For putting Lori's stories (NewfysMom) on this website, Lori made me one of her famous dream catchers.    These works of art will be featured on   www.CreativelyDone.com website in the near future, but I wanted to share her art here.   If you are interested in any of her handiwork...  send her an email.     
Newfysmom@aol.com 

This is MY dream catcher (Angela a.k.a. DogGonCafe).   In the note Lori included she told me the feathers were from a yellow napped Amazon parrot named "Pirate" (he only has one eye).  Pirate lives with Lucy a blue and gold macaw and Teeg, a Congo African Grey.  There are Austrian lead (emerald) crystals in the web and the yellow feathers in the center are combined with an antique bead from the 1940's from Czechoslovakia.    Glass beads are combined with "Pirates" feathers to create  an absolutely beautiful dream catcher.   Lori custom makes ALL dream catcher's based on your birth month and color preferences.   She is quite an artisan. 

The Following Photos and descriptions were created by NewfyMom@aol.com, send her an email if you are interested in any of her work.    Description written by Lori

 Large Dream catcher.  This is the largest dream catcher I have ever made. it was a gift to a dog chat buddy's sister as a wedding present.  The feathers are "legal eagle" hand painted white turkey.  The circle is 18 inches diameter.  Completed as a special order, this size is $100.00  email me for a picture.

  Baby Moccasins.  I don't make the moccasins themselves, I buy them pre-made and I do the beadwork on them.  Small pair with this amount of beadwork $45.00

Deerskin Bag:  this pouch is basically what has made me famous locally.  I buy full hides, and without a pattern, I cut out the components for the bag.  I don't measure it, just comes out the way I want.  I think some ancestor guides my hands sometimes. The beadwork is a basic rosette , 10 beads to an inch.  Rosettes are beaded first on what's called Stiff Stuff and then stitched to the bag.  The beadwork on the top and sides are beaded directly to the leather.  The fringe is hand cut, the bag is all hand stitched, no machines other than my hole punch and scissors are used.  These bags cost $30 to $50 depending on the beadwork involved.

Small Elk Bag:  the size of the bag is 5-6 inches long before fringe, and is made from elk skin.  Elk is much thicker than deer, but harder to find.  The rosette is a classic, "basket weave" design.  Again, all hand cut, no patterns.  This bag is $25. 

On either side of the bag are hair ties (set $15) and are hand beaded rosettes backed with leather for ties.  The bag is deerskin, with dentalia shell, mother of pearl shell discs and seed bead fringe. The little circles that circle the body and flap of the bag are also mop shell discs. $40.00