Countdown to SpankoCon!

 

It is officially countdown time, and we could not be more thrilled! We’ve been hard at work prepping our materials, and we are incredibly excited to officially announce that LRS is heading to SpankoCon!

If you aren't familiar, SpankoCon is the ultimate weekend gathering for the community to connect, learn, and have an absolute blast together! It’s a super welcoming, stigma-free space where we can geek out over our shared interests—with tons of great workshops, plenty of laughter, and a huge emphasis on consent and respect. Plus, there is going to be a boutique vendor market! LRS will be set up with exclusive implements not available online, classic favorites, and a secret new product line! Abby will be there, too, with a selection of spanking-themed vintage books (Grove Press's Victorian Library, Blue Moon, and more). It's all happening August 7-9 in Phoenix, Arizona. 

Whether you know us best for Spencer’s implement creations or you're stopping by to talk vintage smut, we can't wait to connect with you in person. For those who might be new to our shop, here’s a little more about who we are and what we do:

About LRS (LRS Toys & Little Red Spanking)

At LRS, our meticulously handcrafted spanking and impact implements are designed to support every stage of your personal journey. As passionate enthusiasts ourselves, we understand the diverse benefits of adult play and craft each piece for maximum sensation exploration, whether that’s in the bedroom, in the dungeon, or between friends for emotional release. We combine solid natural hardwoods and premium leather to create elegant, satisfying tools that celebrate connection and correction. Whether you’re just starting out or expanding your collection, LRS is dedicated to putting the perfect piece in your hand.

Our Presentations

We aren’t just bringing our wares—we’re also stepping up to the mic! Mark your calendars for August 8th and 9th, because we have some fantastic sessions planned for you:

Why Wood Matters: Sensation, Mechanics, and Safety with Wooden Spanking Paddles

August 8, 10:30 am

Join Spencer from LRS for a comprehensive, hands-on dive into the craftsmanship, physics, and profound connection of spanking and impact play. Why Wood Matters strips away the intimidation of wooden implements and replaces it with technique, anatomical awareness, and a touch of history.

Spanking isn't always a punishment dynamic; it can be a beautiful celebration of self, strength, and resilience. But to honor that, the recipient must get what they deserve: a conscientious and capable deliverer. Whether you’re a seasoned top or a beginner practicing your swings on the arm of the couch, this class will elevate your mechanics and your mindset.

About Spencer

Spencer is a lifelong spanko whose passion for flagellation covers everything from international implements to vintage smut. As the proprietor of LRS, he is dedicated to creating beautiful, handcrafted paddles and straps for all members of the adult spanking and impact play communities. Outside of the workshop, he’s an avid guitarist and guitar collector who delights in sound experiments with his pedal board. He built a successful career in instrument sales at institutions like Pro Guitar Shop and Fender Musical Instruments, but in 2018, he traded high-pressure quotas for high-quality hardwoods to focus on implement creation. He officially launched LRS at the beginning of 2020 and has been shipping spanking toys around the world ever since. When he isn't making implements or music, he’s expanding his museum-worthy library of spanking fiction and reference materials with Abby, his partner  in all things, spanking and otherwise.

We Are Not Alone: How Spanking Smut Shaped Our World, or, How Clandestine Publishing Preserved the Literature of Flagellation, Defied the Moralists, and Connected Enthusiasts Across the Centuries

August 9, 10:30 am

Join Abby for a captivating journey through the historical timeline of underground publishing, exploring how 18th, 19th and 20th-century clandestine imprints defied censors to keep flagellation literature (spanking smut) alive. This presentation dives into the hidden networks and forgotten authors that preserved our secret histories, proving that enthusiasts have been finding each other across the decades long before the digital age.

About Abby

Abby is a spanko, writer, and archivist of the obscure whose passion for literature dives deep into folklore, fairy tales, and the hidden histories of clandestine publishing. Her writing journey has long intertwined with her personal one; in fact, LRS, aka Little Red Spanking, the implement company she helped found with her husband Spencer, takes its name from The Little Red Schoolhouse, a blog she created as a 2007 wedding gift for him to chronicle her experiences and explore her deepest thoughts and feelings about spanking.  When she isn't untangling the lost threads of underground literature, Abby can usually be found lifting at the gym, divining fresh insights from her extensive Tarot collection, or enjoying a quiet moment with Spencer and their senior canine gentleman, Watson.

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We would absolutely love to see you there. Grab your tickets, check out the full schedule, and get all the details at SpankoCon.

OMG I quit my job to become a full-time spanko

I finally did it: I quit my job a few months ago and made spanking my full time work. Our Etsy paddle shop Little Red Spanking is growing into success - our paddles and straps have come to be known worldwide! I could not be more proud of Spencer and the absolute spanking art he creates. 

