Patchwork’s Favourite Venues: The Giraffe Shed
When a venue describe themselves as a ‘heptagonal palace of joy, confetti and dancing’, what’s the point in us even trying to write an introduction? The Giraffe Shed are a badass new Welsh wedding venue that are totally redefining what b...
Patchwork holiday giveaway
To celebrate the honeymoon/holiday season we’ve partnered up with some of our favourite brands to bring you a Patchwork beach bag full of summer essentials. To win a gorgeous Patchwork tote bag, swimsuit from Lilliput & Felix, beach dres...
Sustainable Wedding Gift Ideas: Meet the Makers.
Husband and wife team Kate and Abi run Nafisi Studios in West Sussex, where together they create beautiful, sustainable one-off commissions for the home, garden, or work place. Their mission is to combine their knowledge of heritage wood...
Patchwork’s Favourite Venues: Abbeydale Picture House
We’re taking our favourite wedding venue series outside of London, turning our heads from smoke to steel with one of our favourite Sheffield wedding venues, Abbeydale Picture House. We chatted to Elinor, one of the event co-ordinators, a...
Patchwork and Link Age Southwark – Supporting Local Charities
Link Age Southwark used Patchwork to help raise funds so that they could move into a much needed new space. And their patchwork was a huge success! To celebrate they had a party to thank all of their many supporters. So our Rosie went al...
Traditional Wedding Anniversary Gifts: A Modern Take
Wedding anniversaries – do you celebrate them? According to a survey from 2016, 46% of UK couples don’t do anything to mark their wedding date, and a fifth don’t even know when their wedding anniversary is. Here in the Patchwork st...
Patchwork Couple: A Barn Wedding and Month Long Honeymoon Adventure
Mary and Jez met five years ago at the gym where Mary was working, then on a night out in town they recognised each other and started chatting. Living in a fairly small town meant they would see each other quite often – very convenient...
Patchwork Couple: Colourful Wedding & Honeymoon Adventure to Mexico
We spoke to the lovely Helen and Amy, heard about their very romantic proposal, their fun and relaxed ‘Afternoon Tea’ wedding in West Yorkshire and honeymoon to Mexico with treats funded by family and friends. How did you two meet? Our w...
Newlyweds Ditch Luxury Hotels for Honeymoon House Swaps
In search of the weird, the wonderful and the instagrammable, millennial couples are increasingly rejecting traditional honeymoon hotels in favour of home stays booked through peer-to-peer platforms like Airbnb, Love Home Swap and Beds o...
5 Ways to Keep Children Entertained at Weddings
Children at weddings = JOY. But long days and lots of standing around can be hard on them. So if you’d like to avoid tantrums, it’s a good idea to have something planned to keep the children entertained and keep those smiles on their...
10 Ways to Keep Your Wedding Guests Happy at Your Reception
Hooray! The ceremony is over, you’re married, like actually MARRIED (congratulations!) and it’s time for the bit your wedding guests have been looking forward to the most. The reception. Now’s the time to get your entertaining head...
Patchwork Couple: Romantic Chateau Wedding and Italian Honeymoon
We chatted to the gorgeous Kathryn and Jamie about their stunning Chateau wedding in France and their unforgettable honeymoon exploring Italy. True childhood sweethearts, they’ve already been together for 16 years. The pair met at school...
Patchwork’s Favourite Venues: Town Hall Hotel
We’re getting up close and personal with our pick of the most gorgeous wedding venues to hear what makes them stand out from the crowd. We chatted to Tia from the Town Hall Hotel in London’s vibrant East End to share some insider secrets...
Patchwork Couple: Honeymoon of a Lifetime – Funded by Friends
Simeon is originally from Manchester and Kyron is from London. They met in London nine years ago and were good friends for four years before they got together in 2014. One day Kyron was chatting to another friend about the kind of person...
Patchwork’s Favourite Venues: The Ace, Shoreditch
In the first in our new favourite venue series, we’re chatting to Kristie, Social Event Manager from The Ace Hotel in London’s Shoreditch to hear what she loves most about this incredible venue with its amazing panoramic views. Here she ...
Patchwork Couple: Rustic Welsh Wedding and Honeymoon to Thailand
We chat to Mark and Emma about their sing-a-long ceremony in beautiful South Wales and their get-away-from-it-all honeymoon to Thailand, funded by friends and family. So, Emma, how did it all begin? We’ve been together since 2016, meetin...
Patchwork Couple: A Stately Wedding and ‘Noble’ Honeymoon
We recently interviewed lovely Louie about her super elegant (but affordable!) bridesmaid brand, TH&TH. Now we’re super excited to have her back to tell us all about her beautiful stately home wedding and magical honeymoon – funded b...
5 Wedding Palettes Inspired by our Favourite Florals
We’re so inspired by our very clever florist friends lately – they always bring joy to our instagram feeds. And the colours! If you’re planning your wedding right now and you’re not sure what colours you want to go with, start looking ...
Guest Post: The Wedding Enthusiast’s 5 Details That Make a Big Impression
We’ve been thinking about how you can make a real impression on your big day with little details. And we thought who better to ask for some tips on the subject than our friend Ellie. You may know of Ellie as the Wedding Enthusiast, whe...
Their Honeymoon: This Modern Revelry
We met videographers Laura and Alan of This Modern Revelry at the brilliant Un-Wedding Show and were blown away by their wedding films. They are so vibrant and full of energy – and once they showed us the incredible film they’d made ...