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[ 17 Mar 2012 | No Comment | 138 views]
Thinking outside the box: Cadbury Makes Its Google+ Page Out of Chocolate

I love seeing new ideas and found this to be some creative inspiration worth sharing.
Cadbury has created a chocolate version of its Google+ page to celebrate the 500,000 fans on its page.

The delicious replica was created using layers of Cadbury Dream and Dairy Milk chocolate poured over a base of Dairy Milk bars.
Edible inks were printed onto sugar paper to create the Page’s buttons and photos of fans, and were pasted onto the chocolate base using liquid Dairy Milk as glue.
I love this idea… Imagine the joy of whoever gets …

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[ 7 Dec 2011 | No Comment | 456 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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[ 2 Nov 2011 | One Comment | 1 views]
Inspire Me!

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 …

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[ 3 Mar 2011 | No Comment | 740 views]
Getting Creative with God

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 …

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[ 19 Nov 2010 | 5 Comments | 6,972 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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[ 31 Aug 2010 | One Comment | 1,392 views]
10 Unique Ways to Use Business Cards in Your Church

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!