ThereвЂ™s no downtime waiting for the customer to place their order or make the payment.вЂќ вЂњOur baristas and our staff know the members, so weвЂ™ll see a regular walking across the road, make their coffee and hand it to them at the door, and off they go. The program has also streamlined operations, he says. вЂњSixty per cent of them will buy food every day, because itвЂ™s not a $10 daily spend, itвЂ™s a $5 or $6 spend.вЂќ Mug Life members frequently bring friends, colleagues and visitors with them on their coffee run, which contributes to the cafeвЂ™s вЂњcommunity feelвЂќ and is good for business, says Bannister. Please leave your thoughts in the comment section below.Another such innovation is Mug LifeвЂ™s membership program, which, for $400 a year, grants members three coffees a day. Go through each colour вЂ“ yellow, pink, blue, green etc.Here are a few ideas that I have but I would love to hear what you think: (Hmm, havenвЂ™t sketched the matching cup yet during this project) I paired it with the 100 years 1980вЂ™s plate. This is possibly the most popular pattern out there so itвЂ™s a little clicheвЂ¦ but oh, so much fun to sketch. On Friday I broke the theme just simply because I had a piece of cakeвЂ¦ The original 100 years cups were bought using gift vouchers.

This cup (T2 Mystic Carpet Ride вЂ“ Sapphire) was bought using a gift voucher from a lovely participant of our Palladian Odyssey tours вЂ“ thanks N! It was a busy day so this was all that I could manage.

This is a really fun pattern to sketch loosely.ДЄ loose and watery version of a fine detailed paisley design. This is a plastic cup that was bought by Marji in Chicago (thank you!) so I could use it for a demo at the Urban Sketchers Symposium. Thanks SteveвЂ¦ IвЂ™m happy that I safely managed to get it home in one piece. My only German teacup(Royal Bayreuth) вЂ“ a gift from Steve in the Bay Area. It was a real treat to get this out of its storage box and use it last week. This cup has a very distinctive shape (requiring that you hold it at a weird angle so that you can drink out of a long side) and is made of very fine china. My second most precious cup and one that I love very much вЂ“ Shelley Trees and Sunset. For some reason, IвЂ™m yet to do a sketch that does it justice.

You can see other versions of this cup here.ДЄ gift from the Tea Centre store in Sydney вЂ“ Jardin Peony by Ashdene. This cup has a very plain saucer so I used the pattern on the plate and made an improvement to the design. The first fine china teacup that I was gifted from my friend V вЂ“ Hong Kong Blue by Coalport. Moonlight Roses by Royal Albert which belonged to my Auntie Lexie. Keep reading for some of my ideas and a question for you! IвЂ™m wanting to have a few more themed weeks while this current Sydney lockdown lasts. There are more gifts than what I was able to get through last week, but it was a fun theme as it made me think of people and events. Last week I used the theme of Gifts to help me decide which teacups to use and sketch.Д«y gifts, I mean cups that have been given to me, including teacups I inherited from relatives who have passed away.

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