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It’s Tolkien Reading Day, My Precious!

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” It’s the first sentence of Tolkiens first book and the beginning of something wonderful: our journey to Middle Earth. It’s Tolkien Reading Day today and although I don’t have time to read more than the first page of “The Hobbit” today, it is the right day to appreciate the beauty and rich story of Tolkien’s amazing epic novels.  The Lord of the Rings is the second best-selling novel of all time, beloved by millions of people of all ages. Tolkien invented a whole world with its own language and history and hundreds of characters and ever since it was published in 1954 The Lord of the Rings was THE fantasy book, the one book to rule them all. Every new fantasy book has to measure up to Tolkien’s work – most of them just can’t compare. My favorite character is Tom Bombadil, probably because he seems so mysterious and powerful – you never know much about him. Of course you can’t help to love most of the characters, and if you didn’t after reading the books, you certainly do after watching the movies. Though it is Tolkien Reading Day you can’t really talk about LOTR or The Hobbit without mentioning Peter Jackson’s movies. One of their greatest accomplishments: the popularity of Gollum. Andy Serkis plays him so well and gives him so much humanity that you just can’t help to like the vile creature. Exhibit A:
I could ramble on and on about Tolkien and his books, but I’ll just leave you with a few of my favorite quotes and the hope that you’ll soon pick up one of his books – for yourself, for your friends or for your children.
“It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.”

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”

“The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.”

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Waiting For Spring


I’m sitting huddled on my windowsill at home, watching the sleet pour from the sky. Normally a warm feeling spreads through my whole body on such days and I think of Christmas, the smell of cookies and how it feels to go back to the fold. But there’s a catch: it’s  the middle of march. My thoughts were interrupted through the typical sounds of a scratching record. I think people who are a little bit older or addicted to vintage, would know what I mean. It’s a terrible sound, because you recognize that the scratch has damaged your lovely songs maybe and you can’t bring it back. I have the same feeling about this spring – it’s like my heart is playing some spring songs while the winter plays his melancholic blues.

But what could I do – no more than waiting and drinking a hot beverage until the spring comes back. It’s not good for heart and soul to sit  on the window sill hissing to every raindrop like a little grumpy cat. That will get you nowhere – only leads to a bad temper and a bad karma, too. Because of that I decide to drink another cup of tea with my favorite flavor: summer-strawberries. And when the warm cup touches my cold hand that warm feeling flows through my whole body again. But I’m not thinking of Christmas, I’m dreaming of a beautiful springtime. I’m lying on a wide meadow with flowers and my friends playing Frisbee and balancing on the slackline in the background. I’m sure about one fact now – spring will come soon. Because when sometimes, the longer you have to wait for things, the better they’ll be – Spring will be amazing!

Plant a Flower today!

This winter’s been harsh: snow, cold temperatures, little sun. And we’re still waiting for spring to come. Unfortunately there is no sign of it, yet. But today is Plant-A-Flower-Day to remind us, that it won’t be long till the sun is shining, and flowers and trees will be more pretty than the greyish shades they are showing now.  So go for it,  plant a flower today!

The nice thing about it is, that you can plant a flower anywhere, in your garden, on your balcony or even on the streets.

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Hooray! The New Spreadshirt Collection Is Finally Here!


The big day is here: our new collection launches today! We announced this already and shared the process with you, for instance here. Starting today you will be able to shop and create our new Spreadshirt T-Shirts for men, women and children on spreadshirt.co.uk. Every product from the Spreadshirt Collection is very well suited for printing techniques such as flex, flock and digital direct printing. The shirts have a modern fit, casual style and are available in ten colours. It was very important for us, that your t-shirt’s journey is very transparent and you can see it exactly where it came from. That is why every t-shirt holds a DNA code that makes it possible to trace every stage of the manufacturing process on, the Respect Code. But we love infographics and so we made one for our lovely collection, take a look:
If you still have questions despite our infographic, please check here. But hopefully all your questions are answered 🙂 Now what are you waiting for? We are very proud of our Quality at Heart, so create your new Spreadshirt collection shirt!

Top 12 Designs for spring – Wake up everybody! Spring is coming soon!

Yes, you’re damn right – it is difficult to think about spring now. Because bulky snowflakes and rainy days blocks our view to spring and sunshine. But we wan’t to woo the sunny season with colourful designs. Or would you think spring will be amazed of grey and black appareal? Nope. So pit yourself against the forces of nature and wear blitheful, awesome designs. We picked up the best ones for you – in a legendary Top-12-list. And spring comes soon – we’ll promise!

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