So we tried to plan T-shirt Day around the first day of summer with the hope of sunny, blue skies - we had rain, we had wind but that didn’t stop us from celebrating the T-shirt!

We had a great turn out for International T-shirt Day last week at the Daily Catch in Boston, MA.  A big thank you to Max and Maria for rolling out the hot chocolate to keep everyone warm!

Check out the slide show below of these great photos from the party and check out some photos from t-shirt day celebrations around the world!

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

Take a break from the heat and spend some quality time with us this summer.  We have just added some more webinars to the schedule for both the Spreadshirt Bootcamp and Vector Graphic 101 webinars.

Spreadshirt Bootcamp

• Thu, Jul 9, 2009 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
• Tue, Jul 21, 2009 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
• Thu, Aug 6, 2009 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
• Wed, Aug 19, 2009 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Vectors Graphics 101

• Fri, Jul 10, 2009 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
• Wed, Jul 22, 2009 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
• Fri, Aug 7, 2009 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
• Wed, Aug 19, 2009 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Just a quick reminder that T-shirt Day is almost here!  We have some great events planned for Boston and Berlin and there a bunch of t-shirt day parties that are being planned acorss the globe.

• Boston
  • RSVP on Facebook
• Berlin
  • RSVP on Facebook
• Everywhere else - check out this google map of t-shirt parties across the globe

The relatively-new-to-Spreadshirt partner Glarkware is no newbie to the t-shirt universe. His almost daily re-introduction of designs and addition of new gems are almost sure to induce a spout of laughter or spontaneous brow-raising. As the slogan “Storied Shirt Jobbery” forewarns, each of Glarkware’s shirts is coupled with witty, ironic, informative and entertaining stories. Dave, the man behind Glarkware and the numerous other Glark Industries pursuits, talks about his move to Spreadshirt, gives us a quick lesson on Canadian pronunciation and graces us with his good-humored nature. The interview with Dave from Glarkware: continue reading ‘Storied Shirts of Glark - Interview with Glarkware’

Tommy White is the brains behind the t-shirt shop Nekkid Tees and has been very helpful over the years sharing his knowledge on how to set up shop with Spreadshirt.

I wanted to point out two posts on his site TommyWhite.com that I think are helpful but he has lots of good information so you should take a look at the site.

• Making Money with Spreadshirt
• Spreadshirt Layout 101

As many of you know we called out to the t-shirt world to organize their own t-shirt celebrations and register on the T-Shirt Day website. We promised to equip 10 of these parties with sets of 10 t-shirts – and we shall follow through with that promise. The winners hail from 6 different countries and, depending on where you might find yourself on June 21st, you could join in on one of these events or one of the many others registered on the T-Shirt Day site. Here they are, in no particular order: continue reading ‘Winning T-Shirt Parties - Where will you be on T-Shirt Day?’

Once again, I must tip my hat to our community. A twitter message fluttered into our account over the weekend

SOAP shop software for the rest of the world http://spreadshop.cute-monstr.de

Second nature and curiosity about what Bejamin Vetter had in store preceded the click and the result was very satisfying. Benjamin claims to have been able to really make your Spreadshirt shop all yours – the template:

• does not need iFrames
• is completely customizable for your website
• is based on the programming language Ruby
• can be expanded upon and
• is offered for free under the GNU General Public License.

We think this is fantastic and are planning to ask Benjamin a few questions about his work. So if you have any questions you would like to ask him, post them here by 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

Some of you might then be wondering about our new API and this year’s eventual switch from SOAP to REST. I don’t have any updates for you, but can definitely recommend signing up for the newsletter at developer.spreadshirt.net. But don’t let that keep you from trying out this new software - Benjamin has already mentioned that an update would be provided when this change occurs.

So for those who would like to give the software a try, go to spreadshop.cute-monster.de and download the source package. Enjoy and props to Benjamin!

P.S. Please be fair and acknowledge Benjamin if you end up using the template for your shop.

International T-Shirt Day is just a lucky 13 days away. What are you doing on June 21st?

As many of you might have already heard, we are celebrating the T-Shirt Day together with laFraise by putting on an “Open Runway” in Boston where any t-shirt designer/lover/wearer can present their favorite tees to the world.

What you might have missed would be that you can also celebrate T-Shirt Day from the comfort of your own home. Rouse up your friends, family, neighbors and colleagues to honor your favorite tees with, say, a T-bone steak barbecue. Perhaps you could gather some of those shirts that you might not wear too often to give away to those who aren’t as well-off. Decorate your street with clotheslines filled with t-shirts. Maybe show off your t-style, regardless of the weather, with a short-sleeved jaunt through your town or city.

Celebrate T-Shirt Day in your own way by hosting an event and register the festivities on the website so others can perhaps join in.

Events have already been registered in the U.S., Norway, India, and Germany and we’re hoping that you’ll join in on the worldwide party.

P.S. We will be raffling off 10 sets of 10 free t-shirts to 10 different participants who host their own T-Shirt Day event. To qualify, all you have to do is have a Spreadshirt shop and register your party the T-Shirt Day site by June 14th. We will select the winners on June 15th, notify them by e-mail and announce the winning events here in the Spreadshirt blog.

As you may know the Spreadshirt.com production facility is located in Greensburg, PA which is a short drive from Pittsburgh, PA - home of the Pittsburgh Steeler, Pirates and Penguins.  Tonight is game 3 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and Pittsburgh is buzzing with hockey excitement.  I have been thinking about hockey t-shirts for a few weeks ever since a friend asked for a playoff beard t-shirt (he has since requested 4 more) - so I thought a post on some hockey t-shirts is in order.  Here are 5 hockey themed t-shirts that I found around the internet.  If you know of some other hockey t-shirts please leave a link in the comments so we can check them out.

1. Puck Off - Canadians are Serious about hockey (via Spreadshirt Marketplace)

2. Playoff Beard Octopus - its too cute not to include on the list (via Spreadshirt Marketplace)

3. Detroit Tote from a T-shirt (via Etsy)

4. GLORY by Escape RealiTees (via Etsy)

5. Malkin T-shirt by Cahmpyinz.com (thank to the IheartPGH fan who sent in the picture)