10 000 T-Shirts For Charities

Our drive to collect 10 000 Rainbow T-shirts For Children In Orphanages is picking up pace and we are having a great deal of fun as we go.

You can participate in store st our stockists at Art Den in Roodepoort and at The Crafter's Den in Edenvale.

We have also taken the activity to Hobby-X and the Waterkloof Airshow & Lifestyle Exhibition.

My students in my classes are also contributing and some of them are even sending me T-shirts in the post from outlying areas.

Thank you to all of you who have supported the drive so far.

Get in touch with me directly if you would like me to send you a schedule of dates and venues where you can get involved at info@dyeandprints.co.za

Have a great day in full colour!

Kind regards

Melanie

0835689150

www.dyeandprints.co.za

Mount Olive Outreach

Last week we went to the Mount Olive Outreach near Lenasia with HIVSA to share our skills with the local community. We gave people from the surrounding area the chance to come and dye fabrics and T-shirts. We hope that the experience will inspire them to start their own businesses.

The smiling faces in these pictures tell the story...

Have a great day in full colour!

Kind regards

Melanie

0835689150

www.dyeandprints.co.za

10 000 T-shirts For Charities

We are doing a drive to collect 10000 T-shirts for charities in Gauteng.

While it is fairly difficult for one person or organisation to make a big difference in the lives of many orphans, it is fairly easy for many people to do one small thing, especially if they can have fun while doing it.

Visit one of the venues where we are having this drive and become part of this awesome charity drive. How it works...

Arrive at the venue with two white 100% cotton T-shirts. Pay a nominal fee of R30 for the materials that you will use. We will show you how to dye the T-shirts. Take one home for yourself and leave the other behind and we will donate it to an orphanage.

The children who benefit will not only receive a practical garment that they can wear, they also receive a unique gift that has been made with love by somebody especially for them.

Contact me today for more information so that you can find a venue that suits you at info@dyeandprints.co.za

Have a great day in full colour!

Kind regards

Melanie

0835689150

Kids LOVE tie dye!

Something very special happens inside a child when they open their first tie dye...they realise that the power is in their hands to make something very special for themselves. It ignites their excitement and opens their minds to the idea that they can be captain of their own ship.

The experience is amplified further when they wear what they have made. People stop them and ask them where they got such a beautiful T-shirt and they get the chance to reply "I made it myself." The T-shirt becomes an automatic feedback system for building confidence.

These are all pretty "deep" concepts and some will argue that the reason that kids love tie dye so much is because they have so much FUN!

You decide for yourself...

Have a great day in full colour!

Kind regards

Melanie

0835689150

www.dyeandprints.co.za

Sew Easy

I taught a class at the Sew Easy Head Office on Saturday and had an enormous amount of fun! The students produced such gorgeous T-shirts I just have to show them off. Consider the fact that these are all first attempts...

Have a great day in full colour!

Kind regards

Melanie

0835689150

Kids Absolutely LOVE Dyecraft!

Why kids absolutely LOVE dyecraft...

• They have to dress up in apron and gloves to do it.
• It gets messy.
• They see the colour wheel come to life.
• They work with their hands.
• It gives them a sense of achievement and self-worth.
• It is a means of self-expression and uniqueness.
• They LOVE the Wow Moment.
• They get to wear what they have made...again and again...and again...

Dyecraft is a kids confidence-builder, and it is FUN!

Have a great day in full colour!

Kind regards

Melanie

0835689150

http://www.dyeandprints.co.za/

Maranatha Bana

Last week I had the most amazing time at Maranatha Bana in Pretoria North. I made rainbow spiral T-shirts with more than 150 kids, ranging from little ones all the way up to teenagers.

Maranatha Bana is a privately funded NGO that supports needy children in the local community through the intervention of a local church. They supply housing, food, education, sports facilities and other activities from which the children benefit.

I had the most amazing time there. The kids were SO excited about the shirts that they made that many of them decided to put them on and wear them when they were still sopping wet out of the rinse. It was quite an experience to hear their excited voices and see them all running around in their new T-shirts on the playground.

Even though I was absolutely exhausted when I got home that evening, I could not fall asleep. My head just kept spinning with all the happy little faces and rainbow bursts of colour from the day's fun activities.

Each time that I work in an NGO like this one, I look around me and realise how lucky I have been to have grown up with both of my parents in a supporting family environment.

Hats off to Maranatha Bana for taking care of these kids. You guys are doing an awesome job!

Have a great day in full colour!

Kind regards

Melanie

+27835689150