Maybe its the warmer weather but I am really loving the bohemian style of dreamcatchers at the moment. The idea of using a dreamcatcher in Georgie's room (as well as my own!) has been lingering for some time, and lets face it the good old paper pom poms and lanterns have pretty much had their day. While I can agree they do lend themselves to be more suited to an adult environment, I still think they are a pretty and relatively inexpensive way to decorate a room. Matched with raw timber furniture, a neutral colour palette and a soft hint of antique gold, these could be the centerpiece to an inspiring girls room.
Here is a little interesting fact on the traditional use of the Dreamcatcher:
In the Sioux Indian tribes the term dream catcher means "spun by a spider" and they are used to catch good dreams. Even infants were provided with protective charms. Examples of these are the "spiderwebs" hung on the hoop of a cradle board. These articles consisted of wooden hoops about 3½ inches in diameter filled with an imitation of a spider's web made of fine yarn, usually dyed red. In old times this netting was made of nettle fiber. Two spider webs were usually hung on the hoop, and it was said that they "caught any harm that might be in the air as a spider's web catches and holds whatever comes in contact with it."
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