What Happens in Helsinki - Episode 5: Drumroll, Please!

Awesome!

Love them!

what if we’re not going to Finland, but love the shirts and want one anyway. Can we get one?

I live an hour and a half away from Raleigh. How do I get you my info? I can pay through Paypal too.

Thanks for the shout out LTD! The design was really fun to put together. I really love how the text and signature on the back lines up with the eastern border of the map. (of course I love it, it was my idea LOL)

LTD really deserves a lot of credit for coming up with the idea of making a t-shirt in the first place, patiently waiting for Ruutu to write out the WHIH phrase, finding a place to have the shirts made and developing the prototype of the graphics. It was a very fun project. Makes me want to do more! It’s such a pleasure watching RF work his Photoshop/Illustrator magic.

Can’t wait to wear my shirt while touring Helsinki!

Just saw this photo of the Hellsinki library as one of the libraries featured in this collection from TwistedSifter’s Twitter feed.

Nice architecture!

Bumping with a reminder about the timeframe for getting orders in on the shirts. Tuesday is the deadline!

If you’ve already emailed me, you should see an email back from me today with confirmation and an “order number”.

I’ll be at the AAA meeting tomorrow night with order forms as well. Also, I’ll have blank shirts with me in a variety of sizes in case you’re not sure which style or size you want to order.

Let me know if there are any other questions.

Kiitos!

Posting additional information here because a lot of folks have emailed with questions about the ladies’ sizing.

Since ladies’ sizes are typically all over the map, here’s a good comparison between the men’s and women’s styles.

Both collars are traditional t-shirt styling with a taped crew neck. The women’s neckline is slightly more relaxed than the men’s.

The women’s sleeves are not cuffed, the men’s are. The men’s is about the length of the cuff longer.

Men’s shirts are about 2" wider at the shoulders, same size across the chest, and about 3" longer than the equivalent women’s size.

For those who know me in real life… In “normal” ladies clothing I wear a small/medium, and the medium ladies t-shirt fits me perfectly in the sleeve length and falls mid-hip. The mens medium is long in the cuffs and falls below the hip but is the size I’d buy if I bought mens.

For comparison against the standard ladies’ fare at the Eye, most ladies’ clothing at the Eye is junior styled which is more narrow across the shoulders and chest, and I’d typically take a large or extra-large in those styles.

Hope this helps!

JUST A REMINDER…

If you haven’t placed an order yet, it’s not too late but today’s the deadline! So email me if you haven’t already and you want t-shirts.

It was a mob scene at the AAA meeting last night. We’re now up over 200 orders. I should know by now not to underestimate either Caniac Nation or Wonder-Finn powers.

You did a great job, and the folks at your table were great. It is much appreciated.

Was looking up the sections AAA told us the seats would be in on the Hartwall Arena site and came across the even listing for the games. The Google Translation is awesome.

http://tinyurl.com/24tlhev

Be sure to check out the comments. “Lots of water tank” and “firm”

tee hee!

For those of us arriving 5 p.m. in Helsinki on October 4th, any progress on figuring out how we can watch the Hurricanes game? Any interest in seeing if sometime when in Helsinki there is a Finnish pro hockey game to go watch?