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Nit Wits #37: Hand Mirror Posted Dec-31-2007
Getting a Grip on Alternate Realities
Part of the fun of allowing free-ative thinking is our ability to imagine the silly, absurd, and impossible and manifest scenarios through our our mind's eye (or imagination) that challenges, humors, and delights us. ...
Nit Wits #36: Sale Boat Posted Dec-31-2007
If it floats yer boat...
I've never been to a boat store before. Oh, I've been in various sporting goods stores where they have small canoes and rubber rafts on display for sale, but I can't think of a time when I've seen a life-sized sail boat (sailboat?) in full upright open-sailnessness for sale in a store. ...
Surviving the Vicious Cycle of Making & Breaking New Year's Resolutions Posted December-30-2007
Humor Experiment #3: Cutting through the Crap
Are you plagued each new year with the esteem-deflating cycle of making and breaking your New Year's Resolutions before the month of January turns the corner on week two? Print the New Year's Resolutions Worksheet and break the cycle now! ...
CreativeSlush.com Press Release: Nature Sentiments Gift Tags and Note Cards Posted December-28-2007
New e-Kit Download!
CreativeSlush.com now offers the instant download-and-print “Nature Sentiments” Gift Tags & Note Cards e-Kit, a 12-design set of reprintable photo cards and envelopes for any occasion. ...
"If your life was your message, what would the message be? What would you like it to be?"
— Michael Neill, author of You Can Have What You Want
Roadside Scenery: Does Life Pass You By?
Posted December-25-2007
2008 Calendar Photo Writing and Blogging Prompts (1 of 12)
If you've ever driven down a long stretch of rural road, you'll know that the landscape can go on for days without anything noteworthy happening. No stop lights. No strip malls. No drive-through's, grocery stores, Wal*Marts, or anything else. No, it's just you, the road, and the land. ...
MoMA Caption: "Vincent van Gogh. (Dutch, 1853-1890).
The Starry Night. Saint Rémy, June 1889.
Oil on canvas, 29 x 36 1/4" (73.7 x 92.1 cm). "
I Am Legend Movie & Van Gogh's Starry Night Painting
Posted December-22-2007
Everything is yours when you're the last man in New York.
On Wednesday I saw the movie "I Am Legend" starring Will Smith and had only one burning question running through my curious mind afterwards: Did Will's character yoink the original Van Gogh "Starry Night" painting from the New York MoMA art collection to hang above the fireplace in his house?
The possibility occurred to me after noticing the painting a number of times during the movie and seeing a very peculiar frame around the painting, a frame like that of an ORIGINAL ART MUSEUM PAINTING! After the third or fourth time, I thought: He's the only man alive in New York City. What would prevent him from going inside the art museum and taking any painting he wants? Why settle for a print of Van Gogh's most famous painting when he can have the real thing?
Who else wondered that? And what famous painting would you snag from a museum to hang in your house if its only value is in how it resonates with you? •
Free 2008 Printable Inspirational Photo Calendar
Posted December-21-2007
For Day-Counting Creatives
With a little more than a week left in 2007, I'm pleased to announce the release of my annual free gift calendar (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!), tagged for 2008 as a "Printable Inspirational Photo Calendar" and now available for download at Creativity-Portal.com. ...
My Juicy Letter to the Sunkist Company Posted December-20-2007
An Exercise in Creative Dream Making
"You miss 100% of the shots you never take." Or, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained." ...
Chris Dunmire's Nature Sentiments Photo Cards
Posted December-18-2007
New Re-printable Gift Tags & Note Cards e-Kit Download!
A stunning set of 12 printable (and reprintable!) folded 3" x 3" photo cards that can be used as gift tags or note cards. Two printable envelope templates are included with easy-to-assemble instructions. ...
CreativeSlush.com Press Release: Merry Christmas! Desktop Christmas Tree Kit Posted December-13-2007
New e-Book/Playbook Download!
CreativeSlush.com now offers the instant download-and-print e-book Merry Christmas! Desktop Christmas Tree Kit, a 10-page printable project kit for busy executives, cubical-dwellers, domestic goddesses, parents, teachers, kids, and creative crafters who love to be a ‘cut above the rest’ when it comes to indoor Christmas decorations. ...
Foodies 12 Days of Christmas Parody Song Lyrics
Posted December-11-2007
Amusing Myself
It all started with that Orangaments Tree. Next thing I knew, I was tooling around with the most famous Christmas song ever. Weird Al will be proud. ...
Nit Wits #39: Orangaments Posted Dec-8-2007
Orange Ornaments: ApPEALing, aren't they?
During the cold months 'round these parts (November onward) navel oranges seem to be the "in" fruit and all the rage in grocery store produce sections.
BONUS! Print the Orangaments coloring page and exclusive Desktop Christmas Tree Cut-Out! ...
Chris Dunmire's Rockford Register Star Newspaper Interview, November 13, 2007 Posted December-07-2007
Get to Know Me
Sometimes, affirming your creativity means first affirming your life. How? By personally acknowledging your existence and your place on the grid of this huge planet while swimming in the sea of *other* unique people who count just as much as you do. ...
Soul Food's Wild Garden Web 2.0 Advent Calendar
Posted December-05-2007
Heather Blakey Does it Again!
Each year I look forward to the unveiling of art, writing, and creativity each day in December (1 to 25) brings in the Soul Food Cafe community Advent Calendar. This is a yearly tradition you can't miss. •
Chris Dunmire's Creatively Innovative Merry Christmas! Desktop Christmas Tree Kit Posted December-04-2007
Paper Craft Cut-Out Printable Patterns
Need an easy-to-assemble decorated Christmas tree for your office desk? Computer monitor? Fireplace mantle? Car dash? Teacher's break room? Night stand? Refrigerator door?
"Necessity is the Mother of Invention" they say!
Well, since I needed a Christmas tree decoration near my "creative working space" to inspire me, Hark, and Herod this holiday season, I invented this no-fuss or muss pre-decorated Christmas tree desktop decoration perfect for at home or at the office. And then I thought, why just one size? Let me kit this thang into multiple sizes and throw in some oranges too!
What makes my Christmas tree different from the ones you can cut down or buy prefabricated at BigBox Mart?
- no car top scratching
- no watering needed
- no bulbs to replace
- no pine needles to vacuum up
- you can print the trees (even the Orangaments one) over and over and over and over each year!
Yes, this perpetual-printing nifty paper craft cut-out pattern kit includes 4 tree sizes plus the humorous Nit Wits "Merry Citrus! Orangaments" tree and comic poster.
Since I pre-test all of my paper products on all of those near and dear before unleashing them into the ethersphere, I spent the last week cutting out these trees and planting them on top of the desks of all of my friends and co-workers. I must say, they're a "cut above the rest (scissor humor there). • |
