The process of coming up with our Freakers designs is unique and typically comes from one idea and it blooms into a hilarious product. We like to think every one we make has it’s own Personality just as we humans do.
We wanted everyone to have the opportunity to match your personality to a Freaker… aka find out your Freakerality.
We thought long and hard about what characterizes you all as living breathing people and what you do in your everyday lives and what makes up these activities. So, eating, partying, sleeping, breathing, EVERYTHING.
Let’s dive into it.
The results on this one! Wow! 32% of you guys SERIOUSLY DON’T CARE and 30% REALLY CARE! We appreciate the diversity.
We LOVE that 69% of you guys identify yourself as Reliable and Tasteful, Caring and Dignified, or Charming and Entertaining.
This one may have been the MOST important.. 25% of you should have been kicked out of the questionnaire.
40% of y’all are from North Carolina or somewhere close by, clearly.
We do love Polka Dots but you guys have proved that the majority of human brains would rather see plaid on their body’s rather than the dots, forever.
This Question may have been the determining factor for human race. 43% of you guys want to buy 30 Chicken Wings, a Large Pizza, and Three Lava Cakes when you find $100. This information tells us you guys are HUNGRY and will do ANYTHING to get a snack. We are sorry Gucci.
28% of people drink their coffee BLACK… and 24% DON’T drink coffee... we can respect it. This means the majority are either trying to get that caffeine straight or none at all.
THANK GOODNESS… you guys prefer the soft, crispy, buttery, deep squares rather than the flatness in your time of need.
So, only 2% of y’all wall twerk? This is not what we see according to your snapchat stories… but ok. 35% of y’all are at the chip bowl and the same percentage is Vibing to The Music. We vibe with both of these.
So, as you can probably already tell 31% of you guys are Baberaham. You guys are always looking for a good time and enjoy others company. 24% of you are Taco Cat, you are always hungry and in need of Waffle.
From this analysis, we have concluded most people love food and America. This will push us to make more Freakers containing these to things... Maybe even them together? That's for another blog completely! Thanks to everyone who participated. You are amazing!
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Check out our latest video, The Cure for Bottle Sweat!
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Did you know that our Freaker bottle covers & Freaker Feet socks are made entirely in North Carolina from start to finish?!! Our cotton is sourced from AK, MS, AL, LA & GA and our sock mill is located in Troy, NC. All of our product is tested and true for big sales and happy vibes!
]]>I caught up with the mill managers and they showed me around the factory. It was so fancy!
They had dual exhaust pipes installed on the forklift, so we hit speeds up to 50MPH!
This is where the fresh Freakers first see the light of day. They go through a series of tubes and pop out into this mesh basket. A true miracle!
Like watching a baby being born, papa is proud!
]]>No bottle is ever naked. If a naked, unfreaked bottle enters through our office doors you better be expected to see someone doing 100 push ups!
Our red couch is the best place to think of new design ideas for our products. The leather cushions radiate extremely high levels of serotonin, so your brain is always happy.
Thanks for joining us on this edition of "Up in the office." See you next time!
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Legend has it that Freaker CEO Zach Crain once lived a simple Freaker free life among the Amish community. He spent his days using lanterns for light, practicing yo yo tricks and living that rural lifestyle. His beverage choices, although authentic were limited. Deep down he knew that there was more to life than raw milk and the use of horses for locomotion.
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During Rumshpringa Zach decided that he would venture out into the world and never look back. For it was time to leave the suspenders behind, but not the beard oh no never the beard. Zach lived out of a car, ended up in Wilmington, NC and got invited to a stich and bitch. It was here that he discovered a plethora of beverages, along with homemade ice. (Zach dressed as an astronaut, putting a flag in an ice box) He often recalls the first time he received a moist handshake. "Eww that's a wet hand." he said.
Consequently this invention called “ice” lead to bottle sweat and moist handshakes which made him feel very uneasy. His mission -put an end to moist handshakes all over the world. The Freaker is born!
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5 ½ years ago, in the town of Enterprise, Alabama, two school teachers decided to open a storefront in the bustling downtown. Patsy Holland and Stephanie Walden are the owners of Style ASAP, the unique boutique that features one-of-a-kind jewelry, Made in America products, and sartorial splendor for guys and gals ages 9-99. They also sell one of the most unique custom styles Freaker has ever produced.
