Last week I set up a March Madness pool over on IheartPGH.com - I was really excited to see over 30 people sign up and make their bracket picks and I had a great time watching basketball last weekend.  So I thought we should bring the fun to the t-shirt community.  I have used the website PoolTracker.com (I checked out some of the other pool websites - this one seems the easiest to set up) to set up the Shirt 16 Pool.

Joining is easy..

• Click this link, enter your email address, create a screen name and click submit.
• Next, you will go to a screen that says print this page, click the link to continue to the pool home page
• On the pool home page, click the link for make your picks and set up your bracket

HURRY - you need to pick your teams before the games start on Thursday morning!

Click here to join the Shirt 16 Pool

Leave a comment here (if you are a shop partner - include the link to your shop) so we know you entered and we can link to your shop when we post the standings!

Today’s TeeCycle blog has a link to Defunkd Vintage T-shirt, which is an online shop that specializes in vintage t-shirts. They are serious about vintage t-shirts and have a seriously cool website and blog - I love that the search box in the blog says “Ye Olde Search Bar…”

Today, I am wearing one of my old favorite t-shirts today, light blue poly cotton t-shirt from Covered Bridge Pizza in North Kingsville, Oh - I “borrowed” this shirt from a friend years ago - I have never been to the Covered Bridge but I know that it is the pizza shop near Calvary Camp - where we spend a few summers and she worked as a counselor. (By the way the Calvary Camp website has a really nice photo of the week page, it is interesting to see the camp in the winter).

Anyhow, I am worried about my covered bridge t-shirt - getting a few stains and may be time for retirement. Fortunately - Defunkd has a great post on t-shirt stain removal - with some super serious suggestions for getting the stains out of your favorite shirts.

Of the list of 11 stain fighting weapons my favorite are

• white vinegar - old stand by
• the blow out gun - i want one of these!
• hair spray - who knew that it worked on ink stains!

I also appreciate the suggestion of making peace with your stain…

If all the previous methods fail you, we highly suggest learning to cope with your stain. Try putting some effort into your relationship. Eventually you’ll find your stain is a great listener and you just might warm up to it.

If your favorite t-shirt is from Spreadshirt you can always come back to Spreadshirt.com and make a new one continue reading ‘Stain Fighting Power’

It has been awhile since I have watched the Spreadshirt Hands-Per-Piece Video. I just rewatched the video and thought it was time for a repost. I know the video is over there in the sidebar (look on the right side of the screen) but I think it deserves to be a post. This quick 2 minute video, with snappy sound track (from Los Campesinos), gives you a shirts-eye-view of how a shirt is made at Spreadshirt.

Do you know of any other YouTube videos that features Spreadshirt shirts?

Some other interesting YouTube video posts…

• Kickers create user-generated video for ‘Fancy Footwork’ by Chromeo (hangout.altsounds.com)
• Here’s the Most Amazing Mashup Music Video You Are Going to See This Month [Funky Youtube] (i.gizmodo.com)

Rather than write about Friday the 13th t-shirts (are there any t-shirts about Friday the 13th?) I thought we could skip ahead a day and talk about t-shirts for February 14.

Hide Your Arms has a post on t-shirt for the day 14 Tees That You Should Wear on Valentine’s Day. My favorite from the list is the Heartris Tee, makes me miss playing Tetris on my gameboy. If Valentine’s Day isn’t for you - check out the Hide Your Arms post from last year “14 Tees That You Shouldn’t Wear on Valentines Day”.

Buy-Tees has a post about the lack of good Valentine’s Day t-shirts, but I have to say I kind of like this html t-shirt from ThinkGeek. Check out all of the user submitted pictures of this shirt here.

While this is not just for Valentine’s Day - The Heart Invaders t-shirt from Amorphia Apparel is perfect for the occasion. Check out some other heart designs from Amorphia Apparel here.

Another shirt that isn’t just for Valentine’s Day, but the pink heart makes it a good choice for Feb. 14 is this Have a Heart T-shirt from the Little City Design’s Etsy Shop.  Aside from the fact that I think this is a really cool looking shirt - all of the proceeds from this shirt are going to a foundation to support the artist’s godmother’s children.  Read the whole story here.

