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car shoe prada Pena of Lancaster believes that "there are good people in the world" as a result of a surprise she recently received.A single mother of two, Pena, 39, was selected to receive about $10,000 worth of clothing, shoes, jewelry and body products from The Giving Closet, a charity founded by Los Angeles native Sam Russell.Russell worked with Pena's social worker, Cathy Hower, to surprise Pena with a makeover and the items at Visage a Visage Salon. Pena's new look was completed by salon stylist Erica Edwards, who also donated her time.The more than 23 outfits, shoes, handbags, body products and Paul Frank pajamas for her children were donated by name brand designers through The Giving Closet. Russell founded the charity after working as a personal stylist to celebrities and seeing the amount of available clothing that could benefit those in need.Overwhelmed and holding back tears, Pena was visibly touched by the gifts and said that it has been a long time since "someone did something nice like this for me. I am always doing everything for my children."Pena works part time as a teacher's aide at Fulton Elementary School in Lancaster, and Hower knew that Pena would be appreciative of the clothes. Pena's 18 year old daughter has special needs and requires round the clock care, Pena said.Local vendors sell handmadeThe story: Karen, who studied art at Lander University in South Carolina and now lives and works in Amherst, started her career making stained glass windows. But she says buying huge volumes of glass often felt wasteful."It didn't really match with my values," she says. "That's a lot of energy. I just didn't feel good about it.""Once people found out I was using recycled glass, they were like, 'I've got these old windows,'" she says, laughing. "I probably have a lifetime of glass to work with ."Unlike some of the other shop owners profiled here, Karen's sole income comes from selling her work on Etsy, which she joined in 2010, and at fairs, festivals and other events her husband, Joey, also sells vintage items in his own shop, called Cheesy Shrimp Grits.She crafts the glass into beads and also uses pieces of it to frame scraps of dictionary pages, old maps and sheet music