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).

Our treat to you this halloween season - FREE SHIPPING!
just use the following coupon code when you check out:

US$ TREAT29
CAD$ CADTREAT29

Offer ends October 26, 2009. Coupon code is valid for standard domestic shipping only. Orders shipping to Canada will receive $6.99 off the shipping total.

If you have a Spreadshirt shop - banners are available to help you promote this offer in the Banner Service section of your shop partner admin.

T-shirt:
Glow in the Dark Skulls by Purple Ibis

We have added a few more items to help you stay warm and fashionable this winter.  The following items are now available for you to customize or add to your shop.

1. Children’s Sweatpants - Available in Red, Navy and Black
2. Women’s V-Neck Hoodie - Available in White and Black

Today is Blog Action Day, a world-wide annual event where blogs focus on one specific issue to increase discussion about it within the community. This year’s Blog Action Day (with more than 8,000 participants) focuses on climate change, an issue which will affect us all, if it hasn’t started affecting us already.

Every product which is produced has an effect on the environment. T-shirts, and especially the cotton they are made from, are undeniably one of the many, many products contributing to climate change. This can be seen in the short video “Rebel with a Cause”, which I posted back in September. 200 grams of cotton can use up to 5 tons of resources throughout its life. That’s not what you normally think about every day when you put on your shirt. These resources are what we need to start considering when we consume just about anything.

1. Buy Organic Cotton T-Shirts

Our organic apparel assortment has grown to more than 10% of our entire product range. Buying organic means that less resources and chemicals are used in the production of the cotton. Companies like Continental with their EarthPositive products take this even an extra step further providing “wholly ethical” textiles: 100% organic, fair trade, low carbon during production, environmentally friendly materials, low water footprint and low carbon footprint (reduced by 90%).

2. Recycle Shirts

Every product has a life cycle and shirts are no exception. Your favorite shirt will get a hole, the print can fade (but, not flex or flock! ) or you simply don’t wear the shirt anymore. You don’t have to throw it away. Create a shirt blanket, shirtain, shirt seat, frame it or one of these 50 other t-shirt recycling ideas. Donate the shirt. Use it as a rag. Just don’t throw it away – it’s not good for your karma and not good for the environment.

3. Use less chemicals / Wear shirts more than once continue reading ‘5 Ways T-Shirts Can Fight Climate Change: Blog Action Day 2009′