Super blood wolf moon......Heck, just that MOON!

It has been a typical January in western Pennsylvania: expectations of snow and getting a little, freezing rain, gray days, cold nights, and then that big cold January full moon. I don't know where you take your inspiration but mine always seems to come unexpectedly and then it stays with me for a while until I exhaust its potential. For example, a few nights ago when I stayed up and watched the lunar eclipse.  That night I dreamt of cold shiny silver and gleaming luminescent pearls.  I mulled it over, did a few sketches, and then today I sat down to work.  The designs kept coming and I hated to stop for a break to tell you about them. But, hey, why don't I just show you....

I really like the luminous coin pearl floating on the hammered sterling disc.... I mean how lunar can it get?!?  (And shout out to Pamelajean Werner Handwoven Shawls for the beautiful wraps!!)

After I made the necklace I was thinking about winter and how we live in layers and how I really like the layered look of necklaces, especially when each piece is simple but vary in texture. That is really appealing to me as well. All that in mind and, voila! Leather! Pearls! Sterling!

The last design I sat with the longest. I am a sucker for color but I was really craving a design that embraced the neutral colors of winter: dark dramatic nights, gray skies, brown bark, and that white moon again. What else speaks to that lustrous moon theme better than Moonstone, and below it is presented in two ways: the strand of small white iridescent faceted stones and the creamy gray-brown polished nuggets. Add quartz, matte onyx, natural coral, and a Lake Michigan beach stone and you have my latest piece.

These are all one-offs and are available for purchase, just track me down through any of the methods listed to the left. You can also find me on Facebook and Instagram @zippitydoodads  And remember, you can always find a nice selection of my jewelry at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in the Museum Shop!

It is about an hour until sunset and the clear skies are going to give me another spectacular evening of moon watching. It is going to be a good night!

Warmest wishes......

Merriann