Cat Morley


Blog Posts

Jun

5

Corgis, Snakes & Ladders
It was the Queen's Jubilee today, so Mum, Dad and Nana came through for a picnic in the meadows. I made salmon and cream cheese pinwheel sandwiches, which I'd spotted in Country Living a while bac...

4

90th Birthday
Today was Tom's Granny's 90th birthday so we headed through to Glenrothes for a garden party to celebrate with her.

3

Metropole
Tom and I went for lunch at Metropole today, which is owned by the same people as Circle. We shared the salmon sandwich and mozzarella ciabatta but were disappointed they had no sweet potato wedge...

2

Corgi Dogs
We went for breakfast at Piecebox again this morning but I was so disappointed as they'd changed the amazing muesli I had last time and it just wasn't as good. Afterwards we went to Ikea to buy so...

1

The Golden Rule
Mum was through in Edinburgh shopping today, so I met up with her for a hot chocolate at Artisan Roast. Dad joined us after work and we went for dinner and a drink at our local, The Golden Rule. T...

May

29

Magazine Wallet
Today I made a magazine wallet for Sally's blog Les Femmes Folles: Nebraska Women in Art. It was lots of fun and so easy to do.

28

PekoeTea
Lisa Lam's new book A Bag For All Reasons arrived this morning with a quote from me on the inside cover. It made me fell all important. I do love the book though and can't wait to make my own versi...

27

Printworks Coffee
It was another really nice day today and Mum, Dad and Nana came through to visit. We headed out to Portobello but the beach was so full that we decided to head to Leith instead.

26

Eurovision
Calum & Harriet invited us over to their house tonight to watch the Eurovision Song Contest. We made a pizza to take along. Tom made mozzarella this time and it turned out so good.

25

Cat Hood
We've started to notice a pattern in all the coffee shops in Edinburgh. All the coffee is supplied by Artisan Road, the hot chocolate by Cocoa, the chocolate by the Chocolate Tree and the cakes by ...

24

Dinner In The Meadows
Jim & Christine stayed over last night so we went for breakfast at Piecebox this morning where I had the most amazing muesli for breakfast. The berries were so fresh and tasty. We were also fe...

23

The Good Seed
I couldn't resist sneaking back to Artisan Roast for another hot chocolate today. This time I tried the white chocolate, lemongrass, lavender and vanilla flavour which was equally amazon as the las...

22

Artisan Roast
We went to Artisan Roast for a drink today. The weather was so nice but I couldn't resist the lure of rose and black pepper hot chocolate. It tasted amazing and had a little face on top. I'd love ...

21

BBQ In The Meadows
It was such a lovely day today and Wendy was in Edinburgh, so we headed out to meet her. We met for lunch at Peter's Yard where I had a quinoa salad. A girl came up and asked if I was "Cat Morley"...

20

Henderson's
Tom and I went for lunch at Henderson's today, a vegetarian restaurant in the New Town. I had blueberry, raspberry and banana juice to start. I then had the warm butternut squash and tofu salad w...

19

Georgie Farm
We went to Georgia Farm this morning with Mum and Nana. There were lots of new born animals to aww over. The lambs were making such funny sounds at each other. These pigs were so adorable and sl...

18

Union Jack Cushion
I've finally finished my Union Jack cushion which I started in September 2010 and had to put away for six months while we went to America.

17

Say Cheese!
We were sent a DIY Cheese Making kit from Urban Cheesecraft and decided to give it a go today. It was fun watching the curds and whey separate and seeing the cheese take form. We made mozzarella i...

16

Lovecrumbs
We put our birdhouse outside for the first time. It had a webcam inside, so we're excited to see if anyone moves in.

15

Cameo Quiz
Tom designed me some stampers for Crafter To The Stars and they arrived this morning. There's three designs in different sizes and I love them so much. It was great timing too, as I have another t...

13

Cute Accessory Or Cunning Disguise?
It was Lynsey Munn's birthday today and I made her a moustache necklace as a present.

12

Russian Passion
Mum and Dad came through to visit today so we headed down to Stockbridge to enjoy the "last day of sunshine before the storm". We started off at Russian Passion, a little cafe serving traditional ...

11

Folksy
We went to Project Coffee today and had a really tasty flapjack. We're starting a routine of trying out a new recipe every Friday to improve our cooking skills. I decided to start with spaghetti ...

10

Esslack
I was sent a pack of Esslack food spray paints this morning and they're amazing. I have so many project ideas for these. We're going to be giving away sets of them on CO+K next month, so keep your...

9

The Road-Trip Issue
We launched the Snippets 26, The Road-Trip Issue today with former Pussycat Doll, Melody Thornton on the cover. We started this issue while in Omaha so it felt so good to get it finished after near...