Miley Cyrus has a dream catcher tattoo. This sort of taints the harmony of a dream catcher, no? Yes. But, I'm going to try to look past this fact and stick with the origin of the dream catcher and how lovely it's symbolism is.
The short version, the dream catcher originated from a Native-American Ojibwe story about a spider woman [also going to look past any creepy crawly connotations of a spider] who watched over the children and the land of her people. But as these people spread throughout the land, she could no longer cover their vast territory. In response, people would create the web-like charms to mimic her spirit of watchfulness, hanging them above the cradles and beds of infants and children to filter all bad dreams and nightmares. The bad dreams are trapped in the web and disappear at daylight. The good dreams flow down through the feathers onto the sleeper. How sweet!
I am not very superstitious [at all] but whether you believe in the Native-American spider woman or God above, the symbol can be applied. Plus, like so many other boho and new-age style lovers out there, I think the dream catcher is just so...dreamy! Here's a look at the dream catcher I made for baby girl's nursery...
What I used:
* Hoop | An 20" rusted metal hoop found while cutting down our Christmas tree in Colorado! FREE.
* Hoop Wrap | Liberty floral fabric from my stash. An oldie but a goodie.
* Web Cordage | Off-white crochet yarn. A 50 cent purchase from a local antique shop.
* Feathers | White feathers from AC Moore [$1.99]. Antique crochet curtain pulls [$6]. Wooden beads [$3.99]. Crochet yarn [50 cents].
* Dried Center Flowers | Not part of the original dream catcher design, but a nice touch [$4].
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