News & Updates for 2025

by Marianella Contreras April 7, 2025

Greetings, fellow ghouls

It's been a minute since I updated on current news, and boy howdy there are a few!

The first important thing to update on is that The Ghoul List remains on pause. This pause does not affect current people already on the list.

The pause was placed last year due to the frankly overwhelming amount of people who signed up (which I am both grateful and flabbergasted by) I need time for lil ole me to catch up on it: wait times have gotten far too long, especially since I have found myself in the unfortunate circumstance of repetitive stress related fatigue and chronic pain, and needing more and longer breaks between clients; I am under going minor physio in order to help alleviate this.

I am unsure of when The Ghoul List will reopen, but I can say that I am doing my best to reach a good point some time this year... maybe.

The next bit of important news is the upcoming art drop for April 2025, which will be on the 13th at 3pm MST. I will have a handcrafted XL tote, and two handcrafted rug tuft pieces available for the drop; one of the rug tuft pieces (Trick or Treat Ghoul) glows in the dark! It's quite a great piece for any spooky vintage Halloween addicted decor! Heck I was very tempted to keep this piece for myself, haha!

The most anticipated of my offerings, a vintage treat bag inspired tote purse, will not be listed. However, this leads me into the next bit of news:

I started a Patreon and I am very excited and hopeful!
But what does this have to do with the tote purse creation, I hear you asking.

I plan on auctioning this tote bag creation through my Patreon to help support a dental procedure I must undergo for a broken tooth.
The auction will be open to all, you do not need to be a paid member to participate, but an account is required in order to comment to bid.
There are many perks if you wish to become a paid member, such as a monthly sticker club, and even access to the brand new member shop!

In the shop there will be exclusive Kitschy Ghoul swag, one-off art pieces that I will have created as content for my Youtube channel, previous months 'sticker of the month'(when available), art prints, button pins and more!
There will also sometimes be an extra bag work spot that doesn't fall under the same restrictions for bags and work spots. Meaning if you grabbed a work spot or bag from the main website, it does not preclude you from being able to purchase this spot, or vice versa!

The biggest update for the Member shop is that I will be offering a work spot for custom rug tufting. It will be available in much the same fashion as bag work spots: the art work can be supplied by you, or I can create one for you! I am very excited to offer this in particular for my patrons!

But regardless if you're a paid member or not, there will be loads of behind the scenes content and events you can join in on if you wish to remain a free member to my Patreon!There's loads of room for all kinds of ghosties in Ghost Town!

Thank you for reading!

-- Mari Mortem
(The Kitschy Ghoul)