Every day of April leading up to our birthday, we have shared a fun fact about Milk + Honey! In case you missed any, we’ve put them all together here in a blog!

Maria and Meghan have a long history of friendship! They met in 2006 in college playing the French horn together and became friends! After college, they moved to the same town, over 300 miles away, to work as elementary school music teachers in the same county. They were in each other's weddings, Maria was at the birth of Meghan's daughter, and their families were all friends. When Milk + Honey was launched, they had already known eachother for 12 years!
Milk + Honey took us over 9 months to get off the ground! We started with no outside funding and a lot of trial and error! Lots of testing breastmilk preservation methods, lots of jewelry designing, lots of mistakes, and lots of learning how to make an e-commerce website! After 9 months of planning and prepping, we finally clicked "publish"!
When we started on April 20, 2018, we had nine pieces in our collection. Only 5 of them remain in our collection today. Our collection today totals 37 pieces of jewelry, and we are always exploring new designs and pieces to add/edit!
We have 8 employees, including Meghan and Maria. Milk + Honey is run completely by women, and we’re proud to be in the top 1% of women-owned businesses in the USA! WOOT!
Our mission is to give you an opportunity to capture your special, sacred, and intimate memories and moments in a beautiful piece of timeless jewelry. We set aside a percentage of every order for our Grieving Mother's Program, where we donate free keepsake jewelry to mothers who have lost a baby or child. (Did you know that you can donate directly to our Grieving Mother’s Program!)
We know that making a decision about your jewelry piece and design can be overwhelming! Everything is custom, so the options are endless. We created and launched a style quiz recently! Take the short quiz and we will help you narrow down the perfect piece and design for your unique style!
We offer 6 different types of metals in our collection! We want to make sure you have options that fit your personal style/preference, and your budget! Which is your go-to?
- Sterling Silver
- Yellow Gold Fill
- Rose Gold Fill
- 14k Yellow Gold
- 14k Rose Gold
- 14k White Gold
Milk + Honey is a very small (one room plus a bathroom!) jewelry studio on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. We don't have a storefront! When we started almost 6 years ago, we attended events like MommyCon and baby expos to sell jewelry. But today, we sell 100% of our jewelry online!
Everything we do is handmade, from beginning to end! All of our jewelry is crafted and polished by hand in house or by one of our three jewelry manufacturers. Every single batch of milk is preserved and crushed in a mortar and pestle by hand. Every breastmilk stone is crafted and designed to meet the customer's request by hand in-house!
Our business could not function without the support of other local small family businesses! Some of our jewelry is made by us, completely in-house. Our heirloom collection is cast by a local father-son casting house. It's then hand finished/polished by an amazing jewelry artist! All of our rings are made completely by hand by two awesome women metalsmiths! Everything that milk and honey sells is hand crafted from start to finish, in the USA!
Our DIY kits now are so versatile! They include one of four necklaces (your choice!) but there are enough materials in the kit to craft up to 12 additional pieces of jewelry! Our handbook gives resources for sourcing more jewelry online--rings, necklaces, earrings, etc!
It's true--most of our jewelry is made with breastmilk. BUT! So much of it is made using other sacred keepsakes!
- Formula
- Dried Flowers
- Sand
- Placenta Powder
- Umbilical Cord Powder
- Human Cremation Ashes
- Animal Cremation Ashes
- Locks of Hair
Nearly 5 years into business and we've received over 15,000 orders! We have shipped jewelry to 28 countries, and all 50 states in the USA! We had a little "snag" with the country of Poland--see the "Poland" highlight for the full scoop.
We request 15ml of milk or formula, no matter how many pieces of jewelry you order. 15ml is about a tablespoon, or a half ounce. We preserve your breastmilk in-house, by hand, and safely store all leftover preserved milk in our studio! Each batch of 15ml of milk will make up to 12 pieces of jewelry! If you want to add to your collection, you can order again without sending more milk.
We only put our jewelry on sale three times per year! It creates a really fun rollercoaster of excitement and anticipation leading up to a sale. And then we know it’s go time! We’ve got this down to a science—EVERYONE does their part to be sure that incoming orders are processed, all jewelry components are noted and ordered, and all incoming milk is labeled and organized. It’s the opposite of boring.
There is a space on your order form to share your story. Some stories are fun to read, AND SOME are heart wrenching. We feel it’s important for you to have the chance to put your thoughts and experience into words. And, we have the opportunity to honor your story when we’re hand crafting your precious jewelry.
We love your stories so much that we dedicate a whole segment of our blog to you! We feature your breastfeeding stories on our blog for two reasons. 1 - Because sharing your story is important. It is good for us to write and process. 2 - Because it is encouraging to others who may be going through it! You can apply to have your story featured at the link in our profile!
To date, we have hand written 15,493 personalized thank you cards. Every single order gets sent to our customers with a thank you card. When you share your story with us on your order form, we love to send a little note of encouragement/love/appreciation back to you. We say it often, but we are eternally grateful for our customers, who put food on our tables.
Our team is (in order of how long they've been with m+h): Maria and Meghan, Terri, Alaina, Ashley, Stacy, Della, and Suzi. Between the 8 of us, we have 14 kids and 71 pets. Yes, you read that correctly., 71! Can you guess what animal is our most common pet?
Today, April 20, 2024 is Milk + Honey's 6th birthday! Our sale is live for the whole weekend--up to 20% off everything in our collection. No discount code necessary!