The Give List: Putting kindness at the heart of Christmas with gifts that support good causes.
This Cyber Monday, to counteract all of the noise online, we thought we’d highlight some of the wonderful things you can do that make a real impact offline this Christmas. One of the reasons our Give List concept is so wonderful, if we d...
Crowdfunded weddings and why we love them
You’ve heard of crowdfunding, and you’ve heard of weddings, but have you thought about crowdfunding your wedding? Our users have been creating patchworks to help crowdfund their weddings for a while now – an idea we love, incidentally, b...
Alternatives to Black Friday 2019
The end of November signals the coming of Black Friday; a day of massive discounts and absolute mania. Instead of getting swept up in over-consumption, mass production and unbelievable amounts of waste, we’re encouraging you to get invol...
How to celebrate 30 in style: Rachel Emma Studio
Patchwork is all about celebrating what deserves to be celebrated, whether it’s big or small – and we think turning 30 absolutely deserves to be celebrated. There’s a special brand of life wisdom that comes with 30 revolutions around the...
Cluck’s Top 5 Alternative Hen Party Ideas
Hen parties can be a rite of passage before you get married, but the ones you’ve been on before might have been a bit of a snoozefest. Overpriced and underwhelming itineraries, embarrassing outfits and the chance to deeply discuss some...
The Enthusiast’s Give List
This year, we’re encouraging people to have Give Lists instead of Gift Lists for Christmas. As a gift registry site, you may think this is a bit weird, but it actually aligns with all of our principles in the perfect way – it spreads mor...
Totes Amazing Patchwork Giveaway
With Christmas around the corner we’re hoping we can find new ways to connect rather than consume, to give gifts that are personal and practical, and to bring genuine joy and be good to the planet too. This month we’re are giving away ...
Patchwork’s Favourite Venues: The Gallivant
Dreaming of a ridiculously romantic beach wedding, but not the long haul flights? General Manager Elise says “Set behind the dunes and enormous sandy beach beyond, we’re the closest thing you’ll get to the Hamptons, this side of the ...
Patchwork Couple: An English Countryside Wedding and Maldives Honeymoon
Charlotte from Farnham in Surrey and Donald from London met in the thoroughly modern way online and hit it off straight away. Charlotte says “We’d actually been chatting for a couple of months but due to our travel commitments, didn’...
Create a Kid’s Christmas Wish List and Win £100
This Christmas it’s predicted we’ll give each other 70 million unwanted gifts that will at best end up on eBay or in a charity shop, at worst in landfill. This is of course totally bonkers. It means that our families are wasting thei...
Introducing the Patchwork Give List: the waste-free joy-filled way to celebrate Christmas
’tis the season to be jolly – and therefore ’tis the season of gift-giving too. As a platform founded on the joy of giving gifts, you’d be absolutely right in thinking we bloomin’ love this time of year. More specifically, Patchwork’s mi...
Their Bora Bora Honeymoon: Laura from Devine Bride
You know us at Patchwork – we love supporting women who are uprooting the status quo. Laura from Devine Bride is doing exactly that with her pioneering pick ‘n’ mix wedding planning, which allows you to get exactly the help you need for ...
The Un-Wedding, Birmingham | Competition Winner
A huge thank you to everyone we met at the Un-Wedding Show this weekend. An extra thank you if you entered our competition to win £100 towards your wedding registry/honeymoon fund....
Let’s make Halloween zero-waste, plastic-free and fun-filled in 2019
Love it or hate it - it's that time of year again and if you have kids, they are going to want to be part of the festivities. And yes, you CAN have fun at Halloween while still being mindful of the impact on the environment. If you try...
National Wedding Show at ExCel | Competition Winner
Hello and a big thank you to everyone we met at the National Wedding Show at Olympia last weekend. And an extra thank you if you entered our competition....
How to plan a waste free, plastic free party
Patchwork is all about being creative, collective and resourceful. We’re also all about excellent parties. With this in mind, we thought it was about time we put together a guide to organising a party that: keeps costs down, is waste fre...
How to celebrate 30 in style: Holly Clarke Cake Design
Part of our mission to revolutionise how people give is to encourage the celebration of every little bit of life that’s worth celebrating. As such, we’re a BIG fan of celebrating birthdays, whether they’re the bigguns or the littluns, an...
Patchwork’s Favourite Venues: fforest farm
“Wrapped in woods, wildlife and wonder” fforest farm is an absolute DREAM wedding venue. For a relaxed, informal, weekend-long celebration in 200 acres of unspoilt natural beauty it can’t be beaten. Weddings are residential, which means ...
Totes Amazing Patchwork Giveaway
To celebrate September and all things learning Patchwork are giving away a lovely selection of prizes to one lucky winner packed in to a brilliant Patchwork tote bag. Things to be won include: A National Art Pass – which gives the holder...
Sustainable Wedding Gift Ideas: Meet the Makers – House of Love
“Capturing moments of time in inky lines of love” is the way Megan Metcalf describes what she does. Producing beautiful illustrations for couples who want to capture memories of their day; Megan creates unique, sustainable wedding gifts ...
