Moving the Blog!

Greetings!

The blog is leaving! Well, it'll still be available at thebeastpeddler.com, but this one will be removed soon.
For updates, stay tuned to thebeastpeddler.com !

xx

Is it spring yet?

Happy New Year, folks! Hope your celebrations were fun! I love the beginning of the year. Here's to 365 more days to beat into submission!
Well, it's only 9 degrees out today, but we're looking ahead to Spring! I personally can't wait for it to be warmer out.
Do you know who else is gearing up for Spring?
Our resident owlhound!
It seems the owlhound breeding season has come a little early this year... because these things are multiplying like crazy!
All of Hagatha's magic makes the energy fluctuate around the cottage. Sometimes this can cause strange things to happen to the plant and beast life in the area.
I suppose that would explain the mystical faces of these owlpups...
Also! Given that it's almost the season of babies, I am pleased to announce that soon, our beasts will likely be breeding, and you will be able to adopt a baby beast! Or as we call them, beastlets. Additionally, if you have a beast that you think might be ready to bud a beastlet of its own, you will soon be able to have beastlet litters of your very own!

I am tremendously excited about this. The common courtesy of not typing entirely in capital letters can't express how excited I am.

Be well!
xx
The BP

Greetings and hallucinations!

I'm here today with some terrific drawings from the wonderful Sharlene Ballesteros!
She recently brought home a custom snowy owlpup, and then not only took a cute picture of Saren in his new crate, but did some owlpup doodles too!

I just about died from laughing when I saw these. They're so adorable and funny.
Hey, check out my hooters! Bahaha :D

Thanks, Sharlene!
These made me want to sew about a million owlpups and fill my apartment with them...

xx
The Beast Peddler

Happy Black Friday!

Just a quick note to let you know that you can get 15% off any beasts this weekend with the coupon code
"THEBLACKESTDAY" !

The coupon is good for the whole weekend.
Don't get trampled if you go out today!

xx
The Beast Peddler

Greetings and hallucinations!

As you have no doubt noticed, Hallow-Birthday-Ween didn't really come to fruition this year. While I'm excited about the second anniversary of The Beast Peddler, "real life," as it sometimes known, got in the way of any celebrations.
Anyone who received a raffle ticket with their beast purchase or through the Instagram giveaway should hang on to them! You can redeem them in about a week or so in a raffle. I'll post any updates here.

My apologies about the lack of activity all around. There has been a sorry small amount of sewing going on.

The Prince and I are going away this weekend, and will be back next Monday. After this hiatus, I can get serious about sewing again and drag all sorts of beasts out of the ether for you.
If you are waiting on a custom beast, it will be ready to ship before this Friday (11/9).
If you are waiting on your party pack and / or your raffle tickets, they will be in your hands before next Wednesday, and the raffle winner will be announced on Friday (11/16)
My thanks for your continued patience while I get my head together.

xx
the Beast Peddler

Studio Tour Time! (Picture Heavy)

Greetings! Now that the beasts and I are getting settled in, it's time to show all of you where the beasts come from: the studio! It's partially underground, so I refer to it as "the lair". I think it works though, some creature is usually asleep inside.

Some piles of fabric for tomorrow's sewing escapades. There's fabric for demons, and the other stuff I dyed with tea earlier this week. My sketchbook is next to them, usually I carry it around the house with me for drawing silly things I think of. Do any of you do that?

This is my pincushion Max. One day I might give him some back legs... maybe.

Skunk skull, miscellaneous bones, and new tags for the beasties.

In the corner of the room, there's two huge chests on their ends. Beelzebub likes to perch up there like a gargoyle and watch me work. Every once in a while he gets up and comes over to ask for a treat or to get a good belly rub.

Hagatha decided she was going to let you all in on the ritual she uses to bring the beasts to life. Usually when she pulls spirits out of the ether, she doesn't let anyone watch. So I was quick to grab my camera and sit back to watch the magic.

This is my favorite of the photos- our newest beast, Grim Jones is in the middle, wavering in and out of reality. Awesome, right?

Grim

I'll try to get some better pictures if she lets me watch again :)
Have a great weekend!
xx
The Beast Peddler

Well hello!