]]>This story is about more than just “the only monument in the world devoted to a pest,” it also tells the story of how inspiring a customized pair of Freaker socks and a bottle cover can become when you make it your own.
Thank you ladies for taking the time for the Freaker Blog. Let’s jump right into it. How did you learn about Freaker?
S: We first met the Freaker team at AmericasMart in Atlanta, Georgia while we were just walking around trying to decompress. The booth stood out, we came in and had a great time getting to know everyone and we loved the products, so we put them in our store.
What’s up with Boll Weevils and why are they important to your town?
P: The Boll Weevil has a storied history in the town of Enterprise. These tiny bugs devastated cotton crops back in the early 1900’s and one of the local banks forced the farmers to start growing peanuts. Over time, peanuts eventually took over at the top cash crop in our region. One of our residents was so thankful for the insect helping change the economy, he commissioned a statue that has become internationally known since then.
S: I even shot a documentary about it and it’s on YouTube right now.
Watch Here: A brief history of the Boll Weevil Monument
Who came up with the idea for putting the statue on socks and Freakers?
S: Well, it’s funny because I didn’t think it would be that popular. But Patsy kept pushing me to see if we could do it.
P: Yes. I had a gut feeling it would be successful, but you never know. You have to trust your gut sometimes. So we started with 150 in our first order. When we sold out in 8 hours on pretty much word-of-mouth alone, we knew we had a hit, obviously. We had people call in upset that they were sold out!
So how did the process work for you? Did you just sent a picture of a statue to us and said, “Put this on some socks!”?
P: Pretty much. We sent over some graphics that we knew we wanted, but the care that the Freaker designers took with translating the images we sent and being responsive helped make our vision a reality.
S: Sometimes you start working with someone and you send them designs and they send you stuff back you don’t like, or companies will say they will do X, Y, & Z but never follow through. You guys have been great in that regard, and other ways too. We are thinking about new customs for the next line in the series already!
Thank you! The feeling is mutual. You ladies rock.
Final question. I like to keep these things brief.
What advice do you have for people who are thinking about doing custom Freakers and socks for the quirky things in their own home towns?
P: I think that it’s important to have demand to start with and selling out so quick was really motivating. One of the cornerstones of making something like this successful is that the design has to be something you are proud of. It has to be something that represents the best of your community and I think people will respond to that.
S: I think it’s great that our town has a lot of history, not only with farming, but also with Fort Rucker being so close and the tourist who come through just to see this bug monument (people say “I thought it would be bigger”) it’s nice to be able to have a way for someone to take a piece of it home in a very unique product like a Freaker or a pair of cool socks.
Ladies. Thank you again for your time. It was a pleasure getting to know you better and learning more about Enterprise, Alabama in the process. I can’t wait to visit!
S & P: Thank you guys! We appreciate you all as well.
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If you have an idea for your own custom bottle covers or socks, visit this page on our website and fill out the form and we’ll be in touch with you ASAP.
We want every community to do something special like Stephanie and Patsy have done in Enterprise.
Click here for custom Freakers and socks!
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While exploring, Arizona, Los Angeles, Nevada and Colorado, I realized that everyone can enjoy a humorous bottle cover, even the dogs and cats I met along the way.
Not only is it easy to distinguish which bottle is yours in a sea of people, but Freakers can appeal to everyone who needs to quench their thirst on the road.
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Today marks the 3 year anniversary of Freaker Feet Kickstarter campaign. In 2015 we had this wild idea to make socks that go between your shoe and your foot, so we launched 127 different styles. 100% sourced, manufactured and made in the USA! You all helped us meet our goal and we THANK YOU! 4,948 backers pledged $255,264 to help bring this project to life! You know who you are.
]]>Our goal was to create socks that improve dancing abilities and it worked. Let’s ask one of our customers and see what he thinks.
Frank-“Sometimes when I put on a pair of Freaker Feet, my feet dance uncontrollably. Overall since I’ve worn them my social circle has grown. When I’m walking down the street, the most beautiful birds and butterflies won’t leave my side."
