Hello everybody!
Today we want to talk about something really important on which, up to now - willingly, and here in this post we will explain the actual reasons - we have preferred giving a few pieces of information. The important "something" we are referring to is the double, awful, earthquake which hit the large province of Modena some weeks ago.
Casa Cenina, with its small resources, has participated to some initiatives without being too showy but offering gifts or contributions to all embroiderers and craftswomen's groups all over Italy.
As we have already explained to those who made us some questions, we have chosen this type of silent approach since we do believe that when facing such tragedies the best thing we can do is "acting without showing". This is our steady opinion on this matter.

However, today we cannot but introduce to all of you the initiative by one of the reference brands of our creative world - DMC - as for the earthquake which has ruined the daily life of a lot of Italian people. This initiative is a very concrete charitable activity we want to share with you, by merely being the in-between actor. We do hope a lot of you will take part to this unique initiative!

DMC has actually decided to promote through Casa Cenina a huge charitable action for all the people struck by the earthquake in Emilia Romagna. This action is called "A Bag ful of Aid" and the 20% of the price of each of these wonderful bags and purses will directly be cashed in the Regione Emilia Romagna account for the earthquake emergency. These bags are in limited edition and they can be bought exclusively in Casa Cenina. Here they are:

- Shopping Bag
- Big Bowling Bag
- Little Bowling Bag
- Purse
- Round Purse

You already know these products and their high quality since you had the chance to touch them during our Festa del Ricamo and to read in our blog their usefulness even if they have all the characteristics of the fashion bags by famous stylists.

Now their usefulness is double thanks to the great contribution DMC has decided to give through their sale which has been prolonged from the 28th of July until Christmas! And, let us say that there cannot be any better Christmas gift than a product which is useful for the buyer, the receiver and, above all, for those people who will spend their Christmas time outside, with their houses destroyed by the earthquake. What can be more generous and good for Christmas?

In order to be as honest as possible - like DMC - in the homepage of their website this initiative will be presented as it deserves and at the end of it, both DMC and Casa Cenina will publish the receipt of the money transfer made to the Regione Emilia Romagna account so that all of you can be punctually informed on how much, even with a small gift for someone we love, we can donate also to people we do not now but who need our help!

Thank you very much for all you will be able to do!
A big hug

Not long ago, I read somewhere that "a woman and her bag complement each other, just like two sisters" and I immediately thought this definition is very well-chosen For all women (apart form the matter of fact that you usually choose your bag, while it's your destiny giving you your sister, even the most beloved one ), bags are necessary: they certainly reveal much of their owners, for they are "loyal and reliable companions", as well as the personal "containers" where we like to include all our "little world" to always bring it with us!
And this is probably why, if there's anything we just can't do without, when talking about bags, is their quality: and we're perfectly right!

That's exactly what we have thought when DMC has introduced us their brand ne range of "everyday" bags: not simple bags for storing our needlework and quitling necessities, but real "mates" for our everyday life! And since we only know, as women, how busy our everyday life can be - if not frantic! - and how it can put to the hardest test even the strongest of us and the most resistant of our bags, we've been literally amazed by these bags, when they've been finally delivered to us!

Their top-quality raw materials - from the jacquard, tone on tone fabric, to the soft leatherette of their details - their finest manufacturing, typical of the Mediterranean leather-good manufacturing tradition (these bags are designed in Italy and entirely produced in Spain); the variety of the models offered - all coming in a practical and elegant protection pouch, with the DMC logo on - have immediately convinced us that these bags deserve a leading position in our online catalog! ... so, here they are:
• Shopping Bag
• Big Bowling Bag
• Little Bowling Bag
• Purse
• Round Purse
In different versions, but all with the same features: capacious and sturdy, equipped with inside pockets for your keys ad mobiles, perfect for all seasons and refined so to have nothing less than the bags from the most famous fashion designers! And everything with a great added value, in comparison to their "designer cousins", for - thanks to the ten years' business relationship existing between Casa Cenina and DMC - we have managed to be delivered some more of those originally assigned to us, because they have been produced strictly in limited edition, and to agree with this French brand renowned worldwide a very appealing price!

We're ready to bet you're going to love them too!

Of course, if they are not sold out before, you'll find them at our Festa del Ricamo, but - in the meantime - we're pleased to remind you that you can already reserve yours for in your pick&pay order! And, if you are among the luicky one to manage to get one for yourself, remember that - being produced in limited edition - you'll be certainly able to show it off as a rarity that's all yours

Hugs!