Cat Morley


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May

4

Nagano
After waking up really early and stocking up on rice balls and pickles at the hotel breakfast, we jumped on a train to Nagano. Nagano is high up in the mountains and snowy peaks began to rise over...

3

Jenny & Rin's Wedding
It was Jenny & Rin's wedding day today, so we met up with them and the wedding party for breakfast at Cafe Josephine. The cafe was French which made it a little easier to read the menu and our...

2

Hakone
After a very long night sleep, we woke up super early at the Pension House, tucked in to the free breakfast and took a trek down the twisty mountain roads to catch the mountain railway. Our first ...

1

Japan
After a super long flight, three and a half movies and a few hours of sleep, we were excited to arrive at Narita Airport. We picked up a WIFI dongle for our phones, tested out the awesome vending ...

Apr

27

Sunday
Mum and Dad brought Nana through to see us before we head off to Japan next week and we went to her favourite restaurant, Loch Fyne for fish and chips. I had the risotto and, even though it was co...

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Friday
Jason Little, who is one of my favourite comic book artists and creates the Shutterbug Follies series has been working on an amazing strip about Crafterella. He sent me the final copy and it looked...

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Tuesday
Lynsey was in Edinburgh this morning, before she headed back down to London, so we met up with her at Milk for breakfast and a coffee shop crawl. Tom and I shared the breakfast burrito which was de...

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Monday
Dorothy Perkins had a big sale on Friday, so I hit up the website and treated myself to a new summer wardrobe which arrived this morning. I love the cat print dress the most, though they're all lov...

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Easter Sunday
It was Easter Sunday today and Tom surprised me with an amazing chocolate egg which had an egg, inside an egg, inside an egg, inside an egg, inside an egg, inside an egg and came in the prettiest w...

19

Meadowberry
It was the second day of sun in Edinburgh so we decided to make the most of it and head out to the Meadows for the afternoon. We picked up a cranachan froyo from Meadowberry which was bright pink a...

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Thursday
We got the most hipster crackers from Waitrose which are coal black and shaped like hearts. They tasted great with cheese and anchovies. It was really sunny and warm today, so we decided to pack u...

17

Field Of Light
I had a Groupon voucher for Juniper on Princess Street so we headed along for cocktails and nibbles this evening. The bar looked very fancy with plush decor and flowers but felt like a Wetherspoons...

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Crafterella Fan Art
We've had some amazing new entries in to Crafterella's fan-art contest. It's going to be so hard to pick a winner for this!

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Tuesday
We got an awesome caravan to build for this week's #LegoTuesday which looks exactly like our neighbour's caravan across the street. The Lego man even looks exactly like him. It looked amazing when...

14

Sygn
lOll3 created this amazing piece of Crafterella art for Superhero Sunday yesterday. I love her style so much and this piece kind of reminds me of this graffiti I saw last week.

13

Galatic Gala
Tonight was Google's Galactic Gala at Summerhall and I had a +3 so Kenny and Laura joined us too. It was a space themed party being held as part of the Science Festival. There was sorbet made with...

10

Roomba
We finally caved in and treated ourselves to a Roomba. It was like getting a new pet when it arrived today and we sat watching it hoover the floor for hours. It's so much better than I thought it c...

8

Tuesday
I've been wanting to start a new podcast for a while and, as it's one of my new year's resolutions to get super organized, I realised that would be the perfect topic. I've already got a couple of ...

7

Monday
The big task for today was designing the fabric for my next Project Paperdoll dress and I decided to do make a purple tartan. Tom put together this amazing design which is going to be printed on a ...

6

The Book Thief
I'd went on a bit of a Groupon binge a few weeks ago and our last deal to use up was for afternoon tea at the Radisson Blu Hotel. The staff were so friendly and we were impressed with the decor, e...

5

Cloister's
We hadn't seen Calum in a while so decided to catch up at Cloister's, a nearby pub that none of us has been to before. It was really busy when we arrived but we got lucky and managed to grab a tabl...

4

Mother's
A new gin bar called Mother's had opened in Edinburgh and we were keen to try it out when I spotted an offer for lunch on Groupon. The bar should have been very hipster with it's bowler hat lampsh...

3

Thursday
Burger had a couple of new specials on the menu, so we decided to head along for dinner. Tom ordered a veggie dog which came wrapped in a tortilla, deep fried and smothered with onions, guacamole a...

Mar

31

Singer
We're running a giveaway for a Singer dressform on CO+K this month. They sent us one a couple of months ago to test out and it's been so handy to have around the office while dressmaking - like hav...

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Mother's Day
It was Mother's Day today, so as a special treat, I'd book afternoon tea for everyone at The Boothy restaurant at the Murrayfield Hotel. Unfortunately we'd planned our tea for the same time as an ...