To better serve the spanking community, I built a whole new website -  LRS Toys. Now we can offer Rewards, a monthly Giveaway, a Blog, and lots more on the way! We're planning more paddle partnerships, a gift directory, wishlists, a smokin' hot spanking gallery, and more.

Sign up for our email list and get automatic entry into our monthly free spanking paddle giveaway. We're calling the giveaway 6th of the Best and we'll be giving away one or more spanking toys every 6th of every month.

🠊🠊🠊Sign up here: https://lrstoys.com/pages/giveaway

You'll want to sign up for our Rewards program when you shop for your next wood spanking paddle or leather spanking strap. Get 1 point for every $1 spent. Earn rewards quickly and level up our VIP tiers: start at Barely Blush, move up to Roasted Red and earn points faster, and get maximum points when you reach Paddled Plum!

🠊🠊🠊Purchased from our Etsy shop? Contact Us on Etsy or LRStoys.com and we'll convert your purchases into points on the new website!

So what's next for Abby? I need to spread the word about LRS Toys!!! I'm back on social media, back to blogging, and I am doing my best to really make this work. This leap has been terrifying but I've been dancing around this since I started this blog back in 2007. Thank you to all you long-term readers who I know will forgive me for taking a year to post since last time. 

Want to help spread the word? Link us up or reach out to me! I'll be looking for guest bloggers on the new site - stay tuned for more on that or let me know if you're interested! I definitely have a few of you bloggers in mind!

First image: it's me, Abby! With a Stevie Rose Hairbrush in Bubinga

Photos from spanking sessions featuring LRS Toys by Assume the Position Studios

Abby’s Updates

Yay! I get to share my bum with you again. So much has happened in the last half year. I wish I’d been blogging about it the whole time, but instead let’s do a quick summary so we can all move on and talk about spanking and spanking related things. 

FIRST SPANKING PARTY - Spencer and I went to our first local spanking party in June! This deserves its own post, so let’s see if I can manage to write about it soon.

HOUSE FINALLY REPAIRED - We had a house flood in July of 2022, and it took over 9 months for the repairs to be completed. During that time, we had limited access to the LRS workshop, our books, and even space for spanking. It felt like life was on pause during that time. 

RE-OPENED LITTLE RED SPANKING - Once we got the space in our house back, Spencer was able to go back to making paddles full time. We’re back in action and coming out swinging!

OPENED LRS BOOKS - You’re going to see a lot more about this! We opened another Etsy shop, this one for vintage erotica specializing in spanking and flagellation works from the 1800’s to the 1990’s. The shop is small right now but I have a closet of books to add. Check it out here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/LRSBooks. 

CLOSED TWO VANILLA COMPANIES - From 2016 to the beginning of 2023, I worked at a mortgage broker. Mortgages took a terrible dive in the US in 2022 and after a series of layoffs, we officially closed in January 2023. The owner kept five of us and started a solar company. As of last week, that company did  not survive either. I’m looking for new vanilla work! 

So that’s the quick rundown. My plan is that while I am looking for new work, I will also be spending more time in the spanking universe. I officially have more time to tell the world about our paddles and books and hopefully share pictures of my spanked bottom, as that remains one of my favorite things to do on the internet. Here we go again!

Tarot Tarts #1: Serpieri Tarot

All artwork pictured in this post is from The Serpieri Tarot, copyright Lo Scarabeo

Happy New Year! December was a far more challenging month than anticipated. I meant to start blogging here again and I just wasn’t able to make it happen.

I’m excited to be starting the new year with a post featuring some of my favorite cards from my new Serpieri Tarot deck, published by Lo Scarabeo earlier this year. I have a growing collection of tarot and divination decks, some for personal use and some for the art. A small but growing number of these fall into the erotic category, and my Serpieri deck is no exception. 

This deck features artwork by and inspired by Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, a graphic artist whose work often prominently displays the female bottom in glorious rounded and muscled form. I have long been a fan of his work and his erotic science fiction graphic novel series featuring the beloved buxom heroine Druuna, who appears throughout the deck as well. 

In my exploration of the deck, I found that many of the cards are in keeping with the Rider-Waite imagery that is most commonly used throughout the tarot world. Decks built from a pre-existing source often include artwork that is not in keeping with traditional imagery or card meaning, so when I found that the images and card meanings were in alignment, I realized that the artwork had been designed specifically for the deck. This is supported in the small manual included with the deck, in which Italian tarot deck publisher Lo Scarabeo explains, “In our interpretation, we took a step away from the original lore of the comics, and imbued the artwork with their own, standalone meanings - ones that fit with the Tarot cards they represent.” 

Here are some of my favorite cards from this deck. Picking my favorites was fun and sexy, so I’ll aim to do this with my other erotic decks as well!

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I snuck a male butt in for fun.

