spreadshirts
want a custom t-shirt? maybe an apron with your mom's face on it? maybe some buttons that say, "design p.i.m.p."?
added to the likes of other design-your-own-t-shirt-and-stuff websites like cafepress and neighborhoodies is spreadshirt. they have t-shirts, buttons, bags, etc, that you can choose and customize like hoodies and cafepress. spreadshirt is like a cross between hoodies and cafepress, however. with cafepress, you have to set up shop - and with the free account, can customize one per item, and sell or buy your own creations. the benefit of cafepress is the ability to upload your own images and designs. whereas in neighborhoodies, although it's less-commital - a "design it, buy it, and please come again" - it's also less of your own thing - except for word choice and placement. the fonts you pick from are cool though, and they have nice little icons you can sprinkle about your design. whatever you come up with will no doubt look like it came from neighborhoodies or urban outfitters.
regardless, neighborhoodies is still my fave - especially with the neighborhoodies music part including radio hoodies - part of the site where you get a free mp3 a day. and that's not the only place that neighborhoodies rocks - their web site design is still number one as well.
but it's great that there are all of these places online for designers and non-designers to explore their creativity. and with more of these sites proliferating, the prices seem to be growing more reasonable, as well.













