Hi There,

My name is Rheena Mae. I started MaeMae in 2011 because during one of my mediations a voice whispered into my ear saying, “make a necklace.” I was like, “are you crazy? I don’t even cook, clean and I definitely don’t go to Michaels, how am I gonna do that.” crazy enough, so herein started my journey…

The store actually came 5 years into the journey so let’s rewind a minute.

Before there was a store there was my living room floor and a dream. I spent 5 years hustling, selling at every street fair, farmers market, festival and even my cousin’s baby shower. The funny thing is, I didn’t ever think I was selling jewelry. To me, people were buying MaeMae because they connected to the energy and story of each piece, the jewelry was just the bonus.

Ever have that AHA moment where something clicks? This was my click. I realized that my reverse alchemy was turing gold into feelings. Like literally… We create a piece born through a feeling and the gold is merely the representation of that energy.

So to make my long, story short, I’m here to say, “We MADE IT MOM!!!” The poor little girl that hustled for lunch money now has one of the dopest Brick & Mortars on the Blvd. in my favorite LA neighborhood - Atwater Village.

I love it not only because it’s the coolest indy street ever, but because I grew up here. YES, you heard that right. From elementary school at Glenfeliz to high school at John Marshall. Atwater Village (which I will refer to as ATW from now on, because that’s what OG’s from this ‘hood do, ha!) is home.

I’ve had the fortunate pleasure of living my dream creating MaeMae Jewelry and I am happy that I can give you the joy right back to the community that raised me.

They say it takes a village and boy oh boy has it taken a village to raise this MaeMae…

Coming from Filipino descent, family and community has been of utmost importance to me and when creating the business model of MaeMae a few key things were important to me…

I want every angel that works at MaeMae to feel safe, to feel loved, to be seen with the knowing that their energy absolutely makes a difference to the world.

Every piece of jewelry is handmade in our studio by real hands that create with powerful love. You are supporting a woman-owned, minority business with big hearts and bright lights!

Meet MaeMae - she is my heart. My soul. My dream.
She taught me how to feel.

Every piece represents a milestone in life - whether you’re teetering on divorce or having the best year of your life - there’s a piece at MaeMae Jewelry that reminds you that you’re perfect exactly where you are.