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31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS: Starbucks Boy With Green Balloon Mug

Starbucks Boy With Green Balloon Mug
Flynn is a real boy whose image has been transported across the United States and farther via this mug from Starbucks Green Dot collection. Starbucks' designer Esther Asuncion fashioned the image after her real-life son who recognized himself immediately in the image on this ceramic double-walled tumbler.

Designer Asuncion grew up in Guam but moved to the United States to study fine art and studio art. She donned a green Starbucks apron because the job gave her the flexibility to pursue her chosen line of work not realizing that she would eventually join the Starbucks visual presentation team.

She was asked to submit a design of a little boy or a little girl playing with a balloon and her illustrations had to be submitted on the very next day. In my mind, it was natural that the chosen illustration featured a certain three year old boy named Flynn with dark hair, a big smile and a quest for adventure.

Creation of Starbucks Boy With Green Balloon Mug


This image was one of a hundred designs that were released for the 2014 holiday season and that came packed in a handsome red box making them perfect for holiday gift giving.   Today, this retired mug can be found on eBay by clicking right here.

This post is the final in my 31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS series.  There were a couple of days when I wasn't sure what I was going to write about but I eventually found inspiration for all of the days and, as a matter of fact, I have a short list of ideas for future posts. Once you start looking, interesting coffee mugs are literally everywhere.

Meanwhile, you can see all of the posts in my series by clicking on the tab at the top of this page that reads coffee mugs.  To be notified of my future posts and yes, there will be more coffee mug posts, be sure to use the subscribe box on the right-hand side of this page.

I would love to hear about your favourite coffee mug and/or your coffee mug collection!

Brenda
Treasures By Brenda
You Never Know What I Might
ave in Store For You!

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Buy the Boy with a Green Balloon tumbler on eBay.

31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS: Starbucks Dot Collection Mugs & Tumblers

31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS: Starbucks Dot Collection Mugs & Tumblers
Five shapes. Twenty designs per shape. One green dot. That was the recipe for Starbucks' 2014 Dot Collection, which saw the release of mugs and tumblers in those numbers all of which included the dot. Artistic. Fun. Nice.

The theme? Starbucks gave their designers permission to create pieces that could be considered timeless and modern, anything went so long as they incorporated the iconic green dot.

The result? Some coffee mugs and tumblers that are sleek and modern and some that are bright and whimsical.  I like many of them. Stay tuned for my next post in which I discuss what might be my favorite piece in the dot collection.

Starbucks' Green Dot collection was available in the stores starting on November 14, 2014, with each store carrying its own collection.  If you missed them all or even just missed one at the store, you have eBay to help you find the missing pieces for your collection. See for yourself here.

Brenda
Treasures By Brenda
You never know what I
might have in store for you!

Quick Links:

See all of the Starbucks Green Dot collection on eBay.

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