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Just use our very own nifty coupon code: lovesthreadless

Get shopping and save a few bucks! (Thanks, Jake!)

Hi everyone! My name’s Tonei (not Torei, although it’s an interesting idea!) and I’m going to try to write a bit while Chris is off on his adventures. I’m a high school senior in Alaska, and I have I think twelve Threadless shirts.

A few of my favourites:

I bought BEarth at the Chicago retail store back in October. It was my first Threadless tee, and I’ve gotten a lot of compliments on it. It’s been out of stock for a while.

Penguins on Holiday is an adorable shirt that I picked up during the holiday sale. There is only one left in all of Threadless, so if you like it and you wear a guy’s medium, go pick it up!

Damn Scientists is a witty tee that also gets lots of comments and tons of people stopping me to read my chest. There’s still some girly Smalls and Mediums left for just $5.00 right here.

I’m waiting to get Liberty in the mail – we’ll see if I like it as much as Chris does.

I’ll post another entry shortly about this week’s releases. Feel free to leave questions, comments, or snide remarks in the comments!

The Bestee Categories have been announced! These awards highlight the most active contributors to the Threadless community in several different fashions.

Personally, I’m hoping Threadcakes makes it in the running for the Best Indepenent Blog Contest! It had over 45,000 people visit its site and was featured on Fuse TV and Digg.com!

Here they are:

**** $10,000 BESTEE ****

Design of the Year: The best overall printed design in 2007.

Designer of the Year: The best overall printed designer of 2007.

Most Printed Designer of the Year: Designer with the most prints in 2007.

People’s Choice: The overall favorite printed design of 2007, as chosen by YOU! Voting to take place in the next few weeks!

Groundbreaking Design of the Year: The most original and innovative
design of 2007.

**** $7,000 BESTEE ****

Collaboration of the Year: The best overall collaborative effort
chosen for print in 2007.

**** $5,000 BESTEE ****

Newcomer of the Year: The best designer first chosen for print in 2007.

Independent Blog Contest of the Year: The best community run contest of 2007.

Best Use of Critique: The most effective and constructive use of the
Critique section in a design chosen for print in 2007.

Select of the Year: The overall best Threadless Select design of 2007.

Kid Friendly Design of the Year: The overall best kid friendly design of 2007.

Best Unprinted Designer: The overall best as-yet-unprinted designer
with submissions in 2007. Design will be chosen for print!

**** $1,000 BESTEE ****

Gallery Photo of the Year: The overall best gallery photo submitted in 2007.

Dedicated Blogger of the Year: The most loyal and devoted blogger on
the Threadless Forum in 2007.

Best 12 Club Tee: The overall best design chosen as a Threadless 12
Club Tee in 2007.

Loves Design of the Year: The overall best and on-theme design chosen
as part of a Loves promotion.

Design Title of the Year: The overall best title for a printed design in 2007.

Best Use of Multiple Colors: The overall best use of multiple colors
for a printed design in 2007.

Best Use of One Color: The overall best use of one color in a printed design.

Best Submission Presentation: The overall best presentation of a
design submission in 2007.

Most Controversial Design of the Year: The overall most controversial
design based on community reaction chosen for print in 2007.

Best Technical Design: The overall best design chosen for print in
2007 showcasing technical achievement.

Slogan of the Year: The overall best slogan chosen for print in 2007.

Best Concept for Design: The overall best concept for a design chosen
for print in 2007.

Best Abstract Design: The overall best abstract design chosen for print in 2007.

That’s right, Threadless has EXTENDED their $10 sale for another three days! This means that you can continue to buy cheap shirts, even if they won’t necessarily make it in time for Christmas.

You still have a chance if you start shopping RIGHT NOW though. Lots of goodies and easy by-size shopping.

Get shopping!

For those who have been following my size comparison blog, I’ve finally managed to add:

* A Small hoodie photo for size comparison

* A hoodie size comparison picture similar to the tee comparison to the left, showing XS, S and M hoodies

* A comparison picture showing Girly L vs. Girly XL vs. Guys S

 * Information and photos on washing shrinkage (cold water, no drier) in tees and hoodies

And, of course, if anyone has any suggestions or size information requests that I can fill (i.e. requests that don’t involve a shirt size that I don’t currently have), don’t hesitate to leave a comment either here or in the blog and let me know!

I’ve finally built out the management tool. If you’ve already added Thriftee alerts, check it out.

(You’ll need to enter your email address at the bottom if you don’t know your hash–that’ll email it to you.)

And if you haven’t taken the time to create some Thriftee alerts, what’s better than knowing EXACTLY when the shirt you want is available for $10 bucks in the size you want! By email, AIM or text message, no less!

Set Up Alerts 

Click here and sign up with your AIM name for a quick instant message when your shirt or size comes up!

If you’ve already signed up for a shirt and size, enter it in again, with the same email address and add your AIM name and it’ll tack it on to your “account.”

Cool, huh?

So I figured “who needs sleep” and finished with a subscription system that lets you sign up for notifications on individual shirts & sizes. Click here, sign up and get notified when the shirt you have your eye on comes up. I’m working on AIM integration to make it faster… We’ll see what comes of that.

I was traveling the last two days and didn’t take the sliver of opportunity I had to wish Bree a happy birthday, so I’mma do that right now: Bree, happy birthday, and thanks so much for keeping our fledlging little blog afloat, even when I’ve fallen completely off the map.

