Adams County Animal Shelter PA Needs Help

The cat population is straining the Adams County animal shelter.  June is national "Adopt a Shelter Cat" month because of the increase in kitten births this time of the year.

A 9-week-old calico cat named Barbie looks out from her cage at the Adams County SPCA animal shelter. (THE EVENING SUN - BRETT BERWAGER)

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If you can help: TO ADOPT Contact the Adams County SPCA at 717-334-8876, or visit www.adamscountyspca.org. For a list of those facilities in the area that provide spaying and neutering go to the SPCA's link here.

New Greeting Cards

Recently, I have been working on some new cards. Right now, I am sending them as gifts to friends and relatives, but may be selling them shortly. I hope you enjoy them.

                                Cocktail Set (set of 4, made with handmade paper from Spain)

                                                                   Alice in Wonderland

Spring Flowers

Just wanted to share these beautiful flowers from my garden in Littlestown, PA. You can see the red roses, pink peonies, lovely lilacs and pink iris. I loved arranging them and I hope you enjoy looking!

Upcoming Products at Serendipity

We are expecting some exciting new products and some of our best sellers will be in stock shortly. Look for new coasters in a canister by Ganz. This set of 12 compressed paper coasters, like those found in fine restaurants and bars, feature witty sayings and are presented in an acetate canister with a polka dot ribbon attached. The ribbon makes it easy to loop over a bottle of wine for a unique hostess or housewarming gift.

Coasters in Canister by Ganz

Be sure to check out our new ID Badge Clips. If you are required to wear a badge at work or you are going to a conference or party where badges will be worn, do it in style with our jewel-like clips.

Enamel ID Badge Clip by Ganz

We'll be getting lots of cool teacher gifts in time for the holidays. Don't miss these!

Time & Again Teacher Nail Files

Be sure to see Here's to Good Women keyrings, scented candle tins, hand lotion by Time & Again, Smirk ceramic Initial mugs, new MaggiB for fall and winter, pretty in pink leather flasks, rooster figurines, scented hot pads, and more!

Happy Shopping!

Serendipity Collections Named Constant Contact All Star 2009

Serendipity Collections Receives a 2009 Constant Contact All-Star Award

Constant Contact recognizes SerendipityCollections.com for commitment to best practices in email marketing

Littlestown, PA — April 20, 2010 - SerendipityCollections.com, today announced that it has received a 2009 All-Star Award from Constant Contact®, Inc., a leading provider of email marketing, event marketing, and online survey tools for small organizations. SerendipityCollections.com was selected for meeting Constant Contact’s best-practice standards for the use of Email Marketing throughout 2009.

Jana Molinaro, Owner of Serendipity Collections, states, “For the second consecutive year, we are pleased to have been named a Constant Contact All Star. We owe much of our success to our wonderful customers and newsletter subscribers who care to read about what is happening at Serendipity Collections.”

SerendipityCollections.com received a 2009 Constant Contact All-Star Award for demonstrating best practices in the effective use of Constant Contact Email Marketing in the following areas:

• Frequency of campaigns
• Open rates
• Bounce rates
• Click through rates

“Our customers work hard to build strong relationships with their customers through email marketing and some, such as SerendipityCollections.com , truly excel in this effort,” said Gail Goodman, CEO, Constant Contact. “We created our All-Star Awards to highlight those customers who are passionately committed to following our best practices as they work to improve their customer communications. We’re proud of the role we play in helping SerendipityCollections.com be successful and we look forward to continuing to assist the company with its marketing efforts.”


About Constant Contact, Inc.

With more than 350,000 customers, Constant Contact, Inc. is a leading provider of email marketing, event marketing, and online surveys for small businesses, nonprofits, and member associations.

Bricolage Overview

Suzanna is a talented artist from Kansas. Her work is inspired from all things old, chipped, cracked, worn, dusty, used, found, buried, designed, loved, pieced, intricate, aged and transfigured.

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"Suzanna's work is inspired from all things old, chipped, cracked, worn, dusty, used, found, buried, designed, loved, pieced, intricate, aged and transfigured."
- Sushipot: Bricolage Overview (view on Google Sidewiki)

St. Patrick

St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. Although he is one of the most recognized figures in Christianity, his life is a bit of a mystery. Many of the stories normally associated with St. Patrick, including the famous telling of his ridding Ireland of all snakes, are false. This is just exaggerated storytelling.

He was born in Britain near the end of the fourth century. He is believed to have died on March 17, around 460 A.D. His parents were quite wealthy but not particularly religious. At sixteen, Patrick was taken prisoner by a group of Irish raiders who were attacking his family's estate. They took him to Ireland where he was in captivity for 6 years. During this time, he turned to his religion for comfort, becoming a devout Christian. (It is also believed that Patrick first began to dream of converting the Irish people to Christianity during his captivity.)

After more than six years as a prisoner, Patrick escaped. According to his own writing, God’s voice spoke to him in a dream, telling him to leave Ireland. He had to walk 200 miles from County Mayo to the Irish coast. He escaped to Britain and reported that he had a second revelation. It was in the form of an angel in a dream that told him to return to Ireland as a missionary. Soon after this vision, Patrick began religious training which lasted more than fifteen years. After his ordination as a priest, he was sent to Ireland to minister to Christians already living in Ireland and to convert the Irish. This contradicts the widely held belief that Patrick introduced Christianity to Ireland.

Patrick incorporated traditional rituals into his lessons of Christianity. He used bonfires to celebrate Easter since the Irish traditionally honored their gods with fire. He also superimposed a sun, a powerful Irish symbol, onto the Christian cross to create what is now called a Celtic cross. Irish tradition is rich in story-telling so it is no wonder that the tales of Patrick’s life have been embellished and exaggerated over the many years.

Source: http://www.history.com/



Happy St. Patrick's Day, all!

A New Fave for a New Year!

I recently discovered a wonderful Etsy shop and purchased the most beautiful fabric. Malka of Stitch in Dye on Etsy makes quilts, pillows, coasters, table runners and anything else that she can sew on her machine. Most of her items feature her exquisite hand-dyed and patterned fabric. She also likes to mix in thrifted, vintage and new fabric into her creations. For those of you who craft as well, Malka sells hand dyed and batiked fabric.

Malka does take custom orders so feel free to contact her through her Etsy shop A Stitch in Dye. Also, please check out her blog at http://stitchindye.blogspot.com/ Malka updates her shop often, so check back to see the new offerings.

Malka's creations are absolutely fabulous. Be sure to visit her today!