MORE PHOTOSHOP

Here are more pictures that I photoshopped. I hope you like them; I am not very good at it yet but still learning.

My photoshop craze

So the past few days I have been very very busy learning new things and enjoying them. One of them is photoshop and I am in love with it. Anything is possible with that. I can change pictures and create a collage and

Henna Design Collection

 

This is my collection of Henna designs. These are easy but still require a lot of practice. Enjoy

 

83 things to do with a penny

Now that the last penny is stamped, everything will be rounded to a nickel. However, savingadvice.com has come up with a list of things you can still use your pennies for.

1. Clean dirty pennies instantly by dropping them into a saucer of vinegar with table salt stirred in.

2. Use for leverage to pry off the lid from a difficult “line-up-the-arrows” childproof medication bottle.

3. Slip one under a vase that sits a little wobbly to steady it.

4. Tape one to the tail of your kite for a little more stabilizing weight.

10 Secrets to Happiness

Life is so stressful for an average person that it is hard to make time for yourself. Keeping yourself happy is the secret to keep going through life with a positive attitude. Researchers are always coming up with these new secrets to happiness, stress-free life etc. The recent research

8 Things you should never say to a mom

I stumbled upon this article on a yahoo blog and found it really interesting. So I wanted to share it with you guys. It is written by Charlene Prince Birkeland (Team Mom)
Parents are careful about what they say to their kids. They even pay attention to questions they might pose to their child-free friends. But sometimes, when comfort levels are high around mom friends -- or people forget to think before they speak -- folks can get careless with their comments. A simple remark by a well-meaning friend to a new mom could hurt her self-confidence. Or a casual comment to a mom with a "spirited child" may do more harm than you'd imagine.
Team Mom asked the experts about the impact that eight comments could have on a mom. Here's what they had to say:

10 Things you should stop doing

During the course of the day, you have many things to do and accomplish. You have your habits and routines, as well as other tasks and responsibilities. These are the things that you normally see on your to-do lists. However, there are things that you do on a daily basis that you actually need to stop doing. These things make use of your time and energy with no positive results in the end.


1. Wasting your time online

If you want to get anything done in real life, then you need to stop wasting your time online. You only need so much time to check, answer, and send emails. You need to watch the amount of time you spend on facebook because you can waste a whole day on it. You have to limit the time you spend surfing websites, blogs, and forums.

3 Tips on Maintaining a Good Attitude at Work

Having a good attitude is important, whether you are at work or home. Being at home and having a bad attitude tends to not affect as many people as when you are at work. These 8 tips on maintaining a good attitude at work might prove useful to those who seem to have a difficult time pulling this off. You’d be surprised at how much your good attitude helps those around you too.

3. Assume something good will come from a situation

3 Ways to recover from stress

No matter what stresses you out, your body's response is to release the hormone cortisol. If you have a mood disorder such as anxiety or depression then you can bet that your body is also crankingup this powerful hormone.  Poor lifestyle choices like not getting enough sleep can also contribute to stress.  The question is, how do you know when the stress you're experiencing is harming you?

When we experience stress, it triggers a chemical reaction called "fight or flight" response which leads to the production of cortisol and adrenalin. This is designed to help us from perceived threats. If you always feel tense or anxious, then your body will constantly be producing cortisol and adrenalin and this can eventually lead to "adrenal fatigue".  The result can be lack of stamina, depression, increased food cravings and weakened immunity.

5 Ways to train your brain to be more happy

 If you find you're always getting distracted, meditation might offer a fix.  It can boost concentration and your ability to perform tasks, suggests a study published in Psychological Science.  Researchers measured how well people attending a meditation retreat could distinguish between lines of different lengths flashed on a screen and found that the more often and longer the subjects meditated, the better they did on the test.