In 2007, Cat Morley an her partner in crime, Tom Waddington transformed the Cut Out + Keep blog in to a community for everyone to make and share craft projects.

"In 2001, I started Cut Out + Keep as a blog where I would post photos and tutorials of the crafts I had been making. I really love being creative and doing all kinds of crafts, especially trying out new ones, and CO+K became a great place to showcase my efforts and get feedback from the readers. Later that year, I made my first podcast, filled with creative ideas to help prepare the listeners for Christmas. It got great feedback, so I continued to make more podcasts, started creating a paper zine to accompany the site and Cut Out + Keep grew and grew.

By the end of 2006, Cut Out + Keep was hosting over 200 of my projects. Having the blog had been such a great experience for me, it gave me motivation to create and I had met so many other creative people thanks to it. My boyfriend Tom and I decided it was time to open up CO+K in to an interactive website, so that everyone could get creative. In 2007, the blog reshaped itself in to a sparkly new website, we gave the projects and the blog their own sections and added a board for the members to chat on.

Aside from studying Film Making / Computer Art at University, I was freelance writing for a number of in-print and online magazines (Clash Magazine, Venus Zine and ReadyMade). I wanted to find a way to combine my passion for journalism and photography with Cut Out + Keep, while keeping the creative theme, so we decided to produce a free online magazine. We hooked in a selection of fantastic writers (who were even more fantastic for not needing to be paid) and in February 2007, our first issue of Snippets launched.

Titled the 'Rockstar Issue', we featured an interview with Placebo, beauty tips from burlesque star Missy Malone, a competition and a number of other creative articles. I'd been lucky enough to blag a photopass for a Placebo gig a couple of months previous, so we decided to create a 'digital cover' and put Brian Molko on the front. 9 issues later, we've had themes including music, fashion, DIY and specials for Halloween and Christmas. We've been lucky enough to interview some of the best bands, celebrities, entertainers and creators out there and we will continue to showcase the latest and greatest in indie and DIY pop culture.

By autumn 2007, Cut Out + Keep was beginning to take shape. We'd added a members section, so that the readers could create profiles and social-network with the other members on the site. A few months later we launched project adding so that the members could begin adding their own tutorials and creations. We've seen some unique and very creative projects and we're so happy with how it's turned out. Currently, we're sitting at 2500 members with hundreds and hundreds of projects. We're working very hard creating new features and improving the site, we're almost ready to provide the users with a blog of their very own and we've got big plans up our sleeves for 2008, so keep an eye on this creative space!"