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Freaker Friday: Shaker & Spoon!

Warm June evenings and sweet summer sauce - it's officially Creature Season. No, not just creatures of the night, but also creatures of leisure and convenience. This week, we're combo-rolling all three of those beasts into one mega inner-critter wonderland! Because you deserve a stiff one. Or twelve. We're here to help. Cheers, bbs! WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages featuring treats from Shaker & Spoon! Shaker & Spoon is a monthly subscription box that delivers the craft cocktail experience to your front door: think BlueApron for the special sauce! Inspired by an overstuffed-and-unhelpful liquor cabinet—Shaker & Spoon was born from the realization that even with all the meal subscription services out there, no one was teaching how to make great cocktails. So these fine folks set out to demystify mixology for folks to get saucy with style. Each box is built around one variety of liquor, with enough ingredients for 12 cocktails, and 3 brand spankin' new recipes created by world-class bartenders! We'll take one shaken, one stirred, all styled, and extra saucy. Salud! Each winner gets Shaker & Spoon's special Sake It To Me box, and a Freaker + Freaker Feet combo of your choice! HOW TO ENTER: This one is a twofer! 1. Sign up for Shaker + Spoon's newsletter! 2. Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and let us know in the comments what your signature summer sauce is for your chance to win! (Interpret that any way you want!) Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!
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Freaker Friday: Lucky Fish!

Aaaaah, sweet sweet weirdo summer. Strangely brutal jello fights, skinny dipping on jetskis, truth or dairy with the lactose intolerant, spin the bottlenose dolphin... YOU KNOW, nostalgic summer traditions! We here at the Freakerteam have a mild case of FOMO (fear of missing out) and want MORE THAN ANYTHING to be part of your summer playtime. It's warm. It's Friday. Let's get this party started: WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages featuring treats from Lucky Fish! Lucky Fish's line of clothing and homegoods took good ol' charm, added a dash of humor, shook with warmth and stirred with nerve. Handprinted in Brooklyn, Lucky Fish had the good fortune of being influenced by a global flair. Originally from South Africa, the founder of Lucky Fish is continually inspired by the same playful universe of images drawn from nature and culture across the four corners of the Earth. Each winner gets a goldfish tote bag from Lucky Fish and three aquatic Freakers: Fairy Tail, That Fish Cray, and Jelly Good Fellow! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and let us know your quirkiest summer tradition for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!
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Freaker Friday: Craft a Brew!

(PSA: Freaker Friday has moved to be a monthly feature! YEEHAW!) Y'ALL. It's National Beer Day! It's Google-able, and therefore official, so take the rest of the day off and wallow in the sun with a pint of joyjuice and a valid (!?) alibi. We're here to help. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages featuring a Hefeweizen Beer Making Kit from Craft A Brew! Born out of a lust for craft beer, a dose of ingenuity, an explosion of rad design, and a lack of quality-affordable homebrew kits on the market, Craft a Brew is on a mission to turn beer lovers into beer brewers with its premium homebrew kits. The crowd-pleasing Hefeweizen kit includes illustrated instructions, reusable equipment and fresh packed hops and grains needed to brew your first batch of beer. The kits are easy-peasy to use and are assembled by hand in Orlando! Each winner gets a Hefeweizen kit and a Freaker of their choice! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and let us know what your secret ingredient would be if you had your own brewery. Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!
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Freaker Friday: Savvie Studio!

It's the time of the season for getting cozy with the natural world. What's your preferred method? Hiking? Camping? Scavenger hunting waterfalls? Extreme-sport wallowing in the dirt? Finding hollow trees and burrowing with your long-lost squirrel brothers and sisters? You are not alone, young grasshopper. We're here to enable you.  WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages featuring the handmade wonders of Savvie Studio! Owner, creator, do-er, maker, dreamer, and dreamy Savannah understands the intricate power of handmade objects.  "Much of my process marries old and new techniques of making. Every step, from laser cutting to embroidering or weaving by hand, is done in my little studio based out of Denton, Texas. In a world of mass produced goods, I take great joy in making the artist's hand evident in every piece; and find hope in the community that handmade goods create." Each winner gets a handmade, laser cut, birch wood forest landscape desk organizer from Savvie Studio and a Bear Meets World Freaker!  HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and show us how you interact with nature. Use the hashtag #FreakerSavvie for your chance to win!  Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!</p
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Freaker Friday: Yes Cocktail Co!

