Visions of Sugar Plums ... NYCB Nutcracker -- Mug

Sketched LIVE at a special performance of the Nutcracker by the NYC Ballet. This is the dance of the Candy Cane, complete with his striped hoop and a sugary pink backdrop decorated with icing and sweets. This year, we'll have to let the sugar plums dance in our heads, but you can still sip a bit of magic from this Nutcracker mug.   Keep reading for details on this mug and story of how it came to be! Story Time! To give you an idea of how much I love the Nutcracker, let me share the following story. A couple of years ago my oldest friend came to visit during the holidays and we decided to see the Nutcracker ballet at Lincoln Center, because truly nothing could be more magically New York than seeing the NYC Ballet perform this holiday classic. By the day of the performance, I had managed to throw my back out so badly that I could hardly walk & was literally using a cane to hobble around my tiny apartment. I was devastated that we might have to miss the ballet and pledged that I woul