Dream Catcher - Handmade Black Velvet Strips Tree of Life Shape Smokey Quartz Crystal Dangling from Tree Branch Brown Feathers at bottom of strands Black Velvet, wood beads, metal beads Tree of Life Braided Trunk of Tree in Black Velvet 8 inches wide, 23 inches long Legends held that the spider web design of the dream catcher would allow good dreams to pass through and float down the hanging beads and feathers to sleeping children. Bad dreams, however, would be caught in the web. As the first rays of the morning light hit the dream catcher, the bad dreams would disappear.