Cat Morley


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Apr

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Friday
It was Phil's birthday a few days ago, so I decided to bake him some mini Pop Tart cookies using my new message rolling pin from Luckies. Check out Pop Tart Cookies on Cut Out + Keep

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Sunday
I love waking up to see this little face looking at me and she was super cuddly this morning. Dad and Tom were busy watching football today, so I took Nana and Mum to Burger for hotdogs.

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Saturday
We must have walked past Störtebäcker dozens of times without ever noticing it. It's a tiny little bakery, the size of a door, with just enough space for one person to stand inside while picking ou...

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Friday
Timeless Treasures Fabric sent me this gorgeous fish print fabric, so I decided to turn it into a tablecloth. Just looking at it makes me want to turn the dining room into a pop-up seafood restaur...

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Luckies
Luckies Of London sent me some of their awesome products for Craft Test on CO+K and I couldn't wait to try them out. The first was a BBQ branding iron, and as we're pescatarians, I had to get crea...

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Tuesday
OttLite sent me one of their craft lights for my desk and it's made a huge difference. I used to have to craft early in the day, to get the lighting right, but now I can craft late in to the night ...

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Sunday
Amy Rose created this adorable Crafterella art for Superhero Sunday this week. Twinkie Chan's new book arrived and, now that I can crochet, I'm even more excited to try out some of the projects.

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Saturday
To celebrate Nana's birthday, I made an Aurora Cloud Cake, my most ambition cake decorating project so far. Check out Aurora Cloud Cake on Cut Out + Keep

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Friday
Last night was the Nespresso Sensory Dining Experience and I was so lucky, winning this Nespresso machine and hundreds of pods for taking the best photo. I think it's because having a meal served ...

Mar

31

Nespresso Sensory Dining Experience
We were lucky enough to be invited to the Nespresso Sensory Dining Experience with #CoffeewithCurrys and Joe Blogs at the G&V Royal Mile Hotel in Edinburgh.

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Dunino Den
We got to hang out with Louise today before she flies back to Australia, so we jumped in the Figaro and headed out on an adventure. Our first stop was South Queensferry so she could see how the new...

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Saturday
We met up with Kenny and Laura for brunch this morning at the new pop-up vegan restaurant in Paradise Palms called The Lucky Pig. I tried some sweetcorn fritters which were really tasty while Tom ...

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Fallen Brewery
Tom picked up tickets for a Meet The Brewer night with Fallen Brewery at Brahaus this evening. Calum and Kenny joined us and we tested out five different beers, though we didn't have a chance to m...

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Wednesday
I've been experimenting with City Of London Gin for Cocktail Hour this week and infused a batch of Lemon & Raspberry muffins. Check out Lemon & Raspberry Muffins on Cut Out + Keep

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Edinburgh Yarn Festival
We were invited along to the Edinburgh Yarn Festival at the Corn Exchange today. The festival was so much bigger than I had imagined, with hundreds of vendors from around the world selling yarn, p...

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Tuesday
We've been curious about Timberyard for a while so decided to test it out before craft club tonight. It was a little bit formal for us but we ordered some cocktails and sat in front of the fire wh...

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Mother's Day Take Two
We were too ill to see my Mum last weekend, so we made up for missing Mother's Day by rescheduling it for today. I started by cooking everyone coconut milk pancakes topped with smoked salmon, avoc...

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Ikea Date
It was the last day that Thread & Heather would be open to the public today which makes me so sad because it was my favourite shop ever. We popped in so I could stock up on supplies one last ti...

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Tuesday
It's been ages since we treated ourselves to dinner at Kanpai, so Tom took me along this evening and we picked some new things on the menu to to experiment with. These crab rolls were wrapped in c...

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Meowbox
Bobbin was feeling like a very lucky kitty this morning when the postman brought her a Meowbox. Cleverly packaged with a feather stuck to tissue paper to unwrap, she only needed a little help from...

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Wednesday
Lacking inspiration for what to make for lunch, I had a hunt to see what we had in the cupboards. After finding a packet of nachos, I decided to make a French onion style tortilla soup and it worke...

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Snowdrops
It was flower night again at Say It Ain't Sew tonight and we were making snowdrops. Alison had been baking and brought some creme egg brownies for us all to try.

Feb

27

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Alex had mentioned that we should check out the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop down in Leith, so we decided to head along this morning. Though there wasn't much to see on the day, it was a really co...

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Wednesday
I heard on a cooking show that it's better to keep your butter out of the fridge and it certainly makes it easier to cream when baking, so I treated myself to a cute butter dish that looks like a c...

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Cake Night
We were really hungry after work, so we decided to pop into OX184 on the Cowgate for nibbles before sewing club started. We tried some jalapeño corn muffins, roasted roots and fries served with a r...