Talk about creativity… a Dutch design firm has used large LEGO-inspired concrete blocks and painted them different colours to construct a 20 metre high church that appears to be made out of LEGO!
According to the creators, the pavilion “makes a connection between something grand and overwhelming (the church and its size) and something playful, simple and comprehensible (LEGO)”.
You can check out more photos and information about this creative idea at inhabitat and designtaxi.

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 …

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 …

Whenever I’m trying to think up a new idea or design concept, I always love browsing the internet to find other artwork that inspires me. I brainstorm visually by collecting pictures that I like, pictures that are created for a similar purpose or about a similar topic to my own design, pictures with the colours I hope to use, and so on.
So in this “Inspire Me!” section I want to share with you some of the pictures that I’ve found inspiring for my own designs.
In this first post, I’ve chosen …

I stumbled across these very creative posters from http://www.maximidiavintageads.com/ and just had to share them!
They have looked at the technology that we now take for granted and promoted them through the perspective and style of a 1960s vintage advertisement.
Facebook- “A comprehensive, economical, superb new communications tool that’s perfect for modern living.”
Skype- “it’s a veritable audio-visual miracle that will put you in contact with a brand new world.”
Twitter- “A virtual locality with a wide assortment of people.”
Youtube- “The most charming and magnificent way to entertain the whole family”

So I’ve been reading a whole lot of articles lately about improving or finding your creativity, and it got me thinking about how much of that we can apply to creativity in ministry, and how much we need to believe for more than what the world expects.
I remember when I created the artwork for the Kidshaper Sound brochure several years ago, it was the first time ever that I created something through more than just my own strength. Sure, it took a lot of adjustments, planning, redesigning and guidance from …

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- …

Inspire Media Network are currently offering 1000 business cards for only $99 as a special from the recent Kidshaper National Children’s Ministry Conference. But other than the typical business card with a name and logo, what else can business cards be used for, especially in minstry?
There are a whole lot of ways that you can creatively use business cards in your church or ministry, from discipleship and prayer to team points in your youth and kids ministries.
Here’s 10 great ideas on using business cards creatively in your ministry!

Did you know that different colours actually affect the way we think and feel about things? You’ve probably noticed that love is usually associated with red, purity with white, environment with green, and so on – so how can we use this knowledge to help us to design something relevant that grabs the attention we want it to?
Have you ever noticed that most fast food places use the colours red and yellow in their designs? Think about it- McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, Red Rooster (for the Aussies),  Pizza Hut, In-N-Out …

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!