Cat Morley


Blog Posts

Jul

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Thursday
We arrived back from Newcastle to find a huge box of crafting goodies from Makers Kit waiting on the doorstep and I couldn't wait to dive in and get creative.

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Newcastle
We set off on a road-trip to Newcastle today and to our excitement, discovered a drive-through coffee shop on the way out of Edinburgh. Even better, they had soy milk so I was able to get a salted...

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Monday
Mel Macklin created this absolutely gorgeous illustration of Crafterella & Bobbin for Superhero Sunday this week. I know I say it every week but I really need to make a start on this gallery wa...

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Really Garlicky Company
It was another hot day in the office so we decided to cool off by making some coffee liqueur pops during Cocktail Hour.

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Wednesday
TapeSwell sent us a box of their tapes to get crafty with and I couldn't wait to get started. The first project I created were some chalkboard food picks, perfect for labelling pies or which plate ...

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Tuesday
Our book was mentioned in the new issue of Simply Sewing magazine. I had a fun day at work today inventing cocktails for Magnum Cream Liqueur while crafting for Thread & Heather. I've always ...

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Monday
Amy from Cozy Reverie created this adorable fashionista illustration of Crafterella and she's selling throw pillows with the print.

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Saturday
We took Jenny & Dave for breakfast at Odds & Ends this morning, partly for the awesome bagels they serve but mainly just to see Seymore and give him a cuddle. It was the 4th of July today ...

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Friday
I've been finding it hard to tidy up the kitchen without baking recently so in an attempt to declutter our cereal collection, I baked a batch of granola cookies. The granola caramelised in the oven...

Jun

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Tuesday
Even though we've visited Barns Ness four times and seen the Northern Lights there twice, we've never visited during the day. The weather lady had predicted lovely weather, so we packed a picnic a...

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Sunday
I crafted a set of cat ears for my phone from white Sugru and they look so cute. We met up with Duncan & Alex and went to see the roller derby at Meadowbank. It was Glasgow vs Edinburgh and we...

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Canal Festival
It was the Canal Festival today and time for our annual canal trip, so we joined a very long queue and waited patiently. It doesn't go very fast, and we giggled as we were overtaken by pedestrians...

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Friday
I had some egg whites left after making a key lime pie yesterday and the Meringue Girls had sent me a bottle of their vanilla paste, so I decided to bake some meringues. I infused them with rosewa...

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Thursday
We received a bottle of Iordanov Vodka in the mail this morning and it's so pretty with a bejewelled skull on the front. I'm definitely adding it to our candle bottle collection when the vodka has ...

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Tuesday
I'd forgotten how cute the canal becomes in the summer until I spotted all of these ducklings swimming in a neat line. We've been craving healthier meals recently so I decided to whip up a salad w...

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Monday
After waking up at Mum & Dad's house in Burntisland this morning, we drove Mum back to Edinburgh and went to the Secret Herb Garden. It was a really pretty place to work and Mum got all the ti...

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Sunday
One of our presents for Mum on her birthday was a porch swing for the garden and she couldn't wait to invite us over for a garden party to see it (excuse the pun) in full swing. It also gave Dad t...

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Blackness
We met up with Kenny & Laura for brunch at Akva this morning. It was Kenny's birthday a few days ago so we had brought him his presents. Even though the weather wasn't amazing, we didn't feel ...

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Friday
I baked some cornbread muffins for breakfast with cheese, herbs and some vegetarian bacon bits which swelled up during baking and tasted just like bacon.

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Tuesday
We went for dinner at Wagamama and a movie with Mum & Dad this evening, where I had the tastiest tuna salad which I can't wait to try making at home. Tom had told Mum that we were going to see...

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Monday
Calum stayed over at our house this evening and after dinner at the Vietnam House Restaurant, with coconut ice cream served in a coconut shell, we fed him cheese and made him watch The Jinx murderm...

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Sunday
We went back to Akva for breakfast this morning and I finally got to order some hasselback potatoes which were just as delicious as I remember. I also had some cardamon buns which were pretty tast...

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Redwood
A new bar, from the people who run Hemma has opened at the end of the canal called Akva and when I read they'd be serving their amazing hassleback potatoes, I couldn't wait to pop along. It was ve...

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Thursday
It was so nice being able to wake up and have coffee on our balcony this morning. I was even inspired to bake a nice for lunch, just so we could sit out and eat it.