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	Cara Randall BellaOnline's Creativity Editor

“What if…” Children’s Book by Regina Williams
Written for children, but equally enjoyable for adults.. This book explores the most critical question that every creative person must ask themselves. Everything we create begins with the question, “What if”?

Creative Ebb and Flow
Just like the moon waxes and wanes and the ocean tides rise and recede, our creative juices ebb and flow. Paying attention to your own unique patterns can help you be more productive in your creative life.

Creative procrastination
Procrastination is generally considered a bad thing and we feel guilty about it if we catch ourselves putting something off. However, sometimes it’s a good thing and we can actively use it to boost our creativity. We can also make our procrastination more creative so that it works for us.

Creativity Killers and Cures
How often do you let these things suck your creative inspiration away from you? Being aware of the creativity killers in your life and taking action to keep them away leaves you more open to creative flow.

Discipline With Balance Brings Ideas
When you think of creativity, do you think of it as a natural gift some just happen to have, or something you can develop with practice? Use these tips to discover more creativity within you.

Etsy.com - creativity outlet
Etsy.com - this is the third in my series of articles about outlets where you can display and sell your creations if you wish.

Everyday Creativity
A lot of people believe that creativity is a ‘gift’ that has been given to a select few. This is not true. Everyone has creativity within them, but not everyone taps this source of life-enrichment.

Halloween - Make a Pirate costume
Pirate costumes are great to make because so often you already have a lot of the items needed to make a really convincing Captain Pugwash or Saucy Susie Pirate Wench, or, of course, Captain Jack Sparrow.

Halloween – Make a Witch Costume
Witch costumes are great to make because you often already have at hand a lot of the materials and items that you need to make a mere fledgling witch, or a wicked, good or saucy witch – with a little creativity you can put together a sensational outfit for any type of witch.

Learn 3D Computer Animation
Have you every wondered how they make such amazing worlds come to life in movies such as “Avatar” and the “Shrek“ series? Would you like to try your hand at making your own animated movies? Let’s take a look behind the scenes and give it a try ourselves!

Living Creativity
A few ideas for finding creative outlets in the ordinary moments of your life.

Photography
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Sell Your Art
Sometimes we create just for the joy and fun of creating, other times, we’d like to sell our work. Here are 7 sales outlets you may not have considered before and a few tips to remember when you are approaching these outlets.

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Silencing your inner critic
When you are in the beginning stages of a new creative project, do you ever get stuck or stalled by your own inner critic? How do you silence that critic and move forward freely and passionately?

Time to create
It’s that time of year again – when we start to think of all the things we would like to make, like cards and gifts and costumes and house and table décor items for the various occasions that arise between now and the New Year. How do we find the time?

Vision Boards to Vision Boxes
Have you been searching for a way to reach your goals? Learn how to make your own "Vision Box" to help you attain your desires.

We need to be creative
Without creativity, humans wouldn’t have survived at all. That is, we need to create just as much as we need to eat and drink.

Why Your Divergent Personality Is Your Gift
Don't feel you fit in? Can't see the world as others do? Read why this is an indicator of your special talents.