I recently bought this charming handmade mug at local tea merchant The Naked Leaf, because who can resist drinking fancy licorice tea out of crockery decorated with adorable baby Cthulhus?
Well, not me, that's for certain. Even though I truly did LOL at the sight of a Sheela na gig-encrusted tea cup (seriously, WTH?), an even bigger laugh came when the store owner told me about an earlier customer who had been utterly entranced by the mug adorned with squee-inducing "baby squids".
Oh Dear - when I first glimpsed this I thought it was a Goatse mug!
Posted by: Kamala | February 02, 2013 at 10:49 PM
Girl Goatse of a very vintage sort!
Posted by: Kipling | February 02, 2013 at 11:33 PM
Can we see the baby Cthulhus mug? Although this one is fabulous. Are they made by the same artist? Thanks for the wikipedia link. I love that the Sheela na gigs are found mainly in churches.
A baby squid mug would be cute too. That got me searching for a squid mug for Alan. No luck yet, but found this totally unrelated item that I thought you would like to see if you hadn't before. http://www.skepticalrobot.com/krampus-stocking/
Posted by: katy | February 03, 2013 at 07:19 AM
Ha ha, I got one of these Krampus stockings before Christmas, at a local candy store, of all places. It's pretty sweeeet.
This IS the baby Cthulhu mug, for I have decreed it!
They're a little spendy, around $25, but well worth it. I'll have to back to get the artist's name, and credit them.
Posted by: Kipling | February 03, 2013 at 12:29 PM