Shopping Tip: The tarot world is experiencing a huge increase in forgeries and fakes. Only purchase decks from reputable sources. This deck is available from Llewellyn.com. (I am in no way affiliated, I just love collecting tarot decks and Llewellyn has been a great source for decks and books for as long as I can remember.)

 

Paddle Portraits

We had our house flood this summer due to a broken pipe. We are still waiting for some of the repairs to be completed on the areas of the house that were damaged, which means that part of the wood shop has had to become storage space for the time being.

We shut the shop down for a few weeks in order to deal with the damage. Then, due to the limited space, Spencer re-opened our paddle shop with a shift in our business model, from craft on demand to a more retail approach, where what you see in our online store is what you will receive. This has allowed Spencer a chance to explore new woods and new designs. Plus, having pieces ready to ship has also allowed more time for custom and special orders.

Being able to re-open the shop while waiting for this house madness to end has probably kept us both sane. 

But now that we are listing individual paddles, I’ve had to step up my photography game. Every listing needs its own pictures showing the paddle in all its unique detail. I tried a standard white backdrop, followed by black, but neither showed off the wood the way I wanted.

I wondered if I could build little sets inside the lightbox that would feature the paddle but also provide texture and color. Fortunately, Spencer was happy to let me give it a try, and so when we  re-opened the shop earlier this fall, we did so with a Fall Collection, with pictures featuring autumnal colors and in some cases, a Halloween theme.

I had a ridiculous amount of fun; it was like the paddles were models at a photoshoot. But one thing I learned with the Fall Collection was that trying to change the set for each individual piece takes forever, so I’ve had to edit myself a bit. 

You’ll see what I mean below. Here are some of the photos I took last weekend for holiday listings and below are some of my favorite Fall Collection photos. And just in case anyone here is a concerned occultist, that’s not a real ouija board, that’s a Halloween placemat I found at Marshall’s!

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Little Red Spanking on Etsy

Begin With the (Rear) End in Mind

That time I got suspended from Twitter for being naughty, or maybe just too fabulous.

TLDR: I deleted my booty pics off Twitter and decided to start blogging again, because I love butts and I love the people who love butts. 

"Begin with the end in mind." At my place of work, it's a philosophy we've adopted after years of playing it by ear and flying by the seats of our pants. It stands for planning, making the right decisions to reach the goal, and always keeping the endgame in mind. 

Today, as the end of Twitter looms loud and clear, I realized I need to begin again in the social media world. But why? What is my goal, my endgame? Why have I tried to be a presence in the online spanking world for over fifteen years? Why do I still want to be a part of anything online, when the Internet is now as much a source of destruction as it is a place of creation? 

So much has changed over these last 15 years. But these things, dear to my heart, remain:

1) Butts. Bums. Tushes. Asses. Arses. Rear ends. Bottoms. Booties. Buttocks. 

2) Spanking butts (and their synonyms). 

3) Self-discovery - I don't just seek to help myself understand myself, but I also want to help others discover themselves, to encourage the world to embrace their own desires, kinks, and, cravings - especially when it comes to butts, and spanking butts. (Please note, I always mean adult consenting butts.)

When I first decided to join the "spank-o-verse," my choices were Blogger, Twitter, and Tumblr. Now there are too many choices, so it made the most sense to follow the advice of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music: "Let's start at the very beginning. It's a very good place to start." I began my life in the spank-o-verse with this blog, and so, to this blog I return. Let's start at the very beginning - and let's begin with the end in mind - the rear end, that is!

To be honest, I wasn't  prolific on Twitter. Every now and again I liked to post pictures of my bottom, or retweet fellow spankos, or show off Spencer's latest paddle creations for his Etsy shop. Even still, now that the app is imploding and will likely either be terminated or overrun by cartoon villains, I decided it wasn't the best or safest place for pictures of my butt. 

This morning, I scrolled through my profile and both saved and deleted all the pictures of me. But they can't just not be on the Internet, amirite? So, without further ado about Twitter, here are some of my faves. 

Alive and Well and Paddling!

Hello spankos! Once again it's been awhile. Last you heard from me back in March, Mr. W and I had recently launched Little Red Spanking, our adult spanking paddle shop on Etsy. I wish I'd chronicled the growth of LRS from then to now with blog posts and pics - I have some catching up to do! 

I am incredibly proud of Mr. W and the paddles he crafts. He puts his heart and soul into each piece and I know that is the number one reason the shop is thriving. I want to show off everything he makes! I hope it's okay that I start doing a little bit more of that here.

I must also say - we are so grateful to our fellow spankos in this community! Without this shared passion, a spanking paddle shop would not be possible. We love bringing you the quality and craftsmanship we know you want and deserve - the same we would want from a spanking toy company. This is who we are.

All paddles are handcrafted by Mr. W, aka Spencer Williams, from domestic and exotic hardwoods, finished with body safe and all natural mineral oil and beeswax, and shipped discreetly. See more at Little Red Spanking on Etsy.