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Dearest backers, friends, and earthlings, We would like to formally invite you on a luxury trip inside of Zach Crain's ear. In this spectacular holiday cruise around Freakerville, you’ll discover the mystical (yet modern!) ways of a colorful community on the coast of North Carolina. Journey across the internet, get out of your old stink socks and into our hearts. On this exotic vacation, you will meet the good folks who you are supporting when you back Freaker Feet. They thank you for everything with the light of a million bluetooth suns! We have 21 days left to raise the rest of our funding on Kickstarter and we can’t do this without you! Please help us share and spread this campaign like butter across the world wide web! Come on in, shoes off, socks on, and let us nestle you! We love you. Lots. And lots.

Pop culture is nuts. It's a rollercoaster of collective emotions, giggles, and cry-faces. Why does anyone care when Jay-Z gets lady-punched in an elevator? Because it's hypnotizing and weird, that's why. Marky Mark's legal problems? Bruh. The entire series of Drake being a basketball wife. The dangerous red-line of celebrity twerking. Never forget 2007 Britney. Or Steven Seagall's bromance with Vladimir Putin. Today we celebrate the quirks of culture with a little help from our friends. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have five care packages to give away this week featuring the wild and wonderful, cheeky freaky greeting cards from Tay Ham! One of our hometown favorites, Tay Ham is making a splash in the national card-game. She takes the absurdity of pop culture and does the unthinkable: she makes it better. The Guardian, MTV, Complex Magazine, and Comedy Central all agree: this girl is the bomb. The bomb diggity. The cards start their journey in a New York paper mill, then are printed with love right down the road from Freaker headquarters! Tay Ham's badassery has got us feeling some type of way, and we need to share that excitement with you. GO HAM OR GO HOME. Each winner gets a gift pack of 5 Tay Ham cards and an Irrigator Freaker! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and leave us a photo comment with a pop culture detail that you find to be really weird. Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

We like to consider the Freaker BoxTruck a masterpiece in itself. As of today, a new masterpiece has been added to the grand masterpiece, making the overall masterpiece a Super Masterpiece. Here we have Pete Eastwood and Sister Girlfriend paving the road of glory for boxtruck art-ings to come.  If you're ever in need of a weirdo custom pet portrait, email Vangogogirlfriend@gmail.com for a good time! GO TEAM!  

It's that time of the year where everybody complains about the weather. It's been raining, snowing, drizzy drake-ing, but we're taking a stand against grumbling about things beyond our control. Spring is right around the corner. Do you know what that means? It means slip n' slides. It means joy parades. Lemonade stands. Tire swings. Most importantly, it means Zoolander gas-station hose fights, and we're here to give you a head start. (Disclaimer: We've replaced all male models with alligators. Enjoy!) Ladies and gentlemen, give a warm welcome to the newest member of the Freaker Family... Irrigator!

Meet the maker!!! When he's not racing motorcycles in rap videos, Carson Cram (Cramworks) hand forges all of our displays with the fire of a million local-metal-fabricator suns! Support your local artisans, kiddos. They'll thank you dearly. Small Business Warriors UNITE!  

Johann Sebastian Sock! Thanks for the sweet art-ing, Dave Mercer! We launched our Freaker Feet Kickstarter campaign almost two weeks ago with big dreams, lots of love, and a warm trust-fall into this community. You (yes you! and you and you and you!) are making dreams come true over here, and for that we are melting with gratitude! Some frequently asked questions we've been noticing: Q.) Will I get to choose my designs when the project is funded?! A.) Absolutely! When the time comes, we'll be sending you a "backer survey" that will allow you to pick and choose whatever designs strike your fancy! Q.) A shark bit off half of my left foot, do I need to request different sizes? A.) Freaker Feet are One-Size-Fits-Most! You should be in the clear, buddy! Q.) I wear a size 69 in lady shoes. Will these fit me? A.) We have a wide variety of shoe sizes in the Freaker Office, from a woman's size 6 to a man's size 14, and these little babies fit all of them perfectly! Q.) A lot of the reward packages come with something suggestively named Freaker. What the hell are you talking about? A.) Freakers are amazing! They are one-size-fits-all insulators that keep all of your drinks cold and your hands dry! They, also, are made right here in the Freakin' USA! For more info, check out our website here! Q.) I noticed that the Arizona flag has the state of Arkansas on it. Is this a secret ploy to re-map the United states? A.) The fun part about showing the world your project before it's manufactured is that you can help us work out the wonky mistakes we've made! All of these issues will be fixed when Freaker Feet hits production! WOO! Q.) Some of the early-bird specials are about to reach capacity. Can I still get that sweet deal after they've all been claimed? A.) Sorry, Charlie. Once they're gone, they're gone! Hop on the early-bird train today for the ultimate street cred! Q.) Can we hug? A.) I thought you would never ask. The hug bug is real and we have the cure! If you have any other questions / hopes / dreams / etc - feel free to reach out via Kickstarter or email! Support@freakerusa.com ! Okay love you byeeee!

