Cryptid Cookout Series: Froglady Realness Greeting Card

Designed by Christopher Box, printed and assembled with love in Eureka Springs Arkansas (these are not mass produced greeting cards).

You've heard of Frogman? Well this is his BFF for life, Froglady, and she arrived early to the Beaver Lake cookout and immediately claimed the best seat. They are equal parts swamp glamour and unbothered confidence, Froglady Realness celebrates showing up exactly as you are - bold, weird, and fully at ease in your own skin.

This card is playful, absurd, and quietly affirming, inspired by cryptid lore, chosen family, and the joy of being seen without explanation. Sometimes you can be a frog, a man and a lady, all at the same time. No explanations required at this cookout. 

Blank inside so your message can leap straight from the heart.

About the Cryptid Cookout Series

The Cryptid Cookout series was born at the crossroads of place, memory, and imagination.

I grew up in Northwest Arkansas, deep in the Ozark Mountains. It’s a land rich with beauty, folklore, and quiet mystery — and for a long time, not a place where being openly LGBTQ felt safe or celebrated. Like many people from rural regions, I learned early how to read a room, how to hide parts of myself, and how to find belonging in quieter, sideways ways.

Cryptids felt familiar for that reason. They live on the edges. They’re rumored, misunderstood, whispered about. And yet, they persist.

This series imagines a different ending to those old stories. What if the cryptids weren’t hiding? What if they gathered openly, joyfully, in daylight — at Beaver Lake, no less — for a cookout where everyone was welcome?

High heels. Rainbow swimwear. Laughter. Chosen family.

The Cryptid Cookout is a love letter to being weird, to finding your people, and to the truth that love is love — even (and especially) in places where that hasn’t always been spoken aloud. It’s a playful reimagining of Ozark lore through a queer lens, blending regional identity with celebration, humor, and heart.

The response at Eureka Pride 2025 made it clear this story wanted to keep going. What started as a single scene has expanded into a growing cast of characters, each with their own personality, relationships, and evolving mythology.

Everyone is invited to the cookout.
You don’t have to explain yourself.
You don’t have to fit the old story to belong.

Pull up a chair.