Cat Morley


Blog Posts

Nov

28

Eagle Bar Diner
We have nice new neighbours upstairs, Olivia and Juliet, who came down for drinks and took our unwanted orange sofa away. Tonight we went out for Alex’s birthday, starting off at the Eagle Bar Din...

27

Black Friday
This morning we went ornament shopping at Clifton Nurseries, as they've just opened the Christmas shop. I got Nana a cute little squirrel for her tree and I got one for ours too. Afterwards we wen...

25

The Old Operating Theatre
My Nana really likes to hear about the darker side of London’s history, so today we went to the Old Operating Theatre, which is located in an attic near London Bridge. You have to climb up a tiny ...

23

St Pancras
This evening we had a bit of time to kill before my family arrived on the midnight train, so we went for dinner at Carluccio's in St. Pancras. It's really nice being able to sit out under the huge ...

22

I Look At The Sun And I Look In The Mirror
There was a nice little piece on Cut Out + Keep in the Daily Mirror newspaper today. They called on Friday asking for photos.

21

Ads VS Reality - Pizza Hut
The tiny quantity was the most disappointing thing about these potato wedges, which according to Pizza Hut is a “standard portion”.

20

Leap Anywhere
Tom’s got a new job as Head Of Technology at LEAP ANYWHERE, a website that features events you can go to to benefit charity. We celebrated tonight with pink champagne and dinner from the Bombay Bi...

19

Bond Noel
Bond Street were having another late night shopping event with champagne and nibbles in all the fancy stores today. There were carol singers on ever corner, reindeer and fake foamy snow being blow...

18

Bust
BUST Magazine did a nice little post about Cut Out + Keep reaching 30,000 members on their website.

14

Princess Cut
We thought we’d avoid the rain today by hiding out in Westfield, but I think everyone in London had the same idea. I tried on pretty rings in Tiffany & Co.. The princess cut is my favourite bu...

12

Grazia Shopping Night
Tonight, Grazia Magazine were hosting a shopping evening on Carnaby Street, which was a bit like Fashion’s Night Out, so most of the shops were offering a 20% discount, had DJs and were giving out ...

11

Estethica Press Day
Today was the Estethica press day at the Mayfair Hotel, so Emma and I went along super early for a snoop around. It’s a showcase for designers who work with sustainable products, including Christop...

10

IndieClick
The super exciting news this week is that Cut Out + Keep have signed with IndieClick advertising agency. We’ve wanted to work with them for a while, but they don’t take on many websites but now we'...

9

On Monday, Emma, Ben, Tom and I went for dinner at Yo! Sushi, followed up with drinks at a pub where the bar was covered in creepy clown dolls. I woke up to a call from my bank’s fraud squad this ...

7

The Cuban
This weekend was Andrew’s birthday, so we got him a membership to the Prince Charles Cinema, so that he can go to £1.50 movies in his free periods. A massive dog licked my leg on the tube to Camde...

4

Sew With Cath Kidston
I was sent a copy of Cath Kidston's new book Sew! which comes with all the materials needed to make the bag on the cover. We’re doing a contest to win the book on Cut Out + Keep too. Tom was joking...

2

Stitch Rock
Cut Out + Keep was one of the sponsors for the Stitch Rock craft fair in Florida.

1

Today felt like Boxing Day. Emma stayed over, so in the morning we slomped on the sofas under duvets, watched terrible shows and movies on TV and munched on left over candy. In the evening, Alex in...

Oct

31

Trick Or Treat
Today was Halloween, my favourite day of the year, so we planned a party at the Mews. Tom did an amazing job with decorating - hanging orange and black streamers across the ceiling with dangly bat...

24

On A Scale Of 1 to 10, You’re At Least 10 Million
We had a lazy day today, hanging around in Bayswater.

23

Fangtasia
There’s only a few days until Halloween, so I made a Fang Necklace. The awesome thing about the necklace is that you can change the teeth to suit your mood.

20

Nanny State
Plan 9 do pancake Tuesdays and we had been meaning to have some for ages, so after work today we shared some apple & cinnamon ones. They said that they had made them “extra special” for their f...

18

Wholesome Fun
This morning Sarah, Bruno, Dave, Ben, Emma, Tom and I went for lunch on the Narrowboat Cafe at Little Venice. We then went to feed the squirrels and peacocks in Holland Park, where we got scared b...

17

Funland
Tom got his hair cut today and then we went for free drinks at Grace bar in Piccadilly Circus. In the evening we went for dinner at Vapiano’s with Tony, Lynsey and Emma. We then went to the Troca...

16

Puppet Show
We met up with Emma, Andrew and Gary after work today and went for a drink in town. They attempted to cheer Emma up with a puppet show and lollipop but she wasn't impressed. We were then invited t...