Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Affirm-mantra for this week-“I will make small changes”


My affirm-mantra for this week is

“I will make small changes”

Small changes add over time. They become the foundation of our successes.

All facets of our life can be improved with small changes.

We can start taking care of our health with a small change in our eating habit.

We can start taking care of our mind by doing quick and small puzzles everyday to keep it active.

We can start taking care of our soul by spending a few minutes in silence every day.

Any task that looks monumental can be broken into smaller building blocks! Every little task counts and is a building block.

A journey of 1000 steps starts with the first step. Only when you take the first step you will be taken a little closer towards your destination.

You sculpt your life with your actions and every action counts, however small it is.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

OPINIONS


"So many men,so many opinions"
-Terence

This is the quotation I would like to share for this week's sunday citar.

I created the image in corel draw for a t shirt print and have converted it into a poster for this post.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Set SMART Goals


Setting SMART GOALS helps you focus.

This is my entry for 6ws this week.

Setting SMART GOALS means our goals have to be--

Specific
Measurable
Acheivable
Realistic
Time-bound

My affirm-mantra for this week was

"I set SMART goals".

I usually post it on mondays but due to computer problems could not do it .
This affirm mantra helped me set one of my goals for this week as-

I will create 3 squidoo lens by saturday.

I am happy to share that the affirm mantra helped me focus on creating 3 lens-

Sunday, November 1, 2009

sunday citar-golden sunset

(Golden sunset is a digital painting done by me and
is available as mini artworks ,as postcards at
GOLDEN SUNSET

How fine has the day been! how bright was the sun, How lovely and joyful the course that he run! Though he rose in a mist when his race he begun, And there followed some droppings of rain: But now the fair traveller’s come to the west, His rays are all gold, and his beauties are best; He paints the skies gay as he sinks to his rest, And foretells a bright rising again. ~ Isaac Watts,

“Every time you wake up and ask yourself, “What good things am I going to do today?”, remember that when the sun goes down at sunset, it will take a part of your life with it.” ~ “Indian Proverb”

I am happy to share these quotations for this week's sunday citar


Monday, October 26, 2009

Affirm -mantra for this week-"I will do the next right thing"



(Artwork done in photoshop.The background design is a stationary design created for REFLECTIONS)

"I will do the next right thing"

This is my Affirm -mantra for this week.The mantra is inspired from this quote by Anne Lamott.

"I took a long,deep breath and wondered as usual where to start.You start where you are,is the secret of life.You do the next right thing you can see,then the next."

I hope this affirm mantra motivates us to stay at this moment and do what we can .What has to be done will be easily done in this way!

Wishing all abundance
sema

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Sunday citar-whisper your wishes to the butterfly


(artwork done by me in photoshop)

"To make a wish come true,
whisper it to a Butterfly.
Upon these wings it will be taken to
heaven and granted, for they are the
messengers of the Great Spirit."

-Native American Legend

I am happy to share this quote for this week's sunday citar.I found this quote while surfing for butterflies quotations for my squidoo lens on butterflies.I have created this lens with 10 butterflies quotes and 112 butterflies gifts.I think this quote holds truth, as one of my wednesday wishes was to promote my zazzle store REFLECTIONS .I created the squidoo lens to help me in this.In the lens I had featured other fellow zazzlers products too.One of them Hilly,a successful zazzler gave me a pleasant shock today by featuring my store as the shop of the month in her website tshirt-total .Please do visit the website as it gives you a great shopping experience in a selection of the best of zazzle shops.

Wishing all a sucessful week ahead!
sema

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Wednesday Wishes - Success




I am very happy to share that I sold 8 of the above success keys postcards today.
I received the sales email this morning and
the next mail was jamie's wishcasting post with the question,

"what do you wish to say yes to?"

The thought that immediately came to my mind were the keys in the above quotation.

The will to win,
The desire to succeed,
The urge to reach my full potential.

I wish to say Yes to these keys to acheive personal excellence.

I wish all success to my wishcasting friends!

