MFM Stories

Mary Frances on Founders Society Podcast!

Mary Frances had the joy of talking with the co-founders of Founders Society, a community and gathering place for women founders. They go over the nitty gritty of the jewelry world, the complexiti...

Shower Thoughts: The Airplane Theory

I was chatting with a girlfriend the other day about hobbies. Our daughters are a few weeks apart (schoolmates), and both are currently only children. She was saying she finally felt like she was c...

Round Up: Hidden Details

Another day another round-up of previous custom and semi-custom designs by Mary Frances Maker.

Round Up: Celebrating Motherhood

Find inspiration in the celebratory and sentimental pieces that represent the unique journeys of motherhood.

Tips! Finding Your Ring Size

This is for all you readers out there because we know that 95% of shoppers don’t know this detail about themselves…your ring size. But it is well worth it to know juuuuust in case ;) There are seve...

A Mother's Day Story

During this process, we got to learn not just about what she wanted but about her children that were going to be represented in this piece. Each child has his/her own story and we got to hear a bit...

Shower Thoughts: The May Holiday

I got an email the other day from our friends (and collaboration partner), Yearly Co. The gist of the email was “if you’d like to be temporarily removed from our list while we send Mother’s Day con...

Shower Thoughts: Fine Jewelry should be FUN

A few weeks ago, we did a super fun pop-up in Athens, GA with some incredibly talented other female business owners. For months, (maybe years?) I’ve had this idea in my head for in-person events th...

History Class in Session: Cigar Band Rings

Have you ever really asked yourself how the term “cigar” made its way from a men’s end of day delight to someone’s finger? We found ourselves amazed by the term’s effortless ability to carry so muc...

Shower Thoughts: Own Your Story

So I saw this post on Instagram last week showing Emily Ratakoski showing off her new “Divorce Rings” (TY NY Times for the in-depth look), and yall, I gotta say - I am HERE FOR IT.  Emily Ratajk...