Pioneers of Advanced Handmade Mediterranean Gourd Lamps

A rainy Saturday afternoon in the wonderful resort of Alanya. We left behind the summer'17 season only a few weeks ago and now we are preparing to leave behind the year 2017. Although it has been a successful year for 'Rising Star' (with a few hick-ups), I don't feel the same for the humanity. I don't necessarily think that it has gone worse but definitely no improvement. Why do I think the humanity hasn't gone worse? Because I believe that it has always been this way. I look

Instead of sending an email or a message of a digital kind, I wanted to pass our Christmas message with a short blog post. I don't think it has been a smooth and an easy year for many people, not necessarily only in our region but for most of the world. It looks like there is a tension of some kind almost anywhere in the world. For people like us, it is hard to understand these occurrences that surround us in a negative way. I could never understand what's that we can't share

Yes, we can... and we will. It was a crucial decision we took a year and a half ago. Our region and our country weren't going through the best of the times. Problems in Syria and millions of refugees moving to Turkey. We had serious problems with Russia as we took one of their army planes down for accessing our borders. The Russian president Putin wasn't happy at all. And eventually, Russians were banned to visit Turkey for their holidays which created a 7.0 scale earthquake

Today I am going to write about an email I received this morning which has touched somehere deep in my soul. This blogpost carries no commercial interest. If you ever read this blogpost, share it and if someone returns and prooves to me that they are somehow attached to a child with a disorder, I will give them a minimum of 40% discount which is approximately their cost to me. Here is the email I received. I copy paste as it is just removing names. Subject Your lamps are a mi

Counting down for the Christmas day and the new year, most of us feel happy. Happy to reunite with our families, preparing for that special day, getting prepared for the dinner as well as organizing gifts. Almost every night is occupied with an event with friends, colleagues, relatives, and people we love and care. It is the best time of the year for most of us. I know quite a few people who hate Christmas time for their own reasons but it is undeniably a busy time for all wo

Christmas is soon and the Rising Star workshop is busy trying to fulfill Christmas orders. We are quite happy with the demand this year and I should thank to all those who consider our work as gifts for their families and their loved ones. Thanks a million. From here, and on behalf of Rising Star Team I can comfortably say that you are all adding to our joy this Christmas and we respect. I hope you all feel the same. I have noticed that I have ignored the blog for a while (be