Monday, October 19, 2009

Affirm-mantra for this week-Self-discipline



My Affirm-mantra for this week is "I am self-disciplined"

This Affirm-mantra is to encourage myself,to motivate myself,to reassure myself and to commit myself in my quest for self improvement.

"Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward."
~Napolean Hill~

Self-discipline awakens our inner strength. It helps us develop our ability to control our behavior.Mastery over our actions can be practiced and cultivated through our awareness of our actions.Focusing on our strengths and qualities instead of paying too much attention on our weaknesses help us move forward.

Let us remember Nido Qubein words “The price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret” to become more self-disciplined.

I Hope I have helped you decide to make -
"I am self-disciplined"
as your Affirm-mantra for this week too!

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Sunday citar-Have a good laugh



( I created the image in photoshop )

I am happy to share this quotation for this week's sunday citar

"The world is a looking glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it, and it is a jolly kind companion."

-William Makepeace Thackeray

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Masks we wear

(the image is a photoshop artwork I had done earlier for an art challenge)

My M word for ABCwednesday is MASKS.

We wear different masks in our lives and here are few quotes about them.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
~ John Dryden

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.
~ Adam Clarke

Yet, our achievements also mask many continuing failings and seem to expose more future dangers.
~ Hun Sen

“Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let us always remember this quote

Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.
~ Kevyn Aucoin

and the only mask we wear should be love for all to have a heart filled with beauty !

Monday, October 12, 2009

Affirm-Mantra for this week-Be committed!





I am committed in my efforts.

This is my affirm mantra for this week.

Commitment is the primary key to achieve your goals.The difference between success and failure is often the difference between a half hearted effort and total commitment.When you only do a bit,only dabble or just take a shot at something the result is not great.It is impossible to succeed if your commitment is half hearted.To succeed it is all or nothing,so give your best.

Be committed to succeed !

Wishing all success in whatever you do,
sema

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Sunday Citar- Enjoy litle things



I am happy to share this quotation for sunday citar.
The image was designed and created in photoshop by me as part of the calender design I am working on for my zazzle store REFLECTIONS.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

6WS-Feeling Great...



Feeling Great...learning a new technique.

These 6 words for 6WordSaturday describes how I feel today.

I have been planning to create a squidoo lens to promote my products at zazzle store REFLECTIONS but kept postponing it as I didn't know how to upload the images as a link.Yesterday I found a useful lens describing the process of adding html to the text modules.I followed it to create my lens for Thank you photocards-Show your appreciation with thank you photocards.I knew nothing of html and all this was new to me.First the pictures didn't upload properly then redoing the process I got the hang of the technique of copying links and deleting unwanted html .After 3 hours of learning,creating and redoing I am feeling great,having learnt a new technique to make my blogging experience interesting.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Today's best award at zazzle

Green tree pattern mousepad

I was thrilled to see the above design chosen as one of today's best designs at zazzle.
I developed the design from a ink and paint sketch I did today. I then worked in photoshop to get the green pattern.


( pen and paint sketch)

I drew this abstract tree in black ink and then added color with pearl acrylic colors to add shimmer to the painting. I painted this art for my wetcanvas forum thread of daily paintings but felt with the shimmer it will be a nice painting to submit to the inspiration-avenue challenge this week-shimmer,too!


The design is available as a binder cover design too!



you can see the design in orange color too at REFLECTIONS,my zazzle store.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

wednesday wish-completed !



Jamie's question this week at wishcasting

What do you wish to complete?

I wish to complete...

1.Creating a plan to promote my zazzle store REFLECTION.
I love designing and have created 461 products ,till now ,using my designs.I have sold a few products but sales is slow. Promotion is very important in selling and I wish to create a plan to succeed in it.

2.Creating a diet plan to follow .
The past 2 months has been busy with going out of town often that I have put on weight without proper exercise and diet control.I wish to start again being more disciplined in my food habits.

3.Clearing the house to make it ready for the festival.
Deepavali is our festival for welcoming prosperity and abundance in to our lives and I wish my home to be ready for it.