Cat Morley


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Aug

9

Tuesday
We were making little Scottie dogs at Say It Ain't Sew this evening and they turned out so cute. I want to turn mine into a Christmas tree ornament. Afterwards we went to see John Hastings at the ...

8

Edinburgh Fringe Suggestions
Hot Brown Honey Aug 8-14, 16-21, 23-28, Assembly Roxy (Venue 139) ​£15 - find tickets here Sassy, political and bold - we caught Hot Brown Honey at the Edinburgh Festivals Magazine launch party...

7

Hot Brown Honey
It's Saturday night at the Edinburgh Fringe and a sold-out crowd are filling up The Assembly Roxy. There's a buzz in the air as the audience take their seats and buy raffle tickets, with the promis...

6

Hot Brown Honey
It was so nice waking up in Glasgow this morning as we headed out to explore. The weather was perfect - just cold enough to wrap up, but sunny and bright, so we took a walk through the Botanic Gar...

5

Ignition Festival
Because Tom loves watching cars go round and round, I applied for passes for Ignition Festival in Glasgow this weekend. The festival was at the SECC and they'd closed off the surrounding streets t...

3

Assembly Gala
It was another full day for us at The Fringe today, starting with The Caves preview show. The Kagools were the first act, and we were so glad we didn't sit at the front when they covered their fac...

Jul

31

Kittens-In-Law
Bobbin's mum Firenza had a new batch of boy kittens, so Ginny invited us down to meet the litter. We took my parents with us too and Firenza seemed pretty smitten with my Dad. The new kittens wer...

29

Friday
I met Tom after work today and we went for a crepe at the street market. They're pretty good but we wish they'd wrap them in a cone like they do in Paris. We were lucky enough to get the secret bo...

28

Thursday
I've been busy crafting to the stars for Catherine AD and making an Anchoress tiara with cameos and chains. We're hoping that she can wear it at her Glasgow show next month, but as she moves aroun...

27

The Waterside
We discovered a lovely little bistro called The Waterside, right next to the river in Haddington and stopped in for a quick dinner this evening. They've got an option to build your own sharing bo...

24

Karen Mabon Sleepwear Salon
It was the final night of Edinburgh Fashion Week, running from the 21st to 24th of July, and Karen Mabon was ending the festival in style with her Sleepwear Salon. Held at the gorgeous Waldorf Ast...

23

Saturday
Loraine has a new flat and it was her birthday so she had a housewarming party and I decided to make her a marquee light. I used an old chocolate box as the frame and punched holes through the bac...

18

Monday
I picked up some New Orleans granola from Lupe Pintos yesterday and tried it for breakfast this morning. It was soooo spicy but helped wake me up. Bobbin managed to sniff out her presents in the m...

13

Wednesday
We went to see the new Ghostbusters film with Izzy and Pamela after work today. I loved the female Ghost Busters and kind of want to dress up as them for Halloween. We went for a drive afterwards ...

10

T In The Park
Celebrating its 23rd year, T In The Park is Scotland's largest music festival, running for 3 days days and 4 nights in July. This year, the festival was being headlined by Calvin Harris, The 1975, ...

9

Saturday
We went for breakfast at Tribeca this morning so I could tuck into some peanut butter waffles and Tom could have poached eggs. We're off to T In The Park tomorrow so in preparation, I started deco...

5

Absolutely Fabulous
I was busy working on a craft inspired by our trip to House For An Art Lover today and decided to go with a Charles Rennie Mackintosh style stained glass rose ring. It's made from shrink plastic a...

2

Free Agent BBQ
It was the annual Free Agent BBQ today, organized by Izzy with face painting, balloon sculpting and a bouncy castle. I patiently waited for all the kids to have their faces painted before asking f...

Jun

29

Wednesday
Tom got an awesome new mug from XKCD and it arrived today. I'm not sure it's the best choice of mug to take into work though. We headed through to Glasgow in the evening to pick up our Glasgow Co...

27

Edinburgh International Film Festival
Founded in 1946, the Edinburgh International Film Festival is the longest continually running film festival in the world. This year, EIFF was celebrating it's 70th birthday and we couldn't wait to ...

24

Jet Trash
There's a new weekly street food market on the canal near us that takes place every Friday, so Tom and I decided to test it out for lunch today. Each week there's a different selection of trucks t...

23

Bandieoke
Tonight's EIFF entertainment was Bandieoke at the Traverse Bar, where people could sing karaoke along with a live band. Unlike regular karaoke, which can be pretty funny when people are awful, the...

19

Sunday
Nana let me raid her recipe box for a recipe to make for Suck UK and the My Family Cookbook they sent me. I decided to go with her classic carrot muffins! Pan Pastels sent me some of their pastels...