I am sure that I am not the only one in this boat. Tomorrow is Halloween. I don’t have a costume. I have been told I won’t be let into the party without one. This happens every year. Add to the fact that my girlfriend wants me to get rid of some old clothes – presto! Two birds with one stone: it’ll be a do-it-yourself Saturday afternoon!

I am kind of leaning towards the octopus hoodie from Instructables (shown above). It certainly involves some sewing skills, a few hours of spare time and a hoodie you are willing to shred.

I’m not the trick or treating type anymore, but for those out looking for some candy, this t-shirt trick-or-treat bag from Craftzine is a great way to impress those candy givers (and get you more candy)!

Bargainlist also offers some great cheap and scary last-minute costume options, like dirty laundry, bat or mummy as costumes. All certainly plan B worthy.

Worst case scenario: I’m not in the DIY creative mood tomorrow, and perhaps you aren’t either. There’s always the one-minute-last-minute ninja mask. Yes, that will be it! I just have to remember where I left my samurai sword. Instructional ninja mask video after the click: continue reading ‘Costumeless for Halloween? Last Minute Apparel Costume Ideas’

A big lorry rolled up to our doors recently and delivered this strange wooden box. We asked ourselves, “what in Spreadshirt’s name might be in there” – but, Simon was brave enough to drill some air holes. We’ll let you know what happened and provide more details about its contents soon (next week at the latest). In the meantime, if you have any ideas what it might concealed therein, we’d love to hear them and will lend an ear to all conspiracy theories.

P.S. If you are wondering what that funny question mark thingy is in the title, it’s an interrobang. Use them wisely.

Some are perhaps too much in love with their shirt’s design to remove their shirts in the warm summer sun. Some may underestimate the power of the sun’s rays on their unprotected skin. Regardless, the result is a well-known form of embarrassment (and in some instances pride – see below). I myself have been a victim of the clear line of contrasting red on white many a time and with the slight lift of a shirt sleeve received a hearty laugh or a shaking head of disapproval. I have since learned that 15 minutes of unprotected sun can be good source of vitamin D for your body, but the other 11 hours and 45 minutes of sun exposure should be well-protected … and t-shirts only cover so much skin. A quick look through flickr provides you with a painful memory of Farmer’s Tans Burns of past and present: continue reading ‘The 10 Most Painfully Beautiful Farmer’s Tans’

… and lives up to his personalised shirt-proclamation (a Spreadshirt product, of course ;-)  ) by hitting all of those ‘Bus Stop’ notes. This is one of those songs you hear on the radio but would never come up with the name or band – that is, unless you are a big fan of The Hollies. Well done Geoff!

Are there any other Spreadshirt-wearing karaoke singers out there?

Today is the International Noise Awareness Day.
Be quiet. Just talk with the help of your shirt(s).

Ok, so FIFA’s fussing causing you to lose some nice designs from your shop was annoying enough. But at least they didn’t take your trousers. Or did they? Any of our Dutch friends watch the game in your oranje keks?

Catania’s football team got into the Italian Series 1 and the city went crazy (more photos to come). In the meantime, I saw this this morning. Awesome.

World Cup is on. Who are you cheering for? (Me: Italia. The party’ll be amazing).

Over at a little number we’re calling the SHOPWC, they’re giving out prizes for the best shop taking on the theme “world championships” or football in general. At stake is €1,000 for the first place, €500 for second, and gifts all the way down to 11th place. My opinion: the range is pretty big. One of my favourites is on foosball. It’s like a simplified, commentary-free derby.

Team Spreadshirt UK/Ireland is made up of two Irishmen (they’re named Larry and Eamonn, you should’ve guessed), Marcello the Italian, and one American (yours truly). Nonetheless, when it comes to rallying the forces for World Cup, L & E (full of neighbourly love), M (apparently too dispirited by an injury to Totti to think straight) and Sarah (full of well, honestly, she doesn’t even know if the US is playing), are putting their money on….England*.

Not just because Spreadshirt’s mothership (location: Germany) is ecstatic (read: overconfident) about their nation’s success. Not just because we all speak English (more or less). But because we’ve got this nice little deal going on at chez Spread: if England wins you get a free official shirt. Yes sir/ma’am. If you enter the coupon code: ENGLANDCHAMPIONS with your purchase you’ll get 50p off your order. Not much, but you’ll be in for getting that shirt if when England wins.

Whew. All very exciting. The new website for the WC is HERE.

* Confession II (or III?): Sarah wrote a huge (over 80 pages?) thesis on postmodernism and critical literary theory (it saved the world). Still doesn’t stop her/probably why she continues loving writing run-on sentences.