[djmcmath]

Randy -- I like that mug. I have a couple of similar ones from boats I was on, but they're all made in China, which I'd like to avoid. The Mug Shop in Santa Ana seems to be still in business, but they have no website, so getting mugs to DC is liable to be impractical.

Red-Beard -- I did the VistaPrint thing for business cards, then for one of the sample mugs. I found the quality of the mug itself to be pretty low. I was also horribly annoyed at the up-sell: "Oh, your mug is only $13.99, unless you want something printed on it, in which case it'll be $14.49. Oh, you wanted text AND graphics on that mug? Haha, sorry, that's $14.99. Plus a printing fee. And did you want the handle on that mug? No worries, only another $0.39." Then they sent me e-mails for months trying to get me to buy pens, desk mats, and the like. Silly to be annoyed, I'm sure, but I'm not a big fan of them anymore.

Krystar -- I like the picture-text mugs, that may be viable. It looks like if I want printing on both sides (e.g. the program logo on one side of the mug and the text on the other), I've got to make a 200 item minimum order? (sigh) There's only 150 of us in the office, so it'd take me a couple of years to actually move them all.

Stomach -- Cafepress is a little more expensive than VistaPrint, but they look ok. Can you vouch for the quality? Have you used them before?

Thanks,
Dan