So, we've been away for some time. We've moved!!
That's right, we left the ocean and have settled in the mountains. It's been pretty exciting to live somewhere else. There's lots of farms where we moved to, so we eat loads of locally-grown produce and honey. Anyway, I've pretty much gotten settled in at this point, so shop updates and blog posts will be done on a regular basis now.
Hallow-Birthday-Ween is coming, and I'm going to do some giveaways! I'm giving away little party packs, which will include raffle tickets, party hats and some other goodies c: The giveaway is happening the first day of Hallow-Birthday-Ween, October 1st. I'm also thinking about doing one on Instagram, and one on the Facebook page. Stay tuned for details on those!
Anyway, here's some pictures from the new place! My camera's still packed up, so here's a bunch of Instagrams from my phone:

A few new guys in progress on my desk, with a potion that Hagatha mixed for me :D

Here's the view from our new street! There's a massive rock on the side of that mountain called "the Devil's Football," that the Prince and I hiked up to the other day.

Here's my new sewing desk, complete with my Ouija board, and (some) of my antler collection.

Sewing away.

I'm taking photos tomorrow for a little studio tour, and Hagatha is generously allowing me to take some photos of the ritual she does to bring the beasts to life! That should be up tomorrow night. After the studio tour, Halloween-themed beasts will be going up in the shop. I couldn't contain myself any longer, I just had to sew some spooky things. Also, stickers are available in the Etsy store tonight!

Time to watch some movies with the Prince and the beasts. Have a great night!

xx
the Beast Peddler

Hello everyone!
Thought I'd show you some of my favorite creepy creatures from Etsy.
First, the Chattergrub from Tinplate Studios:

This guy is just horrifically wonderful. I feel like if I had him on my shelf I would alternate between thinking it was adorable and having nightmares of it burrowing into my brain. Which is all you can hope for in a monster, really.

Next, Gui from Eliza Bolli:

Gui is just beautiful, and I love the grub / caterpillar shape.

Last but not least is Murphyelago from Sandra Arteaga

He's wearing a suit, and he comes with a suitcase. Just adorable. I love bat faces, and when tiny monsters have tiny pairs of pants on. What can I say, I love a well-dressed gentlemonster.
Well that's all for today, I'm working on expanding my demon horde:

Keep it creepy! xx The Beast Peddler

Hi everyone-
We had some paranormal activity of a sort at the enchanted cottage the past couple days! A possession, lots of dancing. You know the kind I'm talking about!
Anyway, meet Morsa Rojo! Here's the story:
One night, the Beast Peddler was awake way past her bedtime drawing up plans for new beasts. She was getting pretty drowsy. It was quiet in the enchanted cottage and she could hear Hagatha doing some sort of magic in the other room. Suddenly, there was a loud "BOOM" and the power went out for a moment. As it came back on, the Beast Peddler could sense she was no longer alone. She continued with her drawing though, figuring that Hagatha would sort it out. Then she yawned, a huge yawn that opened her mouth wide and forced her eyes shut. Just as her eyes were closing, she thought she saw something move in front of her. Then she blacked out.
The next morning, the Beast Peddler woke up in her bed surrounded by beasts. Hagatha was leaning over her, dabbing her brow with a camp towel. The Beast Peddler sat up slowly, looking around her. Her sketchbook was lying on her desk, open where she had left it. How did she get into bed?
"What .... happened?"
"You were possessed... briefly. I was communing with a few spirits and one decided it was going to let itself in. I have it contained now, but it was ... in you for a while."
"Oh dear... did I do anything harmful?" Hagatha looked vaguely uncomfortable for a moment, and when the Beast Peddler looked over at the beasts, they all looked like they were trying to keep themselves from breaking into hysterics. Hagatha turned, picked something up off of the bedside table, and handed it to her. It was a photograph.
As it registered with the Beast Peddler what she was looking at, the beasts couldn't take it anymore. They just about cracked up. They laughed, chortled, rolled on the ground holding their bellies. They laughed so hard that they cried.
The Beast Peddler sewed a new beast for the spirit to live in- Morsa Rojo. He loves to dance. He shakes his little tush, jumps on the bed and sings loudly in Spanish. Oh, he really gets into it too- you'll never see a dance like his. Unless, of course, you see the photo that Hagatha took that night. Then you can see the Beast Peddler doing that very dance.