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We get emails/calls every single day asking:
"Hey, you guys are amazing people, love your designs. Can I get one for my business/school/organization?"
The answer is: YUP, YUP!! 😺💯
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We get emails/calls every single day asking:
"Hey, you guys are amazing people, love your designs. Can I get one for my business/school/organization?"
The answer is: YUP, YUP!! 😺💯
Step 1: Fill out our custom form by CLICKING ON THIS LINK HERE or copy and pasting this url into your browser: https://www.freakerusa.com/pages/custom
This process will take you to a form inside of our website that takes over the whole page, but when you finish, you can click back to the store.
From there, we will send you emails and call you.
It usually takes about 4-6 weeks to complete the whole process based on demand, just so we're on the same page.
Minimums do apply, but there is significant savings by going to the next tier due to the manufacturing process.
We can get into that in another blog.
Thanks for reading.
TLDR;
Fill out our custom form by clicking here and we'll reach out ASAP and get you some mock-ups.
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We all know that a Freaker can be a lifesaver for your beverage. Everyone’s been in the situation when you have a dripping water bottle, you put it in your purse and everything gets wet. Oh no, my documents are dripping! Did you know that there are 167 other uses for a Freaker? Here are just a few that you can write about in your diary.
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Hummingbird Feeder decor. Patriotic bird seed.
Baby bottle cover. HELPPP!
Have another brilliant idea on what other things you can use Freakers for? Message us on our social media channels for a repost!!
]]>We know you couldn’t get enough of our “Bitch Please” Freaker, designed by our featured artist Emily Martian. Well guess what?! She is unleashing 4 new Freakers & 2 new sock designs!
]]>In honor of this collaboration, Emily has decided to take over our social media for a week!! She’ll give you a glimpse into her everyday life of being a hair magician & artist. Have you guys seen her sock designs?! I'm getting sweaty...
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Tin Bucket Mercantile in Dallas, GA stopped by for a reorder.
The lovely ladies from Trinity's of Athens, AL
See you in Dallas, then Vegas! Bright light city gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire!
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Trade show season is upon us! Usually, there is dancing and sometimes even gymnastics at our booth. Don’t be afraid to shake our hand though, because one thing we don’t do is give out moist handshakes.
Americas Mart in Atlanta is our first stop in January. Follow the Freaker scent to tranquility.
Just Got To Have It Showroom Building 2, Floor 17-Jan 8th-15th
Temps Booth 2501, building 3, floor 5-Jan 9th-12th
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Just Got To Have It Showroom
Building 2, Floor 17-Jan 8th-15th
Temps
Booth 2501, building 3, floor 5-Jan 9th-12th
We go up and down the crowded elevators, tell jokes to bring your stores our magical knit goodies. Everyone knows that Dan is our Freaky salesman slingin’ Freakers until the sun comes up. He finds it a necessary part of the trade show experience to serenade the crowds with his magnificent flute playing.
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]]>Hard to believe it's been almost 6 years of helping people crush bottle sweat since the episode aired.
Now he's here. Let's see what up.
Zach, thanks for sitting down with me today. This is really going to help the blog.
What are you doing?
We just crossed into 2019, how are things? Did you have a good holiday?
Good, good. Um. I'm working...
OK. Right in to it.
How's life since The Shark Tank? What's changed?
Oh boy. A lot's changed. Most of it good.
What was your biggest take-away from Shark Tank?
It's a big ol' world. Plenty of space for everyone.
What's going on right now that has your pants jazzed up?
After Freaker Feet launched and everyone loved it, we ran an online contest to let anyone create a Freaker design.
From that, we got the People's Champion Freaker, Bitch Please, from local artist Emily Martian.
That led to us partnering with Emily for a whole line of stuff for our 2019 season, [coming soon].
We started the Wendy the Wine Lady series.
Not to mention the new...
Zach, I'm going to stop you there, for security reasons.
What? [laughing]
Well, I just want to save the surprise you're talking about until we make it official.
OK?
I know you're busy. One more question.
Do you have any advice or wisdom for the people?
Use a bidet.
That's it?
Yup.
I like it. Thanks for taking the time to chat!
Yeah, yeah. Cool, cool.
