A photo display52 WAYS TO BE MORE CREATIVE
1. Create something unique and display it in your home or office
A photo display
Artwork
Poetry
Music
Scrapbook
Memoirs
Medal display
Flowers
Pots
Pottery
Ceramics
Calendar
Jewellery
Sculpture
Wind chimes
Outdoor furniture
Glass
Puppets
Masks
Rugs
Bookmarks
Copper work
Rugs
Shawls or throws
Cushions
Tablecloths
Candles
Dolls
Toys
Origami
Aromatherapy
Cartoons
Calligraphy
Crotchet
Kites
Models
2. Create a scrapbook for family album that has a record of all the significant milestones in your family.
3. Create an album for each of your child from their birth onwards
4. Pick a topic and write a poem. Practise each day. Collect your poems in a folder or portfolio. Join a Poetry Society or group in your area and share your poems with others.
5. Learn how to write songs. Enlist the help of a local songwriter, music teacher or successful entertainer. Research, study and go for it.
6. Redecorate your own home with your unique style. Draw yourself a plan. Research the colours, styles, fabrics, etc and write yourself a plan on how you are going to finance or make the time to create it. Take photos on the way and keep a record of your progress.
7. Make your own web site. Enlist the help of those who have made their own sites or buy yourself a do it yourself programme like Front Page. Have fun. Learn and create your own special space on the internet.
8. Create a magnificent garden. Do the research. Cull the plants and trees you know you don’t love. Keep a scrapbook or take photos of your adventure. Research, ask others, and join a gardening club. DO what it takes to make your garden magnificent.
9. Create a studio or workspace especially for your creativity. Decorate it to your own taste. Put up your favourite paintings or photos. Have things around you that bring you joy and comfort.
10. Frame your certificates or medals in a special display.
11. Scrapbook – Birthdays – Memories – Grandchildren – Children – Marriage. How about a 21st Scrapbook for each child as they reach that special birthday?
12. Build a play house - a piece of furniture – outdoor furniture – a plant holder anything – just build
13. Recreate your filing cabinets with your stunning creativity – colour coded, well presented etc
14. Make your own Life Purpose Statement. Take a photo and decorate it with your life purpose statement. Place it somewhere you can see constantly.
15. Make fridge magnets. Yeah right! (My mum does and they are awesome)
16. Make your own special cards or wrapping paper.
17. Knit a one off special design jacket or cardigan that is distinctly you.
18. Create a beautiful display in your bathroom using all your personal beauty products.
19. Make a beautiful photo display of all your favourite people. Decorate in a creative meaningful way to you.
20. Arrange your bookshelf in such a way that the books leap out at you. Make it look more than just a bookcase. I dare you to!
21. Make your kitchen look like something from Home and Gardens. Yes you can do it!
22. Make a musical display of your favourite composer’s works or books.
23. Learn a new instrument.
24. Draw – learn to draw – get a book from the library. Talk to an artist. Visit the art gallery.
25. Pick a theme and go take some great photographs to display or treasure.
26. Go to the shops with a trusted friend and try out 20 new looks. Take your digital camera and take photos. Have a coffee, check out the photos and have a great time.
27. Create your own diary or annual wall planner. Put your own photos or artwork in.
28. Create your own White and Yellow Phone Book.
29. Play with a child. Make playdoh animals or paint a picture.
30. Take a class in a new hobby.
31. Rearrange your furniture.
32. Paint the ceilings and different colour or put in different colour light bulbs.
33. Change the style or colour of your hair.
34. Create a display using nature and candles.
35. Change your answer phone message frequently and include a thought for the week.
36. Write letters to the Editor about interesting positive topics.
37. Find three creative ways to inspire those around.
38. Be someone’s fairy godmother for the week and find ways to bless and inspire them without them knowing it is you.
39. Be an angel in disguise. Make a point of doing one creative act of kindness each week.
40. Sew your own clothes and create your own designs. Keep a portfolio of your pictures.
41. Collect something and display it.
42. Record your own music and make your own CD covers.
43. Write a book.
44. Tell your grandchildren or children a story about your childhood.
45. Make up a special fairy tale for your children and add to it. Write it down.
46. Learn to say I love you in more than 3 languages.
47. Write to a long lost friend and tell them all that you have been doing since you last saw them.
48. Visit a museum, art gallery, and library and get inspired.
49. Read the great novels, listen to the masters, be inspired by the Symphony, and visit a beautiful garden. Be around creativity and soak it in.
50. Laugh – Find different ways to laugh and different things to laugh about.
51. Never defend yourself. Smile be gracious and love yourself to bits.
52. Look for creative solutions to life’s problems. Journal your progress
Anna Cannon CAC
Creativity Coach