Episode 26 A message written in snowflakes... Hmm, you mean you didn’t know snowflakes could talk? Well, it IS the most wonderful time of the year. And in the spirit of the season we present to you this little animation from our supertalented friend Annie Poon. We hope you enjoy and hope you had an amazing 2009. Lots more coming your way in 2010! Very happy holidays from FF! Episode 25 FREE SHIPPING at fredflare.com You know at Holiday the warehouse goes CRAZY shipping orders, right? Even more so when we offer FREE SHIPPING, which we did for a week in December 2009. Sometimes people ask us, How do you ship like over 3000 orders in one day? Well, we’ll show you! Check out this stop-motion featurette of a superbusy day in the fred flare warehouse. Episode 24 JONATHAN ADLER STUDIO VISIT WITH PARKER POSEY a tour of his design studio as well as a personal pottery lesson... with a very special surprise guest, Parker Posey! WE LOVE SLIIMY How do you say A-DOORBELL en français? SLIIMY!! The supertalented (and super young, only 21!) French pop sensation Sliimy visits our Brooklyn shop for an impromptu performance & superfun shopping spree. Think Sesame Street meets Moulin Rouge meets Glee meets YOU!! These five short videos originally debuted during our “SLIIMY WEEK” extravaganza in October 2009. Let’s go! FASHION'S NIGHT OUT IN NEW YORK The Big Apple sparkles in the new fashion season with a city-wide block party celebrating the best and brightest in FASHION! Chris, Keith & Jen are your correspondents bringing you interviews with such design legends as Catherine Malandrino, Thom Browne, Simon Doonan, Isabel and Ruben Toledo and many more, plus snacks! #21 SOMETHING'S HIDING IN HERE Fred's new Brooklyn store gets interactive with a super special art installation by artist/designers Shauna Alterio and Stephen Loidolt of Something's Hiding In Here. In this clip, you'll learn all about their sweet handmade marquee that will change every day in March. What will the sign say? Well, that's entirely up to you! Click here to learn how YOU can share your message with the world. #20 PURA VIDA, Vacation in Costa Rica Every year Chris and Keith escape to Costa Rica to relax after a crazy Holiday season. This time they're bringing you along! Get a taste of the good life and enjoy the rich scenery, innovative lodging and fun adventures available in this amazing tropical paradise. Pura Vida! #19 LOVE, illustrated In early 2009 fredflare.com asked customers to donate their time, creativity and LOVE to make valentines for charity, benefitting Elder Craftsmen, an organization here in New York that brings craft programs to seniors. The response was incredible! Chris and Keith give you a look at some of the highlights here in their first-ever ILLUSTRATED edition of The Fred Flare Show. We hope you have a great Valentine's Day! Animation by Annie Poon. MURRAY Episode #18 A Murray Little Christmas Chris & Keith decorate the new store for the Holidays with legendary New York entertainer Murray Hill plus some very special surprise guests. Enjoy a new Holiday tradition and catch A Murry Little Christmas December 13th & 20th! CLICKS TO BRICKS Episode#17: From Clicks to Bricks... More behind-the-scenes on our first-ever store opening! We move in, Keith's mom comes to hang wallpaper and we get actual merchandise on the shelves. Will it get done in time for our Grand Opening? Watch to find out! STORE CUTE Episode#16: Store Cute After ten years of bringing cute to the web, Chris & Keith are ready to open their first real live door-store! Take a sneak peek into their new spot in Greenpoint, Brooklyn as they prepare for their fall opening and catch up with "heart-ist" Chris Uphues as he creates an installation for the shop. Come to the GRAND OPENING Fri, Oct 24th! Fred Flare Podcast Episode #14: Reality Bites! Survivor winners Ethan & Jenna. Chris steps up his Teevz fascination with reality TV cuz reality bites! Well? not for Survivor sweethearts & winners Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca! Chris chats it up with our new favorite Survivor super couple. Hear exclusive behind-the-scenes tales of how they survived and won the biggest reality game show EVER and get a sneak peek into what they're up to now! Okay, Survivors ready?! Fred Flare Podcast Episode #13: Valentine Crafternoon: Turn on your heart light! It's well-known that FF hearts hearts... Today we're gonna turn on your heart light! We're taking you on a super fun crafternoon adventure this Valentine's day. Think of Chris as your cupid of cute transforming a heart-shaped box of chocolates into a handmade lamp. With instructions like, "Find your heart center." this is a D.I.Y. project that's made with lots of love. Happy Valentine's Day from FF! Fred Flare Podcast Episode #12: This year our holiday episode goes green! Join us as we interview the man who really sparkles & makes it happen each holiday season at Barneys. Simon Doonan gives us a tour of his genius window displays and entertains us with his brilliant mind! Then Chris and Keith complete the day with a run-in with supermodel Josie Maran. From all of us over here at fredflare.com, Happy Holidays to you! Fred Flare Podcast Episode #11: Comedienne and writer Amy