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3 Good Things with Madison Snider Podpirka
The jewelry designer and founder on making new mom friends, running a business while navigating parenthood, and her best advice for buying fine jewelry if you're just getting started.
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Late last year, Madison Snider Podpirka reached out about doing something together, and it was an immediate yes for me. I’d been following her fine jewelry studio, Fewer Finer, for a few years and had already bought one of my favorite rings from her. Their pieces are minimalist but never boring: thoughtful, unfussy, and designed to be worn every day (which, IMO, is exactly how fine jewelry should function - my “nice” pieces basically never come off my body).
As we got to know each other, the collaboration naturally deepened. We ended up co-designing a custom ring using a few diamonds I’d inherited, and the final result is deeply sentimental and special, a true heirloom piece I can’t wait to pass on to my daughter one day. You can scroll to the bottom of today’s post to see what we made together.
Beyond loving the work she puts into each piece, I was drawn to Madison’s approach to taste, refinement, and daily life, especially as she’s navigated her own first year of motherhood while also running a growing business. So today, I asked her to share her 3 Good Things.
Below, Madison talks about the eternal question of how to make mom friends, how to get started with buying fine jewelry, and THE most meaningful mother-daughter gift I’ve ever heard of (which I immediately copied!).
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Madison Snider Podpirka’s 3 Good Things
A meaningful ritual: Every month, I get an email telling me it’s time to upload my monthly photos with Mootsh. I then select 10 favorite photos from the month and they get printed into nice photo prints that are shipped to my house in a cute sleeve marked with the date. I love that this prompts me to get some of my photos off my phone and into real life!
A go-to recipe: The only recipe that I have made over 25 times is this one - which I would declare not only the most delicious olive oil cake but also the easiest and most adaptable recipe of all time. (I’ve made it gluten free, subbed in other citrus or omitted entirely, if you don’t have Grand Marnier, it’s still great). It’s definitely one to have in your repertoire!
olive oil cake A product I swear by: I use an epilator instead of shaving my legs and every time I use it, I think “what would I have done if I never discovered this!?” I learned about it from Courtney Grow on Instagram and it’s a game changer for soft legs. You only need to use it about every 10 days and I haven’t thought about prickly legs in years.
On Motherhood & Life
What’s helping you feel most like yourself in this season?
Being a mom and getting to run a business I love at the same time is itself what really makes me feel most like myself right now. Doing both roles, which requires compartmentalization, creativity, and a new definition of priorities is what is shaping my current season of motherhood.