Baby, it's cold outside. Instinct: pour a whiskey, break out the onesies, kartwheel through a bonfire, wrassle a gater, and freak your feet. Problem? Solved. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages to give away this week featuring rare production samples from our research and development for Freaker Feet! Last week we launched a Kickstarter campaign to run a full production of our 127 Freaker Feet sock designs! We're sourcing, designing, manufacturing and fondling every part of the production process right here in the USA! Freaker Feet has not entered mass production yet, but we have some samples from our mill and we want nothing more than to freak your feet! Right here. Right now. We hug you we glove you! Each winner gets a pair of Freaker Feet and a Freaker of their choice! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram, share the Freaker Feet graphic (above!) and give us your best caption with the hashtag #FreakerFeet for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

It's that time of year where we whirl around the USA tradeshow-hopping. If you're in the industry and want a sneak peak of the Treats de 2015, stop by our booth at any of the following shows for a good time!:

  Did you get everything you wanted for Christmas?! All the hugs, all the Freakers? The good news: That's great! The bad news: We're about to burst your bubble. There are two things in this world that you definitely want but probably didn't know existed. Until now. 1. Freaker Feet! We just launched an explosive Kickstarter campaign for Freaker socks and we need your help to manufacture them all locally! Click here for a good time! 2. The domestically manufactured stainless steel growler that dreams are made of. Really. They're made with magic. And they want nothing more than to belong to you. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have three care packages to give away this week featuring your dream growlers from Shine Craft Vessels! Founded in 2014, Shine Craft is what some companies might call "fresh meat." Fresh faced, young, and full of energy, these stainless steel growlers have a 100% toxin, BPA, phthalate, and PVC free interior lining so there's never a wonky aftertaste. Plus, they are impossibly beautiful. We have something of a fetish for local manufacturing processes and Shine Craft has laid theirs out for the world to see. Produced in small quantities in Virginia, each growler is metal spun, polished by hand, then"overly scrutinized and individually handled" by a stellar team. Wander and rumble, indeed. Each winner gets a Shine Craft growler and a Freaker of their choice! HOW TO WIN: Get on Facebook, find this graphic and show us in the comments what you take with you for a guaranteed good time. It can be a text or photo comment, whatever strikes your fancy! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Happiest New Years to you and yours! It's the first day of 2015 and we need your help ringing in a bright new future! Introducing Freaker Feet - an explosive line of Freaker socks! Let's team up and reclaim the import-dominated sock industry! Help us launch 127 designs that are 100% sourced, manufactured, & fondled in the USA! Click here for the silliest Kickstarter campaign of 2015 and to help our new collective American Dream become a reality! 

2014 has been an explosive year of smiles, hugs, and freakings. We have you to thank for everything. From the bottom of our pitter pattering hearts, we hug you. 2015, we're coming for ya. Big things ahead! Stay tuned, freakniks.

True life mushy moment: From the bottom of our pitter pattering hearts, we want to thank you SO MUCH for making 2014 an incredible year for Freakdom. We laughed, we cried (from laughing), we digitally harassed you, and then we freaked you.  Stay tuned for some big surpises in 2015! See you on the other side, kiddos. Unbounded love, The Freakerteam!