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That's Right Kids!  It's Contest/Give Away Time Again!!!!

And this time we're having 2, count'em T-W-O, drawings!




here's the scoop:
IF you are already our Facebook Fan/Friend THANK  YOU!
IF not...please become our fan (Just search Grimmleigh on FB)
As of this posting we have 256 fans!!!!  You fine folks, and you know who you are, are AUTOMATICALLY entered to win your very own Grimmleigh!! 
(We'll draw a winner on the 13th of February)

Now here's the fun, and you-scratch-our-back-we'll-soap-yours-up part....
Invite/recommend your friends to join our page on FB and you DOUBLE your chances of winning! 
Because we'll pull ANOTHER winner from the new and hopefully bigger pool of fans on the 13th too!! 

(both winners to be announced on the fan page on the 14th)
questions? comments? leave 'em here on the blog or FB us! 
THANK YOU and GOOD LUCK!

Tattoos + Grimmleigh's = AWESOME!

We're very excited and honored that the lovely Craft Sabbath folks have invited us to be a part of their booth at the upcoming Tattoo Convention in SLC over Valentine's Day Weekend!!!

Should be pretty "dope" as the kids say these days!

 Check out the booth for all your V-day gift giving needs!!

Monkey Lovers!

Stanley is one of the angriest monkeys in the whole wide world, and he isn't getting any less angry. Whether it's those danged kids that won't get off his lawn, the newspaper monkey, or all the elected monkeys in office that keep raising the banana tax, Stanley' got plenty off anger ammo to keep him going. One of these days, he might just explode in a glorious fit of simian rage, after which he might just have to go get a smoothie and reflect a bit!


 
 
 

Lupe is a silly little monkey that brings love and happiness everywhere she goes. She is rather shocked by how little of those two commodities there is in the world, and is becoming rather jaded; But Lupe is a very stubborn little love monkey, and knows that if she keeps at it, maybe the world will be a better place!


 
 
 
 
 

Nothing sadder than a monkey in love. Really! There isn't. Ask anyone old enough to know, they'll tell you! Meenkie is even sadder than most, because she is in love with Mister French from My Three Sons. She spends hours every day, looking through windows and hoping against hope to see the portly object of her love. So, next time you watch My Three Sons, make sure and leave the curtain open. You might just make a monkey's day!

look a here!

please to enjoy!  more Love Struck Zombies
(available now at the etsy shoppe and on February 7th @ craft sabbath in SL)

Lennie had a pretty sweet side business at the beach, selling board wax to surfers. He pulled in a pretty handy salary, and got to see his lady love Gidge three days a week. Gidge had no idea who Lenny was, but he resolved to change that. Lenny saved up his money, bought some trendy clothes, and walked up to Gidge to ask her out at exactly the same time a horde of radioactive Surf Nazis attacked. Lenny was badly hurt, and Gidge was dragged beneath the waves by the leader of the Surf Nazis. With his dying breath Lenny swore revenge. He rose from the dead later that night, and has been roaming the depths ever since!


 
 

Izzy used to spend long hours staring at the one thing she loved more than any other; herself! Hours and hours on end, gazing at her reflection in windows, mirrors, shiney cars, you name it. One afternoon, while staring longingly at herself, she failed to notice that a zombie outbreak had occured, and was rather brutally savaged. After succumbing to zombie-itous, she still shambles about looking for her reflection, but she isn't happy about what she sees!


 
 
 
 

Lewis liked to lounge by the lake, idely skipping rocks and composing songs of great lyrical ineptitude about bees. Lewis loved bees more than just about anything, so imagine his surprise when he spotted some erratically behaving bees, glowing a ghastly green by a garbage can. Lewis went to investigate, and was stung forty-two times on the nose. Then, he died. Several days later, he rose from his grave, and has been buzzing about the lake ever since!


 
 
 
 

Madge was a great lover of fashion in life, and so it is only fitting that she continues to love EATING the fashionable in undeath. Madge has been terrorizing the trendy fashionistas of Soho since the mid-90's, shambling about and screaching at people in her very effected Brittish accent.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Germane was a gentleman of the night, and was pretty happy with his lot in life. One evening, he was lounging in a booth at his favorite Denny's when an amazingly goth woman walked in. Tattered hosiery, frazzled hair, and the most incredibly Siouxie Sioux eye shadow he had ever seen. Oh, poor Germane was so smitten, he hardly noticed when she started gnawing on his face! Now, poor Germane hasn't the brains to rememebr her name, and she never gave him her number!


 
 
 
 

Kelly was a pretty happy girl in life, and was waiting to meet the perfect guy, someone who shared her love of Bon Jovi, Del Taco, and Tanning beds. One day, she met Mark, a remarkable man who knew all the words to the Slippery When Wet album, managed a Del Taco, and owned a portable tanning bed. It was love; not story book love, but real, true life love. But like any great love, it was doomed. Mark had one too many tacos, and tanned just a bit too long. The resultant gas and UV ray combo turned Mark into a flesh eating monster, and his first victim was on her way for an all night tanning session! Even in undeath, Mark and Kelly love each other dearly, and are planning on hitting the road to New Jersey to eat their favorite band as we speak!

