{"id":2871,"date":"2025-05-19T13:32:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.budsies.com\/blog\/?p=2871"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:32:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:32:48","slug":"comic-anniversary-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.budsies.com\/blog\/gifts\/comic-anniversary-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"Father\u2019s Comic Brought to Life for Anniversary Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>We are a professional blog site that may receive compensation or free samples from the companies whose products and topics we write about. We are independently owned, and the opinions expressed here are of the writer. To read the full disclosure <a href=\"\/blog\/uncategorized\/blog-disclosure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Sarah\u2019s parents&#8217; 39th anniversary coming up, she decided to surprise them with an extremely unique gift. She would get her parents their very own <a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">personalized plushies<\/a> based on illustrations by her father.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.budsies.com\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.budsies.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/09\/attachment.jpg\" alt=\"anniversary gift\" width=\"423\" height=\"317\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<h2>The story of\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Eve &amp; Me<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarah\u2019s father, Mike Pardo, is a cartoonist. Shortly after Mike and his wife Eve got married, he self-published a graphic novel called <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Eve &amp; Me<\/span>. This novel told the story of how they met and the early parts of their relationship. They realized that even though they were opposites, they had a connection and wanted to make things work. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Mike &amp; Eve\u2019s 29th wedding anniversary, Mike surprised his wife by bringing her to a local theater. Mike had written a two-act play for Eve. Act 1 was based on the novel <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Eve &amp; Me<\/span>, and Act 2 was based on further into the couple\u2019s future. This was truly a night that Eve would always treasure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.budsies.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.budsies.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/09\/attachment-1.jpg\" alt=\"Comic Book Characters into Plushies\" width=\"452\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The perfect Anniversary gift<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarah found out about <a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Budsies<\/a> through her former college roommate who now works for the company. She knew turning her father&#8217;s designs into Budsies would be the perfect anniversary gift for her parents, and a gift that would be so special and unique to them. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the day arrived, Sarah was so excited to give her parents their Budsies! Check out the moment they unboxed their Budsies:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"DcgkgAO9sF0\"><iframe title=\"Surprise Wedding Anniversary Gift`\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DcgkgAO9sF0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her mom opened the box, and her parents were over the moon! Mike was even more overjoyed, loving when someone brings up his artwork.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe couldn\u2019t get over how closely the dolls matched his original drawings,\u201d said sarah.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an artist, Mike can be critical, but he loved the Budsies so much that he even mentioned them in their annual family newsletter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy parents want you to know how happy they are with their dolls and have them proudly displayed in their living room for everyone to see,\u201d said Sarah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surprise your loved ones with the best <a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">custom gift<\/a> today!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah surprised her parents by getting them custom plushies that look just like her father&#8217;s book 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