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Whimsical Squid Creations Whimsical Squid Creations is the lovingly crafted products of a re-enactor, cosplayer & general nerd. Don’t know if I make it? Just ask!

Whimsical Squid Creations is the lovingly crafted products of a cosplayer, re-enactor and all-around geeky crafter! Based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada and specializing with sewn items, I offer plushies, bags, hats, wall hangings and many other things. I’m always open to suggestions and may be able to do a custom order if you don't quite find what you need!

Whimsical Squid wishes you a Happy Year of the Snake! (And as snake lovers and snake-zodiacs ourselves, the excitement i...
01/29/2025

Whimsical Squid wishes you a Happy Year of the Snake! (And as snake lovers and snake-zodiacs ourselves, the excitement is huge!)

Cube Nutrition at Oxford Renaissance Festival, The Finale!Despite not being able to show even an imitation of a medical ...
01/27/2025

Cube Nutrition at Oxford Renaissance Festival, The Finale!

Despite not being able to show even an imitation of a medical degree, the dragon's advice has done the trick! After tumbling around the fairgrounds sucking up all the nutrients he could (and more than a few of our precious cookies) Gel has levelled up and almost doubled in size! Now he's ready to join his sedate, steadfast siblings in a fulfilling career of menacing adventurers with the threat of his wobbly presence!

Cube Nutrition at Oxford Renaissance Festival, Part 7!"You should round things out with some minerals," the dragon advis...
01/26/2025

Cube Nutrition at Oxford Renaissance Festival, Part 7!

"You should round things out with some minerals," the dragon advised. "Phosphorus, magnesium, other hard-to-pronounce things you find in rocks. We dragons like a nice bit of limestone every now and again, so I can tell you that any old castle wall should do the trick. No idea what that stuff will do for a gelatinous cube, but doesn't some rock candy sound tasty anyway?"

Cube Nutrition at Oxford Renaissance Festival, Part 6! "Listen close," the dragon gravely growled. "Fibre is very import...
01/25/2025

Cube Nutrition at Oxford Renaissance Festival, Part 6!

"Listen close," the dragon gravely growled. "Fibre is very important, to both humans and dragonkind. A human who's not keeping regular is an annoyance, and a dragon without fibre is a natural disaster. You cubelings might be known for easily breaking everything and the kitchen sink down, but that doesn't mean you can't use some extra fibre. You might already be stuffed, but stuff yourself again just to be safe!"

Cube Nutrition at Oxford Renaissance Festival, Part 5! "Whatever vitamin C is, I know it's very important", the dragon s...
01/24/2025

Cube Nutrition at Oxford Renaissance Festival, Part 5!

"Whatever vitamin C is, I know it's very important", the dragon said sagely. "Humans use it to keep their teeth in their heads. I bet it'll help you keep your corners nice and pointy. I have a sea serpent cousin who says that human sailors used to put lemon juice in their drinks to keep the ol' chompers in, and they're still walking around the fair with lemon drinks today, so go out and find that lemon!"

Cube Nutrition at Oxford Renaissance Festival, Part 4! "Next," said the dragon, "you'll want some iron. It's good for yo...
01/23/2025

Cube Nutrition at Oxford Renaissance Festival, Part 4!

"Next," said the dragon, "you'll want some iron. It's good for your blood, and for your sense of irony, which is good, because I don't think you cubes have blood anyway. I heard some cannons blasting all yesterday - go suck one up! More hemoglobin for you - or whatever cubes turn iron into - and one less cannon shooting at me when I leave. Win-win!"

Cube Nutrition at Oxford Renaissance Festival, Part 3!"First of all", the wise dragon said, "they've set up some rubes t...
01/21/2025

Cube Nutrition at Oxford Renaissance Festival, Part 3!

"First of all", the wise dragon said, "they've set up some rubes to play music on the stage right next to me. They're on and off the stage every hour, and the banner says they're salty as sea dogs, whatever that means. Salt is salt, right? Set up an ambush for intermission and you'll get all the sodium you need!"

Part 2! The following morning, our cube (whose full name is Gel A. Tinous) wasted no time in finding an informed source ...
01/21/2025

Part 2!