I've been doing nothing but sewing & planning Hallow-Birthday-Ween! The Prince this morning reminded me that "it's only August" but I just can't help myself! Anyway, we've got 100 raffle tickets being printed right now, and I'm planning a few giveaways as well. I can't wait!

keep it creepy, friends!
xx
the Beast Peddler

Well hi there!
A bunch of new beasties up today, and more sitting pretty on the couch waiting to get their pictures taken! Plus, even though I know it's only August but I'm already planning this year's Hallow-Birthday-Ween Celebration! The beasts are really excited.
So anyway, here are, in order, The Blue Meanie, Greta Hagglehair, Petey Paddletail, and Flapjack the Floppy.

xx
the Beast Peddler

Meet Scurvy Sam!

Scurvy Sam has a few things that he really likes. Bellowing out sea shanties, for one. Also: getting tattooed, and telling stories from his sea-faring days that may or may not be purely of his own invention.
He has hand-drawn tattoos and a BEARD.
Plenty more beards to come from me, I can promise you that.

xx
The Beast Peddler

Hello everyone!
We were sad to find out that the Providence Art Festival was cancelled, but we were pretty excited to not be out in the rain all day! Essentially, a monsoon was predicted for our area today. If and when the festival is rescheduled, we'll definitely let you know!
In the meantime, the Prince and I are spending the weekend putting all the new beasts up in the shop. There's A LOT of them :)
We're off to take pictures now- while you're waiting for the new beasts to show up, check out these stickers!

They're about 2 inches by 4 inches, and printed on vinyl, so they're safe to put on your car!
I added a little button on the right side of the blog so you can buy one if you want! The stickers are $1.50, and there's no extra charge for shipping them out. Woohoo!
We're off to photograph the beasts! Have a fantastic day, everyone!
xx
The Beast Peddler

Providence Art Festival!

Hooray!! I can't wait, and the beasts are so psyched. I think it's just because they heard the word "festival." Those beasts just love to party.

xx
the Beast Peddler

Cindy Lou Facesucker...

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

Put that down at once!
xx
the Beast Peddler

Urban Legend Time

Meet Cindy Lou Facesucker, a new beast who is based on one of my favorite urban legends- the beast version of this story here:

