The Best Sharing Economy Businesses
We’re really pleased that Patchwork is part of the UK Sharing Economy – the network of businesses that enable people to trade their skills, their space and their stuff. If you want to get together with friends to share the cost of a uniq...
What’s the Best Wedding Entertainment Ever?
No matter what kind of wedding you’re planning, whether it’s a glam formal affair or an intimate gathering, it’s good form to keep your guests entertained. And there are SO many ways to do so – whatever the mood. Here’s some of o...
Planning a Feel-Good Eco-Christmas
Here are our top tips on how to celebrate a feel-good eco-Christmas and enjoy the festive season whilst reducing your plastic and carbon footprint at the same time. RELAX, IMPERFECT IS PERFECT Splodgy, glittery paper ones made by littl...
5 Independent Drinks Brands We Love
Whatever you’re celebrating, one thing’s a given – you’re going to need some drinks. Alcoholic or non, you’ll want some delicious (preferably bubbly) stuff to serve at your party so it goes with a bang. Of course there are the ch...
12 Reasons Brockley is the Best
Each month we send a Patchwork LOVES newsletter, based around a theme that makes us happy to be human. This month, it’s all about ‘home’. So, Patchwork Founder Olivia decided to write an ode to Brockley – her home and the home of our Pat...
Create a Kids’ Christmas Wish List and Win £100
This Christmas it’s predicted we’ll give each other 60 million unwanted gifts that will at best end up on eBay, at worst in landfill. So, this year, we’re celebrating the joy of experiences over ‘stuff’ with a readymade wish list of Eco...
Patchwork Couple: Natalie & Daley’s Roadtrip Honeymoon in America
Get ready for a whole load of incredible photos. When you see them you’ll understand why we couldn’t just pick a few to share – Natalie & Daley’s wedding day looked AMAZING! So colourful, personal and fun. And they followed it up with a ...
Eco Christmas – Best Gift Ideas For All The Family
A TRULY FEEL GOOD CHRISTMAS A stress-free Christmas that’s joyful and extra special – it’s what we all want, right? Often though, it can feel like an endless to-do list. We feel guilty that we aren’t doing enough, or ironically,...
Patchwork Couple: Alex & Sam’s Wedding and Disney Familymoon
Alex and Sam have been together for 5 years, they met in October 2013 through the Etsy website when Sam asked Alex to knit him an offensive jumper. Sam is a firefighter from Devon and Alex is an ex-model from London. Alex’s nickname for ...
Why Old is the New New.
Team Patchwork love nothing more than a Sunday morning wander around a boot fair, a Saturday afternoon rummage through a charity, vintage or antique shop and a bit of late night (drunk) shopping on ebay. Finding second hand treasures is ...
Top 10 Unusual Wedding Venues in London
We asked Liv Rafferty from event space marketplace Headbox to give us a rundown of her top 10 unusual wedding venues in London. Planning a wedding in the city but haven’t found the perfect spot yet? Read on for Liv’s varied list of venue...
National Wedding Show Autumn 2018 | Competition Winner
Hello and a big thank you to everyone we met at the National Wedding Show last weekend. And an extra big thank you if you entered our competition to win £100 towards your wedding registry/honeymoon fund. We had such a brilliant time m...
Thoroughly Modern Marriage at the Ace Hotel | Competition Winner
Hello and a big thank you to everyone we met at the Thoroughly Modern Marriage event at the Ace Hotel last weekend. And an extra thank you if you entered our competition to win £100 towards your wedding registry/honeymoon fund. We had s...
What We’re Reading: Team Patchwork’s Favourite Travel Books
Hopefully, if you haven’t been on holiday yet this summer, you’ve got something planned. And what better way to get in the mood for your trip than reading a good book about packing up and heading off. We’ve picked some of our favou...
The Patchwork Honeymoon Report 2018
Our top honeymoon destinations for 2018 In Europe, Croatia has been a hugely popular destination this year with its picturesque countryside, stunning coastline and historic villages providing the beauty and romance of Italy without the c...
Patchwork Couple: Chris & Leroy’s Cycling Adventure
Keen cyclists Leroy and Chris have been together for six years and have had plenty of adventures in that time. Chris proposed to Leroy during a cycling tour of Rajasthan – they were on the steps of the Taj Lake overlooking Jag Mandir Pal...
Patchwork Partners with the Big Lunch & Iftar
We knew Patchwork was a super useful tool for organising events like birthday parties, hen dos and school quiz nights. But we didn’t expect for it to be used in such a BIG way by the brilliant people behind the Big Lunch and Big Iftar. W...
Patchwork Couple: Phoebe & Stuart's Super Stylish London Wedding…
…And Nordic honeymoon – made possible with a little help from their friends. Phoebe and Stuart have been together over 9 years and have been living together for the majority of that time too. They met when they were both working at a m...
WIN: Dinner for Two at the Town Hall Hotel
We’re super excited to be bringing you a romantic giveaway with our friends over at the utterly gorgeous Town Hall Hotel & Apartments. We think Bethnal Green’s old town hall is the perfect location for your chic city wedding – whether yo...
Patchwork Couple: An Intimate Wedding & Honeymoon in Mexico
Alex and Sophie have been together for ten years. They met at university in 2007 and were put in the same house (with five other people!). It took a year of living together for either of them to make a move, but thank goodness they did a...