Indie Squid Kid

Large Plush Squid Hat/Pillow - Blue

I’ve been meaning to blog about Obey My Brain Creations for quite a while now, ever since my friend Xtina sent me the link to his Etsy shop several months ago. However, it was Leah Riley’s recent post on her blog that convinced me to get off my ass and talk about squid hats.

OMB squid hats are, to put it simply, RAD. It’s as if a squid is trying to eat your head! They also can double as pillows, so you can get a good night’s sleep after a night out on the town.

Here are the specs for the large size hat:

Designed to fit snugly to an 22.5″ head circumference, it is stretchy enough to fit an inch or so larger.
Body: 16 inches
Arms: 14 inches
Tentacles: 24 inches

Made from 100% polyester fleece and filled with clean/safe polyester filling. The eyes have fleece details.

$49.99 USD

There is a slightly smaller medium size ($34.99), and a variety of available colors in both sizes (blue, pink, yellow, and tie-died purple at the time of this writing). For a mere $6, you can get a pair of plush bulgy eyes to accessorize your squid!

He also offers a plush octopus hat, some Cthulhu-themed art, and lots of other stuff featuring sharks, robots, mushrooms and more!

This post is also serves as the unofficial start of this week’s theme…Halloween!!!

First there was the Bearsharktopus, but now we see the gentler, fuzzier side of Ursine/Cephalopod hybridization.

Ursapus by Everyeskimo

Everyeskimo posted this wonderful creation to her blog on Friday, and it was apparently for sale in her Etsy shop. However, it must have been snapped up instantaneously, because by the time I got there Friday afternoon it was nowhere to be seen!

Coincidentally, Kid Indie Squid Kid was trying out his new bear costume over the weekend!

I’m not saying you have to decide which is the cutest, but if I did, I think you’d know the correct answer…

A while back I created the Sightings category as a way of classifying the occasional random cephalopod appearance in otherwise cephalopod-free websites and chance cephalopod encounters in the real world. While I expect I will continue to use the category in this way, I have decided to also extend it to submissions sent in by my readers!

The following was Sighted by Xtina:

Dwell Deep says,

Gocco print of my original sailor illustration. Imagine sailing the high seas with this scurvy dog! Black ink on Rives BFK printmaking paper. Each paper is hand torn and of irregular size. Image size is approximately 4″ square.

$7 (USD) on Etsy.

So I guess that means the blog is officially open for submissions! If you have a cephalopod Sighting you want to send my way, leave a comment on the blog, message me through Facebook or Twitter, or email me at indiesquidkid AT gmail.com.

Also, if you have your own blog, or Etsy shop, or whatever, let me know the url so I can include the link if I post your Sighting!

squidbox2, originally uploaded by RiverOtterWidgetStudios.

This beautiful hand-carved wooden box by Jon Gosling was originally available on Etsy, but some lucky bastard beat me to it! A similar one is currently available at his River Otter Rustics Etsy shop, but, frankly, it’s not quite as cool as this one. Jon has another Etsy shop—River Otter Widget Studios—specializing in steampunk-themed items. Check it out!

Here’s another birthday present from last year—the awesome Octopus Field Bag by Deadworry, a small independent print shop from Florida.

Here are the specs from the Deadworry Etsy store:

$25.00 USD

Octopus design hand screened on 100% cotton canvas; heavy enzyme-washed; cotton webbing straps; front flap with antique brass turn buckles; inside hanging zippered pocket.

Color: Smoke Grey
Specs:

DEPTH 3.5″

LENGTH 16″

WIDTH 12″

The octopus design is also available on men’s t-shirts.

A different octopus can be found on baby doll dresses, tote bags, messenger bags, and something called a trapeze dress.

But wait! There’s more!

Siamese Octopus t-shirt!

Tentacles hoodie!

And last, but not least, the enigmatic Octo-Owl!

octopus on my shoulder, originally uploaded by Cryptonaut.

This was a birthday present from my sister last year, but I don’t remember where she got it! (Emilie, help a brother out!)

I have a feeling it came from Etsy, but I haven’t been able to track it down. (A search on Etsy for “octopus shirt” yields 20 pages of results!)

So if anyone recognizes this shirt, I’d love to be able to link to the seller!

UPDATE: My sister says she got this from Deadworry. It doesn’t seem to be currently available, but they still have loads of other octopus stuff, so check ‘em out!