Sedaris has invited us into her fabulous home! We chat up the author of I Like You and dish on everything from Dolly to Dusty. Amy even gives us a totes super genius how-to craft lesson full of goofy good times! Episode also includes Amy's special holiday survival tips cuz, well, it is that time of year, folks. Fred's fave funny lady is totes the hostess w/ the mostest! Fred Flare Podcast Episode #10: Every autumn just before the Holidays hit, Keith and Chris make a pilgrimage upstate to Kate's Lazy Meadow, the fun retro-tastic motel owned by Kate Pierson of the B-52's. This year, they decided to take you along! Take a quick tour of the grounds and meet their Airstream trailer BFF, Tinkerbell. You'll also catch a sneak peek at this month's Fred Flare Book Club selection, Jennifer McMahon's new Promise Not to Tell, a real spookfest. So, c'on, get lazy! Fred Flare Podcast Episode #9: Supertalented sisters Mia & Eva Koo of the Kung Fu Girls came by the warehouse to do some shopping before going on tour and treated the FF gang to an acoustic set of one of their jams, Dance with Me. Gimme the beat beat beat beat, baby! We catch up with these rising stars in a brief interview and get some kung fu fighting lessons. Catch KFG on tour in 2008 w/ Plain White T's! Fred Flare Podcast Episode #8: Jay McCarroll at Coney Island Our future is so bright we gotta wear shades... FF's Chris interviews Project Runway Season One winner and rad Next Big Thin finalist Jay McCarroll at New York City's summer hot spot Coney Island. Take a ride on the ferris wheel with a fashionista and get the scoop on reality stardom and beyond. Episode also included fan mail! Fred Flare Podcast Episode #7: Stay Cute Dollface!! Are you suprised to learn that both Chris and Keith loved to play with dolls as kids? Didn't think so. Well, to celebrate the relaunch of thisisblythe.com we take a mini tour of Blythe photographer Gina Garan's studio, which is also a sort of mecca for Blythe fans. And for good reason! Fred Flare Podcast Episode #6: FF Hearts You Our frist episode of 2007 is all about LOVE. Set in front of our awesome Chris Uphues heart mural, the FF staff go on and on about their fave people, places and things. Sadly, this was our last shoot at our warehouse of six years so it's also a fond farewall to good ol' 175 North 10th Street. We've loved being here and cannot wait to see what the future has in store for us. More than anything, though, we HEART you! Thanks for watchin:) Fred Flare Podcast Episode #5: Fa La La Fun Our final episode of the year is also our Holiday special. We take a late-night window shopping tour of NYC with Sweden supertalents Leja and Richard. Why, it's an FF tradition! Check out a slideshow of highlights from this year as well as past seasons in our diary section and see how New York adds some glitter to its go-go-go at this special time of year. From all of us at fredflare.com, we wish you and yours a very happy holiday season! Fred Flare Podcast Episode #4: Crafts Flare In this set of four special mini-episodes, Fred Flare shows you crafty cuteness at Brooklyn's Renegade Craft Fair! Part One features an interview with the supertalents behind Venus magazine. Part Two gets up close and personal with Next Big Thing's The Small Object and My Paper Crane. Part Three parties with the Austin Craft Mafia! In the final episode we chat with Mogo and fred friends 31 Corn Lane. Have a happy crafternoon! Fred Flare Podcast Episode #3: Paris Flare Bonjour Peeps! In this special episode of The Fred Flare Show we popped over to Paris and you're along for the ride! See our Paris Dispatches come to life as we take you on a "jolie" boat ride down the Seine, sparkle with the Eiffel Tower and, in a Fred Flare exclusive, take you inside Colette - the tres coollest store where they don't allow cameras - except the Flares!! Enjoy le Podcast! Fred Flare Podcast Episode #2: 10th Street remix! This episode of the Fred Flare Show comes to you from our happy headquarters in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Step inside our warehouse & meet the hardworking FF crew! You?ll also see more Next Big Thing winners ? even some before they?re officially announced online! ? and you won?t want to miss the head-to-head battle for hula hoop gold! Click here to vote for the winner! Plus, check out our Love Boat summer catalog launch party at the Hotel QT in Times Square. Cutie for you, cutie for me! Thanks for watching, everybody! Click here for The Fred Flare Show production credits. Fred Flare Podcast Episode #1: stardust dreams! Our very first podcast comes to you from Las Vegas! We traveled to sunny Sin City to shoot our summer catalog and take in some of the local flavor ? and if glitz and glam are flavors, this place is yum! In this episode you?ll meet Sarah and Alina, two local models we shot on the grounds of the Stardust hotel, and catch some behind-the-scenes from the shoot. We also visit New York, New York ? Vegas style! We howl through a ride on a roller coaster, take you on a trip down the Strip and you won?t want to miss our break dancing lesson with fred friend, Myn-Tee Fresh. We hope you enjoy The Fred Flare Show! Stay cute! Click here for production credits. Thanks, everybody.