I moved to Folly Beach in 2009 and have been living on and off the island ever since then, with a few extended trips mixed in there. I began Cheeky Mugger as a result of another business I started in 2022, Santa's Magical Sleeping Potion. My grandfather began a tradition with his grandchildren in which every Christmas Eve we'd prepare Santa's Magical Sleeping Potion on Christmas Eve. It entailed a
magical hot cocoa with very strict instructions for activating the magic. This Christmas tradition, more than any other, stands out in my memories, and I looked forward to it every year. I wanted to create something so that other families could be introduced to this magical holiday tradition so I needed to come up with a product. Getting together the hot cocoa mix and the magical sleeping potion was the easy part, but then I decided my Christmas Eve Kit needed to include a mug. I wanted that mug to be extra special somehow and then I got the idea that getting to color it in yourself would be a lot of fun. While selling my Christmas Eve Kit over the holidays I learned a lot of kids and adults alike really loved the idea of getting to color in your own mug and so I recognized a new product opportunity. That's how the concept for Cheeky Mugger was born! I came up with a variety of designs for the mugs, in different styles to suit different tastes. Some are based on Folly and the surrounding area and some are just random, but colorful and result in a really beautiful and unique mug. These mugs are great for those that not only like to color, but also may not be artistic enough to create their own mug masterpiece from scratch.
