About Us
“I’m not creative” you might say. “Yes you are,” Mary (MEW’s founder) would reply. Humans are creative by nature and all endeavors of human life are made better by a creative spirit which seeks improvement. Art and artisan crafts do not own creativity.
Meet Mary
She’s a 30 something year old self-taught watercolor artist, founder of MEW + Co. and mother of three.
Meet Alexander
He’s Mary’s husband and partner in crime with the most difficult job. He is tasked with reminding her that if she’s going to paint, screen print, research product, merchandise, make paper flowers, write letters, design paper products and run a store, then she’ll need to wait to learn cabinet making and pottery.
As a child, Mary was always creating and knew from a young age art and "making" was her calling. When she was 16, she participated in local craft fairs selling her handmade goods and by 2011, she began consigning her cards to small boutiques in the Washington D.C. area. It was at this time that MEW + Co was born. It evolved into a tiny store in charming Medicine Park, Oklahoma and is now a downtown shop in lovely Las Cruces, New Mexico. MEW + Company has a small team of creative people who love wrapping presents, sharing what other artists and artisans produce and encouraging customers to live creatively.
"Most of us feel uncomfortable thinking of ourselves as artists, but we are. Creativity is born of risk and refined from failure. With every choice, every day, you are creating a unique work of art. The reason you were born was to leave your own indelible mark on your personal world. This is your authenticity. Your beautiful life is your art" - Sarah Ban Breathnach in her book, Simple Abundance. (One of Mary's favorite books)
PS: MEW comes from Mary’s initials, Mary Ellen Wunderlich
