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Epic Dream Catcher Raffle at Free People Portland!

December 7, 2011 in art, craft, doilies, dream catchers, feathers, holiday, Portland Oregon, reuse

I made a huge-normous dream catcher to be raffled off at the Free People Portland store as part of an upcoming DIY event on December 2nd. I also made a smaller one, so there are two chances to win! Raffle tickets are $5 at the store and some of the proceeds will benefit Adopt-a-Family Portland. The drawing will be held on Dec. 15th via Facebook.

This piece took about 3 days to complete and features vintage metal fringe, a detachable fox tail fur charm, earrings from fortune cookie fortunes and vintage lace, with a huge vintage doily behind a hand-woven “web” with vintage button “spider”. There’s also a plastic water bottle feather garland, which was featured on the Free People blog! You can see tons of photos here on my Flickr.

dream catcher for Portland Free People store

the beast! it's over 6 feet tall!

detail of the large piece at Free People

this piece features a detachable fox tail charm!

on either side of the piece hang earrings featuring fortune cookie fortunes and vintage lace!

The second one I made is MUCH smaller, but no less charming! It features vintage trims and gold painted feathers.

here are the two raffle prizes!

raffle prize #2!

pic of me and the beast!

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Tags: art, craft, DIY, doily, dream catcher, feathers, free people, holiday, oregon, pdx, portland, raffle, vintage
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rachael rice on free people blog

May 25, 2011 in craft, doilies, dream catchers, feathers, jewelry, nature, necklace, sculpture

rachael rice on freepeople blog

sweeeet. got a guest artist spot over on the always-inspiring free people blog.

i love sharing how to make stuff.

here’s a basic way to make a little dream catcher. riffing on the round object with danglies (found in every culture) i’ve been (finally) finding uses for my slightly embarrassing doily collection.

also featured here are diy doily crystal necklaces. my friend heather treasure cautions mindfulness about sourcing quartz and other crystals, and recommends arkansas crystal works.

from the building 25 free people blog

dream eyes & god catchers

object with vintage trims and detail view

start here

start here. i used a bangle. tie string, loop around.

keep looping around, and when you get to the beginning...

catch the loops and weave the string through each one. back to front or front to back, it doesn't matter as long as you are consistent

keep spiraling in until it gets too small to work with. add a bead and tie off. add feathers, etc. and you're done!

: object with doilies and painted feathers

pastels or crayons, watercolors, collage elements

draw with pastel or crayon, add collage elements, and paint over.

cut out, draw designs with markers. i like sharpie paint pens.

finished product, and "dark star"

doily, lace & quartz necklaces

wrapped in wire, held by a piece of vintage lace

quartz necklaces & lace

the piece i sent to julia at fp

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Tags: craft, DIY, doily, dream catcher, fashion, feathers, jewelry, necklace
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even more: dream catcher necklace

August 29, 2010 in craft, dream catchers, fashion, feathers, leather, necklace

this one’s made with leather, feathers, and cut clear plastic bottles.

dream catcher necklace with leather & feathers

and here’s just another weird necklace i made with tassels, random beading, and other jewelry parts that needed a good home:


raj necklace

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more feather & dream catcher art

August 2, 2010 in craft, dream catchers, feathers, leather

I made these tiny ones for my car and as a necklace.

another version

car dream catcher

dream catcher necklace

me in the necklace

leather feather necklace

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adrenaline doily buddha

August 2, 2010 in art, buddhism, craft, doilies, feathers

i’ve been kind of obsessed with doilies. i recently was gifted a ginormous bag of them from the antique store in montpelier:

doily haul

i’ve also been a long-time buddha altar collage maker. i’m finding creative ways to use the doilies too…here’s one I made this week:

to help dial down my adrenaline fatigue

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leather and feathers earring project

January 3, 2010 in craft, fashion

during my trip to portland, oregon i bought some fantastic feather earrings by marion max at an amazing vintage store rocknrose:

iphone pic of me wearing earrings by marion max

i was really inspired by them and thought i’d take a crack at making some feather earrings myself. mine are made from recycled leather, random beads, a broken necklace chain, and various craft feathers. ok i admit i plucked a few from the feather duster.