A simple and quick idea for your Mardi Gras
Light felt, scissors, fabric glue or needle and thread… and ready to party! Having fun in the most colorful days of the year is certainly a matter of crafting something funny, too, better if ina fast and pleasing way, for our children and – why not? -, with our children! The Net is full of very good and varied tutorials to inspire ourselves. Among many of them however, we’ve chosen to focus on an idea to create some lovely animal masks, perfect to make any Mardi Gras party even more lively, in particular for our little ones! Click here and download the free patterns in seconds: Choose your favorite little…
Please, don’t call them just “adhesive tape”!
Washi Tapes are here A low-cost – though with an amazingly high potential in terms of creativeness – solution for any crafting: that’s how the essence of “washi tapes” can be summed up. We have selected a number of them, directly in the USA, even though they originally come from Japan: the country where the care of the smallest detail in any project is a must! And, in fact, the word “Washi” is composed by the Japanese “wa”, standing for “Japanese”, and “shi”, meaning “paper”. So, “Japanese Paper” and handmade – as it has always been in the tradition of the “Country of the Rising Sun” – with fibers obtained…
Color your needlework new
The latest “capsule collection” from Zweigart They invented the “aida” – the most used cross stitch fabric – about 150 years ago and they have kept on researching and developing ever since, marketing worldwide the hundreds of different embroidery weaves, including the linens used by the most famous, modern hand-dying brands, like Weeks Dye Works, just to mention one. Zweigart innovation never stops, both in terms of fibers, and in terms of colors, with several new products every year. Their year 2020 opens with a capsule collection widening the color range of aida, linen and lugana evenweave. In the instance of the aida, there are two new versions – a…
Happy Campers Tilda: the new collection is here!
A celebration of Spring, already in January. Its name is “Happy Campers/Spring 2020” and it’s the new Tilda collection, opening the New Year and definitely anticipating the warm, next season, both in its color shades and in its patterns 🙂 Small, very detailed flowers and little, lovely bees happily swirling among their petals represent the leitmotiv of these new pure cotton fabrics, together with a whole lot of gingham and polka dots nicely mixed together by the Norwegian designer, in her unmistakable style. All patterns seem to re-echo some cheerful days in the open air, with oilcloths on the camping tables! And the connection to camping and to the iconic…
People in love, either with a partner or singles, it’s time to celebrate!
Tradition has taught us that Valentine’s Day – on February 14th – is the day of the people in love… but we can also be in love, without being in a relationship with a partner: and that’s probably why in Italy, for some years, we’ve started celebrating also singles and on the very day after: February 15th! So, here we are with a double opportunity to treat ourselves with some little gift and… discounted, of course. And what if you’r not in love? No problem at all, for at Casa Cenina, we’re going to prolong the above-mentioned double opportunity for three days! From Friday, February 14th, to Sunday, February 16th,…
Welcome to the alternative
A brand new stranded cotton has won us over! Without diminishing the best-known brands – like DMC and Anchor, with this last one boasting an even longer history in comparison to the French “cousin” – Casa Cenina is happy and honored to launch in Europe a new range of stranded cotton skeins, made in the USA: Sullivans! They are brand new in the Old Continent and they are top-quality, since made with 100% mercerized, Egyptian cotton. They come in traditional 6-ply, 8.70-yard skeins. We selected them for the undisputable reliability of their manufacturer (Sullivans International was established over 30 years ago in Australia and has now become a multinational group,…
The coldest time of the year: very low temperatures, very high discounts!
29th, 30th and 31st January are the coldest days of the year, according to the Italian tradition. That’s why we’ve told ourselves: what about warming up the atmosphere? After all, we still have a couple of Winter months to cope with and Holidays are already “memories” and we all need some opportunities to smile and to treat ourselves with some “off-plan presents”. So, here’s our idea for a “hot shopping” in the so-called, freezing “days of the hen blackbird” (that’s how they’re called in Italy): 20% on all items immediately in stock and not 12% on all books and magazines immediately in stock and not additional 5% on all the…
Secret Stitch Along Lanarte 2020 / 1
The New Year starts with a new mystery Ready for the next Lanarte Secret Stitch Along? Save the date: on Valentine’s Day – February 14th – everything’s getting started and you’ll b stitching for 17 weeks, with a new part of a secret pattern revealed week after week, directly emailed to each stitcher joining the SSA, according to the “magic formula” that Lanarte has got us used to! Joining is very easy: purchase the necessary kit at Casa Cenina, register your participation in the Lanarte website (from January 14th), here: And stitch this mysterious subject together with thousands of other stitchers around the world, piece by piece and cross stitch…
Ball-tip needles
Everything you need to know When we started carrying them for the very first time, some time ago, ball-tip needles truly sold like hot cakes, even taking us somehow by surprise, honestly speaking… also because it hadn’t been that easy to find them… and when their Dutch distributor told us that they weren’t going to deliver them again and we had to stop selling them, a lot of our friends emailed us to ask “please, do your best to find them again!”. Well, since at Casa Cenina we always take very seriously your request, of course we’ve done our best and the results of our “very targeted” research are here:…
The longest midnight of the year 2019
Around the world in 24 time zones from Tonga to Honolulu to celebrate the New Year brilliantly!!! Here at Casa Cenina the New Year’s Eve Dance is going to last 24 hours, with staggering discounts… Just as the round of drinks and toasting to welcome the New year also should be. From December 31st, 2019, at 11:00am (CET), until 11:00am (CET), January 1st, 2020, ollow our clocks and don’t miss a single second of our “New year’s Eve 24 hours”: – 30% off on thousands items – 12% on books and magazines – +5% on already discounted items To you all out there, our best wishes! May your 2020 be full of mirth, health…