Bree’s nearly overtaken me in total post counts here, and I’m sure that’ll happen pretty soon. Thanks again, Bree!

If ever there were doubts about the direction in which Threadless is moving, the prints this week set the record straight and put restless minds at ease.

Amazing tees all around, but the two hogboy prints take the cake this week for me. Both brilliant illustrations of wive’s tales and nursery rhymes, these are also both sure buys for me.

Ste7en’s Threadless Select stands as another Threadless victory, staying true to the week’s whimsical theme with a new twist on some old fairy tales. Brilliantly illustrated with a placement that’s divine, Parable Paranoia might just have to be added to my wardrobe as well.

The Ted Leo Loves Threadless winner is another of this week’s impressive tees, one of the few shirts that I have seen that actually looks better on the shirt than on the original submission. Definitely an interesting take on “Living With the Living”, and quite a successful tee as well.

Interesting news also comes in this week, with the announcement that the prize for a winning design has been raised to $3,000 (with $500 cash for reprints!) and the unveiling of the Alumni Club. Threadless is growing my friends, and I think for the better - which you can read more about in this blog.

Since things have been moving a bit slowly here at Loves Threadless lately, Chris has graciously decided to bring me on board as the newest member of the Loves Threadless crew.

Some of you may know me from the Blog Forum, where I am moderately active, and since I have a bit more time on my hands than the rest of the incredibly busy Loves Crew, and I faithfully (obsessively?) score every submission that comes through Threadless, hopefully I can offer you guys a few more submission/print updates than you’ve been getting as of late.

Keep an eye out for my first real update within the next few days. And for all of those eagerly awaiting the results of Chris’ latest gift card competition, he’s not leaving you hanging, I promise!

Devotees, apologies. I know we’ve been very, very bad at posting updates lately. Unfortunately, I (as well as Ali) both had deaths in our respective families, within days, and are dealing with that out of town.

Bree has a job that has picked up in busy-ness. This means much less LT awesomeness. I apologize.

Here are some things coming up:

• A new project by me & my gang. This will be out in a couple of months, but mum’s the word presently.
• I’ll be visiting SkinnyCorp/Threadless next month, and will hopefully have all manner of behind-the-sceneisms to share with you!!!

That’s all for now. More as soon as I can, I swear!

Oh, Memorial Day… how I love thee for thine sno-cones (rainbow, please) and awesome sales. As Bree announced last week, the oft-rumored Summer Sale kicks off today, and the stock charts are already taking a hit (which makes me ask myself the all-important question: How many visits from the friendly UPS woman is too many? I think we’ve already forged a connection, so I’m sure she’ll be psyched to make frequent Threadless deliveries in the near future.)

The long and short of it: 6 tees a day (new & reprinted) for 7 days, ending June 3. The best part (well, other than cheap shirts)? The Wear in the World is Threadless? contest, which evokes old-fashioned road trip good times while giving us the chance to extend the sale for an extra day and win a classy cooler o’goodies! Find a locale that hasn’t yet been claimed, wear your tees, bring your friends/kids/grandma, and post your pics! If only the Grand Canyon wasn’t 6 long, hot hours away…

I’m keeping my fingers crossed for Phascolarctos Cinereus (as seen in the sale video) and a reprint of Mourning Girl. What do you want to see printed/reprinted?

As Shimala’s sunburn reads, a Threadless summer sale starts Monday! Rumor has it that there’s going to be new shirts aplenty.

Check out the clever video which leaked the news earlier today (as well as a behind the scenes “making of the sunburn”) via Threadless’ latest news post. Both videos are hilarious and worth a look.

Exciting, yes?

At long last, the moment you’ve all been waiting for: the results of the sushi haiku contest! It was incredibly tough picking only four favorites. We received over 70 haikus, each more unique and entertaining than the next. It would be impossible to list every one of them here, so all submitted entries have now been made public back at the original contest post for your reading pleasure.

The winning haikus are featured below (along with four honorable mentions). I’ll be contacting the winners tomorrow via e-mail to hook them up with their prizes. Congrats to everyone, you all did a stupendous job!

1st Place ($25 Threadless GC, stickers, tee totebag):

“The Treachery of Sushi”

Pretty packages
Wrapped with such abundant care,
But I am not fooled.

by Tracy (aka tdyans)

2nd Place ($25 Threadless GC, stickers, chopsticks):

Tasty unagi
Chopsticks do not obey me
Soy sauce on my lap.

by Alvin

3rd Place ($9 Threadless GC):

I can’t use chopsticks
Asian people laugh at me
Now I eat alone

by Evan (aka schleb)

4th Place ($5 Threadless GC):

Nasal explosion
Bad ratio to soy sauce
Wasabi peril

by J-Ray

Honorable Mentions:

I indulge in rice,
Its pleasures overwhelm me,
Pairs with fake crab well.

by Marissa (aka moofymadness)

first date sushi place
awkward attempts to impress
he can’t use chopsticks!

by Sarah (aka anotherdeadpoet)

“Gratitude At The Sushi Restaurant”

In the Sushi Hut
I smile and think to myself
I am not a fish

by Michele (aka velvetland)

Raw fish is tasty
Tuna, Salmon, Yellow Tail
But I use a grill

by Willy (aka PoPoJiJo)