New This Week!

Frenke is a simple Squidleigh with simple tastes; He loves the feel of free growing grass on his tentacles, and will go to great lengths to have that feeling. He sneaks out of the ocean every night to frolic and play, but tends to overdo it and falls asleep in some random field. He usually makes it back to the sea before dawn, but every once in a while he is spotted by a local who runs home to tell unbelieving family about the "Octoboy what loves grass so much". The stories are growing in number and there is now a reward being offered for photos proving Frenke's existance. Give Frenke a safe place to play, preferably with a little lawn!

Stellen is a very special piranha; With his huge dorsal fin he is able to swim along the surface of local swimming holes, scaring swimmers into thinking there is a giant orange shark! Yes, we know there is no such thing as an orange shark, but he swims in areas populated by very dim people you see. Stellen continues to hope that one of the swimmers will drop some candy, or maybe a really fat baby or two.

Milton was never really noticed much at his office and went about his day being relatively ignored by his coworkers. So, it should come as no surprise that when Milton finally keeled over dead after changing a Gypsy-Cursed ink cartridge, noone noticed. Milton got up, made a fresh pot of copy and shambled back to his desk to finish filing some month-end reports. He still shambles to work and people still manage to not notice him...but they have started to complain of a new strange odor around the office.....

Percy needs help, and he knows it better than anyone. Since a very young age, Percy has been peeping in people's windows, hoping to see something scandalous. This backfired on him in a huge way when his neighbors caught on and started staging sights for him to behold. First, it was Mr. Toonkins, who appeared to be having an affair with his goldfish. Then it was Mrs. Roshashanna who was spotted waltzing with a three-headed horse. The last straw came for Percy last November; When he witnessed his own Aunt Elzie, juggling chainsaws and baby gorrillas. The look of shock permanently etched on his face, Percy Peepers finds he CANNOT STOP seeing the oddities he's been subjected to!

oh, and the baby squidleigh nursery is filling up too!

New this week! Dieter & Maurice

Dieter came to visit his cousin Stephen in his pumpkin patch in Orlando last Halloween. It was a joyous occasion, with lots of beer tasting, sausage roasting and talk of the old country. Right about that time, Stephen realized something that shocked him out of his happiness; Whenever two Germans meet in Florida, something horrible happens. Sadly, he raised his stein to his cousin in a silent salute. Lightning hit the tent they were dining under, and a horrible gumbo of Reiklander, Schnitzel, hops and pumpkins came to un-life and began feasting on the squash of the living!

Maurice Squidleigh leaves his tidy little cave every morning and swims his way down to the town square, where he amazes children who happen by with fantastic stories of other worlds and extraordinary deeds of Squidleighs just like them. He was largely ignored at first, but over the years has developed quite a following. Now, those who have been inspired by his stories have started paying tribute, and that, my friends will make the world a better place!

no time for posting...

too busy crocheting/painting and getting ready for school! But here are a few more pictures from the Craft Lake City Festival (thanks SLUG!)

Our booth at Craft Lake City!

this is how it looked when we set up...by 9:30 there were a LOT less Grimmleigh's!!!!

Craft Lake City Exclusive Drawing Winner!

Congratulations to KAT!

She visited our booth at Craft Lake City (which was a TREMENDOUS success btw!) and signed up, along with 90 other folks, for our drawing.

On the line, this one of a kind, exclusive, Monkey Hobo King Grimmleigh's Fiend Collectible Doll! (he looked a bit like James Bond until I put the hat on him, and then he became a hobo king for sure!)

We are planning on holding some more drawings in the coming weeks...especially for our facebook fans and folks who follow/comment here on the blog...so....stay tuned!

Also in the works for the coming weeks: replenishing our stock (like I said, CLC was a HUGE success and we sold over 2/3rds of our guys!) We've been batting around some new ideas, especially for halloween...and we're working on a submission to stuffed magazine for their fall/winter issue.

HUGE thanks again to everyone who's supported us so far and everyone who came by the booth (whether you purchased a guy or not!) The response was phenomenal and we are more excited than EVER!

Grimmleigh's Fiends featured on Gavin's Underground Blog!!

http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/blog-1730-craft-lake-city-grimmleighs-friends.html

New fiends posted!!

Adventure had a name, then adventure got old and retired! Then adventure came back, and took his son to the jungle! During an exciting race against crazy Russkies, it turns out that Adventure, Jr. could talk to monkeys and lead them into battle. This exciting turn of events led to a new leader amongst the monkeys; Inbanana Jones! Wielding his trusty whip and fedora, Inbanana Jones fights the forces of evil and tyrany everywhere he goes!

Around the campus grounds of the Grimmleigh Institute prowl many fiendish creatures, but there are quite a few friendly ones as well! Mister Meepers has a grand position as the Kitchen Cat. If all goes well, he gets rewarded handsomely. If anything goes wrong, he sleeps in the garden with all the spooky flowers. Mister Meepers has an expertly trained staff of culinary mice, who make sure to keep all the veggies (fresh or possessed) in top shape, and every meal as tasty as can be! Mister Meepers would be a great addition to any house, and won't get under-foot, either!

Willhelm was a most unfortunate child, especially when it came to scouting. He excelled at anything not involving water, but, living in the town of Soggy Bottoms, he had little dry living to do. He capsized every boat, was attacked by random octopi, and even gave himself a wedgie in a Slip-N-Slide incident that left 23 people in the hospital. One day, while swinging across a river on a vine, he was struck by a stray suction-cup arrow. With one last tragic and drawn out scream, Willhelm plunged into the luke-warm water below, never to be seen again. But legends persist all around the town of Soggy Bottoms; A legend of a boy, made entirely of water, who mysteriously appears to help anyone facing a watery end.

In life, Jimmy was a mover and shaker. Aerobics mover and shaker, that is. Every morning he taught advanced aerobics and yoga classes, decked out in his trademark red tights. Then, one fatefull morning, a rather sick and portly lady shambled into the studio and started mumbling something. Jimmy thought she was inquiring about a class, so he leaned in to hear... And she bit off his ear, then shambled into the sauna. Jimmy came to about five minutes later, with a dozen tasty morsels fauning and fanning over him with towels. He felt a little off, wandered over to the CD player, and loaded up his favorite Olivia Newton John album. It was about then that the screaming started!

Like most harpies, Betty likes to sit on braches, flying down to torment the occasional passer-by. But Betty strives to be a little different, so she torments them with song. Mostly standards from the mid-eighties; Phil Collins, Lionel Richie and that ilk. She has been known to throw in a little Celine Dion when everything else fails, and won't let up until her victim runs away or throws her a slice of Wonder Bread. No accounting for taste, but she is just a Harpy!

Mavis is one of the craftiest ninjas in the history of this most secret of professions. She uses her incredible stealth skills to sneak into her victim's house, and bedazzles the Dickens out of their wardrobe when they are distracted. Once, Mavis snuck into a monestary and scrap-booked all of their pictures, which led to the head Monk declaring a national day of thanks. Mavis has also been known to felt just about everything she knits, which may be her only weakness!