Blog Archive 2016 • Cat Morley

Dec

31
 
New Years Eve
It was New Years Eve today and Alison & Martyn invited us over to theirs to celebrate. Ailsa, Jack and Loraine were there too. Just before midnight, everyone made a mad dash to the bottom of ...
28
 
Anniversary
We woke up feeling super fancy in our room at Prestonfield House this morning and couldn't wait to get up and celebrate our anniversary. We started by tucking into breakfast in the restaurant. I h...
25
 
Christmas
Merry Christmas everyone, we spent ours back home in Burntisland for the first time in a few years, which was so much more relaxing than hosting it at our place. Bobbin had so much fun playing wit...
22
 
Dishoom
Jenny & Rin were in Edinburgh today and we met them for dinner at Dishoom, a new Bombay Café on St Andrews Square. We ordered a bunch of dishes to share including the super colourful Bhel and ...
21
 
Wednesday
Fred Aldous sent me one of their block printing kits to try out, and with Christmas cards to be made, it was perfect timing! I decided to carve a card with Lego Tom & I, Bobbin and Fig where y...
17
 
Saturday
We had a big day of Christmas shopping ahead of us today, so we fuelled up with breakfast at Blackbird. I really like their pancakes but they'd sold out, so I tried a charred haloumi which was ser...
11
 
Winter Leaves
I made a headband inspired by Daughter and their song Winter Leaves for Backstage Crafter. The leaves are made from some gold leather I got free in a magazine. Check out Winter Leaves Headband on ...
09
 
London
I woke up to find a little chocolate bear and card from Tom this morning, thanking me for keeping him company on his work trip. While Tom was at work in Chippenham, I would be heading through to L...
07
 
Red Light
There's a really awesome diner in airstream trailers at Paintworks called Tube Diner. I treated myself to lunch there today while Tom was at work. I had a super yummy and filling veggie burger wr...
05
 
Paintworks
Tom's taken on a new contracting role down in Chippenham. It's a remote job but he has to travel down once a month and invited me to come with him. We decided to stay in Bristol as it's only half ...
04
 
Sunday
San Kelly illustrated this gorgeous Crafterella for Superhero Sunday this week. I love her glasses! Dad stayed over last night as it was his work night out, so we took him for dim sum in the morni...
03
 
Foundry 39
It was Jon's birthday today, so we joined him for drinks to celebrate at Foundry 39. He's off to New York to celebrate his 30th, so we treated him to a Wallpaper guide. We tried the smoked salmon ...
02
 
Robot Wars
Tom had got us some tickets to see Robot Wars being filmed in Glasgow, so we headed through this afternoon, We stopped off for lunch at Whole Foods Market where I tucked into a tasty plate of nach...
01
 
Christmas Tree
It was the first of December today and Bobbin was excited to open her advent calendar. It started off so well until I found it torn apart on the floor later that day. It was also time to pick up o...

Nov

25
 
Christmas Foodies Festival
We were invited along to the Christmas Foodies Festival at the EICC after work today, which was perfect timing as we were getting super hungry. I got a pulled jackfruit pie from Cool Jerk Vegan Pi...
23
 
Wednesday
Katie & Phil always get me the sweetest presents and they gave me this cat necklace. The rooftops of Bruntsfield looked really cool as we were walking home from Christmas shopping today.
21
 
Monday
We began our Christmas shopping today, starting with the easiest member of the family, Bobbin. Luckily, Grumpy Cat has brought out her own toy line. Tom took me for cocktails at The Paper Mill whi...
16
 
JD Williams
It's not often that I get to write about fashion but when JD Williams got in touch to ask if I'd like to pick something from their Fall/Winter collection, I jumped at the chance. I picked this coa...
10
 
Creative Edinburgh
Izzy got us tickets for the Creative Edinburgh Awards party this evening, as FreeAgent were one of the sponsors. It was held in Central Hall which was really pretty and Alison and Nicole were ther...
08
 
Ondine
Tom took me for Oyster Happy Hour at Ondine this evening, where we sat at the bar and sipped cocktails. We ordered two rounds of oysters including fresh ones from Loch Fyne, crispy oysters with ma...
04
 
Peaches
I'd bagged a photo pass for Peaches gig in Glasgow tonight, so Tom and I headed through for dinner. We went for dinner on McMonagles fish & chip boat in Clydebank. The boat even has it's own ...
03
 
Sheep Heid Inn
Tom and I went for dinner at the Sheep Heid Inn in Duddingston this evening. It was quiet in the Skittle Alley so we decided to have a few games. I hadn't realised that skittles were just bowling...

Oct

31
 
Halloween
It was Halloween today so I was determined to spend the day doing fun spooky things. We started with tea and brownies at the Secret Herb Garden which was looking very autumnal with the trees and b...
28
 
Weeping Eye Necklace
The latest Blueberry Cove Beads subscription box arrived and the theme was steampunk, so I couldn't wait to open it and start crafting. Inspired by Amanda Palmer's gig last night, I decided to mak...
10
 
My Scientology Movie
Using seitan, I attempted to cook Tom Duck A L'Orange for dinner. I think it's the fanciest thing I've ever tried to make! Check out Seitan "Duck" A L'Orange on Cut Out + Keep
09
 
6 Degrees North
Six Degrees North have opened a bar in Edinburgh so we were really excited to try it out with Katie and Phil because we'd really liked the one in Aberdeen. As well as beer and cocktails, they serv...
06
 
Thursday
Duncan & Alex invited us over for dinner this evening and cooked a delicious butternut squash salad. For dessert we had meringues with fruit and this yummy chocolate bar that Alex had got on h...
05
 
Wednesday
I asked Grandma to bring some of her old recipe cards from Canada with her so that I could take photos and add them to my collection. This one is for a marshmallow salad which sounds too amazing no...
03
 
Monday
Bobbin's been enjoying being back in Burntisland, especially when she gets to sit in the garden. Bruce treated everyone to dinner at the Kingswood Hotel this evening. Dad was happy because he got...

Sep

28
 
Wednesday
I've been trying to come up with a nice way to organize and display my seed bead collection and decided to make a marquee sign for the top of my bead board. I've used small glass vials to look lik...

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