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Once upon a time, a Freaker was handmade. It all started when Zach Crain was living in his car, gallivanting around the country, and wandered into a Stitch-And-Bitch knitting group in Wilmington, North Carolina. He learned to knit a beer koozie and BAM! The next generation of insulating-kickassery was born.  To be fair, he was a terrible knitter and soon turned to local manufacturing - but that one handmade Freaker sowed the seeds for something weird and wonderful.  Now, we want to see what wonderful weirdness your hands are capable of! Tag, you're it! WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring the artisan loveliness of In Blue Handmade!  Snuggled up in the love nest of Asheville, North Carolina, Mary Lynn Schroeder and her dream team make quirky embossed leather products that put your imagination wheels in motion.Unlike Zach's single knitting-accomplishment at the Stitch-And-Bitch, the hands behind In Blue make a wide variety of charming products. Flasks, journals, bags, belts, wallets, guitar straps, and wallets - oh my! Each winner gets a prize from In Blue Handmade, a Tom Cat Cruise Freaker and a matching pair of Freaker Feet! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and show us something that your hands have made. Use the hashtag #FreakerBlue for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

In our company mission statement, making Petey Pablo proud is a top priority. That's why we make both Freakers and Feet in our homestate of North Carolina, and OH BUDDY - it doesn't stop there! All of our packaging, tags, and displays have the Cheerwine-And-Michael-Jordan stamp of approval too. Raise up. (And pee wherever you like. Nobody cares. Promise.)

Shoutout to the universe for being brilliant and making things like DrinkingWithChickens.com an actuality. Onwards and ever upwards. With chickens. 

Ever heard the inspirational phrase "you do you" and taken it a million steps too far? No? Good, because it was a trick question. That would literally be an impossible mission of the riskiest business. Sometimes you need to travel through time, jump off a plane, and save the world from ...all the things. When Oprah asks you how you're doing, you respond accordingly. You do you, You.   This week only, Tom Cat Cruise Freakers and Freaker Feet are 30% off! 

As the weather heats up, so does the chatter about bizarre workouts and odd health tips.  Do you lace your mustache with natural, organic, free range catnip oil? Chug a bottle of red "for your heart health"? Jog in stilettos? Juice the unjuicable? Gargoyle the toilets? (Don't know what I'm talking about? Consider yourself lucky.)  It's that time of the year. We're here to help. WEIRDO BOOTCAMP, COMMENCE!  WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring the yoga design we've all been waiting for - Yeti Yoga!  Even though yoga has been dominating American workout culture, the design of yoga accessories has always failed to impress... until now! Nestled in the Pacific Northwest, Yeti Yoga manufactures mats and towels that make your eyes feel as good as your post-yoga-class body.  Each winner gets a yoga towel from Yeti Yoga, an Alpha Kale Freaker, and matching Freaker Feet socks! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and give us your quirkiest health tip in the comments for your chance to win!   Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

We'd like to take this very holy Throwback Thursday to bless the phase of research & development that often goes unnoticed. Early prototypes UNITE!

Like it or not, the famed and dreaded Bikini Season is upon us.  IS YOUR BEACH BOD READY FOR 2016? Turn up the Jock Jamz, find your tightest mesh tank top, punch the air repeatedly and pound those veggies like you're wrestling The Rock in 1996. You got this. (OR NOT. Slam some pizza and call it a day. We're not your mom.) This week only, Alpha Kale Freakers and Freaker Feet are 30% off! 

Not only did your mom pop you into this world, she also laid the foundation for your cultural upbringing. Some mother's read classic literature to their child in the womb. Our CEO Zach's mom taught him the grace and elegance of Swedish black metal. Our designer Carlos learned the finer points of merengue dancing from his madre. What did you learn from yo' mama? Pass down what's been passed down to you. It's the culture-circle of life. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring the warm-fuzzies of Sleepy Mountain! Providing pop culture master-bites to the masses, Thais Marchese and her company Sleepy Mountain are like an ice cream truck in the apocalypse. A simple smiling reminder that everything is a-okay. Whether it be Ron Swanson earrings, Wes Anderson pins, or Vonnegut stickers, Sleepy Mountain finds all the soft spots. Each winner gets a prize from Sleepy Mountain, a Golden Gulls Freaker & matching pair of Freaker Feet! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram, and show us a piece of culture you learned from yo' mama. Use the hashtag #FreakerMountain for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Mother's Day is this Sunday! Oh, the joys of motherhood. She popped you out, cleaned your butt, and raised you to be the out-of-this-world All Star that SmashMouth sang about. We want to thank your mom. You should too. Tell yo' mama "you're golden, girl" with Golden Gulls - 30% off Freakers & Feet, this week only!

Today is Willie Nelson's birthday!! In celebration we're spicing up our day with uniform pigtail-braids, a fieldtrip to giggle-town, and a Freaker Friday that will forever change the way you snack on heat.  Cowboys make great heroes, and heroes make great cowboys. Howdy up rowdy up, y'all.  WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring the treats you never knew existed but now won't be able to snack-without, Little Bird Chocolates!   Chocolate dipped jalapeños. Need we say more? OF COURSE WE DO: There have been countless studies about the health benefits of both spicy food and chocolate. After meeting the extraordinarily smily folks behind Little Bird, we have reason to believe that sweet spice has happiness-inducing medical benefits too! Based in Long Island, Little Bird is the lovechild of Corey and Sara Meyer - a delightful couple with curious inclinations.  Rock on, Meyer Family.  Each winner gets a pack of Little Bird chocolates, a Chile Nelson Freaker, and a pair of Chile Nelson Freaker Feet!  HOW TO ENTER: Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and let us know in the comments how you spice up your life for your chance to win!  Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Mama - did you let your babies grow up to be cowboys? You had ONE JOB.  Cowboys - did your mother ignore country music's advice? She's rad and you should thank her.  PSA: Mother's Day is next Sunday! Stay calm & freak your mom.

We love love love the southwest & all of it's desert magic: weaponized shrubbery, hell-hot peppers, fully-armored squirrels (what else are armadillos?!), and the Snoop Dog of country music. (No, not peyote.)  This week marks sweet Chile Nelson's 83rd birthday. You sir, are always on our mind.  Grab your hottest-pepper-loving buddy and celebrate the legends with Chile Nelson - 30% off Freakers & Feet this week only!