All posts tagged with christmas

Collect memories, not things. In recent years, the market for experiential gifts has grown, as people seek to move away from gifting things that may not be wanted or needed. It seems to be a particularly millennial trend with an astounding amount of money being spent each month on live experiences. Perhaps one of the reasons […]

Jane Langley, the founder of Blue Patch was featured in one of The Soap Co’s 12 days of Christmas series. What an honour! They spoke to Jane about not cooking Christmas dinner, the importance of buying ethically and locally and the mysterious treasures she would put in a metaphysical advent calendar. If the inclusion of frogspawn and […]

We were featured on the ETA blog in their brilliant blogpost titled Christmas shopping that delights family, friends and the planet. “Websites such as Blue Patch offer a different shopping experience – putting customers, communities and the environment first with a colourful catalogue of products and services with a sustainability edge. They have ethical fashion, ethically designed furniture, […]

It’s beginning to look a lot like….. The lights are starting to get switched on. The nights are getting longer, the weather colder, and hot chocolate suddenly sounds like a REALLY good idea. While you’re preparing for the holidays, here are a couple of tips to keep in mind to green up the holiday season. […]

Searching for gifts can be time consuming and complicated. We know all about it. Too hot, too cold. Too big, too little. Too hard, too soft. No wait, that’s Goldilocks and the three bears. Still, we know that you will spend hours looking for gifts to fit your budget, and so we’ve made it easy for you with […]

Our favourite kind of gifts are personal. The kind where you have to know what makes someone tick to get it spot on. The cream of the crop of these favourite gifts, we think, are “good gifts” – those that give back a little to the world, or are educational.   All issues of sustainability, zero waste and […]

Great gifts big & small Blue Patch works with small ethical and sustainable businesses in the UK, from paint-makers to toymakers to clothing designers. Online shopping giants are often seem cheaper and quicker, but our makers don’t mass-produce goods. Blue Patch presents a selection of high quality products at every time of the year but here’s […]

Why I do what I do… Katcha Bilek There’s always an exciting artistic buzz in Bristol, and particularly around the colourful Stokes Croft. In the initially unassuming Hamilton House, is a whole host of studio spaces for the creative Bristolians from Illustrators to Puppeteers and Fashion Designers. This brings to me to Blue Patch’s Katcha Bilek […]