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[ 31 Jan 2012 | No Comment | 250 views]
18 More Beautiful Christian Wallpapers to Download for Free

After recently posting the 30 free christian wallpapers, I’ve found even more beautiful wallpapers that are free to download and use on your computer.
Check them out below:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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[ 9 Jan 2012 | No Comment | 246 views]
30 Free Amazing Christian Wallpapers for your Computer

I often find it hard to find a good christian desktop wallpaper that isn’t corny or old… but I recently stumbled across a few that were really good, so I’ve searched the web and put together a collection below of 30 amazing christian wallpapers that you can download for free.
Just click on the images and you’ll be redirected to a website where you can download them for free!
I hope you enjoy them as I have.
 
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[ 7 Dec 2011 | No Comment | 258 views]
Quirky- Send in your new ideas and see them become reality!

I stumbled across a fantastic website today called Quirky.
Not only did can you find some great and handy ideas for Christmas gifts, but you can also submit your own ideas for new inventions, and the team at Quirky will take you through the process to evaluate, test, rate, design and eventually produce your product! It’s a great way to really promote those ideas that you may have for simple things that would make life a lot easier!
And if you’re not the inventive type, it’s got some good products worth looking …

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[ 29 Nov 2011 | No Comment | 198 views]
My 12 Favourite Website Resources for Church Media (Both free and paid)

The internet is full of great free and paid resources for basically anything you want to design. However, there’s so much out there, that it’s often hard to sort through the average websites to find the really good ones.
So to help you out, here are fifteen of my personal favourite websites that I use frequently when designing new things!

1. iStockphoto
iStockphoto is probably the biggest and best collection of high quality photos, vectors, videos and more that you will find on the web. Because of the high standards in their quality …

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[ 26 Feb 2011 | No Comment | 969 views]
15 Free Alternatives to Popular Mac Software

It’s always a great idea to be looking for new software that you can use to create new things for your ministry, but unfortunately not everyone can afford to buy the licenses for many of the standard design programs that are used in the industry. But it’s all good! For most software out there, you can find a free alternative on the internet. While these free programs don’t always allow you to do as much as their paid alternatives, they still produce great results and are a great place to …

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[ 19 Nov 2010 | 4 Comments | 4,170 views]
Drawing your own cartoon characters – Free resources!

Not everyone has the ability to create Disney quality masterpieces when it comes to drawing characters, but everyone can have a go!
I’ve created some bits and pieces that you can use to get some inspiration for a character or cartoon for your ministry. You can even print these out and use them as an activity with the kids- I did this recently with a group of primary school kids who all LOVED the activity and were very creative!
It doesn’t matter if you’re great at drawing or if you’ve never tried- …

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[ 30 Sep 2010 | No Comment | 719 views]
FREE N.A.S.A. Space Photography!

I love looking at some of the amazing space photography that N.A.S.A. takes during their missions. God’s creativity and the fact that we still haven’t discovered most of it yet is mind-blowing! Wouldn’t it be great it we could capture more of God’s creative works in our church and in our own artwork? There are so many great photographs from space that would be a great starting point for a design, even if your not looking for an ‘outer space’ theme.
What most people don’t realise, including myself until recently, is …

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[ 10 Jul 2010 | No Comment | 315 views]
Win 100 Free T-shirts for your team!

Facebook and Zazzle have teamed together to give away 100 free custom-designed t-shirts each to 10 groups who get the most votes on their facebook page.
All you have to do is submit your group name, description and a photo… and then get every man and his dog to vote for you!
There will be ten Winners. Each Winner will receive promotional codes for purchasing the equivalent of $497.00 of screen printing product on the Zazzle Website.
It’s only open to residents in the U.S., so unfortunately the Aussies like myself won’t be …

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[ 14 Jun 2010 | One Comment | 1,344 views]
10 FREE FONTS for Children’s Ministry Designs

Are you sick of using Comic Sans or Kristen ITC for all your designs in Kids Ministry?
There are a ton of websites that offer fantastic free fonts for you to download to your computer that can make your design stand out!
Below I’ve grabbed a few of the great fonts from my personal favourite font site- www.dafont.com
These fonts are a great start for a kids ministry font collection- they are exciting, relevant to kids and will look great in whatever you use them for!

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[ 12 Jun 2010 | One Comment | 2,206 views]
FREE Stained Paper Textures

One of the most used resources for any designer is textures… if you can find the right texture, you can make anything look amazing!
lostandtaken.com has put a set of 8 amazing stained paper textures on their website for you to download for free. In all my years of design, these are some of the best paper textures I have seen on the web, especially for free!
Click here to visit their website and download these amazing textures. Enjoy!