Employment Agreement

Ms. Julie McCann Mulligan
554 Beach 133rd Street
Belle Harbor, New York 11694


Dear Julie:

     This letter will serve as our  understanding  of the  services  you will be
rendering as an employee in the position of Personality  Expert Designer for the
1-800-Flowers.Com brand (the "Company") for the Company's FY'09 .

                                            Responsibilities

     Your  responsibilities  will  include (i) develop and maintain an exclusive
product  line for the  Company  for FY'09  under the name of  "Designs  by Julie
Mulligan",  or any other name  agreed to by you and the  Company  (the  "Line").
Development of the Line includes not only the products themselves,  but also any
applicable product  descriptions,  photography,  content and copy related to the
products. The products, their descriptions,  content and copy are subject to the
final  approval  of  the  Company.   It  is  anticipated   that  there  will  be
approximately 6-8 products from the Line on the  1800flowers.com web site at any
one given time;  (ii) act as a Company  spokesperson  at  marketing,  gift shows
brand, public relations and media events (up to a maximum of 12 per fiscal year)
and shall  support  the  Company in  marketing  projects  (i.e.  appear in video
advertising and/or programming);  (iii) you will work with the Marketing/PR team
and assist them with  generating  ideas and  concepts,  researching  information
required  for  particular  storylines,  provide  detailed  "step by  steps"  for
featured  products;  sourcing  all  hard  goods  required  for all  filmed/taped
segments  and photo  shoots;  provide  art  direction  and styling for all photo
shoots, stay abreast of all current trends, not only in the floral industry, but
also in home decor, fashion,  weddings/event  planning,  crafts and gift giving;
and (iv) in  addition  you will  perform  the duties  customarily  performed  in
persons in the position for which you are employed and such other duties as from
time to time may be prescribed by the Company.

     It is agreed that all products  designed and  developed by you will be made
available   for  sale  once  all   varieties   are  confirmed  as  available  by
Merchandising  Operations  and Planning.  All your products must meet or surpass
the quality  standards  designated by QA and the products must successfully pass
ship testing through the Vendor  Relations group.  Furthermore,  notwithstanding
anythi