Dream Catching

Lately, with all the materials I have in my garden there is something that is begging to be made. I have lots of grapevine from last year and I decided to make lots of little wreaths with them and hang them from the rafters of the front porch. Nice, but not quite magical enough. Then I thought the center was too much "negative space", a term used in art......and I wanted to add this or that and then it came to me to make dream-catchers. I thought this would be difficult, but I got online to youtube and found a few that explained it quite easily and I tried it. One youtube was especially helpful sans music. :D
I've always liked dreamcatchers. Natives have something magical, such a deep understanding of Nature.
Though I've had a couple of dreamcatchers it never took my nightmares away, and I had it hanging right over my head.
I decided it would be simply decoration, so I added glass icicles to it and it tinkles like delicate chimes. One small one I keep in my car. I love seeing them and that they have mystical aspects.

So with the materials I have especially the grapevine, I made one and it was very pretty! I like making them. I have made a few. I like the therapy it offers when hands are busy crafting, weaving, seeing with my Magical Eye.





I wanted to make all kinds since I saw so many possibilities, and that they are truly endless using all kinds of materials.

One can make these for their loved ones using things from their own possessions. You can use items from a favorite piece of clothing they can no longer wear, or a dreamcatcher made from your wedding dress using different parts of it like the main dress, the tulle, lace, pearls, etc. Or for a child with things like shoe laces from a childs first shoes,
............or jewelry you no longer wear but still love.......my next one.

I went to Joann's to pick up rings, and right underneath were some white lace doily's, and I saw it immediately. The doily would be the woven web part and I wouldn't even have to weave it. I bought the rings as I had everything else.
(Turns out the lace dreamcatcher is not my own, original yes since I came up with it by myself, but I wasn't the first :D )
Nothing new under the sun? lolol

 
Here are a few I've made. I wish the pictures were a better quality.....one day.

This first dreamcatcher is ala Rachel Ashwell who has again, after 10 years, become a muse for me.
Tausha of Simply Me blog makes some like these to sell, she deserves a mention because they are beautiful.
I like this one as I love almost everything by Rachel, and though I don't like to copy, it was simple enough and because its made of fabrics, I decided it would represent my artistic muse since I'm making my clothes. I got Joann's precut squares in coordinated colors and patterns for $1.99. The rest of the materials I had. This one is magical because it has a bit of everything I use in my creativity and clothes....beads, pearls, netting, fabric, feathers, crystals. It is the one that reminds me that I love to make clothes and I love fabrics, beads and lace. I wove a star in the center. I've not seen that before. I always have to do something original.

It is my Creative Muse DreamCatcher.








I love this one as it uses the grapevine I grew here, beads I had, and pheasant feathers. I had some feather thingys that were a mix of feathers, and I hung it upside down, added beads to its stem and attached it.                 Beauty.
Made from things from Nature...web uneven......... and like nature, is perfect imperfection.

It is my Organic Nature DreamCatcher

This is my lacy white whimsical one. This is the one I decided to do with lace and that it would represent my essence. I love this for its purity and innocence and femininity.
It is lacy, made with white feathers I picked up from walks and the aviary, dreamy tulle, silver and frosted beads, pearls, and I made some tassels. I think I will do more like this....loving the tassels and the lace!

Ozma of Odds gives a lovely tutorial on how to make some similar to these, she is totally amazing!If you have not been to her site please do go, you will swoon or drool, or both. She offers lots of tutorials on her whimsy! If you have not been there, tell her I sent you. She has such a beautiful soul, and her love of white is ...well.....''catching''......hummm.....yes, just like a dream !


This one is unfinished as I see myself adding more to it, the more I feel my own soul from my Magical Eyes.
It reminds me of the gentleness and pure Beauty there.


This is my Spiritual Essence DreamCatcher.

Lune Vintage also deserves a mention because she makes beautiful ones too, with tutorials and pictures from others who make some exceptionally gorgeous ones! Below are 4 pics from her site:

 

 

A site for Emma Cassi 

Another site for Rachel Rice .

For those who love Bohemian colors.......Linda?? :D




Details from her flickr site:



Check our her video tutorial ! and an artist gathering where people made their own.

I Love this wall of dreamcatchers from here: Dosen't she look like she's trying to catch a dream ?

It is wonderful to make things yourself with your own hands, in ways that are unique to your own creativity. I encourage everyone to make something whimsical for themselves, and for others. Even if you don't know how, just play....play with the materials, especially materials you already have lying around.....and see what you come up with.....using your own magical eye, your own imagination..........these are the most magical pieces of all because they are uniquely you!

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