LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Nothing says fall like your own custom-made mug to drink your pumpkin spice in. We spent the day with a husband-and-wife team that turns mud into mugs.

Troy and Avonlea Wainwright met at a farmer’s market where both sold pottery. After getting married, they decided to combine their businesses, transforming a backyard hobby into a thriving enterprise.

The couple now creates handcrafted bowls, mugs, plates, and vases.

The process starts with a blueprint.

“(We) draw out our ideas just to kind of get the idea of how the structure should go. So this vase right here is kind of the idea for this one. I threw this part on the wheel, threw this part, and then I connected some together to make this really nice, large vase, perfect for flowers, decor, anything like that

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