Hello, and thanks for reading this issue of our newsletter; I know I’ve been sending a lot of emails out lately. 😖

I plan to return to our regular pace soon, but this one is about the future of our Etsy shop, so let’s get down to brass tacks. Last month, Etsy’s changes to their Terms of Service prompted us to consider alternate sales platforms. The new terms, which go into effect on December 16th, will give them full rights to train AI using seller content. In light of this, we’ve made the decision to leave the platform.

We’re still in the process of figuring out where the shop will live on a more permanent basis after this; Etsy has something of a chokehold on the handmade market space, and there aren’t many, or any, other platforms with the same brand recognition or centralized user base of both buyers and sellers. For the moment, we’re going to use Ko-Fi as a bridge between Etsy and our next step. Our Etsy shop will close on December 14th.

Now, we skipped November’s MotM. We’ll be skipping December’s as well and running a holiday clear-out sale on some of our older work instead. This sale starts today and will run until the shop closes. I won’t be listing anything new on Etsy or renewing any expired listings because, frankly, we don’t want to give Etsy more of our money or work to scrape than we need to.

Happy November and welcome back to TBB’s newsletter! I hope you all had a good Halloween.

Getting right into it with a quick recap of October, there were so many events to attend last month! We. . .

1. met this adorable young bison at the Las Golondrinas Harvest Festival,

   

2. saw Kami Kehoe, Starset, Chevelle, and Breaking Benjamin in concert,

3. and went to the Abiquiu Studio Tour! It was a busy month!

   

On the art front, that’s where the changing gears starts to come into play. I really want to start shifting my focus to sculpting: improving old models, creating new ones, etc, the way I did with the Pumpkin Cats. Unfortunately for me, there are currently drawers full of in-progress pieces that accumulated throughout 2026.

Happy October, happy autumn, happy rain, happy sweater season! Welcome back to TBB’s newsletter! September was a big month for us, so this one is going to be a little long.

September recap:

1. Back in February, we were celebrating Baby John, who has been nothing by a disembodied clay head for the last ten years, receiving a corporeal form to call his own, and said “we hope to bring him to the shop soon.”

Hello, and happy Autumn! This is just a quick update to let you know that if you missed seeing us at the Ren Faire, the remaining inventory from the festival is now available online!

This shop update includes several new mushlings, dragons, “delftware” rats, and tiny cats. Additionally, the mounted dragon busts and gem-bull calves have never been available online before! (There will probably be a more in-depth look at the gem-bulls in the October issue.)

Anyways, that’s all for now. Thanks for reading and we’ll catch you next time! 🙂

Happy September, and welcome back to TBB’s newsletter! As summer winds down, I hope you’ve all been well and staying cool!

A quick August recap:

1. Our biggest show of the year is in September, so August was consumed by preparations. I’m always in a tizzy working to get things done around this time of year. A new, fancy method of tracking my to-do list helped a lot though!

   

   

   August also brought a lot of unexpected changes to routines and plans, which has left us pretty exhausted, and feeling kind of beaten-down. The Malaise, AKA. depression, has had me bundled up in an unwanted snuggle. Fortunately, rather than manifesting as Horrible Brain Times of the miserable variety, it’s just made getting things done a slog.

   To combat this, I’ve been playing a possibly-excessive amount of Dead Cells and Sniper Elite; I find that beating a level in between tasks is a good way to motivate myself to get things done. Hopefully as the show approaches and passes, I’ll get a chance to re-center myself and focus more on my personal care again.

Happy August, and welcome back to TBB’s newsletter! Full transparency, I wrote this yesterday, so we are vibing with no polish this month.

A quick July recap: stuff happened, but a lot of it was boring, behind-the-scenes stuff, like planning my Renaissance Faire to-do list. There’s also been a lot of lying on the couch and melting; it’s been too hot to move or think.

1. Of note, I did a trip to see family, had a 30th birthday with watermelon instead of cake, and was very spoiled for my whole birthday weekend~

Happy July, and welcome back to TBB’s newsletter!

June was a fairly uneventful month, as far as shop work goes. We mostly spent it focused on personal pursuits, like continuing to declutter our house, but there were a few neat things that happened!

1. Something that’s never happened before: we sold out of tiny cats within a week of listing the restock! I’ll be making more, but it’ll take a while.

2. I had the chance to work on some possible sticker designs. I’ve been thinking about stickers since this time last year, but have only tried a few designs, so I’m excited to try it out again. I may run a poll for those later.

