Sweetgrass Spirit Woman

I was out this morning for an appointment and while I was out I made 3 stops at some wonderful places for all sorts of new goodies and embellishments for my spirit dolls. These ladies are getting spoiled and I can't seem to help myself. :-)

Sweetgrass was finished last night and doesn't have any of the new goodies, but I sure gave her plenty of embellishments that I already had on hand. I love blue and green color combination and her body fabric is in a beautiful batik blue and green pattern.



Sweetgrass Spirit Woman energized me by the spirit in me that loves to lay in the grass close to mother earth. As she was created all sorts of herbal grasses came to mind. I have a Sweetgrass braid and love how it smells. So I have called her Sweetgrass.



Sweetgrass is an aromatic herb which grows in northern Eurasia and in North America. It is used in herbal medicine. It owes its distinctive sweet scent to the presence of coumarin. Sweet grass was, and is, very widely used by North American indigenous peoples. As a sacred plant, it is used in peace and healing rituals. Leaves are dried and made into braids and burned as vanilla-scented incense; long leaves of sterile shoots are used by Native Americans in making baskets.