album chart.  That's a record that has not been set by an animated movie since the Lion King in 1994.

Finally, it is a social media success story with the Let It Go video being viewed more than 121 million times on YouTube and going on to spawn many interpretations of the song.

It is obvious that we loved the movie Frozen and I know you do not need to the statistics to know that it is a movie that will become a Disney classic.

As we await the next movie, which I have seen simply called Frozen 2, we have to content ourselves with re-watching the movie a task that many of you have already done again and again.

We can also sip our coffee, tea and hot chocolate from one of these lovely Frozen-themed coffee mugs. Therefore, I present these Frozen coffee mugs as the 30th entry in my 31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS.

As always when choosing a Disney mug, I find that the best examples come directly from the Disney Store or one of the Disney parks.

There are two official Disney sets that I love. They were sold individually though of course you can purchase two to create a set.

The first is the Disney Store one with Anna and Olaf, the snowman, as shown at the top of this post. Drinking a steaming hot mug of hot chocolate in this mug would definitely help you thaw out. It's a generously sized mug with glitter accents and holds 16 ounces or 2 cups of your favorite hot beverage. The mate is the lighter pink colored cup also shown at the top of this page. You can see that they both have snowflakes around the upper edge on the inside of the mug, making them an attractive set.

The second set, also from the Disney Store, shows Anna and Elsa and their very popular dresses.  The blue mug features Elsa; the pink one, Anna. They are both tall Disney Store mugs and will hold 16 ounces of your favorite beverage. 

You can find these (and more) retired Frozen mugs from the Disney Store here on eBay.

Brenda
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