S3 Ep3 - Going after what you love, an honest reflection on Instagram success & why Dolly Parton is Queen with Emma Puddick

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This month’s guest is the brilliant @emmapuddickpottery. Emma creates colourful creations inspired by pop culture, tattoo iconography & vintage styles. She’s also a top 0.0001% worldwide** Dolly Parton fan (**unverified 😂)

Emma runs her own ceramics business, centred around monthly shop drops! These often sell out in minutes so you have to be quick ⏰ Her following & success really started to grow in 2022. At this time, the art director of The Great Pottery Throwdown spotted her mugs & the judges used them on the show in deliberation section when they decide who’s potter of the week & who’s going home

For those who’ve followed A Mug’s Life for a while you may have seen Emma’s mugs as they’re in many of my posts & stories. Her weather mugs are my personal mug favourites & also my most complimented mugs ☀️⛅️⚡️☔️. Her designs are simply incredible & so creative!

Here are the mugs talked about, if you’d like to follow along and see:

1. The start of Emma Puddick Pottery - purple leopard print mug
2. Dolly Parton mug by Jake Ford Ceramics
3. A photo mug of Emma & friends in Schitt’s Creek fancy dress
4. Keith Brymer Jones mug - made during lockdown from his studio
5. Adam Frew ceramics porcelain mug

Some of her quick fire favourites!

☕️ Tea: Yorkshire tea Biscuit Brew 🍪 & Whittards Dreamtime

☕️ Coffee: Wogan coffee roastery

📺 Hacks & Sort your life out with Stacey Solomon

🎙️Blindboy podcast & Dolly Parton’s America

📚 Thursday Murder Club, The Avocado Hotel, The Satsuma Complex

Available on all platforms now to listen (Spotify/Apple podcasts) or watch (Spotify/YouTube). Also linked in my bio 💫

We always love to hear what you think so please let us know ☕️💗

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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Start of episode (00:01:27)

3. Emma's ICONIC weather mugs (00:01:42)

4. Mug #1 The start of Emma Puddick Pottery - purple leopard print mug (00:03:50)

5. Pottery as a hobby for 20 years! (00:08:47)

6. Pottery holidays - Coombe Farm Studios (00:15:53)

7. Continuity voiceovers (00:18:34)

8. Mug #2 - Dolly Parton mug - Jake Ford Ceramics (00:19:47)

9. A BIG Dolly Parton fan (00:21:07)

10. There's a Dolly Parton song for every occasion (00:22:55)

11. Left & Right-handed mugs (00:26:32)

12. Mug #3 A mug of Emma & friends in Schitt's Creek fancy dress with warmest wishes, kindest regards on the back (00:27:27)

13. Mug #4 Keith Brymer Jones mug - made during lockdown from his studio (00:31:14)

14. The science of ceramics (00:31:54)

15. Emma 's mugs featuring in Great Pottery Throwdown (00:35:43)

16. The start of the growth & success (00:37:29)

17. On social media comparison (00:39:01)

18. Crowdfunding for the new kiln (00:40:11)

19. The drops & selling out of mugs! (00:43:39)

20. The two sides of social media (00:44:36)

21. Perception of our value & behind the success (00:48:59)

22. What right do I have to think that I can do this? (00:52:25)

23. Changing mindset (00:52:43)

24. Comparison is a thief! (00:53:28)

25. Mug #5 Adam Frew porcelain mug (00:54:40)

26. Dreamtime tea - Whittards (00:55:46)

27. Everything has its mug! (00:56:50)

28. Quick Fire Favourites (00:58:04)

29. Wogan Coffee - Bristol based roastery (00:58:39)

30. Desert Island Picks (01:04:58)