A sense of what you want to accomplish with your creativity
Step1
First in determing how you want to be creative you must know what your woman likes to do: I.e. Does she enjoy the outdoors? Camping? shopping? reading? writing? swimming? running? figure these things out, ask her what her favorite thing to do is, and I will teach you how to be creative.
Step2
For instance I will use my girlfriend in terms of being creative. She enjoys shopping and more than anything she loves shoes. (expensive ones to boot) A way I did a creative inexpensive date with her was spent some time at the local shoe daprtment in Saks. I talked to a man in that department to become knowledgable about the subject. You would be surprised how many different types there are and what makes a woman want a certain shoe. I asked him some questions and even asked him for an idea to make and start a date.
Step3
For shoes a way I created a date was to do a search online about shoe shopping and what it entails. Guys I know this is something you don't have to necessarily enjoy, but one thing my lady also loves is ice cream. What I did was take her out and order her favorite kind for her, which is chocolate ice cream, with chocolate sprinkles, in a chocolate waffle cone -- typical chocolate lover, and hold her hand and walk with her to the shoe section using the pointers I picked up from the shoe salesmen I spoke to in the first place, saying those are some very nice slingbacks and the "Blue Color" would really bring out your eye color, making her really think I knew what I was talking about. Ask her what she thinks of different ones and what styles she likes -- what type does she gravitate towards or brand she likes keep an eye out here fellas and pay attention.
Step4
After you have done a bit of browsing make sure you leave without buying anything in this case unless she picks one out she buys on her own. If you are lucky enough to get away at this point without having to buy her anything this is where you keep and take note of what she liked and make sure to visit later without her and either A) buy them or B) put them to the side to buy later, because this is a big part of the plan -- What I did was buy a pair of these shoes and create my own box for them. you start with her base box, but you put things on it like pictures of you and a note from you to her, something that isn't what you would normally do. I even took a picture of us that day with my cell phone camera and sent it to my e-mail to print out and put on the box -- and also try to remember something little about her that day, like she was wearing a green shirt with a little butterfly clip in her hair, the more detail the better so you can comment on it later and do not forget it. When you create your own little box put some effort into it, and make sure you give this gift to her for no reason at all, not an anniversary or because you are in a fight just because you are "thinking about her."
Step5
Lastly fellas, remember creativity is different in every person, don't be discouraged if you are not a creative person, find something she likes and do an online search on it: If she likes Ice skating -- try a search saying "Ice Skating Creativity." go from there. Being creative takes practice, and the more you practice the better you get.
Thanks for reading!
Tips & Warnings
Creativity is what you are willing to make of it and willing to put into it.
Don't be afraid to try new things when being creative
Listen and pay attention to what your woman enjoys and loves
Break away from the norm and see the endless possibilities of being creative.
Do not abuse the privelege of creativity. Become creative only so often, and try to do new things usually about once a month. I would say don't push the fact or you will develop the persona of non-stop creativity and when you don't want to be or don't feel like being creative your woman will think something is wrong or she has done something wrong and you no longer are interested in her and that is exactly the opposite of what you want to happen.