CRAFT SABBATH in FEBRUARY!!!

Big Thanks to Meg & the girls for inviting us to be part of Craft Sabbath again this year! 
We're really looking forward to the boutique and we hope to see all our SL,UT friends/fans there!!!!

(AND YES, LGK designed the awesome flier!!!)

New Love Struck Squidleigh's

We've been brainstorming ideas for how to make our photographs more engaging.  Look at what Leigh came up with today!  Awesome dimensional watercolor dioramas for Squidleighs!!  Just in time for some of our new "Love Struck Squidleigh's" for Valentine's (or ANTI Valentine's Day!)

Nertle is not the type of Squidleigh to idley fall in love, but like so many other love-struck fools, his resolve met it's match when he met Myrtle, the clerk at his local Squidbrary. Nertle would swim in each day, and check out a huge stack of books, just so he would have a good reason to come back the next day. We're not so sure yet on how Myrtle feels about Nertle, but she does find him somewhat entertaining!

  

These guys will also be available at Craft Sabbath Valentine's Day Craft Boutique
 
Sunday, February 7, 2010 from 12 -4 at Nobrow Coffee and Tea (315 East 300 South in Salt Lake)

Taters of Terror!!

busy busy busy @ the Grimmleigh's Labs...getting ready for some great shows for V-Day! and readying some produce for our Farmer's Market Application...keep those suggestions coming folks!  We've gotten some of our greatest ideas from friends/fans...like our new Ghastly Garlic & Taters of Terror!!!

up next...Beets and Lemons!  (we've got a whole Borscht theme going on!)

squidleigh invasion part deux

The Squidleigh's are some of our favorites and we've been whipping up some new ones for the shop!

Rachel especially LOVES using the fun variegated yarns for these...Leigh on the other hand, DREADS having to match the paint!  (tee hee hee)

Ubblegubb Squidleigh used to be a pretty fun loving squid, until the "incident". Ubblegubb used to have this dream that he got out of bed, ate breakfast, then left for work completely naked. He would wake up, have a good laugh, and get ready for work. Then, as fate would have it, every Squid in the Kingdom of Squidleighs stopped wearing clothes, and poor, modest-yet-fun Ubblegubb had to adapt to swimming about starkers. Perhaps a change of setting would do Ubblegubb's nerves some good!


 
 
 
 
 

Xerxon Squidleigh runs the HR Department at his job, and lately he has been having a hard time controlling his temper, with all the "squids these days" texting and sneaking off to mingle instead of working. Xerxon would probably contain his anger a little better, but his tentacles are far too stubby to text with, so he misses out on all the fun. Poor Xerxon needs a new place to work, someplace mellow!


 
 
 
 
 
(This guy's on reserve for Kim :)
 

Yibyum Squidleigh has a sense of humor. In fact. he may have too much of one. You can find him, at any time of the day (or night), giggling hysterically at anything and everything, and that has been annoying the squid pants off of family and friends for years. No matter what it is, Yibyum can find something to laugh at, whether it's the obituary page, or the biography of Seymour Buttes. He's been trying really hard to giggle a little less, but you can see another barrage of giggles is always a second away!

And this is Jengo (at least that's the name we gave him).  Leigh's mom Madalyn, has a friend named Kathy, whose little 4 year old grandson Deagan has Leukemia.  A few weeks back he had to have a bone marrow transplant and Madalyn thought he might like a "chemo buddy" to keep him company, help him be brave.  We're hoping Jengo fits the bill (he also came with a warm hat that matches one for Deagan...last we heard though, Deagan's little sister had absconded with the hat!)  Deagan is doing well and should get to go home soon.  Our thoughts are with this brave little boy and his family.
 
 
 
Coming soon....Love Struck Squidleigh's Baby Squidleighs!!!  just in time for that stupid holiday in February (and we don't mean President's day....)

Valentine's Day... Really?

We're not fans of V-Day. Don't get us wrong; a day that celebrates love, and expressing that love to someone you care about is great. We're not big fans of a mandatory express your love with expensive gifts day, though. A simple note, a home-cooked meal, and maybe a hand made expression or two should be all that matters. But, we also know that sometimes there is a little something out there that can say it all, and we want to make sure you know where to get it!

We'll be posting a whole slew of love-struck zombies for this most gooey of holidays, and we're making them a little smaller so you could say, pick up one of these sweet little rotters and still have enough for dinner! Also, they're already dead, so they'll last longer than flowers!

They're hitting the Etsy shop now, and just like every Grimmleigh's Fiend they are completely hand crocheted and hand painted, and no two are ever the same!

Getting Ready For Market!

We have decided we want to bring our Grimmleighs, namely our Produce of Peril, to the Saturday Market this Spring. That being said, we needed more than just our typical carrots, strawberries, and eggplants! Rachel really went out of her way designing cabbages and garlic. We're thinking of setting up a traditional looking market table, with baskets of (evil) produce! We'll keep you all updated!