Heather Hogan

Category: Modern Parenting

  • Tie Dye Party

    Tie Dye Party

    I haven’t made tie dyes since high school, but I’ve had this kit since then! Finally the time had come. My daughter and I had a great time making our drab whites way colorful on a lovely Saturday afternoon. I had been saving up white shirts and bottoms for months. We probably colored 30 pieces (many kids clothes). I also colored a number of types of paper for printmaking. I’ll post those once I make something of them! Now that I know I can do it in half a day we might host a little tie dye party next time.

    Enjoy!

    Mixing powdered dye
    Rocking the tie dyes
    Soda ash presoak
    It’s messy!
    Drying the goods
    Happy artist
  • Nominate @Wits End for the Community Builder Award

    Nominate @Wits End for the Community Builder Award

    A few months ago I had some free time on my hands and a need for some intellectual stimulation. It was a perfect opportunity to do some pro bono work. I discovered the website Catch a Fire, signed up and applied for a project. After a quick phone interview I was “hired” to create a scope of work for a website design for my new friend Tricia Slavik. Tricia is starting an online database to help connect parents and caregivers of children with mental illness to the RIGHT providers. This is a surprisingly difficult task for something so crucial and heart wrenching as the well being of our beloved children. (more…)