The Sap Moon, The Crow Moon

The Sap Moon, one of the many names March's full moon goes by, heralds the return of the sap to the trees in North America. Imagine the life blood rising slowly and sweetly, up the trunk and reaching outward to the branches, touching the new leaf stirrings with amber magic.
The sugar maple has the sweetest sap of all the trees, and it only runs for a very short time from the first thaw til the first buds (just 4-6 weeks).


The Crow Moon is another appellation for the moon of March, the black birds cawing out tidings of Spring. Crow, the shape-shifter, trickster, clever corvid of transformation. Collector of shinies, omen-laden, cackling in a murder.


The Fantasy Artists of Etsy (FAE team) host a monthly dare for it's members to create according to the theme of each month's moon. Here are the incredible items my fellow team mates were inspired to bring to life:

My own Snake Priestess Earrings. I wanted to use amber, for the sap, and had a completely different idea when I first started to make them. They manifested themselves, answering a chthonic call from the down-deeps with the moon as their witness. Amber, jet, moonstone, and snake vertebrae.

Maple Leaf Cartilage Chain Earring by Merigreenleaf

Keep the Sap Flowing Bracelet by ErtheFae

Crow Descending from the Moon by SplendidFish

Thought Memory and Moon, The Mad Raven Conspiracy of Spring by Carapace

Raven Moon Neck Ruff by NightLilyDesign

Crow Moon Necklace and Earrings by Anika's Art

Raven Crow Moon Statue by PhenomeGNOME, who also has some cool fairy checks you might want to check out!