What do Neo Rauch and spreadshirt Marketplace designers have in common? Correct, they both create artwork and offer them up for sale! Given, the commissions on the Marketplace don’t usually rake in $1 million of Brad Pitt’s money, but rather “only” $1.95 on average. But don’t give up on the Marketplace just yet: compared to Rauch’s work, these designs can be sold more than once, namely 7,832 times (the current record holder “I heart” design). That’s how the top 100 Marketplace designers are still able to earn an average of $180.97 per month. Take that Neo!

But how can you make it into the top 100 of the spreadshirt Marketplace? continue reading ‘How to become a successful Marketplace designer at Spreadshirt’

It is election day here in Pennsylvania and in a bunch of other states today. This morning, I tweeted a photo about my t-shirt today but I was thinking about election day and the fact that is has been a year since Obama was elected. We had a lot of fun following the 2008 election via t-shirts and putting together this post of 100 Obama T-shirts last spring. A few weeks ago I got to participate in a walk through of the Shepard Fairey exhibit Supply and Demand with Shepard Fairey (check out the write up of the walk through from the Pittsburgh City Paper) which just opened at the Warhol museum here in Pittsburgh - which got me thinking about the power of t-shirts and elections all over again.

So today I am wearing my “Gots to Vote” t-shirt by MNKR that I bought at the Unique LA craft market in May. This was just a few weeks after I had finished the 100 Obama t-shirts post and I just could not stop looking at Obama t-shirts. There were tons of amazing t-shirts at Unique LA and the reason I stopped at the MNKR booth was this Obama t-shirt - which Matt from MNKR was kind enough to send me a better photo of the t-shirt. I love looking back at all of the Obama shirts from last year and how many different designs there were.

Here is the t-shirt I am wearing today - I know this isn’t the best photo - and the shirt is a little wrinkled - which is funny because I just had a big conversation with the other Spreadshirt bloggers about ironing t-shirts yesterday.

I also wanted to show off the inside of the t-shirts because I really like how they screen printed the tag area - and marked the size with a little baby button. I think this is a really great example of an awesome one color design and nice use of font and spacing.

Want to see more from MNKR check out the nice post about their Fall 09 Collection from T-shirts Around the Internet.

Are you wearing a t-shirt for election day today? Share your election day t-shirts with us!

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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’

Early this week there was a great post on the Craft blog about how to make a t-shirt memory scarf. I think this is a great twist on the ever popular t-shirt quilt - but almost better because you can wear a scarf and you can’t really wear a blanket. We have been talking here at Spreadshirt about other t-shirt remixes - ways to resuse your t-shirts so I thought I would do a little round up of some other T-shirt Scarf ideas. continue reading ‘T-shirts Scarf Ideas from Around The Internet’

Jim Hopkinson a reporter for Wired, has a new podcast interview on his blog with our very own CEO Jana Eggers.

You can check out the interview here on his blog TheHopkinsonReport.com.  Jana talks to Jim about t-shirts, bacon, triathalons and more.

Check out The Hopkinson Report Spreadshirt shop too - http://thehopkinsonreport.spreadshirt.com/ and you can follow The Hopkinson Report on Twitter @hopkinsreport

To save the shop partners amongst us a little time in preparation for the upcoming holidays, our graphics team put together two lovely winter-holiday-snowy-and-sparkly background images for you.

You can simply download these from our Flickr page or right click and save the images. Then you can upload them to your user area and select it as your shop background under “Profile – Shops – Shop Layout”. If you go the extra step and set your theme to “Winter” under the “Selected Design” drop-down, you will be sure to get your customers whistling their way into the holiday shopping mood!

With the holidays just around the corner, we thought it might be helpful to take a look at what the top Selling products were for September 2009.

1. Men’s Standard Weight T-Shirt

2. Men’s Heavyweight T-Shirt

3. Men’s American Apparel Tee

4. Women’s Standard Weight T-Shirt

5. Men’s Hooded Sweatshirt

6. Female AA Slim Fit Tee

7. Children’s T-Shirt

8. Women’s V-Neck T-Shirt

9. Junior’s Cap Sleeve Tee

10. Women’s Heather Jersey Tee

Do you have any of these in your shop? What is the top selling product for your shop? We also have lots of other items in our assortment that aren’t t-shirt for you to customize.

The ranch that was once owned by Elvis Presley and is now called the Elvis Ranch by the residents of Horn Lake, Mississippi is for sale. Elvis bought the place a few months before he married Priscilla in 1967.  Priscilla and Elvis spent some time there after they were married.  You can purchase the 154.5 acre ranch for $6.5 Million.   GoogleEarthHacks has photo of the ranch here.

I was hoping to find some more history about the ranch but there doesn’t seem to much info beyond what is in the CNN report here.

If $6.5 Million is a little out of your price range you can order the CNN headline t-shirt for just $15.

Mashable started it last week and there have been blog posts all over the web about balloon boy t-shirts. I love that the post on  MTV’s Buzz Worthy’s Blog includes a video of Phil Collins “In the Air Tonight.”

Check out these two Ballloon Boy t-shirt designs from Spreadshirt shop partner DonRobot.com (who has a very cool looking Spreadshirt shop too).