A wedding gift registry and marketplace that allows you to register and shop with meaning.
| Approximately 80% of engaged couples set up a wedding gift registry. Registries are inherently personalized to the couple and are crafted with a set purpose and meaning related to building their life together. - The Knot Real Weddings 2019 Study |
People and places are essential in my life. I love surrounding myself with meaningful, handcrafted home goods that remind me of people and places that I love and have transformed me into who I am.
I decided to browse a small open-air market before I headed to the mausoleum. I can still smell the masala tea, hear the loud voices in the market, and remember the man’s face who sold me the box. These memories are stored like priceless keepsakes, and I think about that vibrant, congested city every time I lift the marble lid.
Or the crisply framed, poster-size photograph of palm trees hanging in my guest room that I purchased one sunny afternoon at a street market in Venice Beach. My (now) fiancé and I were enjoying the sun and salt air blowing in from the Pacific Ocean when I saw a man selling beautiful photography on Abbot Kinney.
This photograph reminds me of my California roots, my family that still lives there, and that restorative day I spent in Venice. My house is miles away, but a piece of my California DNA is now here in Texas.
I love the details of my home that weave together my life’s story, and I love the ability to share my home and life with others, inviting them in to create new memories.
From curating a place that feels special and specific to sharing it with others, making a home can be challenging, expensive and time consuming. But the challenges are worth it. What results is a home that is unique and personal.
Trying to select unique household items for my 2007 wedding gift registry was frustrating. My options were generic and mass-produced and said nothing about me, my fiance or the life we were creating. I was looking for handcrafted details and unexpected shapes and patterns, all made with exquisite quality that was still affordable. I was looking for items you’d find tucked into artist studios and open-air bazaars that were not yet available on any wedding gift registries.
I've seen a shift since 2007 that excites me. There’s a desire for nonconformity and shopping brands that promote authenticity and a strong social conscience. Finding companies that are transparent and maintain superior quality is causing more shoppers to buy from small and local businesses.
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Society is creating a safe space for being unique and authentic. From fashion, travel and home decor, it’s all about the experience and extension of our personalities.
Until now, wedding gift registries have only offered couples mass-produced products from big-box retailers. A home outfitted this way lacks personal details. If your goal is to create a home that is unique and uncompromising, this can’t be the only way. We deserve to fill our homes with meaningful housewares that represent the essence of who we are.
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The Dowry marketplace empowers couples to build a wedding gift registry from items exquisitely shaped, woven, painted and imagined by hand-selected artisans. It’s a talented group that we are incredibly excited to share with you! I’m happy to introduce you to The Dowry, an ethically minded wedding gift registry and curated artisan marketplace. My intent is to design a business that refuses the notion of a one-size-fits-all existence.
Welcome to The Dowry!
Megan Hodges Green