Sometimes at night when it's thundering out and the beasts want to hear a scary story, everyone gathers in the living room and they turn out the lights. The Beast Peddler drapes blankets over the furniture and brings a lantern, and all the beasts gather in the blanket fort and wait patiently for Hagatha to begin.
There was once a beast named Bootstraps. Bootstraps loved to go adventuring in the wide world, from the sandy shore near the enchanted cottage to the deep, dark forests of the Beast Peddler's homeland. On one occasion, Bootstraps was wandering through a particularly dense bit of forest. As he very barely brought a map, he soon became lost- and worse, it was starting to get dark.
As in any horror story, Bootstraps soon found himself in front of a small house. It had a sign on the front that read Bed & Breakfast, so he decided to retire for the night. He pushed open the wooden door and was greeted by a crow person- a little old lady. She blinked through her thick glasses as he entered.
"Greetings, young one! What are you doing out in the forest this late at night? There's dangerous beings out there."
"That's why I stopped in for the night, I was glad to see a building this far out in the woods!" The crow woman smiled.
"Wonderful! I haven't seen a visitor in a long time, no one really comes up this way anymore. The Horrors make the woods too dangerous. But I do have a room for the night- here's the key. Right up the hallway, second door on your left."
"Thank you!" Bootstraps said, and he took the key.
"One more thing, dear!" said the crow woman as he turned around. "I'm going to sleep now- don't disturb the room next to you, be a good little beast."
Bootstraps couldn't imagine why he wouldn't be allowed into the next room, if the old lady hadn't had any visitors in a long time. He shrugged it off and let himself into his room, but his gaze lingered on the door next to his. He shot a look at the desk where the crow lady had been, then looked back at the door. Bootstraps ducked his head and peered through the keyhole.
Inside, the room was dusty, but seemed like a regular bedroom. At the rear of the room, there was a black beast, facing the window. It was combing its fur and humming a little song.
Why hadn't the old crow woman wanted him to see this room? Bootstraps didn't think there was anything out of the ordinary in there, but he felt bad that he had been watching. That beast would clearly want to be left alone. He went into his room and closed the door, and spent an uneventful night in his bed.
The next day, Bootstraps woke up bright and early. On his way back to the desk, he stole another peek through the keyhole. (Bootstraps was a curious beast.)
Strangely, when he looked into the keyhole, all he saw was the color red. Maybe they had put something over the keyhole so no one could spy in. Embarrassed, he quickly looked away and hurried to the desk to give the crow woman the key back. She was smiling oddly at him, like she knew everything he had done. Now he was really embarrassed. "Thanks for returning the key, young one."
"You're welcome," Bootstraps said. "Well, time to be off!" He turned to walk out of the building when he spotted something on the wall, next to the door. It looked like a really old photograph- it was black and white, and pretty badly faded. There were two adult beasts, one with a bow tie and one with a bonnet and a cameo necklace. Bootstraps was frozen in place. Those two beasts, they looked just like...
"They used to live in this house," the crow woman said. "Over a hundred fifty years ago. They had a daughter. She was very beautiful and spent long hours combing her fur, but she never left her bedroom because other beasts were frightened of her." Bootstraps was chilled to the bone- he didn't like where this story was headed.
"Why were they frightened of her?" he asked, quietly. The crow woman smiled and turned back to the cross-stitch she was working on.
"Why, she had one red eye. Very unusual."

Bootstraps never went back, nor did he ever run so fast back to his home.
I can't wait to do some more of these, I love scary stories very much.
Also, the Prince has started taking pictures of the beasts, and doing an amazing job. He took these pictures of Beelzebub, which I thought came out so beautiful.

Have a good night, everyone!
xx
the Beast Peddler

New Friends!

A whole day of my two favorite activities, sewing beasts and creeping myself out!

Meet Gretchen Leggenbeek, who uses her third eye to see into the future!

Also, Lord Azarul, a lesser demon who eats all the maraschino cherries and then leaves the stems in the jar. :( What a jerk!
We were creeping ourselves out by reading about the Japanese suicide forest and watching the Destination Truth episode about the haunted forest in Romania. Last night it was super foggy so we sat outside listening to Seven Devils by Florence and the Machine.

xx
The Beast Peddler

Tomelo the Twirler saves Princess Your Grandmother's Sitting Room from a Horror Attack!

When the Beast Peddler was finished sewing Tomelo the Twirler (but before he was called that,) she put him in Hagatha's room for her to bring to life later that night. Then she went about her business, making a beef stew for dinner and trying to reason with the bat family that had taken up residence in the attic.
In the morning, Tomelo was nowhere to be seen. However, this was soon forgotten as the inhabitants of the enchanted cottage realized that Princess Your Grandmother's Sitting Room was also missing. Panic gripped the beasts and everyone ran outside to start searching for her. They had only just stepped outside when Opposable Betty pointed at a tree at the edge of the forest. Something was causing a commotion in the top branches. The group stood holding their breath and watching the branches sway wildly. Even the brave Ozymandias could do nothing to help- the trees were so high. Suddenly, a black, white and pink mass emerged from the treetop. It sailed through the air to another tree, where it caught a branch with its tail and from there did a full flip mid-flight and caught the next branch. In a few minutes, the blur came into focus.
It was the new beast, holding on to Princess, making his way back to the cottage.
When they were safely on the ground again, Tomelo and the Princess were given a warm welcome. Princess told them of how she had woken up early and was taking a walk around the yard when a Horror with the longest fingers she had ever seen snatched her and climbed to the top of a tree. Luckily, Tomelo had been warming himself in a window and saw her get carried away.
In celebration, the Beast Peddler made a chocolate cake for breakfast, and it turned out to be pretty good day.
xx
the Beast Peddler

Hi there! Here are some things we've been doing here at the enchanted cottage:

Here's a little specimen in a jar! Not really a fully formed beast yet. It's like a larval form! I think I'll be bringing some of these with me when we all go to the Providence Art Festival!!