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If you made it this far...
Thanks for reading. We have a ton of cool stuff lined up for 2019. Hope you get a chance to be a part of it.
Check out our newest set of Freakers here.
Check us out on your favorite social media platform Facebook or Instagram or Twitter.
Love ya!
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]]>Stuff those stockings like never before. The gift of Freaker is in all of our hearts waiting to be set free.
This will be the last opportunity to pick up some of this season's holiday styles before they run out.
So, if you want a Santa that looks like the head of security for Jimmy Kimmel, grab one of the Cool Santa Freakers.
If you want your beverages to encourage everyone around you to spread the Christmas cheer, Buddy the Elf is the only way to go.
If you're a fan of A Christmas Story, the Leg Lamp and Bunny Ralphie would be a fine addition.
There really is a Freaker and Freaker Feet for everyone in the family. Just make sure you order by 3pm on the 20th!
]]>We want to start this blog by thanking EVERYONE that participated in our BLACK METAL FRIDAY sale through Mister Pete's Cyber Monday Spectacular sale recently.
We were so thankful for the outpouring of love you all showed us and we wanted to share a couple REALLY cools facts that we found out after we dug into the data that weekend.
]]>We were so thankful for the outpouring of love you all showed us and we wanted to share a couple REALLY cools facts that we found out after we dug into the data that weekend.
#1 - We got visits to our website from ALL 50 States and 56 Countries. The award for longest trip for a Freaker order goes to Singapore! Thank you all the way from Wilmington!
#2 - We are blessed to be based in North Carolina! 21% of our website visits came from the Tar Heel State and more orders were placed from our home state than any other. Amen. Thank you.
#3 - Freakers are some of the truest Winos there are. We love ya! Screw It! in the green was in the top 5 best sellers for the weekend for both Freakers and Freaker Feet. Tip of the finest wine glass to you all. Check out our new styles, Screw It, It's Out, and Very Expensive Wine
#4 - Over the weekend, message of our sale reached over 62,000 people. That is all thanks to our community who shared our posts and stories and videos. Thank you for helping get the word out!
#5 - Ya'll love some cats. The most searched for term on our website over the weekend was "Cats". And TacoCat, Caticorn, and Take Me to Your Litter were all in the Top Ten non-holiday themed orders for Socks AND Freakers! -- Now come in close for a big ol' Holiday HUG right MEOW!
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This Black Friday we decided to express our love for the extreme subgenre of metal music called black metal. What better way to announce a sale than with fast tempos and heavily distorted guitars?! Metal heads suffer from moist handshakes and lack of non-black socks. Let's Freak them.
Enter sinister deals now: Buy 2 Get 1 Free any Freakers/Freaker Feet starting at 12am Black Friday & lasting through Cyber Monday the 26th. Make a purchase on Cyber Monday and Mister Pete will include his favorite pair of Freaker Feet with every order.
]]>Enter sinister deals now: Buy 2 Get 1 Free any Freakers/Freaker Feet starting at 12am Black Metal Friday & lasting through Cyber Monday the 26th.
Pure Mayhem.
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These ARE the socks you're looking for... | Dude, uh, you wanna do a food run and get that dippin sauce? YUUUUP! | Imagine...These socks being your favorite! |
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Caticorn | Bigfoot Lebowski | Take Me to Your Litter |
Caution: Glitter will blow from your horn! | These socks really tie the room together. | How do you know cats aren't aliens? - Asking for a friend... |
The event was started by Monty’s Home which is a nonprofit dog rescue organization based in Burgaw, NC. Inspired by the love and generous spirit of Monty – a once-in-a-lifetime therapy dog that succumbed to cancer, Monty’s Home strives to help pet owners deal with pet illnesses, geriatric ailments, end-of-life issues and parting grief. That's pawsitively amazing!
We Freaked some bottles and feet with our best dog styles.
This guy thinks he's the tennis ball king or somethin?!
Need some dog & cat related Freakers/Freaker Feet in your life? Check out the “critters” section on our website.
]]>You voted and KABAAM "Bitch Please" by Wilmington, NC artist Emily Martian won by a (dog) nose.
Get your paws on this limited release Freaker today!
