Patchwork Couple: Stylish London Wedding and Honeymoon Adventure in Norway
This super adventurous pair met when Katie moved from Warwick to start her first job after university at a small software house in London. “I was allocated a desk next to a guy call Tom and 8 years later here we are!” We asked them to te...
Wedding Favours That Your Guests Will Actually Want
As a company who believe in minimal waste and maximum fun, it may seem like wedding favours are way down our list of priorities. However, we’re also a company founded on the unbridled joy of giving, so we love wedding favours – when they...
Alternative Gifts For The Wedding Party
Whether it’s to say congratulations, thank you or just because, we’re in the business of giving gifts. Patchwork was founded on the whole premise of giving gifts that matter, and gifts for your wedding party is no exception! We’ve rounde...
Wedding Cake Inspiration That Takes The Biscuit
If wedding cake immediately makes you think of dry old sponge, dusty fondant and boring flavours, don't fret! At Patchwork we're here to blow your mind with some super inspiration wedding cake ideas that make you want to lick your screen....
Patchwork Couple: Childhood Sweethearts and Epic Honeymoon
Meet our latest lovely couple and hear about their gorgeous wedding. Childhood sweethearts Molly and Frazer met when they were just 15 and after a Valentine’s Day first date at the Chelmsford Odeon (sweet!) became boyfriend and girlfri...
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....