3. There was a small cat. We found him wandering around outside of our house all alone. Obviously the only option was to bring him in, bathe, and feed him before surrendering him to the local monastery shelter!

Hello! As promised, here is your Beast Boutique update on the tiny cats. They are now up in the shop and available for adoption!

There are 18 new cats available, with a few more to come once their photoshoots are completed.

Thanks for reading, and we’ll catch you next time!

Happy June, happy Pride month, and welcome back to TBB’s newsletter! As a heads up, this issue is going to have a more serious section, because Pride is a serious subject for us.

To start, here’s what happened in May before we move onto June and the MotM:

1. Livestreams are currently on hold due to some computer issues we’ve been having. Hopefully those will be resolved soon. Until then, streaming has been paused.

2. I’ve been brainstorming ways to update our booth display, and I’m expecting a few things for that in the mail that I’m quite excited about! If you pop into any of our in-person shows in the next few months, you may get to see the evolution as it goes.

3. Instead of an employee update, we have an “In Memoriam,” because my brother’s cat Avery has ✨ perished ✨ :’> For those interested, the memorial video can be viewed here.

Happy May, and welcome back to TBB’s newsletter! I hope you’ve all been doing well!

To start, here’s what happened in April before we move onto May and the MotM:

1. A quick celebration - our Youtube channel reached 700 subscribers last month! Ever since, I’ve been thinking about how cool it would be to hit 1000 by my birthday in July - it’s a long shot, but we’ll see. Either way, if you’re one of the 700, thank you very much for hanging out with us over there!

   I’ve also been livestreaming some of our digital modeling work. A lot of times I’m the only one in the stream, but I love having company if you ever want to stop by during a stream.

   

2. Employee update: we had a very pretty bumblebee break into our house. The criminal stung Taboo before being detained in solitary confinement and released the following day. As a result of this “vicious attack,” Taboo developed an abscess and is currently on paid leave while he recovers. (Translation: he’s getting spoiled on hand-delivered cans of wet food.)

Hello and happy spring to you, readers! It’s Chet and Char from The Beast Boutique, back to update you on life and shop things! (This is a long one; I apologize in advance.)

What happened in March:

March came with a frustrating detour into the Doldrums, where The Malaise, aka. my depression, dwells. 🙃 (Thank you, Dead Cells.) Interpersonal issues, health stuff, and external stressors left no room for art or working on the business. That’s why the Pride restock I had planned ended up being half the size I’d hoped for.

Hello! Just dropping a quick line from us here at The Beast Boutique to let you know that the planned Pride release is here - mostly!

I ended up needing a bit of a break on this drop, but I didn’t want to wait until everything was done to share. There will be at least one more burst of Pride figurines after this, but here’s what we have for this round.

This drop includes a restock of our Pride rats and otters, two models never released as a 7-flag set before - the Dancing Cats and the newly-remastered Chubby Bunny - and some stand-alone pandas and elephants that didn’t get a full set. (Please, let me know if you’d like to see any of those as a 7-flag set, or what other flags you would like to see.)

Welcome back to TBB’s newsletter! March is a big month for us, with lots of milestones, but first, here’s what happened in February:

1. TBB catered for a birthday party! We brought blank figurines and supplies to the venue, and guests got to paint their own figurine to take home with them! Paint-your-own workshops have always been intriguing to us, so it was great to get the chance to try it out, and I’d love to get another shot at it sometime.

   

   

2. Our brand-new horse model debuted, and the Festival Horse was the belle of the ball! Thank you for all the support and love for our newest model. We’re looking forward to sharing the other poses and hairstyles we’re working on.

   

Which brings us to March:

First, a big ✨ Pride restock ✨ is in the works. Our Pride otters will be coming back this month, and there will also be 7-flag sets of cats, skunks, rabbits, and more! This will possibly be the biggest Pride drop we’ve ever done, so I’m very excited. (A restock email may go out later this month when they’ve been added to the shop.)

Wassup, my homies? Chet (and Char) here. Welcome to The Beast Boutique’s first newsletter! I expect we’ll have monthly updates or so, including recaps, current projects, model releases, upcoming events, and Model of the Month announcements. (Read to the end for February’s MotM!)

What happened in January:

1. Longtime followers might recognize Baby John. He’s been nothing but a head for the last ten years, though there have been attempts to give him a body. I finally succeeded in January. He’s a real boy now, and we hope to bring him to the shop soon.