The following morning, our cube (whose full name is Gel A. Tinous) wasted no time in finding an informed source at Oxford Renaissance Festival to advise him on his condition. Having learned from previous Whimsical Squid capers that dragons are all about enriching their hoards, he figured they might also know a thing or two about enriching diets. This one was as wise as she was intimidating! "It's all about the knights, kid!" she rumbled confidently. "Once you peel the shells off, they're packed full of protein and calcium. I recommend flambé, but I guess you'd do better with fondue. Now pay attention, I've seen some other good nutrient sources around the grounds..."

Well, the gelatinous cubes and a marathon of Dungeon Meshi reminded me that we sent one on a fine adventure at Oxford Re...
01/19/2025

Well, the gelatinous cubes and a marathon of Dungeon Meshi reminded me that we sent one on a fine adventure at Oxford Renaissance Festival, and we never posted it- until now!
So enjoy our last adventure to see you through the week's deep freeze!

At Whimsical Squid, we strive to provide healthsome meals of wonder, imagination, and compacted fluff. But for some entities, particularly those of the cubic persuasion, that's just not enough. While we rested up at the hotel before Oxford day 2, an extremely legitimate health website dropped a bomb on us: one of our cubes is tragically malnourished! To account for our negligence, we promised the cube that the following day, it could leave the tent, roam the grounds and catch up on its nutrient intake. Time will tell whether this was a good idea or not...

Regular New Year has come (and gone), but Lunar New Year is fast approaching! And it’s a very special year for us at Whi...
01/02/2025

Regular New Year has come (and gone), but Lunar New Year is fast approaching!
And it’s a very special year for us at Whimsical Squid. Maker-human’s own birth year, and our favourite animal!
Stay tuned, because we have some special (and limited-edition) New Year Sneks coming soon! ❤️🐍

Settle in for a fine nerdy tale this Xmas eve, Squidizens! We have a new one to tell! Twas the night before Squidmas, 'n...
12/25/2024

Settle in for a fine nerdy tale this Xmas eve, Squidizens! We have a new one to tell!

Twas the night before Squidmas, 'neath a sky filled with grey,
The clouds began swirling with the tricks of the fey
The snow far below which lay coating the ground
Now caught with enchantment, began roiling around

Pushed upright like daisies, the snowfield had bloomed
And stately Platonic new forms were assumed
With eight pointed corners and six equal faces
Where snowflakes had lain, ten great cubes took their places

They glimmered and glinted in the meagre moonlight
With beady black eyes staring out at the night
All quivering and shimmering they slid 'cross the moor
And two hours later, they arrived at our door

Maker-human sat cozy in Squidmas repose
While I sat apart writing questionable prose
But from the front hall came an echoing 'squorch'
And we ran to find cubes waiting on the front porch

In the spirit of Squidmas, we brought them inside
And a last-minute feast we sprang to provide
Candies and chocolates and cider we brought
And the cubes, as they wobbled, devoured the lot

But though they slurped everything we could provide
Their hunger seemed always quite unsatisfied
And after we'd given all that we were able
They continued to jiggle, spreading slime on the table

And just when we thought that it might be our fate
On this cubic wassail we'd eternally wait
The house was lit up with a bright purple flare
And Wubby, our mascot, leapt out of thin air

He gave a warm grin (in his strange mouthless way)
"These six-sided troubles," he said, "shall not stay!
The cubes have a singular diet, take heed:
On dungeony dragony things do they feed!"

In each of his tentacles (ten, I should tell)
A nerdular icon or trinket he held
A spellbook, a d12, a bard figurine
The D&D issue of Time magazine

These geek-things, and others, he tossed to the cubes
Who sucked them up fiercely as through they were tubes
And fed with such nerdom, they started to swell
Breaking most of the table, which naturally fell

But that crafty old Wubby had come with a plan
And swept up every cube with deft squid-of-hand
And with tentacles full of gelatinous fright
He sprang through the back door out into the night

He built up his pace with a hop and a skip
And his trademark maneuver, the legless backflip
Then finally the whimsical squid did let fly
And the cubes were released, sailing into the sky

How joyous they sounded, when, starting to drop
Each cube did explode with a sonorous 'plop'
And as they combusted, while we watched below
They fell back to earth as quite unhungry snow

Wubby launched into the drift with delight
And a cut a sweet snow angel, purple on white
Then he climbed up the gutter and mounted the gable
While we humans started making repairs to our table

He looked out on the neighbourhood, dark and serene
With not one gelatinous cube to be seen
And he called to all people, to wise men and rubes
"Merry Squidmas! May you not be devoured by cubes!"