Some More Valentine’s Day Fun…

The Etsy blog has a post with some links to the history of Valentine’s Day.

One of the things I posted on the IheartPGH blog this morning is a glass flower making workshop. For $25 you and a loved one can make your very own glass flower at the Pittbsurgh Glass Center. If you aren’t near Pittsburgh check out this tutorial that I found on the Etsy Blog (also on the Craft Blog) - how to make roses out of ribbon. Now we just need some one to come up with a way to make flowers out of t-shirts!

continue reading ‘Valentine’s Day T-shirt Round Up’

Thanks to the Blog Herald for their post on Facebook’s fifth birthday. It seems like facebook has been around for many more than 5 years. Mashable includes a look at how the Facebook profile has changed over the past 5 years.

I thought I would use this happy occasion to remind you to be a fan of Spreadshirt on Facebook! Also, if you are shop partner and have a fan page/group for your shop please share the link here so we can be a fan of you too.

continue reading ‘Happy Birthday Facebook!’

Here are some cool things that I checked out on the web today.

Super Vintage T-shirt at TeeCycle.org - Teecyle Tim has posted some pictures of a t-shirt that is 32 years old - it is a perfect vintage t-shirt worn into to perfection.  While the shirt won’t be 32 years old - you can get the vintage look at Spreadshirt with the heathered t-shirts and the semi-sheer tee.

TshirtWin on Twitter - TCritic’s Karl Long is now on twitter - I am excited to see what he will be tweeting about.

Product Pictures Flickr Group - I recieved an invite to this group today and it is a neat idea - post pictures of products that you use.  It will be cool to see what products people in other parts of the world post.  Also a good place to share a picture of your favorite t-shirt.

What cool websites have you looked at today?

Image by ding-ding via Flickr

To celebrate the day of the Turkey, check out some of these fun and tasty projects (complete with instructions and photos) on Instructables.

Pumpkin Pie Improvements:

• Frozen Pumpkin Pie - I like pumpkin pie and I like ice cream so I am pretty sure I will like frozen pumpkin pie.
• Gingerbread Pumpkin Woopie Pies - sounds totally amazing

Creative Ways to Cook a Turkey:

• Garbage Can Turkey Smoker - this one gets points for innovation.
• Roasting a Turkey in a Charcoal Grill

Other cool projects to spice up your Thanksgiving:

• Recirculating Gravy Fountain -wow, this is taking gravy to the next level
• Napkin Folding
• Turn A cookie and some candy into a turkey treat

continue reading ‘Thanksgiving Instructables’

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

If you are in the US, today is election day.

Here are some election day websites that you might be helpful today…

GoVote.org - enter your address and GoVote will find your polling place

866OurVote.org - have questions about voting? see a problem at the polls? visit 866OurVote.org or call 866-687-8683 to ask a question or report a problem at the polls. Attorneys are standing by to assist. continue reading ‘Happy Election Day!’

Earlier this year I mentioned Hypercolor t-shirts in a blog post. I noticed that we got some traffic from people looking for info on Hypercolor shirts. I know, if you found this post because you are searching for info on the Hyper color shirt - I feel your pain - there just isn’t enough information out there on the web about the hypercolor shirt.

For those of you who are new to the term hypercolor - these were shirts that were popular in the 1980s - the shirt changes color with heat.

I think you will enjoy this YouTube video of a commercial for Hypercolor t-shirts.

Some additional blog reading for fans ofheat sensitive color changing things:

• Getting Hyper With Hypercolor [To Do]
• ICFF 2008: The Heat Sensitive “Swamp Collection”
• Web SheBang 7.8.08
• Face It Sunglasses

Image via Wikipedia

In November I wrote about the Hide Your Arms mega list of 65 t-shirt blogs. Andy the amazing author behind Hide Your Arms has updated the list to an amazing number of 149 T-shirt Blogs. I am trying to update my google reader to see which ones I am missing.

This list is amazing, thank you Andy for providing a short bio and an update frequency for each of the blogs.

What are you favorite t-shirt blogs?