Alpacas in party hats. Your celebrity crush badgering you on Tinder. A nap so good you lose 5 pounds. Beyonce naming her twins after you. (Both of them.) A loved one getting every single gold medal in the Olympics. (All of them.) Now everybody let out a long & deserved "YESSSSSSSSSSS!" Victories are victories regardless of how big or small. Today let's recognize and celebrate them all! WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages featuring the class-act booze-hounds at Yes Cocktail Company! Yes Cocktail Co was born out of wanderlust, community, theatre, and a good ol' passion for a good ol' time. "Inspired by their travels, they happened upon the idea of creating custom cocktails at home, but were disappointed to discover that many of the home bar use products they purchased were filled with corn syrup, artificial flavors, and preservatives" to which founders Lauren & Brandon said "NO WAY JOSÉ." Yes Cocktail Co uses fresh produce and real ingredients, with ZERO preservatives, corn syrup, or artificial flavoring. To that, we let out a collective "Yesssssss!" Each winner gets a cocktail mixer from Yes Cocktail Company and an Irish I Was a Baller Freaker! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and show us a victory (big or small!) that makes you say YESSSSS! Use the hashtag #FreakerCocktail for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!
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Freaker Friday: Pepper Mill Shop!

We're big fans of face-palm-worthy puns (SHOCKER) especially when it comes to the yums. With styles like Tropickle, Ramen Poodle, and Catcher in the Pie, this revelation is no plot twist.   The real epiphany is that we're not alone! Foodie puns are met with a universal chuckle and today we're here to spread those giggles!  Bone apple tea, y'all!  WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages featuring the sweet treat food lovers from The Pepper Mill Shop!  We love love love Pepper Mill Shop for a many reasons. For starters, they're also based in our small coastal port city of Wilmington, NC! Making Petey Pablo proud. Pepper Mill Shop's founder, Kelly Sweitzer, starting combining her passion for food, painting, and puns in 2014, and has been creating bright reasons to smile every since! Choose from brightly colored acrylic paintings for your kitchen wall to sassy tote bags for the grocery store, or even a thoughtful greeting card. They'll all bring a little laughter into your life. Each winner gets a Pepper Mill Shop tote bag, 2 buttons, and a Good Fat Freaker + Freaker Feet combo pack!  HOW TO ENTER: Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and give us your best food puns in the comments below for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!
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Freaker Friday: Hungry Hound!

How do you survive winter? The days are darker, colder, harsher, and downright meaner. Seasonal depression has been around since the dawn of "feeling weird," but so has the human talent of counteracting it! Whether it be sun lamps, whiskey, or scheduled cuddle-piles, we can all get through winter somehow. But what about the furry friends? Their walks are colder, shorter, and tragically less smelly, yet somehow they make it work. This week we want you to shed a light on the inner brain-workings of a puppy battling seasonal depression. Because D'AWWWW! WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages featuring Hungry Hound Beer Grain Treats! What happens when you cross dog-fanatics with home-brew enthusiasts? An efficient, green, furry love affair with sustainable treats! Partnering with local breweries, Hungry Hounds recycles what's called "spent grains," AKA the leftovers from the brewing process that are super-duper nutritional and delicious for ze pups! Hungry Hound also partners with local farmers to ensure they have the freshest eggs, rawest honey, and mapley-est syrup for the rest of their ingredients! Each winner gets a pack of Hungry Hound Beer Grain Treats, and a Freaker + Freaker Feet combo of your choice! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and let us know how your furry friends mentally cope with the woes of winter. Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!
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Freaker Friday: David Mercer Art!

  SURE: Valentines Day is a celebration of love. But today, let's take a step back from the googly-eyes of romantic intimacy and focus on where it all begins: loving the living $*#! out of yourself.  In the wise words of global sensei Rupaul: "If you can't love yourself, how the hellllllllllll you gonna love somebody else? Can I get an Amen?" AMEN.  WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages custom digital portraits from David Mercer Art! David is ingrained in the hearts and minds of the Freakerteam as a local artist, good friend, adventure enthusiast, part time Freaker designer, and fellow joy warrior!From complete & coherent 2D collections, to mixed media madness, to wonkydonk branding, to furry-friend portraits, David has seen/done/been it all. Now he's diving into the deep end of digital portraits and you're all invited to the party. (Ever need a custom pet portrait painting for the win? He takes commissions all day e'ryday!) Fun fact: David is the creator behind this week's Freaker feature: 50 Shades of Neigh! Each winner gets a custom portrait, a 50 Shades of Neigh Freaker, and a pair of matching Freaker Feet socks!  HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and show us your goofiest / most interesting selfie that you love with the hashtag #SelfLoveFreak for your chance to win! (David will be personally picking his favorite doofy expressions of self love!)  Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!
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Freaker Friday: Culture Flock!

