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How to Decorate With Semi-Precious Rocks

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If you want to enhance the energy in your space then consider decorating with chunks of semi-precious rocks.

Here is the meaning of several popular stones used to create good vibes –

Yellow Topaz: This clear yellow gem is the ‘problem-solving stone’. This stone is also good for those who feel ‘numbed by disappointment’. It allows codependents to release drunken or abusive partners. It can also help obsessive people learn to let go. It helps you recognize your patterns and see the ‘big picture’ in life.

Rose Quartz: This light pink crystal heals the heart and promotes a sense of self-appreciation, and self-love. It also helps you open your heart’s center so that you can give love, unconditionally without any expectation of a reward in return. It improves your mood and enhances feelings of joy. It is also supposed to heal the skin.

Amethyst: This beautiful purple stone that helps you let go of past hurts and relationships. It will help you access the truth that will set you free. This stone can help free you of obsessions and addictions.

Aquamarine: You can only get this stone in smaller chunks. It is a powerful activator of positive energies. It also activates memories of past lives we have had so that we do not make the same mistakes twice.

Agate: This rock comes in all different colors. It strengthens your insight and promotes fidelity.

Carnelian: You can only get smaller carnelians but they dispel laziness, rage, jealousy, envy and fear

Garnet: You won’t be able to get a large chunk of garnet but even the smallest stone can help create an atmosphere of love, devotion and commitment. It is especially recommended for those who are trying to get over a break up.

Hematite: This shiny black rock negative energy to the positive. It is also used to attract love. \

Jade: This forest green stone symbolizes fidelity, devotion, lucid dreaming, intuition and psychic ability. You can also get statues made out of jade.

Mica: A big chunk of shiny and flaky mica in your place is said to enhance your natural beauty. It makes your hair gleam and your eyes sparkle.

Quartz: A chunk of clear quartz balances your energy field and restores harmony and peace to a home.

Smoky Quartz: The energies of this stone dissolve negative energies and resentments and also enhance your self-esteem.

All you need to do is place the rock in a prominent place in your stone. Make sure that the space around it is free of clutter.

How to Decorate a Website With Free Graphics

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If you want to create a web site for your business your primary goal should be to attract as many targeted prospects to it as possible. Once you have attracted people to your site your next mission is to keep them and a great way to do that is to actually decorate the site. Visitors who leave your site after just a few clicks aren’t buyers. You need to keep them on your pages and you need to entice them to buy.

One way to persuade them to stick with you is to write content. The graphics are supporting elements that add visual interest as well as support your main advertising message. If you have the right graphics you can even use them to help make the navigation of your site easier.

Usually the best graphics are those created by professional illustrators. However not everyone can afford to hire a professional. If you are in this position then you might want to consider finding some free graphics.

There are many sites online that offer website graphics without charging any type of fee at all. All you have to do is to download the images and then incorporate them in your site.

Here is a list of the graphics that most webmasters have on their s web sites –
Backgrounds. These create the overall theme of your site and can be light, dark or decorative depending on your preference. The brighter the colors are the more likely they are to attract attention.

Bullets and Buttons. These tiny graphics enhance your navigation in and can also help organize the presentation of your content. These can be miniscule but amusing.

Bars and Borders. These are the decorative graphics vertically or horizontally decorate your site. You can use one to frame anything…information, a picture or a graphic!

Clip Art. These are illustrations graphics related to your content that you can incorporate in your page to help readers better understand your message better and to enhance your site’s overall look.

If you do download graphics there might be some terms and conditions to do with their use. Very often the owner of the copyright on the graphic allows you to have it for free as long as you give credit to the owner or provide a link back to their website. So, go ahead and find free web site graphics to add visual appeal to your page!