This here is Crowley, a little crow person who we're taking care of. As a rite of passage, young crow people leave the colony for a time to live out in the world. Granted, he's not that far away from the crow village. We like having him with us all the same.

Crowley really likes sitting out in the sun when it's warm outside. When it rains, he likes to sit on the peak of the roof and just caw his brains out.

Are you going to be near Providence, Rhode Island on June 2nd? Because we'll be at the Providence Art Festival!! Swing by and say hi to the beasts!
xx
The Beast Peddler

Beastlets!

We've got Beastlet fever over here at the enchanted cottage. Tiny beasts galore! Lots of fun stuff to come with the little guys, like surprise beastlet sets, more Owlpup litters, and even beasts with more than one stage of evolution!
Here are a couple of the little things-

Bluebo! He's a cute little guy, loves eating marshmallows and mushrooms, loves belly rubs, scared of the broom. Can't wait to see what he grows into...

This is Molly Grufflefluff's daughter, Jenny Gemface! It's really exciting when the beasts spontaneously reproduce by budding. At first, it looks like they're growing a second head, with no features on it. Then it starts to grow into a curled-up kidney bean sort of shape, and then one day it falls off. When the furry lump falls off, we generally grab them and put them in a nest of pillows under a heat lamp so they can wake up.
It's amazing when they wake up, it's like watching a huge furry bean waking up and all of a sudden these little nubby legs unfold and start waving about. Awesome, and really cute.
The Prince named her Jenny Gemface because even though the beastlets are generally carbon-copies of their parent beast, sometimes the magic wobbles a little bit and things can change. Jenny has the same gem adornment as Molly, but Jenny's is a little off-center. Also, it's already at the same size as Molly's. Hagatha seems to think it should be smaller if it was just a copy of Molly's gem, so it may be getting ready to grow into something bigger. Hopefully!

More beastlets every day! The enchanted cottage is brimming with the little things. This year, a lot of the beasts are "budding." We've even had male beasts bud in the past. It has a lot to do with all the spells that get cast in the enchanted cottage. Mixed with the Earth waking back up in the Spring, the beasts bud like crazy. This year though, the Budding came much earlier than we planned for. Usually it happens once Spring has actually started. Hagatha thinks that maybe there's a fertility spirit in the woods nearby...
Have a great night, everyone!
xx
the Beast Peddler

Tabitha!

The albino eye obsession has started. The last episode of Oddities I watched, Evan & Mike found this amazing mounted albino deer head, and I was totally in love with this thing. Then I bought an albino dove creature from the wonderful berdandwerm on etsy. Then I bought a ton of albino eyes, and I'm ready to go to town with these beauties.
Anyway, we have a new beast tonight- Tabitha the Trepid!

Here is the Tale of Tabitha the Trepid, Also Known As: Cautionary Tale of "Your Face Will Stick That Way."
The night that Hagatha summoned a spirit and channeled it into Tabitha the Prepid's stuffed body, she had a bit of a problem. She had performed the ritual as she always had, but when the smoke cleared, Hagatha couldn't find the spirit anywhere. It wasn't in the beast, and it wasn't still in the summoning circle so... where was it? A flash of movement caught her eye, and she flung her head around to see where it had come from. A rustle in the drapes gave the spirit away, and Hagatha lifted the corner of the material. A tiny white shape crouched there, with its' arms over its head, cowering. Hagatha sighed, picked the barely-corporeal thing up, and placed it into Tabitha's eyes. In the morning, when the beasts came down to introduce themselves, Tabitha nearly had a panic attack! It took a lot of soothing from The Beast Peddler until she wasn't too frightened to speak. Once she was calmed down, she actually had a lot of things to say about constellations and Tarot cards, and was excited to meet everyone. However, since she had been so frightened in the early phase of waking up, her face was frozen in a perpetually-scared mug.
I've really been loving the names that The Prince comes up with for the beast. Continually impressed.
Have a fantastic night!
xx
The Beast Peddler