I don’t know what the weather is like where you are but here in Western PA we have officially hit cold weather season. Last week we had some beautiful, sunny, warm fall days but over the weekend - the rain rolled in and it is cold. I shed a few tears as I put on my boots yesterday. Flip flop weather is over. I came home yesterday and warmed up in my favorite sweatshirt - the distressed hoodie - mine is from the Crafster Shop and it says “knit fast, die warm”

So to help you stay warm as this chilly fall weather rolls in we bring you the Hoodie Sale! Save 15% on all hooded and zip hooded sweatshirts until October 4, 2009.

Coupon Codes:
USD$: HOOD9
CAD$: CADHOOD9
(Minimum $25.00 purchase is required. Valid for hooded and zip hooded sweatshirts only. Shipping costs are not included in discount.)

Hoodie History: you might want to check out the Hoodie Wikipedia page - there is a ton of info about the history of the hoodie there. continue reading ‘Hello Hoodie! Save 15% on all Hooded Sweatshirts’

Make your next custom t-shirt really shine! We are offering some super savings on sparkle flex print types.  Use the coupon code SPARKLE19 to recieve the discount (minimum 1 item per order. Order must contain 1 product with a sparkle flex print. $2.01 will be deducted from your cart for the original $3.00 sparkle flex print price.)

Click here to learn more about the different Spreadshirt print types in our FAQ pages.

Here is a close up photo of silver sparkle on a black t-shirt:

Not sure what the weather is like where you live - we were having a lovely summer here in Pittsburgh - hot but not too hot and bang - last week - it just turned to fall weather - chilly mornings and evenings. It is the perfect fall weather but I wasn’t ready for it on the wardrobe side. Fortunately - I am okay with the chilly mornings because it gives me a good excuse to wear the new scarf that we have added to the apparel collection. I can’t wait to see how creative the custom scarfs will look and the new lined hoodie screams cozy!

Here are 6 new items from American Apparel that have been added to the apparel collection to help you chase away these fall chills.

1. Men’s American Apparel Fleece Track Pants - black with white trim (We also offer sweatpants for women too)

2. Men’s American Apparel Thermal Lined Hoodie – black/white, cranberry/navy and navy/melange navy

3. American Apparel Jersey Scarf - royal blue, red, dark pink, and black

4. Toddler American Apparel Long Sleeve Tee - white and black

5. Baby American Apparel Long Sleeve Lap Tee - white, black and red

6. New colors: Kelly Green, Brown and Heather Gray added to the Men’s American Apparel Long Sleeve Tee

We have just scheduled more sessions of both the Spreadshirt Bootcamp and the Vector Graphic Webinar for September!

Spreadshirt Bootcamp - a quick guide to  getting your shop up and running
Wed, Sep 2, 2009 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/469962154

Wed, Sep 16, 2009 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/976312603

Wed, Sep 30, 2009 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/286458338

Vector Graphics
Thu, Sep 3, 2009 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/135109770

Fri, Sep 18, 2009 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/199065786

Wed, Sep 30, 2009 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/797728539

Well there is one good thing about summer coming to an end - we are cleaning out inventory to make room for - GASP - the holidays.  I know it is hard to think about christmas tress and snow when you are trying to think about how to get a few more trips to the swimming pool in before it is drained for the season.  But we are thinking ahead for you and in order to make some room on the shelves we have added 18 items to the Sale page - price reductions range from 12% to 87% - order now because when these items are gone, they are gone for good.

Check out the savings on these bamboo t-shirts - Women’s Jonano Fitted Tee,  Women’s Jonano Long Sleeve Hooded Tee & Men’s Jonano Long Sleeve Jersey Tee

Click here to go to the sale page.

Temple who manages the Spreadshirt forums (and writes Temple’s Tips for the Shop Partner newsletter) just sent me a link to the new shipping FAQ page.  I hope that you find this helpful in figuring out how long it will take to process your order and have it shipped to you.  I am usually ordering things last minute and trying to figure out what level of shipping that I need to use.  Click on the screenshot of the page to visit the Shipping FAQ page.

“I shot the Serif, but I did not shoot the deputy.” I haven’t been able to get this song out of my head for the last few weeks, and for a good reason. We’ve taken the time to reflect a little on our fonts. I’ve since occupied myself with font characteristics like serifs, weight, slope, width, optical size, metrics and proportions, in addition to our internal statistics for our current font offerings. Which fonts are successful, which fonts are rarely used or seldom make it onto your shirts? Which fonts are used for which season (big surprise here, HoleHearted at the beginning of February, Halloween in October), as well as which fonts are ineffective regardless of season? The results: 52% of your ideas make it on shirts with only 6 of the 25 fonts we offer. Other fonts only make it onto your products 0.01% of the time.

Long story shirt short – spring summer cleaning for our font assortment:
Starting with about 200 fonts we filtered, discussed, deleted, replaced, plotted, weeded, reordered, re-discussed and finally put together a new set of fonts. Soon you will be able to get a fitting font for your favorite quote from the best Spaghetti Westerns of the last 50 years, just like you will have the right pixel font for your personal tribute to retro gaming. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, but be patient, wait and see – it won’t be much longer before you get your hands on these gems.
continue reading ‘I Shot the Serif - New Fonts at Spreadshirt’

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?’

Just wanted to remind everyone that today is the first day of the 1-2-3 Free promotion.  Get 3 new customers to place an order in your Spreadshirt shop, in the next 2 weeks and you can earn a $20 coupon from Spreadshirt.

Click here for all the details!

Spreadshirt Vector Graphics 101 is a comprehensive webinar about how to create and use vector designs within the framework of a Spreadshirt Shop. The webinar is presented live and participants are encouraged to ask questions and make comments. Vectors 101 will cover:

• differences between pixel and vector designs
• how to properly create a vector design to be used on products
• rejection-proof method of checking your designs before submitting for approval
• tips and tricks for creating effective vector designs

The first live webinar will be hosted on Thursday May 14, 2009 at 4:30 PM EST. You can register here.