Archive for October, 2009

Best Christmas Shopping Tips

Christmas is not only a celebration or a season of festivals only, but it is also a reason for meeting with the family and friends. It is a time when all of us share greetings and best wishes with the rest of the world. Positive vibes makes the atmosphere more peaceful and jovial.

This is the time when we shop a lot for the gifts and presentations. Families spend a lot of money for these shopping and sometimes they undergo financial crunch just after the festival is over.

If you can prepare a budget and plan your shopping accordingly, it will become easy for you to manage it financially. The biggest mistakes which some of us do is, we never plan our shopping. Emotional shopping is really dangerous and it can create a big hole in your pocket.

One should always decide the price range of the gifts which he or she wants to buy. If you find a gift which you really want to buy but it is over the budget that you have decided, never get emotional. Try looking for some other brand or some other gifts within your budget. Shop around the market before you fill up your cart. During the festive season many super malls offer special discounts and that might save a lot for you.

Before you swipe your card for the gifts, just think once how much interest you are going to repay the lender. It is always the best idea to save money for the Christmas Shopping through out the year.

 

Mehendi Can Earn You Money

Are you surprised by the title of this blog? Don’t be. This is truth. If god has given you two artistic hands with creative mind, then you are lucky enough to earn in your free time.

Even if you are working or employed in some other work, you can earn that extra with your skills. Being an artiste with designs in your mind you can earn in your free time. Depending on your working hours and other engagements, you can earn from designing Mehendi. Mehendi has always been the favorites for the Indians. But now people all over the world has come to0 know about this Indian tradition and culture. Foreigners love to design Mehendi over their hands, waist, shoulders and feet. If you have contacts, you are even luckier.

You can spread the news that you have started a small home business for designing Mehendi. Trust me once first few come to you and happy with your work, you can earn a lot. In India, people wear Mehendi in every occasion whether it is a puja, karva chout, eid or wedding and anniversaries. Foreigners love to get that brownish color design on them even without any occasion. You can place the charges depending on the design and the area of the design covered in the body. For example if the design ends in the palms, the charges can be hundred or one fifty rupees.

If it goes to elbow you can triple the amount. The fee will also depend on the type of design. There are designs with Arabic figures and shaded portraits and also with some theme. So the price will depend on the effort you need to put on a particular design. You can start earning from your hobby.