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A Childhood Connection to La Grange and Blackberry Market

The mug brings together a town I knew growing up and a shop that welcomed the artwork.

In this story
  1. Details in the drawing
  2. See the finished mug
  3. A gift idea with a real place behind it

I spent my elementary years nearby in Brookfield, so La Grange already belonged to my childhood map. Blackberry Market gave the design a local home, connecting a personal memory to the places people recognize today.

The La Grange mug displayed outside its local shop
The La Grange mug at the shop.

Details in the drawing

The wraparound artwork includes Stone Avenue Station, La Grange Theatre, Historic Village Hall and La Grange Pet Parade. 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 La Grange Mug page. The mug is carried through Blackberry Market; please check the mug page or contact the shop before making a special trip.

A gift idea with a real place behind it

The family connection in this story makes Stone Avenue Station and La Grange Theatre more than a checklist of landmarks. If you are giving the mug to a relative or an old friend, name the particular memory that brought you to La Grange. That note can make a practical gift feel unmistakably theirs.

Soli Deo Gloria,Ashley Ann’s handwritten signature

Ashley Ann

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