The only thing more vast, gorgeous, and diverse than the Animal Kingdom is the Spirit Animal Kingdom. Our customer service dude's spirit animal is Big Bird with a giraffe neck playing the drums. Operations HBIC? A pink poodle smoking a cigar in a leather jacket & a ruby crown. CEO Zach? Depending on the day, he'll range from an alpaca bathing in glitter to a mexican jumping bean with googly eyes.  Today, our spirit animal is encouragement sloth, and we think you're perfect.  WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages the wild wonders of Culture Flock!  Hailing from sweet sweet Springfield, Missouri, Culture Flock is a firm believer in the power-of-silly and having fun. Every. Single. Day. From apparel to totes to stickers to patches to sweatpants (because, duh), these gals have figured out the ultimate art of putting a smile on your face and a laser-shot of warmth in your heart!  Each winner gets a grab bag of sloth magic from Culture Flock and a Hang In There sloth Freaker!  HOW TO ENTER: Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and show us your spirit animal (and why!) in the comment section for your chance to win!  Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!
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Freaker Friday: Heather Lins Home!

2017 is going to be great, can't you feel it? Everything will be newer and shinier, with more bells, more whistles, and we'll be saying, everyday, 2017 is SO FRESH, and SO CLEAN. Our daily costumes will be more bedazzled, stories will be more embellished, even our calendars will be embroidered!  Let the festivities commence! WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring Fruit Of The Month Calendars from Heather Lins Home!  Hailing from Madison, Wisconsin, Heather's line of quirky home goods gives an added pop to traditional items.  Her calendars employ easy poke-and-stitch DIY embroidery and comes with embroidery floss, needle, calendar cards, with diagrams and instructrions to learn four simple stitches! Each winner gets a Fruit of the Month Calendar, an I Am Froot Freaker and Freaker Feet socks to match!  HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and show us what you plan to embellish in 2017! Use the hashtag #DIYfreaker for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!
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Freaker Friday: Power & Light Press!

New Years Resolutions can be tricky. Lose 10 pounds, quit smoking, stop eating your cat's furballs, learn The Spice Girl's entire anthology on a keytar, domesticate a feral raccoon, wear more unflattering wigs. THERE'S NO RIGHT ANSWER. Do stuff. Try not to die. We're here to help. The end. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring the only planner you'll need in 2017 by Power & Light Press! Power and Light Press is fueled by a fleet of all-female letterpress printers with clean hands and filthy mouths: a bunch of real class acts who like making real-ass things. Their work is designed, printed, and packaged in-house, "meaning each and every piece has come straight from our own blood, sweat, and tears. Metaphorically. For the most part." Power and Light also conveniently makes an appropriate accessory for the New Year : A Week Of Poor Choices. Bring it on, bbs. Each winner gets a Week Of Poor Choices planner and a Party Ferret Freaker! HOW TO ENTER:Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and leave us a comment with your most obscure New Years Resolution for you chance to win!
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Freaker Friday: Julie Ann Art!

Christmas is next week. Have you collected the shiniest lumps of coal for your dearest loved ones? Forgetting a certain last step? WRAP IT, BOO. Bah-humbugs and bearhugs - we're here to help. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring the holiday cheer of poop-paper from Julie Ann Art! A champion of the small-artisan hand-made movement, Julie Ann is pumping dry humor into the holiday season. What started as a hobby in her mom's living room has turned into an internationally distributed declaration of good-vibes and homemade snarkdom. We're big fans of waking up one day and realizing you're an entrepreneur, so Julie Ann's line of giggles is right up our alley! Each winner gets a sheet of poop wrapping paper via Julie Ann Art and two holiday Freakers! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and show us your most unconventional holiday tradition with the hashtag #FreakerChristmas for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!
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