Blog Archive 2008 • Cat Morley

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2008

Dec

31
 

The Last Day Of The Year

The Last Day Of The Year
This afternoon, Tom's parents took us to an awesome little cafe and farm shop called The Pillars of Hercules, which was tucked away, deep in the woods of Fife. It was very cold inside, so we had t...
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28
 

Drinking Down The Seven Deadly Sins

Drinking Down The Seven Deadly Sins
Today was our six year anniversary, so we headed over to Edinburgh to celebrate. We started with Seven Deadly Sin cocktails at the Jekyll & Hyde, as well as shots in test tubes. Tom made dinn...
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22
 

Christmas Shopping In Edinburgh

Christmas Shopping In Edinburgh
Today we went to Edinburgh to finish off our present shopping. We woke up really early this morning, so we headed through early and had breakfast at Wetherspoons. We then went to see Joey D, who t...
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20
 

The London Issue

The London Issue
We released The London Issue of Snippets today with Amy Lame on the cover! This issue also has Tom's interview with Adam Buxton, the street photography we took in Camden, my interview with the Lond...
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08
 

Batman Lego

Batman Lego
Tom gave me one of my Christmas presents early which was Batman Lego. We had so much fun sprawling out on the Mews floor and putting everything together. We made Batman's bike and Harley Quinn's ...
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06
 

Bust Craftacular

Bust Craftacular
Today was the BUST Magazine Craftacular at the Bethnal Green Working Men's Club. I was so excited to see my favourite magazine do something in the UK.
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Nov

24
 

CO 42, K2, P2

CO 42, K2, P2
We spent today present shopping for Christmas and I'm quite happy with what I've got so far. I’ve been watching everyone carefully over the past couple of months and anytime they've seen something ...
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23
 

Tom's graduation

Tom has went up to Scotland for his graduation, so before he left, we went for sushi to celebrate.
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I Was Your Silver Lining, But Now I'm Gold

I Was Your Silver Lining, But Now I'm Gold
Today we went for lunch at Little Venice, but the Narrowboat Cafe was just closing when we arrived, so out of desperation we headed in to a nearby pub. We're so glad we did because it turned out t...
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20
 

The Day Of The Dead Issue

The Day Of The Dead Issue
Tom got me a gorgeous Vivienne Westwood necklace for Christmas today.
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19
 

The Last Station

The Last Station
We were invited along to a test screening of James McAvoy's new film The Last Station tonight. It really wasn't very good and when we tried to escape early, so that we wouldn't have to go to the d...
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16
 

Plan 9

Plan 9
I took Tom to Plan 9 today, a cool little cafe I discovered a couple of weeks back with my parents. The sandwiches are so good and they serve A&W root beer!
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08
 

Zoo

Zoo
It was then time to catch the Eurostar back to London and see Tom at the other side.
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07
 

Cracking Crème Brûlée With A Spoon

Cracking Crème Brûlée With A Spoon
Today was the highlight of my trip when we went to Cafe des 2 Moulins, the two windmills cafe from the movie Amélie. It was amazing inside and just like the movie. They even had all the polaroids ...
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05
 

Palace Of Versailles

Palace Of Versailles
Today was Dad's pick of things to do, so we headed off to the Palace of Versailles. We took a double decker RER train which took about an hour. When we arrived at the train station there was a ver...
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02
 

In Paris

In Paris
After an early start, we caught the Eurostar to Paris. It was so fast that I hardly even noticed when we were in the Channel Tunnel.
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Oct

29
 

Little Venice

Little Venice
While my dad went off to explore the British Library today, my mum and I decided to walk down to Little Venice. My mum's a librarian and when she's on holiday she always likes to pop in to other l...
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28
 

Martha Wainwright

Martha Wainwright
This evening, I went to see Martha Wainwright at the Roundhouse in Camden with Tom and my Mum. Sean Adams gave us tickets and she was really really good.
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26
 

Spiders At The Tate

Spiders At The Tate
Today we went to Borough Market where it was Apple Day. The market was crowded and there were stalls selling apple juice, cider, apple pies and everything apple based you could name. There was even...
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25
 

Handsome & Special

Handsome & Special
My parents arrived this evening. We're going to Paris in for a week but they have some time in London beforehand. Dragonette’s cats, Handsome and Special have been shipped over from Canada and the...
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22
 

Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village
We warmed up at Starbucks with Toffee Nut Lattes and then had a look around Greenwich Market. We caught the boat back up the Thames to Embankment where we walked across the Jubilee bridges to get ...
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Biting My Tongue All Week

Biting My Tongue All Week
Today we went for a look around the the V&A. There's an amazing glass chandelier in the entrance way. I also loved the jewelry section, with all the sparkly rings, which are arranged to make a ...
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17
 

Day Of The Dead

Day Of The Dead
We’ve been preparing for Halloween and the new issue of Snippets is almost ready to launch, so here's a sneak peek of what to expect. I also made some Clay Sugar Skulls to give to my family. I dus...
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11
 

The Devil's Girlfriend

The Devil's Girlfriend
This evening I made a Devil Horn Fascinator so that I could get a head start on my Halloween crafting. I made a pair of clay devil horns, which I covered in red glitter and then attached them to a ...
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10
 

Paper Dolls In Paper Dresses

Paper Dolls In Paper Dresses
We went down to Canary Wharf today. It was strangely eery there with the falling stock market and job cuts. I like walking between the big buildings, it makes me feel like I’m in The Borrowers.
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09
 

Inspir-O-Girl

Inspir-O-Girl
I was recently interviewed for Lola’s Land. I’m going to be their new resident DIY diva, so keep an eye out for my projects on there! I've been implementing some more of the techniques from Gettin...
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06
 

Warwick Avenue

Warwick Avenue
We walked past Duffy at Maida Vale tube today... I wish it had been at Warrick Avenue so that we could have sang at her.
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04
 

How To Win Friends And Influence People

How To Win Friends And Influence People
It’s really starting to feel like autumn now. We've been going on lots of walks in the park and keeping warm with take out coffee. We think the lamp posts in Green Park look like the ones from Narn...
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Sep

27
 

Ascot

Ascot
Today we jumped on a train to Ascot and headed to the racecourse. My Dad got Tom tickets to a beer festival in the grounds of Ascot, so we could bet on the horses and drink beer - a winning combin...
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24
 

Going Down To Thimble Island

Going Down To Thimble Island
Drowned in Sound was being run out of our Mews today, so Calum and I were turfed out. We kept ourselves busy with a trip to the National Portrait Gallery.
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