My friend Paden has been making 'Critters' for a few years now. He's a machine when it comes to putting the little guys together and he's got a knack for making each character seem very unique and one of a kind by giving each Critter their own personal story!
Meet Francine!
I'm so happy to announce that Paden has finally added more Critters to his etsy shop, along with the option to custom design your very own critter too and he wants to do a giveaway!! This is probably the most fun giveaway for me, simply because I got to design Francine myself. I couldn't resist using that green velvet and giving her a very girlie lace collar! I thought it would be cute to shoot her outfit photos just like we shoot mine too.
If you'd like to get to know Francine a little better –her story is hilarious– you can read about her at the bottom of the post! If you'd like to enter for a chance to win Francine, all you have to do is leave a comment mentioning your favorite item from Paden's Critter shop!
I'm so happy to announce that Paden has finally added more Critters to his etsy shop, along with the option to custom design your very own critter too and he wants to do a giveaway!! This is probably the most fun giveaway for me, simply because I got to design Francine myself. I couldn't resist using that green velvet and giving her a very girlie lace collar! I thought it would be cute to shoot her outfit photos just like we shoot mine too.
Paden and I talked about it, and we sure are going to miss Francine when she's gone!
“Hi there, sugar – my name's Francine. Well, at least that's the name I go by around here. You remember the Roswell landing in '49? That wasn't me. I landed the same day, way out in rural Indiana, and hiked my way to the suburbs. Now, the wreckage they found at Roswell was just a diversion: I jettisoned my ex-husband's body and a weather balloon to distract the US military from what was really going on. I don't think they ever found the ex-husband.
“Well, it was hard going for a while, I'm not gonna lie – I've eaten my share of lard sandwiches and potted meat – but eventually, I got a break. See, I came here to be a star. The concept of a celebrity doesn't exist on my planet. We are what we are. But you folks know how to admire talent. I took up with a down-on-her luck dancer, gal named Tammy Gillespie, and together, we were a ventriloquist act that couldn't be beat. She wasn't a very bright bulb, Tammy, but with me writing all the material, she didn't have to be. We were like George and Gracie, the two of us, every night bringing down whatever that week's house happened to be. We toured with Milton Berle for a few years, before he really started doing television. I was the one, by the way, that told him he could get a lot of laughs in a dress. And whataya know, he did. Even if 'Aunt Mildred' did have skinny legs.
“After a while, though, the FBI caught on to us, and they tapped me for a job I just couldn't pass up: Special Secretary of Internal/external Xenobiological Affairs. It sounds impressive, but the really important part of that title is 'secretary'. That's right: they hired an alien to work in a department on extra-terrestrial affairs, and they made her type. And that's where I've been for forty years. Directors come and go, but there's Francine, little green old lady, working away at her computer.
“So whataya say we go out and have a drink or two? If you're lucky, I'll sing you a couple of old Betelgeusian battle hymns – get your blood going. Come on, I'm buyin'.”