Emily is a cat lady deep down in her core who has always been asked to draw dogs, but the drawings always wind up looking like cats! Blarg! After enough harassing she decided to give it a valiant effort and thus her response to those people "Bitch Please". This one goes out to all of her mongrel loving fans.
Emily says that she loves spreading joy with her 3rd grade level art skills and 6th grade level potty humor. She figured that if she needed the boost of silly happy things, then other people must as well and from there her art career took off!
Find her other creations here....
emilymartian.com
IG: @Stoopidgirl
Get your Bitch Please Freaker HERE
]]>Like Staind always said "It’s been a while".....since we blogged together! Lots of changes have been going on with our world famous Freakers, the one-size-fits-all beverage insulator you know and love, and Freaker Feet, our impeccably crafted, quirky socks. Check it out!
]]>Like Staind always said "It’s been a while".....since we blogged together! Lots of changes have been going on! We even moved into a new office, tried a new flavor of pancakes, and got hit with a massive hurricane.
The last few months we’ve been steadily working on this year’s product catalog for both our world famous Freakers, the one-size-fits-all beverage insulator you know and love, and Freaker Feet, our impeccably crafted, quirky socks. Here is a sneak peak of what we’ve been working on…
Behold the excitement on Mr. Pete’s face as he gets ready for our holiday shoots!
BIG THANKS for being part of the Freaker Family. May our Freakers protect you from bottle sweat while our Freaker Feet continue to keep your tootsies warm and stylish.
If you need anything in the mean time, catch us on the social medias. We are always up for a freak-to-freak chat.
Until next time...
"Ve believes in nossing, Lebowski. Nossing.”
What do you believe in? Magic? White Russians? Rugs that really tie the room together? All that matters is that you believe in yourself, little sasquatch.
Treat yourself this week to a token from the life of a mysterious chillpill. The dude imbibes, y'all.
The Bigfoot Lebowski Freakers and Freaker Feet are 30% off!
"Ve believes in nossing, Lebowski. Nossing.”
What do you believe in? Magic? White Russians? Rugs that really tie the room together? All that matters is that you believe in yourself, little sasquatch.
Treat yourself this week to a token from the life of a mysterious chillpill. The dude imbibes, y'all.
The Bigfoot Lebowski Freakers and Freaker Feet are 30% off!
HEY Y’ALL! Do you have unbounded enthusiasm for large aquatic mammals and also turning left? Of course you do - it’s an innate condition of being alive on this planet. We hereby formally invite you to zoom around in circles, yell incoherently at nothing in particular, and pay your respects to the father of underwater speedways - Whale Earnhardt!
Whale Earnhardt Freakers are 30% off!
HEY Y’ALL! Do you have unbounded enthusiasm for large aquatic mammals and also turning left? Of course you do - it’s an innate condition of being alive on this planet. We hereby formally invite you to zoom around in circles, yell incoherently at nothing in particular, and pay your respects to the father of underwater speedways - Whale Earnhardt!
Whale Earnhardt Freakers are 30% off!
Labor Day? Gone. Back to School? Here. Autumn? Comin' in hot. These fast-times are for the true hustler. The brother of dragons. The wearer of chains. The bringer of A-game to the A-team. Kitty that fool, y'all.
I Kitty the Fool Freakers and Freaker Feet are 30% off!
Labor Day? Gone. Back to School? Here. Autumn? Comin' in hot. These fast-times are for the true hustler. The brother of dragons. The wearer of chains. The bringer of A-game to the A-team. Kitty that fool, y'all.
I Kitty the Fool Freakers and Freaker Feet are 30% off!
Labor Day is coming in HOT! With the unofficial end of summer and a cultural ban on wearing white, you are left with EXACTLY zero reasons to not go bonkers. (Translation: go bonkers.) Welcome to the jungle, ya weiners.
Buns N' Roses Freakers and Freaker Feet are 30% off!
Labor Day is coming in HOT! With the unofficial end of summer and a cultural ban on wearing white, you are left with EXACTLY zero reasons to not go bonkers. (Translation: go bonkers.) Welcome to the jungle, ya weiners.
Buns N' Roses Freakers and Freaker Feet are 30% off!