Does anybody really know what time it is? I do. It's time to go to Chicagoooo! Yup. It's International Home + Housewares time again so if you're hitting up the show, be sure to visit us at Booth S3257. Why? Because it's more fun than Saturday in the park, I think it was the fourth of July. xo
Joe plays Angry Birds while waiting for the throng. Deb looks over Joe's should and wonder's what happened to his hair.
We're huge fans of Lomography here in the studio—you know, the REAL photos that the Hipsta-palooza iPhone app attempts to replicate. One of our favorite lomographers is Kevin Meredith, aka Lomokev, from the UK. We've been skulking around his Flickr site for quite some time, and one particular photo made us sooo happy we asked Kevin if we could use it on our 2012 catalog. And here she is!
Be sure to check out Kevin's work here and here, and consider licensing one of his photos for your next catalog cover! Below are a few of our other favorites.
Come one, come all — particularly if you are one of our fine retailers — to the snazzy and exciting New York International Gift Fair! The show is at the incomparable Javits Center beginning Jan 29th through Feb 2. Here's your chance to not only visit the city that never sleeps, but to be the FIRST to see the new FRED Spring Line! We haven't been sleeping much, either, getting the show ship-shape for you, so come check it out at Booth #1830. Alas, the show is wholesale and for the trade only. Sort of makes you want to open up a shop, doesn't it? Check out our other upcoming shows on our website HERE.
It’s our favorite time of year when zombies come out en masse and young women everywhere dress up as their favorite slutty professional. We’re low key in the Fred studio — last year we could only muster up a few wigs. Except for Liz. She wins our office costume contest nearly every year. 
Anyhoodle…We asked the Big Man himself to round up his Top 10 Ghoulish Gifts, after which he muttered “we ought to give some of this stuff away.” But alas dear grasshopper, you must work for it. Soooo…
Post a photo of your costume (kids and pets too!) on our Facebook wall, and the best one will win a few of Fred's Top Ten!
10. Spyderbyte, 9. Ouch!, 8. Murder Ink, 7. Lunch Bugs, 6. Ice Screams
5. Bone Chillers, 4. Doomed, 3. Cold Blooded, 2. Nomskulls, 1. Gingerdead Men