{"id":117,"date":"2010-12-06T22:49:58","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T22:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=117"},"modified":"2011-10-12T15:58:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T19:58:12","slug":"meet-zachery-of-north-carolina-he-is-the-creative-talent-behind-these-oh-so-stylish-pretty-practical-bottle-freakers-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/meet-zachery-of-north-carolina-he-is-the-creative-talent-behind-these-oh-so-stylish-pretty-practical-bottle-freakers-w\/","title":{"rendered":"gotta bottle freaker?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20148c6791bda970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20148c6791bda970c\" title=\"Zach6\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20148c6791bda970c-800wi\" alt=\"Zach6\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMeet Zachery of North Carolina.\u00a0 He is the creative talent behind these oh-so-stylish &amp; pretty practical bottle freakers.<\/p>\n<p>What are bottle freakers exactly you may ask?<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20147e06fd518970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20147e06fd518970b\" title=\"Zach5\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20147e06fd518970b-800wi\" alt=\"Zach5\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>LACED WITH SPANDEX<\/strong>, this little Freaker has the ability to stretch and conform to any beverage container!! While insulating the <strong>BEVERAGE<\/strong> and keeping your hands <strong>WARM<\/strong> and <strong>DRY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20147e06fd637970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20147e06fd637970b\" title=\"Zach4\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20147e06fd637970b-800wi\" alt=\"Zach4\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>In fact&#8230;BottleFreakers <strong>fit<\/strong> all of these &#8211; nalgeen, canteen, coffee cup, beer bottle, wine glass, waterbottle, baby bottle, arm, leg, foot, winebottle, 40 oz., gatorade bottle, soda can, big gulp, solo cup, champagne bottle, 2 liter bottle, ball jar, milk jug, juice carton, and many, many more!<\/p>\n<p>Plus they&#8217;re machine washable, made in the USA &amp; Zachery has a pretty entertaining story to boot&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20147e06fd9f7970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20147e06fd9f7970b\" title=\"Zach1\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20147e06fd9f7970b-800wi\" alt=\"Zach1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prior to inventing bottle freakers, he traveled around the country &amp; lived in this decked out GEO Metro covered in indoor\/outdoor carpeting.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20148c6793ef6970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20148c6793ef6970c\" title=\"Zach2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20148c6793ef6970c-800wi\" alt=\"Zach2\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And after that adventure, he converted an old U-Haul truck to a living room so he could travel &amp; live in it while going to trade shows selling his bottle freakers but unfortunately it broke down. So then he went on to Plan B: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.couchsurfing.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Couch Surfing<\/a> &#8211; where it sounds just like it is&#8230; you crash at someones house instead of a hotel.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a world-wide community of people that do this &amp; a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.couchsurfing.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">website that connects them all<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>In Zachery&#8217;s many adventures, he met his wonderful friend and biz partner Zachariah.\u00a0 With his help, bottle freakers were born &amp; they&#8217;re both so happy to bring such a happy product to the world.<\/p>\n<p>So what are you waiting for?\u00a0 Pick out your favorite pattern, slip it on your preferred drink and before you know it,\u00a0 you and your beverage will be much cooler;)<\/p>\n<p>We have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/products\/bottle-freaker.html\" target=\"_blank\">select bottle freakers online<\/a> &amp; larger seletions available at our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/pages\/locations-%26-hours.html\" target=\"_blank\">Berkley &amp; Rochester locations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000bf;\"><strong>Love to see how creative people see the world?\u00a0 Then <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/get-the-latest-updates-in-your-inbox\/\"><strong>sign up<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0to receive these\u00a0colorful blog posts in your email inbox&#8230;. and you&#8217;ll discover many talented souls!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/meet-zachery-of-north-carolina-he-is-the-creative-talent-behind-these-oh-so-stylish-pretty-practical-bottle-freakers-w\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/meet-zachery-of-north-carolina-he-is-the-creative-talent-behind-these-oh-so-stylish-pretty-practical-bottle-freakers-w\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Zachery of North Carolina.\u00a0 He is the creative talent behind these oh-so-stylish &amp; pretty practical bottle freakers. 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