A year of Cissys Design

Have been very very busy, i know that sounds familiar----------a good reason to give for not writing a Post.

After Diwali, i finally got going on getting a couple of new ideas , but got busy with orders( yes orders with an S),Put up a stall at the Shamrock Festival -St Patricks, with my friend, Arezu as partner (also the cost of the stall got shared-collaboration is good).

Takeaway travel glass Candles- packaging

Button Candle Stands( part of my Ethnic collection)


Cane&Coconut candle Stands( part of my Ethnic collection)


Made a trip to Bangalore for a fair organized by Studio Sattva-Christmas Bazaar 2010( I met Devika of Sattva on Facebook), the first time i have gone out of Pune with my designs. That was last week, back home i have another order to complete & send out samples to Mumbai.


Girls presenting a dance at Studio Sattva Christmas Fair-Bangalore


Me with friends, Vijita her daughter Riyana helping set up the stall with Saby who helped me manage at all my stalls


Terracotta Oil Burners (From my colleague from ISB- Debjani's - Gift/lifestyle store Srishti's Collection ) was kind enough to give me these for my Bangalore trip


Hand Painted Diya by my friend Arezu (part of my Ethnic collection)


Terracotta Diya before painting, the camera mode was retro, liked the look


Coconut Shell Candle Stands( part of my Ethnic collection)
picture not so great as i shot it in the dark without flash


Working on Cup Candles-Tomato Red-------------they look good


All my candle accessories have been sourced from rural artisans- Mixing my skills with someone elses is also a good idea, makes business sense & is immensely profitable in all ways.

I also finished a year of starting Cissy's Design, and it has been some journey, so many things happened, ISB-Goldman Sachs, Business Plan, Marketing ,Accounts training, Product development, Pricing,Packaging-------Words that lived in a world different to mine became a part of my existence.

Also the meaning of being called Entrepreneur got clear----------Hard work-----------and then some more hard work.

Friends played an important role-all across the year it was friends who made the year so fruitful.

All in all it has been a GO(O)D Year.