Apologies, it will be Monday, not today, that shop orders will finally be going out!
12/20/2024

Apologies, it will be Monday, not today, that shop orders will finally be going out!

The strike is finally ending! Customers who placed orders and opted to wait, thank you so much for your patience. Your o...
12/17/2024

The strike is finally ending! Customers who placed orders and opted to wait, thank you so much for your patience.
Your orders will finally all be shipping out on Friday, although due to backlogs there will be delays in normal shipping times.

I’m still here! 😅😅😅We had an exhausting (but delightful) Wassail that had us sleeping most of Sunday, I now have no rema...
12/12/2024

I’m still here! 😅😅😅
We had an exhausting (but delightful) Wassail that had us sleeping most of Sunday, I now have no remaining markets for the year due to my application getting “forgotten”, and yesterday was my 35th orbit around the large yellow star. Which was a fine day of skating, video games, sushi, and Flamecraft!

Good morrow to ye, Squidizens! We’re here a-wassailing in Shakespeare, and the vibe is so warm and cheery that the snow ...
12/07/2024

Good morrow to ye, Squidizens! We’re here a-wassailing in Shakespeare, and the vibe is so warm and cheery that the snow outside is but a frosty memory. Of course, some of our merchandise is keen to remind us that winter is in full swing, but as we’re all keeping toasty, nobody seems to mind!

I did it! I got this ugly, heavy AF, lined-in-all-wool early-medieval-style dress (that will be super warm and needs no ...
12/06/2024

I did it! I got this ugly, heavy AF, lined-in-all-wool early-medieval-style dress (that will be super warm and needs no futzing around with in the morning) finished just in time. Because tomorrow I have to pack stock, pack feast gear, and bake cookies. 😴😴😴😴
(Tomorrow, proper pictures of the new stock coming with me!)

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Abby made a great racket this morning in her tank, and out of her secret cave came a bunch of balloons, streamers, tiny party hats, and a feast of grub pie and fruit paste and silkworms and crickets and salad. And goodness, SIX reptile hammocks too? And wait a minute, why is there a lizard on the windowsill carrying a jumbo cricket with a bow on it?... 🤔 Unfortunately because of isolation due to COVID, her big party had to be cancelled ("But Moooommmmm! I even invited the 5-LINED SKINK! HE'S ENDANGERED, DON'T YOU KNOW?!?!?") and she's terribly dejected now. But all the same, Happy World Lizard Day and Happy 4th birthday to Abby! (P.S.- After faire season, we have big plans for plush with our favourite lizards! 😉)

Feeling twirly!
Feeling twirly!

The sun is out, the birds are singing up a storm, and the mercury finally hit 20+ celcius! I can finally wear my newest creation, the lovely Hummingbirds-in-wisteria 50's style shirtdress I finished a few days ago. 😘 AND I can also break in the American Duchess Oxfords I got back in November now that the ground is finally nice enough to wear them outside!

Eye embroidery
Eye embroidery

Hello Squidizens! A day spent learning how to work the embroidery machine, starting with some small plush eyes! (This eventually became a somewhat gimpy narwhal....) Hopefully soon maker-human will be up to digitizing her own!

It works!
It works!

Huzzah! We have embroidery!

Brrrr!
Brrrr!

Good stormy afternoon, squidizens! This is the beginning of a major winter storm coming our way for the next two days. So, any orders placed between now and Wednesday will be delayed a few days for shipping out as the roads and sidewalks will be an impassable mess! (All custom orders and shop orders placed last week and on the weekend have now been shipped- this only applies to new ones!)

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