Homeless Dogs

For the past few weeks I have been searching for something special. Having hankered after a greyhound for sometime I realised that my home and I would be far too small to house and handle such a hound. I was on the look out for a special companion which would fit into my tiny terraced home...and along came the whippet. My cat seems horrified by this so I am trying to find a cat friendly whippet to befriend Frankie. In the meantime I am settling for another homeless dog. This is quite simply one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen on Etsy. I would love to give him a home.

Homeless Dog by Lemmikkiapina. Lemmikkiapina.etsy.com

Leviathan

Sitting at home with the flu is bad enough, but sitting at home when you could be whale watching....Confined to the house, under doctors orders, has meant that I have missed my chance to go on a planned puffin and whale watching trip. I'm sad. So I've been doing a spot of whale exploration from my armchair. Luckily I have Leviathan, or the Whale to keep me company.

I spie with my little eye something beginning with E.

Shuffle through your bookshelves. If you look very carefully you'll see Ethel and Iris cards in a new book called 1000 Handmade Cards by Laura McFadden published by Quarry Press/ Rockport.

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside...

Ethel likes nothing better than feeling the sand between her toes . As a child her Dad built a tiny sandpit in the family garden, between the rabbit hutch and the flowerbeds. Ethel would close her eyes and pretend she was by the sea, building sandcastles and fetching buckets of water to form a moat. Inspired by these memories we present to you the seaside collection.

Train leaves from Amsterdam...

Inspired by the snow dome collection, Ethel ans Iris have been busy working away on some travel inspired cards and accessories. It all begins in Amsterdam....

Miniature Worlds

As long as I can remember Ethel and Iris have found great pleasure in collecting bits and pieces from their travels. One of their favourite discoveries, made many years ago, was the miniature world captured inside tiny souvenir snow domes. Sometimes Ethel could not make a trip, so through the years many of her kind friends and family collected the domes for her. Now, all Ethel has to do when she's feeling restless is look into her domes to transport herself to the exotic, the breathtaking and the famous wonders of the world without even leaving her armchair.

Hello, make yourself at home....

Welcome..to the world of Ethel & Iris.
A world of knitting needles, pattern cutting and love of all things old.
Ethel & Iris share a passion for finding, collecting and discovering things that time has forgotten.
Just as Granny used to scrimp and save, Ethel & Iris cherish the art of making and mending. With a touch of tender loving care, Ethel & Iris hope to breath new life into the old, the unwanted and the unloved gems of the world.