Bad Weather Driving

Really, more snow, are you kidding me?  The 4th day of our "official" spring we got dumped on good.  My neighbors doxies had a heck of a time to find a clear place to do their business, poor girls. We'll we're thawing out now and it's not too cold and the sun was shining today so that certainly helps the mood.  Last week's theme for scavenger hunters at ESN was "driving".   I hate driving in bad weather, oh, I can handle snow okay, it's the ice, black ice and other drivers (I am an excellent driver!) :)  Today the roads were dry, all the snow stayed where it belongs; on the places that need to get green.  And now I have a new job (yes, again.  If I'm not working I'm looking for work, they are usually temp jobs that I get so the cycle is pretty constant) but the drive is like 8 minutes away so no worries if there's bad weather.  Le Petit Marché doesn't have anything in the store to help with your driving, but we do have a few pretty little things to help in your dreams of driving the ultimate machine.  Take a look at these miniature beauties!

Hot Wheels 1971 Ford Torino Limited                  Hot Wheels Corvette 50th Anniversary

And my pal over at ESN; Eccentric Thifter has these bookmark cars for the car lover. 

Set of 7 Highsmith Collectible Cars Series Bookmarks

So dream big and rev your engines!  You can imagine a heck of a drive with all these cool selections.

Feathers, Lines and Traveling....

Whew!  I missed the last installment of  the "feathers" theme at ESN, and I've also missed the "lines" theme for this week, well, so far anyway, but getting it done now!  I went on a little trip to see my mother in Pennsylvania last week.  A town called "Quakertown", population a little under 9,000 and some of the citizens are actual Quakers.  I forgot how beautiful PA was, the trees are so different than what we have here in Colorado.  It is autumn there as well and the colors were brilliant.  It was a pretty quiet time as mom doesn't get around all that well anymore.  But she did have a party in the hall in the park she lives in for my 2 brothers, my nephew and myself because all of our birthdays are in October!  It was quite fun and we had cakes with our names on them and a wonderful meal with good wine and many of my mother's friends.  It was a great visit, but I am glad to be home, a lot of stuff to get done (like renew my expired drivers license...) before I go back to university on Oct. 29th (can't wait to get back to work!) So I looked around at some of my fellow scavenger hunters stores to see what I could find in the vein of feathers and lines and here's what I found.  This shirt from Eccentric Thrifter is a feather design, so it doesn't have any feathers fluffing off of it, but it's pretty cool design all the same.

Ladies Top Briggs New York - Feather Design

For lines, I have found in my own store Le Petit Marché a few items that are more like "striped", but lines are stripes and stripes are lines, right?  Or they probably can be.  

Espresso 3 Cup and Saucer Set                                             

  Amanda Smith Multi Color Stripe Purse

And to finish up the "lines" theme I found this fishing cap at Embroidery Fashions Boutique.  She custom embroiders all her items herself and has lots of different fishing caps to choose from.  I chose the fly fishing one because there is a fishing line embroidered on it as well!

Mens Custom Embroidered Black Fly Fishing Cap

Crafty Crafters Crafting Crafts...

Whew!  The title is a mouthful and perhaps doesn't roll of the tongue nicely, but I chose it because on ESN we have many members who make crafts.  They knit, sew, make jewelry and lots of other stuff that maybe I haven't discovered yet.  And "crafts" is the theme of the scavenger hunters this week.  I am so envious of the talents the men and women have on ESN, as I said before I could not craft my way out of a paper bag.  I don't know what my talent is but it sure isn't making "things"!  I'm going to feature several crafters here, so come on by to Ecrater Stores Network and take a look at their handmade wares.  They are lovely and high quality!  Visit  Nancy's Doll Closet for a large assortment of American Girl handcraftted doll clothes.  Here is just one of her creations:          American Girl Doll Pink Butterfly Jean Set

Next we have Hazel's Hodge Podge who makes infant size crochet caps and booties.

Newborn Cap and Booties 

 Next we have Embroidery Fashions Boutique, she embroiders hats and t-shirts.  This t-shirt is one of my favorites that she makes.                        Mom's Sippy Cup

And to finish it up here is Eccentric Thrifter

Handmade Scarf and Cap